couple of sexy plugins - Page 4

McCooper · 11th July 2005, 16:36

Hey guy's

I've read through this whole thread but to no avail.

Has anyone come up with a way of getting winamp to remember ratings as of yet? ID3 or meta tags or whatever?

Basically I was staring to get to a point where I had almost completed rating my ENTIRE collection 10G plus when during some routine re-arrangement I lost them ALL (I moved over from Musicmatch JB recently, where you don't lose the rating). Not only was this frustrating enough, but after reaching the same point a few months later the same thing happened with a re-installation... AARRGGH..... the pain... anyway.... I think I'm going to give it a miss now unless I find some way of getting them to stick.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

siebe83 · 11th July 2005, 18:16

Have a look at this thread:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=182413

Basically, you can just copy the Winamp\plugins\ml folder to create a backup once in a while (or use the ML Import/Export plugin), or you can store the ratings in either the Comment tag or in its own tag using ml_id3rate.

Advantage of backing up ml folder or ML Import/Export plugin: files are not touched
Advantage of using tags: you can move files without losing ratings

saivert · 11th July 2005, 21:15

If those lazy bastards over at Nullsoft can modify their Winamp to store ratings in the appropriate metadata tag in addition to caching it in the library it would be just fine. I sincerely hope someone can talk AOL into giving Nullsoft some more space.

_burnthewitch · 2nd November 2005, 15:17

can't modify playcount .... why?

russellauld · 5th March 2007, 01:47

I've been using playlist count set for a while now on an older version of Winamp, but after upgrading to 5.33 it has started to act up.

It will still set the play count for a whole album, but when I try to set an individual song's count it does nothing.

Anyone have any ideas?

foxyshadis · 6th April 2007, 10:03

Yes, time to start using a playcount modifying script for the much more flexible ActiveWinamp instead.

This is the bare-bones script I use, goes in the ActiveWA scripts folder:

code:


x = playlist.getselection()

dim s



if ubound(x,1) > 0 then

	for each track in x

		s = inputbox(track.title & vbcrlf & "Currently: " & cstr(track.playcount),cstr(track.playcount))

		if s = "" then r = track.playcount else r = cint(s)

		track.playcount = r

	next

end if



quit

It'll ask you for the desired playcount on every highlighted song, that's the way I like it; to change that, just hoist the inputbox line above the for, and it'll only ask you once and apply it to everything.

The filename, this is important, is "sendto_Set Playcount.vbs", you can also name it "playlist_Set Playcount.vbs" to have it show in the Scripts submenu instead of the SendTo.

russellauld · 24th April 2007, 03:48

Thanks for the solution, foxyshadis, but I just upgraded to 5.34 and the problem seems to have reesolved. I'll keep ahold of your script just in case though.

michaelmorris · 25th May 2009, 17:38

Whenever I try to use the ml_plcount plugin, it crashes winamp as soon as I try to set the count.

Winamp version: 5.552
OS: Vista Ultimate 64

I had this problem when using 5.4xx as well.

Any ideas / fixes???

pandaking · 31st August 2009, 17:55

Yea michaelmorris, neither the ml_plcount.dll plugin or the script for ActiveWinamp works for me.
I think we either need a fix or a new solution...

Ufomammut · 9th November 2009, 07:33

I have the same problem as MichaelMorris and I use Windows 7.
Really pisses me off playing every of my 40000 already played songs for some milliseconds again.

DrO · 9th November 2009, 09:02

there were options added to 5.5x builds of Winamp (on the history page) which allows you to natively control how the playcount is triggered in Winamp without having to use a broken plugin. the only downside is that you can't edit the count with the native implementation.

-daz

stopasking · 31st October 2010, 20:43

Bump for any working solution, because i want to change playcount manually.

ninereeds · 4th November 2010, 06:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopasking

Bump for any working solution, because i want to change playcount manually.

