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Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

I use the following script with my remote that i've configured with Winamp. I press a configured key to launch this script that shows the info about currently playing song in nice big letters on the screen for 2 seconds. I don't know if it'll have any other use.

The display shows:
Track name
File name
Track length (mins:seconds)
Position in playlist
(This script uses the postmessage function that Chris has already announced will be there in next release)

Guyz i've already asked Chris to make the unstable (being-worked-upon) release available at some place on his website, and he liked this suggestion. Go on, ask him to do it!! Wink

Beastmaster · Guest

Quikshot out of my brain.
I guess it's possible to display that info as a desktop wallpaper ?!

With W2K (I assume with others as well, aka Active Desktop) it would be possible to provide that info as a HTML file, as source of a desktop wallpaper. TBH I've no idea if a simple change in the registry would swap/update such wallpaper from scratch ... Sad

Thx, for sharing your scripts.

Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

actually some time ago it occurred to me too that i should get it as wallpaper. i'd done everything except finding a way to make windows refresh to see the change.

but no .reg key can make windows update it. there should be some API or something that wallpaper changing softwares use to make it windows refresh wallpaper.

only if i knew it!

btw i'd tried something else too... i'd made the html code autorefreshing!! like every 5 seconds...but that made the desktop 'flash' at the time which i didn't like. Sad

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Beastmaster · Guest

Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

though as i said in my post, i've tried auto-refreshing code...i'll check this too.

btw beastmaster y don't u become a member? wud be easy for someone to PM u!
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Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

hey beastmaster, ever tried renaming a file on ur desktop when this html refreshes itself?! Wink

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Beastmaster · Guest

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You're right (which I've never doubted).
It seems no big thing to replace the link to the wallpaper in the registry ...

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

GhostIt sounds interesting. I wonder if its internal working involves much more than just making a window transparent + always-on-top.

Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

i'd also tried all this u've done beastmaster (looks like we think on the same lines Smile

)

what i finally got to was not doing anything at all... i just installed this plugin "Desktop Caption v1.5 by Gondarev Vladimir"... it puts the track name (just that, no other info) on an always on top, translucent box ...and the best part is mouse clicks pass through it.
the color, size, font etc is configurable. search for it at www.winamp.com/plugins

Beastmaster · Guest

Well, I've already recommended this (and don't want to bother anyone, anymore) but ... Cool

please have a closer look how to build a Klip (an very simple xml file) used by KlipFolio. You can replace it in realtime, auto refresh, it could be set transparent, scrolling, provides positioning by drag and drop wheresoever you like it, linked to the target etc. ...

So connecting it to winamp seems easy ... Wink

I used it yesterday with an ebay auction klip, and 3.. 2.. 1.. I've won it Very Happy

Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

i've tried to work on ur klipfolio suggestion. apparently it only works with a http:// file link. file from local HD is not seen. i even tried file:// but that didn't work.
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Beastmaster · Guest

I've to appologize.

The guys @ serence gave that statement somewhere deeeep in one of their forums as well (wasn`t to obvious Embarassed

), which I've seen 12 min ago Confused

. Their EE (aka Enterprise Edition provides this & a request time minimzed to secs. Rolling Eyes

) Someone seems to have made it with --> http://localhost/... Question

Any tiny webserver to recommend ?

Beastmaster · Guest

MiniWebserver [Download] (283 kb) - Freeware

No installation. Click and run. CMD line parameters or INI file or GUI.
You can run it from scratch if no special config is needed/necessary based on your environment. If you need support/translation gimme a sign.

AIDeX - MiniWebserver

Rajat · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 1717

though using AHK + webserver + klipfolio just to get winamp's current track name when u urself r sitting in front of ur pc sounds a bit nutty to me... but if u get to achieve something nice then do share it... i'll check it out.
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Beastmaster · Guest

Have I ever mentioned that I'm not allowed to use WinAmp on my box (company policy) Laughing

My main interest is on tickering different status' of a bunch of process' (which file is processing, is that process alive, is that box alive, is my wife still loving me, ...).

And of course to display a WinAmp playlist entry/track#/mins:secs/title is a kind of process status Wink

, beside that I check the weather forecast, my ebay auctions, the Financial Times, with Klips. Cause KlipFolio, AHK (yes, indeed) are already up and running, to execute that single file cmd app: MiniWebServer.exe (553 Kb) IMHO that doesn't look like overkill.

Yep, hard to believe - I've accomplished it (huh, I'm definitely missing the chearleader emoticon from the A2 forum Crying or Very sad

).

a) "Installed" the above mentioned MiniWebserver (click, runs).
b) Created a klip (configuration file), created the klip.FOOD (text file)
c) pasted both to the MiniWebservers default webroot folder.
d) klicked the klip. Yeeha. A scrolling klip/ticker tickering everything which has been given him as *.FOOD (even WinAmp infos Wink

)

So let AHK create/replace the FOOD file and keep on tracking (whatever you like) ... Very Happy