MusicPlayer
| Last Update: | Aug. 15, 2008 (6 days ago) |
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| Category: | Audio |
| Tags: | audio, mp3, music, musicplayer, and sound |
| Project Manager: | trysor |
| Current Version: | MusicPlayer 2.4.3.1 (for World of Warcraft 2.4.3) |
| Downloads Today: | 339 |
| Downloads Total: | 195,839 |
| Favorites: | 335 |
| Comments: | 1,064 |
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| Created On: | July 10, 2006 |
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trysor
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- About MusicPlayer
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MusicPlayer
An ingame, fully functional mp3player with alot of extra features to enhance your exeperience in Azeroth.
About
The whole idea of creating a wow-mp3player started when I died for the umpteenth time while being in the background, changing my music etc. I normally play in fullscreen mode, which means I have to alt-tab forth and back between WoW and Winamp. In addition, Winamp do take more CPU than a simple WoW addon.
MusicPlayer is what I came up with. MusicPlayer started as a bad, not good at all thing, but today it is one of the best WoW-mp3 players out there.
Features
- Chat notify - Sends MusicPlayer's messages to your chatbox.
- Search box - Search through your playlist.
- Fubar / Titan Plugins - Self explaining.
- Playlist Generator - handles unlimited numbers! (or, almost.)
- Keybindings - Bindings for next / prev, volume, etc.
- Shuffle and "at the end" functionality - self explaining.
- Playlist Formatting - Format your playlist to your likings! (Also includes sorting.)
- Options window - Easy and well designed options window, with options to custom everything! From colors to playlist formatting.
- Minimap icon - Minimap icon with dropdown menu.
- Ingame Help - Description for every option and every part of MusicPlayer.
- Slash Commands - See ingame help for a complete list.
- Announcer - Sends a message to your specific channel with your currently playing song's title, artist and genre!
- Item links - Shows basic information about a song in an item tooltip! (Shift Click to send it! - Can only be sent to other people with MusicPlayer.)
Getting Started
I will explain how you get started here. After you have installed MusicPlayer (read how to install the addon properly at the How to install page), you have to do 3 easy steps.
1. Put your mp3s (copy them, or move them) into the Music folder, found inside MusicPlayer's folder.
Example: "WoW" \ Interface \ addons \ MusicPlayer \ Music \ mp3filename.mp3
2. Use the PlaylistMaker.exe included in the .zip. An interface will appear, check that all of your mp3s show up in the list. Click "Generate" if they all appear in the list.
3. Exit WoW (or start WoW, if WoW is not running) and log back in again.
See Troubleshooting for more information.
FAQs - Out of game
Q - Why do i have to put my mp3s in the Music folder?
A - WoW cannot read (nor activate) files that is not in WoW's directory. Ask Blizzard why this is, not me.
Q - The playlist maker says i need something like .Net Framework 2.0. What is that and where do i get it?
A - .Net Framework is, obviously, a framework for applications. You can get it from Microsoft. (Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5)
Q - Why can't I add .wav or other filetypes to MusicPlayer?
A - Simply because the API function PlayMusic does not support it. I hope Blizzard will add more than just the mp3 format soon.
FAQs - Ingame
Q - While I travel, WoW's background music seems to play along with my music.
A - This cannot be fixed. Blizzard made Musical moments, but did not give priority to the PlayMusic function, which is the function MusicPlayer use to connect to the .mp3s.
Q - I've added the songs, and they show up correctly in the playlist, but theres no sound at all when i play them!
A - Please be sure that both Master- and Music volume are at decent value. Then check if your headset / speakers are plugged in and is turned on. If that doesnt work, have you tested relogging?
Q - When alt-tabbed, MusicPlayer doesn't seem to update correctly! Why is this?
A - alt-tabbing out of the game for extended periods with the audio still playing in the background will cause MusicPlayer to continue playing a song, but the timer doesn't tick because the game is minimized.
Q - My question is not listed here! What do i do?
A - Post a comment on this site, and I'll answer you there.
Troubleshooting
Having problems? Read what to do here:
- PlaylistMaker Problems?
Please be sure that you have installed .NET Framework 2.0. (see FAQs for a download-link.) If you still got problems, try use the regsvr script included. If that doesnt work either, please post here, with the following information included; your error-message and your version of MusicPlayer.
- No sound?
Check the sound options and make sure that both the master- and the music volume is at decent value. The enable music checkbox do not have to be checked, as MusicPlayer automaticly checks it for you. If theres still no sound, take a look at your speakers volume. Is it at decent value? If theres still no sound, but everything seems ok, have you tried to relogg? (completely exit WoW)
- Lua error?
Please post the complete error (debug version is more than welcome too) and your version of MusicPlayer. If you dont know which version you have, open the options window and look for it there.
If you want to report a full error-report, Please post as follows;
- Version of MusicPlayer
- Lua error
- When it happened (What did you do when it happened?)
- Please add any thoughts you got.
- Your Configuration (only if you belive it has something to do with it)
TODO
- Finish MusicPlayerMediaLibrary
Credits
- DementuZ - Nìrthelem of Argent Dawn (MusicPlayer's Beta tester)
- FuhrerDarqueSyde - Mistwaker of Cenarion Circle (Author of PlaylistMaker)
- Aericia - Aericia of Alexstraza (Tried to make a playlist gen, but had a hard time doing it, due to personal problems.)
- Izadore - Storm of Ideas (Nice ideas!)
Created and managed by Trysor (new main: Athariel) of Argent Dawn (EU).
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xsh4dex saidHi there!
First I have to say, that this is an awesome Addon!
But I've got one question: If there's a loading screen or if I port to somewhere, the player stops playing music!? Is there any "/" command or something to get that right?