I have a sort of working solution

Firstly, I am using win7 ulimate 64 bit. My user is an admininstrator. I have UAC at normal. I am running Winamp 5.59beta. I have only the Winamp Essentials plugin pack loaded, and ActiveWinamp. Therefore YMMV

I couldn't get Shane's playcount modifier plugin (ml_plcount.dll) to work at all - or any of his "Sexy Plugins"; they don't even show up in the list of plugins.

However, using ActiveWinamp I can increment playcounts. Maybe with a bit more programming I can get a dialog box and be able to do editing..... time will tell.

I am assuming you can get ActiveWinamp installed/running - it is messy, let me know if you want detailed instrauctions.

I am using the following script:

code:
x = playlist.getselection()

if ubound(x,1) > 0 then

	for each track in x

		track.playcount = track.playcount+1

	next

end if

which I have named 'playlist_Increment Playcount.vbs' and it lives where the rest of the scripts live (either %ProgramFiles%\Winamp\Plugins\Scripts or %APPDATA%\Winamp\Plugins\Scripts ).

This (frustratingly) only works on items in a playlist, NOT in the media library.

But, select one or more items in the playlist, rightclick, select Scripts and then the appropriate script (Increae Playcount), and the playcount will be incremented.

Frustrating, but it's a start.

stopasking · 7th November 2010, 07:22

Active Winamp doesn't work with last Winamp version.

ninereeds · 7th November 2010, 08:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopasking

Active Winamp doesn't work with last Winamp version.

5.58, or earlier like 4.x?

Any reason why? I'm surprised given it was written so long ago that it works in current versions.

EWeiss · 7th November 2010, 08:31

then not..

DrO · 7th November 2010, 10:00

@EWeiss: this thread is more for shaneh's plug-ins than posting youtube videos of visualisation plug-ins.

@ninereeds: different people have had different success with the activewinamp plug-in on newer Winamp and Windows versions. there is a newer patched version in the proper activewinamp thread which seems to resolve some of the issues but probably not all since no one is actively developing the plug-in now (or has the time to step in and do a proper update on it to make it compatible with newer clients, etc). the source code is however available and if you read the other thread there's posts for what needs to be changed in the code so there's nothing stopping you making a build with the fixes (if you can code).

-daz

ninereeds · 7th November 2010, 10:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrO

@EWeiss: this thread is more for shaneh's plug-ins than posting youtube videos of visualisation plug-ins.

Exactly.

Quote:

@ninereeds: different people have had different success with the activewinamp plug-in on newer Winamp and Windows versions. there is a newer patched version in the proper activewinamp thread which seems to resolve some of the issues but probably not all since no one is actively developing the plug-in now (or has the time to step in and do a proper update on it to make it compatible with newer clients, etc). the source code is however available and if you read the other thread there's posts for what needs to be changed in the code so there's nothing stopping you making a build with the fixes (if you can code).

-daz

I can well imagine! I don't code well or often enough to go down that road. Thanks for the explanation.

spoonschbob · 25th December 2010, 09:03

Is there a newer version (or other plugin) of ml_plcount which works with the newest winamp version? Since 5.6 the context menu point to change the play count is gone...

DrO · 28th December 2010, 14:26

spoonschbob: it depends on what aspect of ml_plcount you're wanting as most of the functionality was added natively into Winamp a few versions back now - is only the editing of the playcount which is not available (unless you export the ml database, edit the output and then re-import it i think).

-daz

spoonschbob · 29th December 2010, 15:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrO

spoonschbob: it depends on what aspect of ml_plcount you're wanting ... only the editing of the playcount which is not available (unless you export the ml database, edit the output and then re-import it i think).

Did the plugin anything elese?

And yes, only the editing is what I need...and export/import is too inconvenient

Elisa_Day · 18th January 2011, 19:30

Hey there,

Any news about making playcount-set compatible with Winamp 5.6? I NEED it because I make my own "charts" every week (songs not played for three weeks = -10 playcount, not played for two weeks = -5, not played for one week = -1)

I'd donate if anyone was able to update playcount-set for 5.6!

