Topic: Suggestions for 3.9

[Ian @ un4seen]

I started to look into that, but then it occurred to me that it may not be the quickest way to do what you want. If you enable monitoring of the folder(s) in XMPlay then it should automatically add the new FLAC files and remove the missing old ones. Even without monitoring, it may be quicker/simpler to manually remove the dead old entries and add the new FLAC files (eg. drag'n'drop the containing folder), rather than using a looser dead track recovery option. Such a new option would probably require some checking of the search results before applying them to make sure it didn't find something unexpected with the looser matching.

[saga]

Even without monitoring, it may be quicker/simpler to manually remove the dead old entries and add the new FLAC files (eg. drag'n'drop the containing folder), rather than using a looser dead track recovery option.

I try to avoid that as it will lose play counts and custom tags.

[Marto]

Linux Version would be GREAT!!!
Nowdays, almost all you want to do, can be achieved within a linux distribution.
With AppImage implementation, most of the software out there could be used in any Linux distro, without package requirements.
Since almost two years ago, I switched to Linux totally. but I dont have XMPlay!!!! Most light, fast, adn configurable software out there.

Maybe I'm just dreamer, but a Linux version (AppImage, snap,, flatpak... you choose) would be awsome

[Ian @ un4seen]

Even without monitoring, it may be quicker/simpler to manually remove the dead old entries and add the new FLAC files (eg. drag'n'drop the containing folder), rather than using a looser dead track recovery option.

I try to avoid that as it will lose play counts and custom tags.

Are you doing the FLAC conversion with XMPlay? If not, you could try that, as it will use the source's overridden tags when writing the FLAC file, so you won't need to be concerned about losing those tags when replacing the old track

Linux Version would be GREAT!!!
Nowdays, almost all you want to do, can be achieved within a linux distribution.
With AppImage implementation, most of the software out there could be used in any Linux distro, without package requirements.
Since almost two years ago, I switched to Linux totally. but I dont have XMPlay!!!! Most light, fast, adn configurable software out there.

Maybe I'm just dreamer, but a Linux version (AppImage, snap,, flatpak... you choose) would be awsome

While not as nice as having a native Linux version, XMPlay does work on Linux with Wine. When I last tried it there were some visual glitches with the z-order of the panels but that was many years ago, so things may have improved since then, or perhaps you could use a skin that doesn't have sliding/overlapping panels.

[saga]

Are you doing the FLAC conversion with XMPlay? If not, you could try that, as it will use the source's overridden tags when writing the FLAC file, so you won't need to be concerned about losing those tags when replacing the old track

To be clear, I'm replacing some OGG and MP3 files with FLAC replacements; so converting them with XMPlay wouldn't make much sense.

While not as nice as having a native Linux version, XMPlay does work on Linux with Wine. When I last tried it there were some visual glitches with the z-order of the panels but that was many years ago, so things may have improved since then, or perhaps you could use a skin that doesn't have sliding/overlapping panels.

Unfortunately I can confirm that those issues still exist. In particular some invisible panels (e.g. the EQ panel) become visible just by clicking on the main window, which makes some skins difficult to use.

[Ian @ un4seen]

Are you doing the FLAC conversion with XMPlay? If not, you could try that, as it will use the source's overridden tags when writing the FLAC file, so you won't need to be concerned about losing those tags when replacing the old track

To be clear, I'm replacing some OGG and MP3 files with FLAC replacements; so converting them with XMPlay wouldn't make much sense.

Oh, were the OGG/MP3 files generated from MOD files and you now want FLAC versions, but the custom/overridden tags are set on the OGG/MP3 files rather than the original MOD files?

[saga]

No, MOD files aren't involved this time... They are downloads from Bandcamp. Sometimes I use custom tags for them to not edit the original files.

[saga]

Would it be possible to set the BIF_EDITBOX style on the BROWSEINFO struct passed to SHBrowseForFolder? This would allow the user to manually enter (or copy&paste) a path in the folder browser dialogs, making them a lot more useful.

[Ian @ un4seen]

Yep, here's an update with that flag set:

   www.un4seen.com/stuff/xmplay.exe

It seems to behave a bit strangely, in that only the final subdirectory is initially shown in the box but you need to enter a full path for it to work. I don't know if that's normal?

[saga]

Thanks for the quick update! Indeed it behaves as intended - the dialog itself will not put a full absolute path there but it is still possible by the user to supply one. So for example if you are browsing your music library with Explorer, you can quickly copy the current path and paste it in the dialog to add that folder.

[piovrauz]

Would it be possible to have single line track copy/paste from info windows?
When playing a stream I often need to copy all the text to a text editor (usually closed) and then copy and paste again the single track I want info on.
This because even if the recent \tracks are properly separated, but they "only" are in a single big block text when copied.

[Ian @ un4seen]

Do you mean adding something like a "Copy line to clipboard" option to the info window's right-click menu? XMPlay doesn't currently check where exactly the mouse is when clicked in there but it may be possible to add that.

[404notfound]

Does plugin API have way for a plugin to be notified that it's gonna play next, before end of current tune?
This would be handy for plugins that have to do things which take time(say, send network requests and read response), before they can start playing.

I've been pondering a Youtube plugin for some time.

[Ian @ un4seen]

If the next track has the same output format as the current track (so gapless playback is possible) then a general/DSP plugin's NewTrack function will be called before the next track is actually heard. How early will depend on how big the output buffer is.

[404notfound]

> How early will depend on how big the output buffer is.
You mean to say it's tied to the player's output latency?

[Ian @ un4seen]

Pretty much, yes. That is determined by the Buffer setting in the Output options page.

[404notfound]

Suggestion:
If shuffle is enabled, the "next track" button should give a shuffle-picked track instead of literally the next track.

[saga]

Options & Stuff -> Playlist -> "...apply to play/next/previous controls" is what you want to check.

[piovrauz]

Yes, a

"Copy line to clipboard" option to the info window's right-click menu

would be perfect.

If possible please add it, thanks a lot.

[piovrauz]

A possible variation/enanchement to my previous request could be to log the streamed tracks instead of copying the single line.
So any new track would append it's name to a log file.

[sveakul]

A possible variation/enanchement to my previous request could be to log the streamed tracks instead of copying the single line.
So any new track would append it's name to a log file.

Yes.  In other words, have the option to generate a text file appending songs as played locally or via streaming in an artist/title/date-time-played list, preferably with max-length-then-overwrite option.  Examples from other players would be MusicBee's mb_songhistory plugin, Foobar's Now Playing Simple plugin.

[piovrauz]

this sounds like a logging plugin? 

[Keltic Danor]

A possible variation/enanchement to my previous request could be to log the streamed tracks instead of copying the single line.
So any new track would append it's name to a log file.

Yes.  In other words, have the option to generate a text file appending songs as played locally or via streaming in an artist/title/date-time-played list, preferably with max-length-then-overwrite option.  Examples from other players would be MusicBee's mb_songhistory plugin, Foobar's Now Playing Simple plugin.

You can give this one a try, it is a bit rough but it appears to work okay, at least in my testing.

https://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=717

[piovrauz]

nice, thanks gave it a quick test and it seems OK.

only missing thing would be enabling/disabling it based on stream/local file/format... maybe with custom formatting for each?
maybe that would be too much to ask for, ... but could it please be added?

edit: on a second tought, there's another little thing I'd like to ask - can the logfile be saved using relative (to xmplay.exe folder) paths?

[sveakul]

@Keltic Danor:  thanks for this logging plugin!  However, I can't get it to append titles as they are played.  With the settings below, the log file only keeps the last title played after exiting XMPlay (this is after switching between various radio streams):