RRMedia Plugin by Blue ZX3 [v1.2.2 Released]

Blue ZX3 · 01-26-2008, 04:39 PM

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A many thanks to these list of Do-ne's
TimmyM, Volsfan

Current status is:
v1.3.0 Un-Released TBA
v1.2.2 Released 9/28/08 8:25 PM CST
v1.2.1 Released 9/26/08 11:30 AM CST
v1.2 Released 9/17/08 4:00 AM CST
v1.1 Released 9/12/08 2:45 AM CST
v1.0 Released 7/25/08 7:00 PM CST

This has been made to be combatable with the RR build 9-10-08 & up

v1.3.0
Main App
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Updated:
-RideRunner compatible w/o needing the RoadRunner.exe running ( will still work on non RideRunner installs )

Fixed:
-Muting method on Disk loading

Added:
-option to mute durring Disk loading/changing
-"RMStorePath" Setting to specify where to write/store created files at
-Increased the Virtual Disk Changer to allow up to 100 disk's!
-AddDisk & DelDisk's Cmd
-Debug log for this RRMedia.exe ( RRMedia(Main)_debug.txt )
-Support for using the 'dateformat' setting from rr for the LastPlayedDate & AddedOnDate Song labels
-Support to be able to browse any one of the Virtual Changer Disks ( 0% Done )
-Virtual Changer Disk list to help with the 1-100 disk support.
-Big feature that will for sure, push RRMedia over the edge.

Builder
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Fixed:
-Builder limit of 32K+ songs

Added:
-Two additional Rescan methods ( New Files only & New Folders only )
-Ape Tag file support ( Done )

v1.2.2
Fixed:
- Rating backup file, was adding path incorrectly

v1.2.1
Fixed:
- Virtual Playlists
- Play Select in the top level Recenly Added Browse mode

Added:
- Following labels: RM_CoverArtPath, RM_BuilderVer, RM_MediaVer
- One additional detail to the builder debug

v1.2
Fixed:
- Builder giving a "Invalid Music Path" message.
- Rating System fixed, currently not working!
- RM_Add1 cmd not working for "Albums"
- "Browsing to Songs from the "ALBUM" when multiple same enteries exsits shows all songs for all albums of selected item, RM_Browse & RM_Select cmds both fixed

Issues that I could not reproduce
(Maybe already fixed since after release 1.1?)
- "RM_Sel2Disk" w/ browse by "SONG" not updating the disk track count label afterwards
- "RM_PL2DiskAdd||RM_PLAYLIST2Disk" not updating the disk track count label afterwards
- "RM_DiskRemoveSong" not deleting track from disk
- "RM_ADD2DISK#" not working

v1.1
Added:
-Builder in vb and much more stable now!
-**NOTE** This builder as of current does not have a GUI and is ment to be run behind the senes.
-Builder creates a fresh builder_debug.txt log durring every run located in the RMDatabase folder
-New Cmds: RM_RandomizeDiskx(1), RM_UnloadDisk, RM_CurrPL2Disk, RM_SaveArtPath(2)
-Utility to update your current db to the 1.1 version db format(3)
-Updated Demo skin & graphics, now has a RRMedia logo
-A ini setting to allow you to place the 'RRMediaDb.db' and 'rate.in_' files where ever you want(4)
-A '[ Entire Collection ]' added to the top of the Folder,Artist,Album, & Genre browse mode lists. Can be used just like any other item in the list, ie play selected or select to disk.
-New Ind's: RM_CoverArt(5), RM_Disk_Loaded(6), RM_VPL_Loaded(7), RM_Sel_Loaded(8)
-Only one instance of a song is allowed when adding anything to a disk, if >= 1 was found on disk the custom "RM_SSNA" cmd is issued.

