Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
Concerning Classic have a look @ @quadronado s efforts. Read from here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=850302 karlek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64321 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
tcutting wrote: > First, CustomClock has become much more than a way to display a clock. > It basically allows you to build custom screens which can then be used > as "screensaver" for various functions. I've created custom "now > playing" screens when the built-in screen just didn't work that well for > the application - I built a "PlayWithCoverandClock" screensaver for the > Radio which I use as my now-playing screen, because I wanted a larger > clock display... BUT, If I'd wanted, I could have built it with NO clock > showing at all. It allows you to build a screen view with graphics > (static, cover art), tag information, playing status, wireless strength > indicator, and even a clock if you want it. > > CustomClock is NOT used for navigating (that is, if you are navigating > through menus on your touch). Once you select something to play, you > typically get a "Now Playing" screen. You can actually select the "Now > Playing" screen, and also a screen saver used "when playing" - these > could be different... > > Suggest you try CustomClock - It's a "paid" applet, but I believe Erland > offers a free trial period. There are existing screens you can try to > get an idea of what it does, and these can be a good starting point for > creating your own custom screen. (You also need the CustomClockHelper > plugin on LMS to create and/or modify CustomClock screens). Thanks for further reply and the information tcutting. Upon looking again, and more closely, at Custom Clock (CC), it does look like it may do what I want, and, yet another great admission, I was being dim - of course the 'now playing' screen is what I see when a track is selected (I'll just go and drown myself now - my excuse is too many players both portable and computer based). I am very grateful for the pointer to the fact that CC does not need to display a clock I was aware that CC is not used for navigating and I am a user of Erland's Custom Browse for that, along with the Custom Scan and Multi-Library plugins as well, but I couldn't see when I was scanning the documentation if CC can detect which library I am looking at, as the Custom Browse menus can. That would be necessary to avoid some really silly stuff appearing for non-classical music (Orchestra & Conductor for starters). I have now just checked my licence info on Erland's site, and as I paid for the complete package (lifetime) I do have a licence for CC, so I will experiment further - I do need to check out the Library support though. Thanks again for the help. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
arthurb wrote: > Basically, I don't want a clock although a very small one in a corner > would be OK; I really want the whole of the 'Classical' information > displayed (Composer, Album (work), Track Title (Movement), Conductor, > Soloists if appropriate, Orchestra, Year). This also needs to be > displayed ONLY for items from my Classical sub-library (via Erland's > Multi-Library plugin). Looking at the Custom Clock info I'm still > unsure if this is possible. > > I am also unsure if the 'Now Playing' display is actually what is shown > when you navigate to a folder and play all the tracks therein, as I > never actually go to a 'Now Playing' screen; but that could just be me > being a bit dim. > > I guess that I am reluctant to use something that is described as a > clock to alter what information about a track is being displayed. First, CustomClock has become much more than a way to display a clock. It basically allows you to build custom screens which can then be used as "screensaver" for various functions. I've created custom "now playing" screens when the built-in screen just didn't work that well for the application - I built a "PlayWithCoverandClock" screensaver for the Radio which I use as my now-playing screen, because I wanted a larger clock display... BUT, If I'd wanted, I could have built it with NO clock showing at all. It allows you to build a screen view with graphics (static, cover art), tag information, playing status, wireless strength indicator, and even a clock if you want it. CustomClock is NOT used for navigating (that is, if you are navigating through menus on your touch). Once you select something to play, you typically get a "Now Playing" screen. You can actually select the "Now Playing" screen, and also a screen saver used "when playing" - these could be different... Suggest you try CustomClock - It's a "paid" applet, but I believe Erland offers a free trial period. There are existing screens you can try to get an idea of what it does, and these can be a good starting point for creating your own custom screen. (You also need the CustomClockHelper plugin on LMS to create and/or modify CustomClock screens). tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
tcutting wrote: > Why did you discount CustomClock? You cab create a custom Now Playing > screen. > > Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk Basically, I don't want a clock although a very small one in a corner would be OK; I really want the whole of the 'Classical' information displayed (Composer, Album (work), Track Title (Movement), Conductor, Soloists if appropriate, Orchestra, Year). This also needs to be displayed ONLY for items from my Classical sub-library (via Erland's Multi-Library plugin). Looking at the Custom Clock info I'm still unsure if this is possible. I am also unsure if the 'Now Playing' display is actually what is shown when you navigate to a folder and play all the tracks therein, as I never actually go to a 'Now Playing' screen; but that could just be me being a bit dim. I guess that I am reluctant to use something that is described as a clock to alter what information about a track is being displayed. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
arthurb wrote: > Thank you both for your replies. After re-reading m1abrams post and > then my original post I think that the thread title is ambiguous at best > and misleading at worst; I was, as karlek suggests, only trying to alter > what is displayed, and was very surprised that there seems to be no way > of doing so (the Custom Clock doesn't seem quite appropriate, but thanks > for the suggestion kerlak). I will try just once opening a thread with > a new title and a slightly reworked opening post before I give up > entirely. Why did you discount CustomClock? You cab create a custom Now Playing screen. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
Thank you both for your replies. After re-reading m1abrams post and then my original post I think that the thread title is ambiguous at best and misleading at worst; I was, as karlek suggests, only trying to alter what is displayed, and was very surprised that there seems to be no way of doing so (the Custom Clock doesn't seem quite appropriate, but thanks for the suggestion kerlak). I will try just once opening a thread with a new title and a slightly reworked opening post before I give up entirely. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
If it's only about changing the informations being displayed, have a look at Erlands Custom Clock. With it you can at least change the Now Playing-Screen. That would be point #3. Today the user @Quadronado was looking for such a solution and is now working on such a Custom Clock-Skin. Maybe you build a team? karlek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64321 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
This may be possible through a plugin, however note one of the main tenants of the squeezebox servers from the earlier days was to NEVER modify the music files. So any plugin that did this would be going around that tenant and not using any built in API. m1abrams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
I have used Erland's plugins to give me the menu structure I need for classical music, but despite many different attempts I cannot get the last thing I want (at present) to work. I want to change the information shown for a track (or 'song') on the Squeezebox Touch while it is playing. For starters, can anyone give me definitive answers to the following questions: 1. Is it possible, with Erland's or any other plugin, to modify the tag-data shown on the Touch display for a track that is playing? 2. Is it possible, with Erland's or any other plugin, to add to the tag-data that is shown on the Touch display for a track that is playing? 3. If this is different, is it possible to similarly alter the 'now playing' display? 4. Is it possible to alter, or add to, the data shown in the 'header' at the top of the Touch display when a track or 'song' is playing? If someone could give an answer to these points, and perhaps a brief pointer to which items to change, I would be very grateful. I have, of course, looked at Erland's 'Setup browse menu for classical music' wiki section, and that helped me get the menus working (after some self-inflicted grief), but I see no effect when I try to add extra information to the standard Touch display for a track playing. Thanks in advance for any assistance, Arthur B. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
