Does XM mode operate as 'RADIO' mode

rjoek · 07-05-2005, 12:56 PM

In my GPS screen, I added a shortcut button to XMMUTE||PLAY, such that RR will either toggle play/pause (if in MP3 mode) or mute XM (if in XM mode). I have noticed that while in XM mode pressing this button seems to activate the scan function. In 'SkinCommands.txt' it describes that this behavior will result while in 'RADIO' mode. I thought this was just for FM radio, does it also apply to XM? What do the PLAY and STOP buttons do for XM -- I'd rather be able to PLAY/PAUSE XM with a single button, hence having implemented XMMUTE. Thanks!

guino · 07-05-2005, 02:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rjoek

In my GPS screen, I added a shortcut button to XMMUTE||PLAY, such that RR will either toggle play/pause (if in MP3 mode) or mute XM (if in XM mode). I have noticed that while in XM mode pressing this button seems to activate the scan function. In 'SkinCommands.txt' it describes that this behavior will result while in 'RADIO' mode. I thought this was just for FM radio, does it also apply to XM? What do the PLAY and STOP buttons do for XM -- I'd rather be able to PLAY/PAUSE XM with a single button, hence having implemented XMMUTE. Thanks!

NEXT/PREV are supposed to change stations, Stop toggles mute and Play toggles scan mode.. That's what I believe I did, but one way to be sure is to try it.. in any case, I'm thinking stop toggles mute both for FM and XM... I can have a look at the code if you need to be sure..

rjoek · 07-05-2005, 10:01 PM

Thanks -- yup, seems like that's the behavior you coded. Only problem is it is not possible to have a one touch PLAY/PAUSE (or MUTE/UNMUTE) in both XM and MP3 modes. Any way to make this behavior the same, as in having PLAY toggle between PLAY and PAUSE in XM as well (instead of MUTE)? Essentially remove the PLAY -> SCAN function?

guino · 07-05-2005, 10:54 PM

PLAY doesn't have any effect in XM unless you have a playlist in view (works as a "tune" command). I only made it perform "SCAN" because it gives a function to something that otherwise would be useless..

STOP in another hand, has a more simular effect to "MUTE" in XM mode -- specially because there's no control over the resume point of the playback. I will NOT change this behavior simply because it has been this way for FM since the first version that supported it.

In any case, this doesn't prevent you from making the buttons behave differently while XM is active. All you have to do is make a different skin file and add translation codes into ExecTBL.INI .. call it XM_GPS.skin for instance and then make it so the "PLAY" command executes "XMMUTE" on the XM_GPS.skin file. You could easily make the audio player skin load the old gps skin while making the XM skin load the XM_GPS.skin to provide the different functionality. If you don't want to mess with ExecTBL you can simply put the codes you wish to execute in the XM_GPS skin file directly.

All the above are really just options, but if I wanted a mute button so badly I'd just add one to the skin... either that or I'd simply press STOP instead of PLAY while in XM mode .. Since the buttons don't perform the same functions anyway it shouldn't be a big deal to get used to it.

EDIT: I can probably add a "special" command to bahave the way you want it to, but then you'll have two buttons that basically do the same thing in XM mode.

rjoek · 07-05-2005, 11:47 PM

Thanks for the reply. I had considered these options but wanted to avoid designing separate skins to be called from XM and MP3, respectively. I wish I could detect what mode it is in when, for example, it calls the GPS skin from your original menu.skin. I can design anything I want and it will still not be able to call a GPS skin from some main menu AND assign the correct function buttons for XM and MP3 modes. No biggie, I'll make due. Thanks again.
(responding to your edit

-- well, that would be great but it's not that critical. I'm sure you have a lot more pressing issues, I'll be OK without. Thanks!

guino · 07-06-2005, 12:05 AM

If you know a little of VB, you can either edit the code or make a small plugin to interpret custom commands from the skin and send out the propper commands to RR..

Comming to think of it, it is not a bad idea to add support on exectbl.ini to perform functions based on the active mode (Video/Mp3/FM/XM) ... this would also allow you to do what you want, but it is a lot more flexible than just that on the long run..

guino · 07-06-2005, 12:26 AM

Try this update: http://guino.home.insightbb.com/rr.exe

Open ExecTBL.ini and add this line:

"PLAY","MUTE",XM

You can also make the "STOP" perform somethin else using:

"STOP","<COMMAND>",XM

rjoek · 07-06-2005, 06:49 AM

Sweet -- this rocks! I'll try it out tonight.
Thanks,
Ryan.

rjoek · 07-07-2005, 10:18 AM

This worked like a champ -- thanks so much.

Quote: Originally Posted by guino

Comming to think of it, it is not a bad idea to add support on exectbl.ini to perform functions based on the active mode (Video/Mp3/FM/XM) ... this would also allow you to do what you want, but it is a lot more flexible than just that on the long run..

Exactly -- I can think of many other possibilities that this might open up. Thanks again!