Fixed:
-Added extra checks to the db builder to further prevent some more errors
-Sorting Search Results works again

Changed:
-Improved folder browsing speed

ToDo:
Nothing! Next project...

v1.1 Notes
(1) This to randomize the spec x disk while maintaining the current song and song position of the last time disk was played. Handled completely internally.
(2) Creates a Missing AlbumArt Locatins.txt in roadrunners folder when executed, using item selected in list. Path to the location of list item.
(3) There are two choices you can do, #1-keep your current db and use the update util, #2 after the installed update delete JUST your RMediaDb.db file found in your musicpath and do a rebuild.
(4) This would probably be mostly used if your music files would be located over a network connection. The thinking here would be that you run the builder on the machine that contains the music then move the db and rate.in_ files to the wanted machine. These two lines are in the builder.ini file located in your RR\RMDatabase\Support Files folder and called "TempDbLoc" and "TempRtLoc" and MUST be the full path to their files.
(5) Indicator for when browsing through Artist, Album, Song browsing modes. Using art found in folders
(5) Also there is now a "RM_NoArtAvail.png" file that will be diplayed if found in the skin folder and no art was found for selected list item.
(6) Indicates that one of the virtual disks is loaded
(7) Indicates the current playlist is one from the virtual playlists
(8) Indicates the current playlist was created from browsing and selecting to play something from your music collection

Enjoy!! Any questions, comments, and donations are more than welcome.
Download << RRMedia Files >>

Quick Feature list:
Browse Modes: Artist, Album, Genre, Songs, Folders, Recently Added, Recently Played, By Ratings
-Genre's also give you three sub choices of Artist,Albums,Songs from the selected Genre
Sort list Modes: Title, Track, Artist, Album, Genre, Filename
Fast song searches (Make that instant)!
Search by: FileName, Title, Artist, Album, Genre, Year, Times a Song been played or All
Song Rating's
Builtin 10 Disk Changer, changer features for the changer include:
- Play / Name / Rename / Clear/ Restart / any of the 10 disks
- Add selected browse list item to a disk (good for adding media to a disk)
- Add or Replace contents of a disk with a saved Playlist
- Auto resume to song and time when returning to a disk
- Add/Remove Songs from a disk
- Backup / Restore all disks
Builtin 10 Virtual rotating playlist history (optional by setting)
Top x played songs (user selectable!)
Most x Recently played songs (user selectable!)
Find recently added songs to the database
TON'S of labels for just about any thing that you would want to be displayed...

Only audio media now, but good chance that video too in near future...

Current skin cmd file is now located in this thread.

Blue ZX3 · 01-26-2008, 04:40 PM

Menu

Playlist Screen

Main Media browser screen

CD Changer Screen

Audio Player

Ratings

Search Methods

Browsing Methods

Playlist Creation Methods

Blue ZX3 · 01-26-2008, 04:41 PM

Q&A Post

Q. I have rated several songs but the star indicators never show when I play any of the rated songs.
A. Check the Exectbl.ini file in either RR's folder or the skin's folder, for the "ONSONGSTART" event line and see if you have a "RM_ONSONGSTART" command somewhere in it, if its missing then that is your problem.

Q.Why are the labels for Disk Name, Disk Number, Browse Mode, etc....showing more than once?
ie: Disk Name: No DiskNo DiskNo (until my label field runs out of room...)
A.Make sure that you only have X,RRMediaB on just Menu.skin

Q. Does RRMedia handle multiple drive locations for media? ie: if I have music on 2 seperate drives, will rrmedia build a database including both?
A. Yes. If you're using Win2k or WinXP and have your media drives formatted with NTFS, you can use either of the following methods to allow you multiple folders for media.
1) Use the Disk Management applet inside Computer Manager, and mount your drives inside an empty folder on another drive. Using this method you can have a single drive dedicated to one folder, and mount it inside a folder on a third drive, or your boot drive.
2) Find and download a program called junction.exe from http://www.sysinternals.com and create hard links of folders (or files if you want).
3) Note: drives must be formatted NTFS

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