THX!

osmosis · 19th January 2011, 21:47

Just wanted to mention that I believe it would be possible to code a Playcount Set ActiveWinamp script with dialog asking count number, etc. AND Media Library functionality, using the sendto menu.

spoonschbob · 20th January 2011, 15:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by osmosis

Just wanted to mention that I believe it would be possible to code a Playcount Set ActiveWinamp script with dialog asking count number, etc. AND Media Library functionality, using the sendto menu.

What's the difference to the playcount plugin we're talking about here?

osmosis · 21st January 2011, 14:06

I assume the important difference would be that it works since you and Elise said the plugin was broken.

osmosis · 27th January 2011, 15:06

Also I just noticed there is already a working copy of the script I had in mind above you in the thread.. http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....45#post2167845

MrSinatra · 28th January 2011, 22:56

winamp now natively will write ratings to a tag, (awesome) but it will not write the playcount to the POPM or PCNT tag yet. its only in the winamp DB, and only then till it gets whacked.

i don't know if the plugins in this thread work or not, but i think the best answer would be for winamp to officially support POPM or PCNT.

DrO · 28th January 2011, 23:26

the playcount plug-in in here only ever intercepted Winamp's tracking of the playcount being stored in the db with the means to natively control that added as an option a few Winamp versions back. the only thing not offered which the plug-in did is in the editing of the playcount value in the db.

-daz

Morgorth · 12th February 2011, 11:52

hi

DrO, I can't find the native control you are talking about.
I still can't find a way to edit playcount...

DrO · 12th February 2011, 12:04

there isn't a way to edit the playcount, i was referring to the options the play count plug-in had to control _when_ the playcount was altered.

-daz

osmosis · 12th February 2011, 15:31

Turns out that older script I linked to was extremely broken. I tried to fix it but have run into some snags as well.. here's what I have so far:

sendto_Set Playcount.vbs

code:
x = GetSendToItems



if ubound(x,1) > 0 then

    for each track in x

        s = inputbox(track.title+vbCrLf+vbCrLf+"Currently: "+cStr(track.playcount),"Set Playcount",cStr(track.playcount))

        if s <> empty then track.playcount = cInt(s)

    next

end if



quit

It will run from the ML via SendTo, but not from the PL for some reason.. and for some reason the ML SendTo seems to trigger things twice, regardless of what is actually in the script.. SO this works but it is still broken as you'll see every dialog box twice.. Anyone got any ideas?

Elisa_Day · 16th February 2011, 07:54

What I did - installed Winamp 5.5 on a USB-stick (portable installation) and do my weekly update on the playcount there - importing and exporting my index.dat etc.

osmosis · 17th February 2011, 14:18

Wow. sounds complicated. My script works, but I think there's just a bug with ActiveWinamp that makes all ML SendTo items get sent twice.. so double dialog boxes.

11th July 2005, 16:36	#121
McCooper Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Newcastle, Aus Posts: 1	rate items nightmare Hey guy's I've read through this whole thread but to no avail. Has anyone come up with a way of getting winamp to remember ratings as of yet? ID3 or meta tags or whatever? Basically I was staring to get to a point where I had almost completed rating my ENTIRE collection 10G plus when during some routine re-arrangement I lost them ALL (I moved over from Musicmatch JB recently, where you don't lose the rating). Not only was this frustrating enough, but after reaching the same point a few months later the same thing happened with a re-installation... AARRGGH..... the pain... anyway.... I think I'm going to give it a miss now unless I find some way of getting them to stick. Thanks for any help you can offer.