Thanks for answers :)
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trysor saidWell, Blizzard themselves decided (in patch 2.4.3) to cut the music during loading screens / zoning. I can't do anything to prevent the cut. =/
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xsh4dex saidOk, but I'll use it on and on, even if the music stops one time in an hour :)
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brianxavier saidTaken your new Library is beta, and might be most of the causes of bugs in the player now, I get this now after flushing everything to see if its old variables making it act weird.
Date: 2008-08-18 18:41:21
ID: 54
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua line 78:
bad argument #1 to 'strfind' (string expected, got nil)
Debug:
[C]: ?
[C]: strfind()
MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua:78: MusicPlayer_PlayNextSong()
[string "*:OnClick"]:4:
[string "*:OnClick"]:1
Date: 2008-08-18 18:42:05
ID: 56
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua line 1632:
attempt to concatenate a nil value
Debug:
[C]: ?
MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua:1632: MusicPlayerPlaylistUpdate()
MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua:673: MusicPlayer_StartStopUpdate()
MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua:56: MusicPlayer_PlaySong()
MusicPlayer\xml\MusicPlayer.lua:1655: MusicPlayer_PlaylistButton_OnClick()
[string "*:OnClick"]:1:
[string "*:OnClick"]:1
Also the player won't keep the colors or settings at all... its ghostly white until I edit the color and it flips back to the correct colors.
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trysor saidI'll check it out.
Edit: I was not able to reproduce your error. I flushed my settings and tried with and without a playlist. Any suggestions how to reproduce your error?
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Moriko saidI sort of have a strange problem with the playlist generator.
Every time I attempt to start it up, it immediately gives the message that an error has occured.
Am a bit at loss on how to fix it.
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trysor saidIt might be that you don't have .NET Framework 2.0 or better installed on your computer. Check the FAQ section for a link (though that link is a bit old. If you want a newer version, just google it).
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Moriko saidWell, that was the problem before, but then I got the error that .NET Framework 2.0 wasn't installed.
Now that it is installed, I just get Windows giving the error message "An error has occured in Playlist Maker and the program will have to be shutdown. Our apologies for the inconvienance."
Edit: Also, when I try to use the regsvr script as said in the FAQ, I get this error: "Error: ActiveX can't create object: 'Wscript.Shell'
Code: 800A01AD
Source: Runtime error Microsoft VBScript"
Rougly translated anyway
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trysor saidThe activeX controller might be blocking the script.
Open Internet Explorer and open the "Tools" dropdown menue. Select "Internet Options" and a window will pop up. Choose the security tab, and then press the "Custom Level" button. A new window will pop up, with a list of settings. Scroll down untill you find "ActiveX".
From here and forth, I cannot directly aid you, as my settings may wary from yours, but you gotta try enable / disable options that seems to lock down the use of ActiveX with the script.
Run the script again after enabling / disabling the options mentioned above, and hopefully the playlistmaker will run smoothly.
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Johnogodd saidThanks but i will no longer be using this addon.
Got the latest update and lost all my media
(1449 Tracks)
Thanks again
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linkoman saidIt deletes anything in its folder everytime it updates. you just gotta copy and paste from your music folder.
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trysor saidCurse client? That explains..
I've never used it, and never will.
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trysor saidI wonder how that happened, as there is nothing with the latest version that deletes your mp3s just like that. I am sorry you lost your mp3s though.
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Jeretr saidthe curse client makes a backup of everything before it updates; there should be a "backup" folder in the addon's folder with the old musicplayer folder, with the music still there
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greenskye saidok i tried to post a ticket on CurseForge but it wouldn't let me have access or something. So i'll post my suggestions here:
Love the musicplayer, best one out for Wow right now, but needs a few improvements.
1. Create Playlist/have multiple playlists. Sorta of like a Favorites 1, 2, 3, etc.
2. Automatically add all songs to queue in current order (so a filter by artist, adds them all to queue with them sorted like artist)
3. A shuffle button, I don't always want to add them to the queue, but i don't want them always played in the same order either.
4. Remove a single song from the queue, without having to re-queue all other songs.
5. Be able to double/right click a song to immediately play it in media library window.
6. Be able to select multiple songs for queueing.
These are just put out there, I know it takes a lot of work to code this thing. Just suggestions for future updates!
Thanks for all your hard work!
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trysor saidHello there!
Nice ideas, though some of them are in fact implemented already.
* The playlist part is in work (It's ment to take up one of the "(To be made)" Tabs).
* The shuffle button is there, just alittle hidden. It is 2 places, at the bottom of the playlist and in the minimap dropdown menue.
* To remove a song from the queue, simply queue it again (the functionality is there, its just the button that does not update to "unqueue").
* I added a play song button for that doubleclick / rightclick idea of yours, but ye, it might be better to have a click functionality too =)
I will gladly take a look on these improvements, and see if I can change / make-more-obvious the old ones too.
Thanks!
Regards,
Trysor
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greenskye saidsweet! helps out a lot! Glad to know the playlist function is in the works and that shuffle is there too, these are the biggest things for me =)
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trysor saidNew version out!
Please report any errors if you get any.
Edit: Curse is slow to approve it..
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Jeretr saidnew error. Tried using the queue system, and got an error with the line #57 in Musicplayerenqueueframe.lua about MusicPlayerEnqueueFrameSongs_Sorted being a nil value, and line #219, claiming a bad arguement for #1 in 'pairs', expected table but a nil value
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trysor saidThats because the queue system is not availible in the current version =/
I removed it (temporarly) in preparation for MusicPlayerMediaLibrary, a new plugin I will release soon (as beta version, though, as it is still being worked on).