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Some media-related questions Thread last updated on 2008-03-27 15:32:08

Posted by member 339628 on 2007-01-06 13:08:14

I have a couple of questions about things that's been bothering me for a while now:

1. Can you switch, so that instead of winampcontrols, you could control, say, iTunes instead? In that case, how?

2. When I have the litestep process running, VLC does not show any picture, but when I kill the process, everything works fine. Can I fix this in any way?

Posted by member 212670 on 2007-01-06 14:21:46 link

1. itunes module

2. There's probably an alpha mapped pixel at 0,0. Move the item that's located there, or take away its transparency.

Posted by member 339628 on 2007-01-07 06:56:51 link

Thanks for the help, but could you... explain a litte more detailed? Like with the itunes modules, how do I use them (my current theme is durancebeta v4, and I'm running litestep ots2).

Noob-question of the day; in answer nr 2, is that something you edit in vlc? I'm not behind on computers, just in this case.... And sorry if I'm asking questions the wrong way;)

Posted by member 1 on 2007-01-07 07:07:48 link

2) No, it is something in LiteStep you need to change.

Posted by member 339628 on 2007-01-09 16:54:32 link

Ok, this is kinda funny actually:

I installed all the modules suggested by xcal, and now I can control itunes fron the xlabel (or what it's called), but I can't see what's currently playing. And, when I start winamp, I can see what's playing but I can't change songs:)

What did I do wrong and how do I fix it?

Posted by member 5575 on 2007-01-09 19:36:49 link

There are two modules for iTunes; one to provide control functions (iTunesControl), and another to show information (iTunesStatEx). You've done half the job. =)

Posted by member 339628 on 2007-01-10 14:20:00 link

I have both itunes control (v 0.3) and itunesstatex (v. 02 I think). Is there a problem with having them in different versions?

Posted by member 5575 on 2007-01-10 21:52:08 link

Nope, modules are generally independent. The versions will just reflect how many times one has been updated, had bugs fixed, etc.

Posted by member 339628 on 2007-01-11 06:56:40 link

Well, that sucks. Then what's the problem?

Posted by member 5575 on 2007-01-11 17:40:08 link

Have you configured itunesStatEx to display on a label? For my labels (tracktime and trackinfo), it looks like so:

If AudioAppIsiTunes

; trackTimeOnLeftClick !labelNext trackTime
iTunesLabelName1 trackTime
iTunesActiveLabel1 "%trackremaining/%tracklength"
iTunesInactiveLabel1 "Off"

Else

remainsStr "[if(winampPlaying)][winampremaintime]/[winamptotaltime]
[elseIf(winampPaused)][winampremaintime]/[winamptotaltime]
[elseIf(winampStopped)]----[else]Off[endIf]"
elapsedStr "[if(winampPlaying)][winamptime]/[winamptotaltime]
[elseIf(winampPaused)][winamptime]/[winamptotaltime]
[elseIf(winampStopped)]----[else]Off[endIf]"
trackTimeText "$remainsStr$;$elapsedstr$"
trackTimeOnLeftClick !labelNext trackTime

EndIf

If AudioAppIsiTunes

iTunesLabelName trackInfo
iTunesActiveLabel "%playerstate | %artist - %album - %track_name"
iTunesInactiveLabel "iTunes is OFF"
iTunesLabelUpdateInterval 500
audioWPTooltip ""

ElseIf AudioAppIsQMP

trackInfoText "[if(winampPlaying)][after(windowTitle('PlayerCanvas'),'QMP:')]
[elseIf(winampPaused)][after(windowTitle('PlayerCanvas'),'QMP:')]
[elseIf(winampStopped)]$AudioApp$ is stopped[else]$AudioApp$ is off[endIf]"
audioWPTooltip "[if(winampPlaying)]$audioMRText$[elseIf(winampPaused)]$audioMRText$
[elseIf(winampStopped)]$audioMRText$[endIf]"

Else

trackInfoText "[if(winampPlaying)][winampSong][elseIf(winampPaused)][winampSong]
[elseIf(winampStopped)]$AudioApp$ is stopped[else]$AudioApp$ is off[endIf]"
audioWPTooltip "[if(winampPlaying)]$audioMRText$[elseIf(winampPaused)]$audioMRText$
[elseIf(winampStopped)]$audioMRText$[endIf]
[if(winampPlaying)]Now playing: [winampArtist] [winamptitle]Remain: [winampremaintime] / [winamptotaltime]Bitrate: [winampbitrate] - Samplerate: [Winampsamplerate][else][endif]"

EndIf