I think ModArchive is looking like the best of the databases mentioned so far for searchability, but as saga mentioned it doesn't always provide any additional info (artist and genre info is available some of the time from my small sample of checks).

Is the artist the main thing that you're looking for? If so, that will usually be somewhere in the file's texts, so perhaps XMPlay can try to extract that, like it does the year. The artist is a bit trickier to detect than the year though. I did implement a basic artist detection system at the same time as the year detection, but it gave mixed results, so it was left out. I'd say it gave a decent result 50% of the time, nothing 45% of time, and rubbish 5% of the time ... I could try resurrecting that if there are no better options.

Well, I'm actually looking to obtain as much info as possible. Having artist and year could be enough for now. 

I think ModArchive is looking like the best of the databases mentioned so far for searchability, but as saga mentioned it doesn't always provide any additional info (artist and genre info is available some of the time from my small sample of checks).

Note that there's also "guessed" artist information (taken from ModLand) available if one is logged into the site, and this is also available when using the XML API - meaning that you'd get artist information for many more tunes than normally visible on the site as a guest.

Niceeeee!!!! 

Load tracking != traffic or user tracking. This is just to prevent that a single application that is accessing the API leeches off all the resources.

Yes, that's right.

Are there any other sites that could be used? the more the merrier

they seem to want to track the traffic or somewhat

Do we? That would be new to me...

API Key

The Mod Archive does not have unlimited resources, therefore it is necessary to ensure that there is some limit on the access to the API, this is done via an API key. API keys are granted upon successful application review, and also allow API-load to be tracked on a per-application basis.

This is the bit of text i was refering too.

[did not read all the way]

Saga: Much like the cddb plugin lets you pick from several alternatives if there's more than one match?

That was what I was getting at.  Yet, saga's point is valid, there might be too many alternatives.

How about freetext search of the instrument/sample names inside of the mod files?

This could be enough in some cases, at least to narrow down the artist. BTW, several mods i have have the artist included in the title, e.g.:

Title Metropoli by JosSs
File jos-mtrp.xm
Path D:\Música\xmplay\jos-mtrp.xm.zip
Size 377701 bytes
Format FastTracker 2
Channels 6
Patterns 11
Instruments 31
Samples 27 (8 bit)
Length 1:32 - 12 orders - looped
Output 48000 hz - stereo - 24 bit
DS mix software

Fetching info on MOD files from an online database would be a nice thing. I'm not familiar with what databases are available. Are there any that can return formatted (eg. XML or something) results, or would it require parsing of a webpage to extract the information? The latter wouldn't be very reliable, as the webpage layout might change.

Mmm... I've just checked, and nectarine seems to have a XML interface for the songs pages:
http://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/song/35845/
versus
http://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/xml/song/35845/

and apparently, modarchive has an API : http://modarchive.org/index.php?xml-api
they seem to want to track the traffic or somewhat (did not read all the way, mind you)...

There might be others...

Never thought of hash, that would be the perfect to search indeed
Yeah, modarchive don't usually have that much info.

Mmm... I guess it could use nectarine, modland, amp or others, search by title / filename, and narrow the duplicates down by song lenght / file size? 

Been a long time since I last posted over here!

Some of you will not like this suggestion, but here goes... 

How about some kind of ... online tag metadata search for module files in the xmplay library? (.MOD, .MTM, .XM, .IT, ext.)
It could search for the file title OR the filename OR both in sites like modarchive, pouet, nectarine or others and pull it from there, then prompt the user, you get my drift.

Yes, most of my mods are not tagged in the library, and yes I'm a bit lazy :P

I think the USA server might still have the old version, but then I re-downloaded from the UK server and it works like  a charm! Thx again

Wooo-hoo!  THX!! I'll try it out once i get home 

Thanks for the tip, I'm sending him a PM in case he hadn't read this topic 

This also happens with the normal section skin variation. Every time I move the mouse point away from the buttons in the playlist and towards the top border of the extended playlist window, a part of it gets a blueish shadow over it and the "Visualisation" tooltip appears. If i happen to click, it takes me to the visualisation tab...

Actually, it also happens when entering the buttons area from any direction, until I move the muse point on top one of the buttons, then everything goes back to normal.

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I've updated just now to 3.5.1, I've been using 3.4.2 for the longest time, without this happening at all.
I've tried re-download the skins just in case, to no avail.

I can live with this BTW, It just happens to be a tad... annoying.

Help? 

[cue splitter]

xmplay can play it, as a subsong, a long as the cue and the flac ar named equally, e.g.: album.flac and album.cue; and they are in the same folder.

To extract a song you can use a dedicated cue splitter. I've used one before, but i can't remember wich one it was. I'm sure this has been asked before in this forum, so a search might probe fruitfull.

Wait... wasn't there an option to ignore volume levels? I think it was in the mod options section of the options and stuff dialog. I remember it being added after a certain module played completely silent or something like that.
*searches t3h forum....*
here it is -> http://www.un4seen.com/forum/?topic=5465.0;hl=silent+xm

Try using the View/View source code menu item in your browser of choice at the page wher the "listen now" link is, and browse trought it till you find the mms link. Not for the faint of heart, but it's all I've come up with.

[But where can I find this icon?]

Nice plugin!

The readme file says "The plugin also registers an XMPlay shortcut 'Winamp Visualisation on/off',
which toggles the running state of all plugins that have been set up." But where can I find this icon?

Also, I'm running the plugin with XPlay ver. 3.4.2.77 on Windows 2000 Professional, using the Nullsoft AVS plugin, ver. 2.81d. If I run XMPlay with AVS, then close XMPlay and reopen, I will get a system "ding" sound when reopening XMPlay. I am able though to play my song and AVS works. Is this a known issue, or can I help somehow to troubleshoot this ding sound?

Thanks!

It says "registers a shortcut" (as in a keyboard shortcut) not "adds a button". You should be able to access the shortcuts options from the options and stuff window.

In xp there's shutdown.exe wich the plugin could call. Dunno about older windows...

I think to get that you should also asign the same key to 'List Nav -Play Next' (or however it is called, I don't use hotkeys that much myself!).
As the next track button in the main interface WILL jump to the first track in a queue, i think it should work.

This is just an hipotetical question, but I might actually try and do something like this.
I have some mo3 files, while they sound good in xmplay, some of the samples have noticeable compression artifacts. So I thought they would for sure be even more noticeable if I were to convert then directly to mp3 to use in my "el cheapo" taiwanese mp3/4 player (I have an x-micro f-510). Is there anything I can do, without too much of a hassle, to clean those artifacts? Could Audacity be used for this pourpose? 

That's like saying i can't get mad at racism beacause i'm white

[wouldn't]

Jealous?   I'm perfectly happy with my setup, and having in mind you said you wouldn't come back but did anyway and just to annoy people, yeah, you're a troll.

Saying anything else to you would be a total waste of breath.

Right now, you probably sound like a troll