11th July 2005, 18:16	#122
siebe83 Forum King Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,222	Have a look at this thread: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=182413 Basically, you can just copy the Winamp\plugins\ml folder to create a backup once in a while (or use the ML Import/Export plugin), or you can store the ratings in either the Comment tag or in its own tag using ml_id3rate. Advantage of backing up ml folder or ML Import/Export plugin: files are not touched Advantage of using tags: you can move files without losing ratings Good Winamp plugins by Joonas, DrO and shaneh. If you're bored go here or, if the boredom is more serious, here.

5th March 2007, 01:47	#125
russellauld Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 6	Playlist count set has gone wonky. I've been using playlist count set for a while now on an older version of Winamp, but after upgrading to 5.33 it has started to act up. It will still set the play count for a whole album, but when I try to set an individual song's count it does nothing. Anyone have any ideas?

6th April 2007, 10:03	#126
foxyshadis Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: The deserts of California Posts: 55	Yes, time to start using a playcount modifying script for the much more flexible ActiveWinamp instead. This is the bare-bones script I use, goes in the ActiveWA scripts folder: code: x = playlist.getselection() dim s if ubound(x,1) > 0 then for each track in x s = inputbox(track.title & vbcrlf & "Currently: " & cstr(track.playcount),cstr(track.playcount)) if s = "" then r = track.playcount else r = cint(s) track.playcount = r next end if quit It'll ask you for the desired playcount on every highlighted song, that's the way I like it; to change that, just hoist the inputbox line above the for, and it'll only ask you once and apply it to everything. The filename, this is important, is "sendto_Set Playcount.vbs", you can also name it "playlist_Set Playcount.vbs" to have it show in the Scripts submenu instead of the SendTo.

25th May 2009, 17:38	#128
michaelmorris Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2	ml_plcount doesnt work Whenever I try to use the ml_plcount plugin, it crashes winamp as soon as I try to set the count. Winamp version: 5.552 OS: Vista Ultimate 64 I had this problem when using 5.4xx as well. Any ideas / fixes???

11th July 2005, 21:15	#123
saivert Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Norway Posts: 927	If those lazy bastards over at Nullsoft can modify their Winamp to store ratings in the appropriate metadata tag in addition to caching it in the library it would be just fine. I sincerely hope someone can talk AOL into giving Nullsoft some more space.

2nd November 2005, 15:17	#124
_burnthewitch Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	can't modify playcount .... why?

24th April 2007, 03:48	#127
russellauld Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 6	Thanks for the solution, foxyshadis, but I just upgraded to 5.34 and the problem seems to have reesolved. I'll keep ahold of your script just in case though.

31st August 2009, 17:55	#129
pandaking Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 33	Yea michaelmorris, neither the ml_plcount.dll plugin or the script for ActiveWinamp works for me. I think we either need a fix or a new solution... I <3 siebe83 - THE forum king. DJ -> Makes panda horny...

9th November 2009, 07:33	#130
Ufomammut Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6	I have the same problem as MichaelMorris and I use Windows 7. Really pisses me off playing every of my 40000 already played songs for some milliseconds again.

9th November 2009, 09:02	#131
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	there were options added to 5.5x builds of Winamp (on the history page) which allows you to natively control how the playcount is triggered in Winamp without having to use a broken plugin. the only downside is that you can't edit the count with the native implementation. -daz

31st October 2010, 20:43	#132
stopasking Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 446	Bump for any working solution, because i want to change playcount manually.

7th November 2010, 07:22	#134
stopasking Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 446	Active Winamp doesn't work with last Winamp version.

7th November 2010, 08:31	#136
EWeiss Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 38	then not.. Last edited by EWeiss; 7th November 2010 at 11:03.

7th November 2010, 10:00	#137
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	@EWeiss: this thread is more for shaneh's plug-ins than posting youtube videos of visualisation plug-ins. @ninereeds: different people have had different success with the activewinamp plug-in on newer Winamp and Windows versions. there is a newer patched version in the proper activewinamp thread which seems to resolve some of the issues but probably not all since no one is actively developing the plug-in now (or has the time to step in and do a proper update on it to make it compatible with newer clients, etc). the source code is however available and if you read the other thread there's posts for what needs to be changed in the code so there's nothing stopping you making a build with the fixes (if you can code). -daz

25th December 2010, 09:03	#139
spoonschbob Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 25	Is there a newer version (or other plugin) of ml_plcount which works with the newest winamp version? Since 5.6 the context menu point to change the play count is gone...

