horm and RR playlist resumes thoughts

M pro · 07-19-2005, 04:44 PM

If you have Horm setup for your hibernation every time you load up the hibernation file is resumes from the same song all the time as it goes back to the setting used for the original hibernation file

Now if there was a text file with the last song played and what setting you had for the music playing that is written to every time a song played so when you come out of “Horm” hibernation all RR would have to do would be to read that file to know where it was before."this file could be on mem stick or what ever drive you like"

Would that work for resuming the music from where you left off on a Horm setup?

Just a thought

guino · 07-19-2005, 07:29 PM

Search for horm support.. this is already implemented.. before hibernation RR saves the playlist, song number and position (time) , upon resume, it reads and restores everything.. you just need to add an INI line to make that happen..

Grazor · 07-20-2005, 06:41 AM

M Pro,

Are you going to JAE this weekend??? I'd really like to have a peek at your CarPC if you are.

iPal · 08-01-2005, 06:17 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by guino

Search for horm support.. this is already implemented.. before hibernation RR saves the playlist, song number and position (time) , upon resume, it reads and restores everything.. you just need to add an INI line to make that happen..

Guino...
i just got horm working...
and i did search but what is INI line to make it happen?
i see 'ini path' in RRConfig but it just saves RR.ini in certain path
then i don't think rr read it from the path given...
do i have to install RR in writable partition?
or can i save resume.ini in different drive?
thank you...

CornFlake340 · 08-01-2005, 11:37 AM

I was the one that originally requested this and guino add support but I never fully got it working correctly. I had RR on a writable partition and the ini command was
hibernatereload=true

You have to manually add that to the ini, and if you run the config program after you add it, you have to go back and add it again...

Let me know if you get it working right. I ended up disabling EWF and doing a cold boot everytime because of the random errors I was getting with files and such on my writable partition.

guino · 08-01-2005, 01:19 PM

The INI is RR.INI in RR's path in case you wonder.. I know there's a few people using this currently.

iPal · 08-01-2005, 02:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by CornFlake340

I was the one that originally requested this and guino add support but I never fully got it working correctly. I had RR on a writable partition and the ini command was
hibernatereload=true

You have to manually add that to the ini, and if you run the config program after you add it, you have to go back and add it again...

Let me know if you get it working right. I ended up disabling EWF and doing a cold boot everytime because of the random errors I was getting with files and such on my writable partition.

i read the intruction for ewf and horm
and according to it, it is recommended not to connect any other writable partition when making save point...
it may cause random error...
so i think we should keep RR installed in protected partirtion...
and save only resume.ini in writable partition...

Quote: Originally Posted by guino

The INI is RR.INI in RR's path in case you wonder.. I know there's a few people using this currently.

guino
what is point of 'ini path' in RRConfig?
i think RR should save resume.ini in independent path...
and just wondering...
does RR save info into 'resume.ini' before hibernating? or shutting down?
because there no point to save info before go into hibernation...
once making saving point for HORM, windows just shuts down and i think that is the point where RR should save 'resume.ini'

i don't know if it is the way RR works now...
thank you...

iPal · 08-01-2005, 08:29 PM

guino
now playlist_path will be "/" if it is empty
bewfore it gets to the line [ if playlist_path = "" then playlist_path = music_path ]

Case "inipath"
INI_PATH = Trim(dt(1))
If INI_PATH <> "" And Right(INI_PATH, 1) <> "\" Then INI_PATH = INI_PATH + "\"
Case "playlistpath"
PLAYLIST_PATH = Trim(dt(1))
If PLAYLIST_PATH <> "" And Right(PLAYLIST_PATH, 1) <> "\" Then PLAYLIST_PATH = PLAYLIST_PATH + "\"
Case "lazytag"

also i added INI_PATH where save 'resume.ini' into...
and change all myPath + "resume.ini" to INI_PATH + "resume.ini"
and also if i change all winamp_path + "winamp. m3u" to PLA YLIST _PATH + "winamp.m3u", RR will save playlist on exit to playlist_path...
this way HORM resume with all info updated each time...
i will compile these and try on my car and let you know...

CornFlake340 · 08-02-2005, 12:09 AM

So where do you save your media files? On the un-writable partition? Or a seperate drive that you would disconnect before making save point, and then turn off, re-connect... turn on... ?

guino · 08-02-2005, 12:20 AM

I am not sure I understand what's going on.. The INI path setting in RRConfig wasn't my idea but it is usefull in case you intend to run it to configure RR on a different location/computer.

Playlist path is intended to default at RR's folder.

The resume.ini is saved/reloaded when hibernating, exiting, powering off etc..

I recommend using RR from a writeable partition simply because there are many INIs used and they're all saved in RR's path. Also you may want to add/remove different skin (I know that can be separated -- it is just more organized inside RR's folder). Also anytime there's an update many files change and you'll have to burn your flash card again or whatever.. It should not affect the performance of RR and should be easier on you to update it.

iPal · 08-02-2005, 01:09 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by CornFlake340

So where do you save your media files? On the un-writable partition? Or a seperate drive that you would disconnect before making save point, and then turn off, re-connect... turn on... ?

that is what i read...
since any drive will be connected as pnp after hibernation...
but if you have RR installed in writable disk...
i guess the disk has to be connected as you make a save point...

CornFlake340 · 08-02-2005, 01:14 AM

Did your code fix allow for ini saving on seperate disk? And you don't want RR saving right before or right after hibernation... you want it saving after each song played or before exit/shutdown... You'd want RR reloading all data a few momments after the hibernate sequence was done from within RR.

iPal · 08-02-2005, 04:37 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by CornFlake340

Did your code fix allow for ini saving on seperate disk? And you don't want RR saving right before or right after hibernation... you want it saving after each song played or before exit/shutdown... You'd want RR reloading all data a few momments after the hibernate sequence was done from within RR.

yes i did and am testing it on my car... so far it looks good... ^^
RR acts same, i just changed the path of ini including RR.ini, resume.ini and video.ini and path of playlist including winamp.m3u, videostmp.m3u and videos.m3u...

Macboy80 · 08-02-2005, 05:14 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by guino

The resume.ini is saved/reloaded when hibernating, exiting, powering off etc..

Would it be possible to add the same function to open/closewinamp or the skin/sdk?

CornFlake340 · 08-05-2005, 01:06 PM

Hey iPal... could you explain what you are doing exactly?
You have RR and winamp installed on the un-writable partition, and your media on a seperate drive that you connect after you make your hibernation point.. and you use the updated code to have RR and Winamp save playlist and current song info to the writable drive?

Is it working without any problems, and I didn't know you could specify where you had winamp save the playlist. If it is working, Guino, would you add the code to your working project?

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