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[Roj]

I don't think we're heading in the same direction.  I want Winamp and CoolPlayer-style Explorer shell integration where I can right click on a file or directory and enqueue it to XMPlay's playlist or start playing it (which means two Context Menu entries) and ALWAYS have XMPlay running in the System Tray.  Drag 'N' Drop never enters this scenario.  Neither do shortcuts - they are irrelevant since it's function is effectively integrated into Explorer. If I click on the icon in the Tray, it should appear on my desktop and if I minimize it, it should go back to the Tray.  In other words, it should stay out of my way at all times, residing in the Tray unless otherwise told to do so.

I don't think a macro program can do this.  A user-configurable option to start and run in the System Tray (NOT exercised by anything so arcane as a manual entry in a configuration file) can.

Basically what I'm saying is that the program has to leave the nineties operational mindset behind.

[picky]

Before XMPlay, I was using Winamp, with the fxsound.com DFX plugin. I even tried the izotope.com - Ozone plugin.
XMPlay takes care of the most important auto volume issue.
I also like to boost the bass and brighten the top. Just as I suggested on another board, I do not listen always with the same loudness, so I need to "convert" it, meaning boosting the lows and highs. The ear sensitivity changes differently at different frequencies when the sound volume (loudness) changes. That is why I am begging for another EQ band at the bottom. 170 Hz is NOT bass, 63 Hz is, but not near to the bottom. The best would be a "loudness converter" where I would pick an input and output loudness and the appropriate equalization curve would be dialed-in for me. It calls for adjusting frequencies below 20Hz. To get my wishes, I be happy to accept one more page in the setup/options panel. Maybe showing some equalization curves graphically? As long as most of the options are useful for me, or can be hidden, adding more pages do not bother me.
By the way, Ozone has an option to change polarity of a channel (not switch L<->R). What do other people do when they have an MP3 with one channel polarity inverted? I do not want to reencode it.

[Torkell]

Roj: ahhhhhhhhhhh... I see what you mean now
No, my macro program won't be able to do anything like that. What needs to be done is for Ian to program in context menu support, which, because it's OLE, is not fun to do in C++ (at least in VB you don't have to do AddRef, Release, QueryInterface and mess around with tons of pointers).

Picky: I see what you mean as well
You want two things: what's basically a "bass boost" button, and the ability to flip the plus/minus sign on the values for one channel of an MP3 (e.g. if it's a sine wave, you could get one channel as "sin(x)" and one as "-sin(x)", and you want to flip the sign on the "-sin(x)" to make it "sin(x)").

Oh, and I got your e-mail. Images have been uploaded and links will appear in a couple of minutes.

[Ian @ un4seen]

I want Winamp and CoolPlayer-style Explorer shell integration where I can right click on a file or directory and enqueue it to XMPlay's playlist or start playing it (which means two Context Menu entries) and ALWAYS have XMPlay running in the System Tray ... If I click on the icon in the Tray, it should appear on my desktop and if I minimize it, it should go back to the Tray.  In other words, it should stay out of my way at all times, residing in the Tray unless otherwise told to do so.

Create a shortcut to XMPlay, add "-tray" to it's command-line, and put it in the "StartUp" folder of the start menu... XMPlay will then load into the tray on startup (and stay there unless otherwise told to do so ), and you can use the 2 context menu options ("Open" & "Add to XMPlay-list") to play/queue.

[Swithin]

Oh, cool. Thanks Ian.

[picky]

I just continue to push my case for one more equalizer band. Because a good equalizer can act as a bass/high booster. I have seen only one equalizer, where the lowest frequency was 16Hz. To be effective it needs to be wide band like XMP, which has a 1:4 spacing.
I hate those EQs where they claim 60Hz, but in effect it has a flat transfer function from bottom to 300Hz, and the 170Hz is nowhere can be found in the next band up. Probably it is time for me to measure xmp's eq transfer functions? Then I can pick...
Yes a button/function for polarity invert would be great and thanks for posting my pics.

[Pike84]

I have suggested adding some equalizer bands too. Actually, I thought something like eight bands would be nice .