How is ACTIVESOURCEID defined for 3rd Party Plugins?

**mezz64** · 03-29-2012, 12:22 PM

I've noticed that the ACTIVESOURCEID for a 3rd party plugin that has audio functions (RRPandora for example) can change depending on how many other plugins I have installed. Is there a way to define this?

As it sits now it's hard to use a BYVAR;ACTIVESOURCEID command in a skin when you don't know what the ID will end up as depending on how many plugins the user has installed.

**mitchjs** · 03-29-2012, 02:36 PM

its not...

activesource ids > 10 are custom sources, and cannot be guaranteed in order as expected.

the ActiveSourceGUID Variable is guaranteed

yes, this does elim the use of byvar...

**Sonicxtacy02** · 03-29-2012, 03:01 PM

Mezz if you're trying to make your labels compliant with custom sources like pandora then do yourself a favor and simply add 4 or 5 TRACKNAMES to the end of your byvar. Just like what i did with my elite skin hack

Code:

L,175,2,450,28,255,255,255,16,"#FONTFAMILY#","BYVAR;ACTIVESOURCEID;=<<TAGTITLE||= - ||TAGARTIST<<RDSTEXT<<TAGTITLE||= - ||TAGARTIST<<TAGTITLE||= - ||TAGARTIST<<TAGTITLE<<=Video File<<TRACKNAME<<TRACKNAME<<TRACKNAME<<TRACKNAME<<TRACKNAME","SCROLL-CENTER",,"DS=1,2,0,0,0"

Bottom line is to this point mitch and i are the only people that have custom source plugins out, and all of our stuff will comply with the default RR labels. You may be able to do something fancy with the power of RRs commands but there's no real reason to put any more effort than you have to. Web Radio, Shoutcast, Pandora, and future custom sources will heed to this "standard"

**mitchjs** · 03-29-2012, 03:25 PM

im trying to come up with a perfect solution... its really like sonic said the built in sources, arnt standardized

almost a byvar default catch

**mezz64** · 03-29-2012, 03:26 PM

Yea that's what I ended up doing. I just thought there might be a better way.

**mitchjs** · 03-29-2012, 08:05 PM

yea.. believe me i been thinking...

right now im debating of the byvar issue... example

in labels:

byvar;myvar;=zerothing<<=onething<=twothing

what happens now when myvar is say 5, is an internal error... and the code tries to process garbage
i added code to prevent that, but i might make a byvar value > then the number of cases, set to to the last case
so.. if myvar is 5, the result is "twothing"
but i havent locked in on that

but what i did add, is byvarx, and byindx, and improved all the byvar,byvarx,byind,byindx for labels