28th December 2010, 14:26	#140
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	spoonschbob: it depends on what aspect of ml_plcount you're wanting as most of the functionality was added natively into Winamp a few versions back now - is only the editing of the playcount which is not available (unless you export the ml database, edit the output and then re-import it i think). -daz

18th January 2011, 19:30	#142
Elisa_Day Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2	Hey there, Any news about making playcount-set compatible with Winamp 5.6? I NEED it because I make my own "charts" every week (songs not played for three weeks = -10 playcount, not played for two weeks = -5, not played for one week = -1) I'd donate if anyone was able to update playcount-set for 5.6! THX!

19th January 2011, 21:47	#143
osmosis Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cananada Posts: 802	Just wanted to mention that I believe it would be possible to code a Playcount Set ActiveWinamp script with dialog asking count number, etc. AND Media Library functionality, using the sendto menu.

21st January 2011, 14:06	#145
osmosis Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cananada Posts: 802	I assume the important difference would be that it works since you and Elise said the plugin was broken.

27th January 2011, 15:06	#146
osmosis Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cananada Posts: 802	Also I just noticed there is already a working copy of the script I had in mind above you in the thread.. http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....45#post2167845

28th January 2011, 22:56	#147
MrSinatra Forum King Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: WKPS, State College Posts: 3,821	winamp now natively will write ratings to a tag, (awesome) but it will not write the playcount to the POPM or PCNT tag yet. its only in the winamp DB, and only then till it gets whacked. i don't know if the plugins in this thread work or not, but i think the best answer would be for winamp to officially support POPM or PCNT. PENN STATE Radio or http://www.LION-Radio.org/ -- BUG #1 = Winamp skips short tracks Wish #1 = Multiple Column Sorting Wish #2 = Add TCMP/Compilation editing

28th January 2011, 23:26	#148
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	the playcount plug-in in here only ever intercepted Winamp's tracking of the playcount being stored in the db with the means to natively control that added as an option a few Winamp versions back. the only thing not offered which the plug-in did is in the editing of the playcount value in the db. -daz

12th February 2011, 11:52	#149
Morgorth Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1	hi DrO, I can't find the native control you are talking about. I still can't find a way to edit playcount...

12th February 2011, 12:04	#150
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	there isn't a way to edit the playcount, i was referring to the options the play count plug-in had to control _when_ the playcount was altered. -daz

12th February 2011, 15:31	#151
osmosis Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cananada Posts: 802	Turns out that older script I linked to was extremely broken. I tried to fix it but have run into some snags as well.. here's what I have so far: sendto_Set Playcount.vbs code: x = GetSendToItems if ubound(x,1) > 0 then for each track in x s = inputbox(track.title+vbCrLf+vbCrLf+"Currently: "+cStr(track.playcount),"Set Playcount",cStr(track.playcount)) if s <> empty then track.playcount = cInt(s) next end if quit It will run from the ML via SendTo, but not from the PL for some reason.. and for some reason the ML SendTo seems to trigger things twice, regardless of what is actually in the script.. SO this works but it is still broken as you'll see every dialog box twice.. Anyone got any ideas? Request: A little SmartView Query Language love.

16th February 2011, 07:54	#152
Elisa_Day Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2	What I did - installed Winamp 5.5 on a USB-stick (portable installation) and do my weekly update on the playcount there - importing and exporting my index.dat etc.

17th February 2011, 14:18	#153
osmosis Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cananada Posts: 802	Wow. sounds complicated. My script works, but I think there's just a bug with ActiveWinamp that makes all ML SendTo items get sent twice.. so double dialog boxes. Request: A little SmartView Query Language love.

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