JohnWPB

Well I hope one of the programmers on here takes the plugin and completes it. Many of us do not have PCI slots in out Carputers, and this is one of the few sollutions available.

Now, does anyone else have the presets working with the plugin? As mentioned above, I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figgure it out! If I could just get the presets to work correctly, I can live with this plugin in it's current state. Without presets though, it is just not functional.

I even reverted back to the old skin with the preset buttons, and they do the exact same as the list, just choose random stations that are nowhere to be found in the .ini. I then twent back to ver 1 of the plugin, and still no dice....

EDIT Ok, to make it even stranger, the AM radio presets work! I just filled them in from preset 1 to 6 with stations 610,620,630,640 ect in the .ini for testing purposes, and they work fine! This tells me that there is some communication problem from the RR skin, making a call to the incorrect place in the plugin exe.

Evolution VIII, if you could just fix this hook for the FM presets, from RR to the plugin before you abandon the project, it would be GREATLY appreceiated, and would leave us with a functional plugin.

__________________
Front End of Choice: Ride Runner (Is there anything else??? ) & Powered by the DigitalFX 4.0 Skin Available at www.JohnWPB.com

My Fiero Build Thread

MP3Car.com

 

Evolution VIII

Very strange, I don't see this behavior on my system at all. May be something changed in the radiSHARK executable, I’m may be using the older version or radioSHARK. No point going to old version/skin. Preset functionality hasn’t changed. I’ll post the version number I’m using.

Evolution VIII

I'm using radioSHARK v 1.1.7, and it works perfectly with the plug-in.

JohnWPB

Im Using 1.1.7 FWO (not sure what the FWO on the end is.

Strange part is the presets work perfectly on AM, but do not work on FM.

The stations I get when pressing a preset button for FM are no where in my ini file. It just does not make sence to me!

__________________
Front End of Choice: Ride Runner (Is there anything else??? ) & Powered by the DigitalFX 4.0 Skin Available at www.JohnWPB.com

My Fiero Build Thread

Evolution VIII

Send me you plugin ini file I'll find the problem.

JohnWPB

As the .ini is short, I will just post it here, in case anyone else has the same problem, and you can comment on what you see. I have went through the ini with a fine tooth comb, and can't find anything out of the ordinary. I am editing it in a text editor, so there are no hidden binary characters, tabs, ect ect..

This is the ini file it is using, as I changed the last line to Tunestep=10 and when tuning through the skin, it does indeed skip "10 steps".
Also, it's worth mentioning again that the AM presets work perfectly.....

Here it is:
(I tried surrounding the text below with php tags to display it cleaner, but it altered the text)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# path of the radioShark executable
radioSharkPath=C:\Program Files\Griffin Technology\radioSHARK\radioSHARK.exe

# To allow radioSHARK plugin work as stand-alone app set standalone=true
standalone=false

# FM radio presets
fm_preset_1=94.3;Talk Radio
fm_preset_2=96.5;Power 96
fm_preset_3=97.3;Coast FM
fm_preset_4=97.9;WRMF
fm_preset_5=96.5;Power 96

# AM radio presets
am_preset_1=610;Public radio 610
am_preset_2=620;Test
am_preset_3=630;Test
am_preset_4=640;Test
am_preset_5=650;Test
am_preset_6=660;Test

# radioShark Volume control steps
volumestep=1

# radioShark Volume control symbol
volumesymbol=|
# volumesymbol=*
# volumesymbol=numeric


# radioShark tune control step
tunestep=1

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And here is the line from my Extbl,ini file:


"RADIOSHARK","PLUGIN;RRRadioSharkPlugin;C:\Pro gram Files\Road Runner\radioSharkPlugin\radioSharkPlugin.exe"



And here is a screen capture, showing that I am pressing the preset [1] button, which should bring up "94.3", and it is going to "100.7" instead.


N OT E : * * * The Station name "Talk Radio" is showing up correctly when I press preset 1. I just noticed that this evening! So it is reading the correct line in the ini, just not changing the station to what is in the ini...





As a note that alone is strange, as Y-100 in Miami is one of the stations you had originally had as one of your presets. Seems too much to be just a coincedence.

__________________
Front End of Choice: Ride Runner (Is there anything else??? ) & Powered by the DigitalFX 4.0 Skin Available at www.JohnWPB.com

My Fiero Build Thread

Evolution VIII

This is good info. I'll look into it Monday morning.

PS:
You forgot to install included font.

JohnWPB

I appreceiate the help on this, if I can get the stations to work correctly, then I will be happy the way it is, as I really do not listen to the radio in the car that often, as I have 17,000 MP3's on 924 full albums... commercial free It is nice to catch a morning talk show or traffic report now and then though.


Is there an undocumented "Pause" button in your plugin? I noticed you have record, was just wondering....

As for the font, I didn't "Forget" to install it, I just didn't do it, as when I can get this to work correctly, I am going to use a skin that I am currently working on.

EDIT: Here is the skin I am working on... it is not done, as I am still moving things around, cleaning it up, and I dont like the volume control the way it is with the text and all... but it's a start....

__________________
Front End of Choice: Ride Runner (Is there anything else??? ) & Powered by the DigitalFX 4.0 Skin Available at www.JohnWPB.com

My Fiero Build Thread

MP3Car.com

 

Evolution VIII

New and improved version released! View beginning of the thread for information and links

spjuenger

RadioShark is on sale @ BestBuy for anyone who hasn't gotten one yet. $29.

JohnWPB

WooHoo! I do not know what the problem was with my computer, but I did a new install (for other reasons) and the Radio Shark plugin is working FLAWLESSLY!

Thanks to Evolution for a fantastic plugin! I find that the radio scans as fast as my head unit in the car when holding down the tuning buttons on the skin.

I LOVE the new dirrect tuning feature! For those that have not downloaded the latest version of the plugin, you can now have a button when pressed, that pops up the numeric keypad skin on the screen, and you can type in a frequency to jump to.

__________________
Front End of Choice: Ride Runner (Is there anything else??? ) & Powered by the DigitalFX 4.0 Skin Available at www.JohnWPB.com

My Fiero Build Thread

xs10x

right now I keep on getting the error 76 can't find skin. since v101 and 102. but if I use and older radiosharkplugin it works except record freezes the screen, then I have to three finger salute it to kill it.

__________________
`¨`¨`¨`¨` _____||¯.\__
.:.:.:.:.:.:;!_(o)______(o)'i
TruckputerX - Vortech SuperCharger Vid
TruckputerX Progress Bar [|||||||||-] 90% Complete [It's never 100% done]

Evolution VIII

Please read beginning of the thread.

xs10x

Cool I got it to load now. Everything works great except the Record part.

When I launch the original radioshark application and press record it asks me for a filename to save.

How do u have yours working?

__________________
`¨`¨`¨`¨` _____||¯.\__
.:.:.:.:.:.:;!_(o)______(o)'i
TruckputerX - Vortech SuperCharger Vid
TruckputerX Progress Bar [|||||||||-] 90% Complete [It's never 100% done]

Evolution VIII

1. Launch patched radioSHARK.exe directly
2. Right-click anywhere on the radioSHARK window > choose Preferences

In the RadioSHARK Preferences window. In Instant record frame:
1. Select “MyMusic Dir” as location.
2. Set the path for the “My Music Directory”

MP3Car.com