Thread: RRTubeEx [Youtube Plugin]

i just tested "TrackName" and it does work, as soon as the audio source changes trackname does as well, i'm adding things little by little as i go, i remember that it was you who ask for trackname instead of "YT_Movie", the use of "AlbumArt" instead of "YT_ART". and i agree that is more friendly this way. true that stop, and abort arent working yet. will add those soon, honestly i didnt even bother because no one asked....

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

... as soon as the audio source changes trackname does as well

Based on what input/toggle/label/indicator/etc???? The fact that its read into trackname is GREAT and you're right I asked for it. I know its my own fault, but I need to know what's used to switch it back cause its not happening on my system.

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

i'm adding things little by little as i go, true that stop, and abort arent working yet. will add those soon, honestly i didnt even bother because no one asked....

No sweat, I just like the option to cancel the download. I'll test the play/pause function and do without the stop.

Great job on this plugin. I'm thankful you took the time to make it.

EDIT: My RRCode scripts rely on "YT_STOP", "YT_PLAY" being a toggle screws thing up bad.

Progress Update:

I still haven't figured out what I did to kill the switchback of the TRACKNAME variable.

I did figure out that the skin.ini variables: YTHEIGHT and YTWIDTH are no longer necessary. To validate this I changed mine to 20 and 30, respectively, and the embed worked just fine anyway. So I then edited the A,x,x,x,x line in my YOUTUBE.SKIN and alls well now for my sizing issue.

I also have changed my NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons to ""DOWN||STOP||YT_PLAY" and "UP||STOP||YT_PLAY". I had this working in the previous version to jump to the next video on the list and play it. Unfortunately, the play/pause change to YT_PLAY somehow changed the way this works. The first time I click it, it pauses the playback and moves the highlight down one video, but doesn't load and play it. The next time I click it and everytime after that it works but its playing the previous video instead of the one highlighted.

Lastly, is the slider code gone or do I have to change my RRCode. I kinda liked the visual slider for download progress. Is there something wrong with this line:

S,536,100,255,21,,,,,H,"SLIDERBAR.PNG","",18,"YT_P ROGRESS",""

I definitely need the YT_STOP to fix a couple other issues with my RRCode. I got a work-around for the lack of the YT_abort command. I found out the hard way about your pop-up for trying to download a file that already exists - kudos to you on that!

Again, great job on this!
Thanx

k, the YT_STOP command used to close the player in the AI version, you can use this, still.

Code:

"closewindow;ElcoYT"

the way "YT_Play" works now is, if the selected video is playing will pause the player, if different video is selected will start playing this video. so in your code for next and prev try to add a little delay, something like this. you'll see..

Code:

"DOWN||WAIT;0.3||YT_Play"

the progress bar is not used yet, but i'll add it soon.

EDIT:
and yes very strange why trackname is not working for you, i've tested this plugin in different skins, and it does work ok, can you show some of the code you use.

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

k, the YT_STOP command used to close the player in the AI version, you can use this, still.

Code:

"closewindow;ElcoYT"

In the version I have in the car, YT_STOP acts like a sendmsg to the YouTube player to stop the video but doesn't close the window.

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

the way "YT_Play" works now is, if the selected video is playing will pause the player, if different video is selected will start playing this video. so in your code for next and prev try to add a little delay, something like this. you'll see..

Code:

"DOWN||WAIT;0.3||YT_Play"

I don't know why but that didn't work. It did give me a hint at what eventually worked first time, every time:

Code:

"selcl||down||down||WAIT;1||YT_PLAY||up",

Don't ask me why it works, it just does.

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

the progress bar is not used yet, but i'll add it soon.

EDIT:
and yes very strange why trackname is not working for you, i've tested this plugin in different skins, and it does work ok, can you show some of the code you use.

I did, too, and you're right it works fine on other skins.

Some of my code can be found here. Basically, I let RRTube play until another audio source is selected (where I use YT_STOP). This way I can use GPS, Fusion Brain, OBDII, or any other screen with the audio of the youtube video still playing. It has to have something to do with the fact that I've replaced all the basic RRCode for audio/video with my own code, i.e., I reprogrammed the commands: AUDIO, VIDEO, DVD, RADIO, etc. My reprogramming adds a stop command to RRTube, resets my current and previous audiosource variables, then loads the .skin file for the selected source. The primary use of currentsource is to change albumart and the two top lines of my menus:

I have my own albumart for internet radio and I use the YT_Art for RRTube; I hate that RR doesn't replace TRACKNAME/TAGTITLE and TAGARTIST to RDSNAME and RDSTEXT when I switch to the radio - so I fixed it with a BYVAR in my top two lines of my menus! Internet radio also shows the "Http...." in TAGARTIST so the BYVAR clears that out when listening to INet Radio. Currentsource is also used to set levels, mixer settings, and recording source for my recording scripts.

Guino or BlueZX is probably going to have to tell me what's in the source that works for the standard commands that I'm not doing.

mmmmmmmmm, so most of the mayor problems are not from the plugin, i'll add YT_Abort and the progress bar in the next update.

about your code, thats what i call, real RR Coding. i use ACTIVESOURCEID to change some things around my skin.i wonder if is safe to change this variable (i dont think so!!)from inside a plugin, maybe RR coding team can answer this...

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

mmmmmmmmm, so most of the mayor problems are not from the plugin, i'll add YT_Abort and the progress bar in the next update.

about your code, thats what i call, real RR Coding. i use ACTIVESOURCEID to change some things around my skin.i wonder if is safe to change this variable (i dont think so!!)from inside a plugin, maybe RR coding team can answer this...

I know my posts are long, but YT_STOP is my highest priority.

ok, i think is time to see the bottom of all this, if you want join me in yahoo. PM ME your nick,(if any)

I working on my skin eLite and I have noticed that after I register the dll's files the plug-in starts to take over in the audio player cover art.
Right after I unregister the files it starts to work again.
I have tried this using other skins and I am still getting the same result.
Has any one else had this problem?