ml_www v0.4 released

[chris_d_smith]

I've checked in my current development source in the "core" module in sourceforge. As mentioned above, it doesn't compile or run or anything at the mo but that should be fixed in the next few days.

I've also created sourceforge items for as many of the suggestions and bug reports from the winamp forums as i could find. If anyone's waiting on features/bugfixes, can you check to make sure i've added your desired feature/bug to the lists of bugs/requested features?

Note: sourceforge project is here

[skinme!]

Nice to see you've encorporated my comments into the feature suggestion tool. Thanks.

[D&B]

Looks good to me Chris, keep up the good work!

[whiteflip]

I'm confused as to which version I should get?

[chris_d_smith]

@whiteflip

The latest version is listed on the sourceforge page:

www.sf.net/projects/mlwww

It's ml_www044u

[whiteflip]

Cool this thing is most awesome
Its far from perfect though. Would this be the thread I post possible bugs and possible improvements or do I go through sourceforge for that kind of thing?

[D&B]

I think we are still talking about it here whiteflip....

Whats the problem?

[Kickboy12]

Originally posted by unfletch
That's because it's not Strict, hence the Transitional doctype. =)

I was referring this this:

(For web people: it validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict, but I left the doctype as Transitional because of img-in-td vertical alignment quirks.)

I was pointing out it doesn't fully Validate as Strict, althought I wouldn't expect it too. I was merely testing to see how close to Strict you were able to get it. 8 or so errors is damn good considering how the HTML was written.

[whiteflip]

When I was testing it out I tryed to enqueue a file and it crashed winamp. I don't know how to get more specific than that. I was using firefox on the same system that winamp is on.

[chris_d_smith]

@whiteflip

can you let me know what OS your running? Does the crash happen every time or just sometimes?

Do you have "Load Track Lengths" set to something other than 1 in the preferences?

If so, can you set it to one and try again?

(there's a known bug where "Load Track Lengths" set to values other than one can cause it to crash - this could happen on enqueue if you had 0 or 1 songs in your playlist when you pressed enqueue.

[unfletch]

@Kickboy12

Ohhhh yeah. Sorry, forgot I wrote that. I guess I made more changes than I remember after validating it.

[whiteflip]

Windows XP Pro Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp1.020828-1920: Service Pack 1
Load track lengths is set to 0. What does this do?
The playlist is large, 576.
I was able to enqueue songs this time but when I was clicking on enqueue and jump to rather quickly Winamp crashed. Maybe I'm doing things to fast for the plugin?

[chris_d_smith]

hmmm... shouldn't be the load tracks thing if your running XP... "Load Track Lengths" changes whether track lengths are displayed on songs in the playlist. If you have it set to 0 then it'll load track lengths for all songs in the playlist, 1 = just the current playing song, other number = for that many songs including the current playing one.

It's probably still worth setting "Load Track Lengths" to 1 and seeing whether that helps out at all.

[whiteflip]

wow that will speed things up at most. thanks for the tip. ill let you know if it solves the problem.

[ameneon]

Hi,

This plugin is just great. Finally I can access my music from everywhere :)

I am having one small problem though.

I have my own domain and apache is running on port 80 and therefore I cannot use that port for ml_www. Instead I am using port 81. Since that is blocked by the company firewall, I've set up a reverse proxy on apache which works for the webpages (i.e. they are server through port 80). But when I click a link to stream a file (the link being http://mp3.xxx.com/stream.m3u?idx=914_1803196785) it opens open in winamp http://user:password@xxx.com:81/fetc...fn=tittel.mp3, i.e. through port 81.

This comes from the m3u file which contains :
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:373, Title and some other stuff
http://user:password@xxx.com:81/fetc...food%20-%20the
%20crow.mp3

I would be eternally gratefull if someone could make an extra option with servername to stream from , or found a method to resolve this.

[monkeyfromx]

Is there a reason why Max Query Results isn't sticky? If I set the max query results to 600, everything works great. If I shut down Winamp, then relaunch, it is back to the default 200.

Also- what are the differences between the two available versions?

[Kickboy12]

Originally posted by ameneon
Hi,

This plugin is just great. Finally I can access my music from everywhere

I am having one small problem though.

I have my own domain and apache is running on port 80 and therefore I cannot use that port for ml_www. Instead I am using port 81. Since that is blocked by the company firewall, I've set up a reverse proxy on apache which works for the webpages (i.e. they are server through port 80). But when I click a link to stream a file (the link being http://mp3.xxx.com/stream.m3u?idx=914_1803196785) it opens open in winamp http://user:password@xxx.com:81/fetc...fn=tittel.mp3, i.e. through port 81.

This comes from the m3u file which contains :
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:373, Title and some other stuff
http://user:password@xxx.com:81/fetc...food%20-%20the
%20crow.mp3

I would be eternally gratefull if someone could make an extra option with servername to stream from , or found a method to resolve this.

If your running it through a proxy via apache on port 80, then can't you set the Winamp setting back to 80, instead of 81? The file is using the point defined in your ml_www settings, so if you have it set to 81 all streams/downloads will try to use port 81.

Originally posted by monkeyfromx
Is there a reason why Max Query Results isn't sticky? If I set the max query results to 600, everything works great. If I shut down Winamp, then relaunch, it is back to the default 200.

Also- what are the differences between the two available versions?

I believe Max Query Results has a 200 limit. So if you set it higher than 200, It goes back down on-launch... I think. I'll look more into that.

[chris_d_smith]

I would be eternally gratefull if someone could make an extra option with servername to stream from , or found a method to resolve this.

Hm... could probably do this...

At the moment, it builds the server address from the location that you clicked (including the port) so if the request comes from localhost:81 then the reply will always point to that (eg: the port configured in the preferences is not used for this but it can only come from one of the configured ones because that's all we're listening to)

Can you put a SourceForge feature request in?

Is there a reason why Max Query Results isn't sticky? If I set the max query results to 600, everything works great. If I shut down Winamp, then relaunch, it is back to the default 200.

I'm not sure... i haven't really looked at that code much, it could just be a bug...

Can you put a SourceForge bug in about that?

SourceForge: www.sf.net/projects/mlwww

Also- what are the differences between the two available versions?

The only differences are in the way that the skins work. 0.44b uses a long winded format whereas 0.44u (or 0.44b_unfletch, they're the same thing) uses a less verbose format (and therefore is probably faster).

[monkeyfromx]

I'm not sure... i haven't really looked at that code much, it could just be a bug...

Can you put a SourceForge bug in about that?

SourceForge: www.sf.net/projects/mlwww

Done.

[Master-of-Metal]

I have done all the things required for the plug-in, but i see no change to my winamp.

I was wondering if someone could take a screenshot of what i should be seeing

[theknub]

there is no change in winamp... it gives you the ability to access your ML over the web and stream and/or download music from it.

[Master-of-Metal]

and how do i get the url for my ML?

[Master-of-Metal]

ah nm, i found out...but ill say how just incase anyone else is wondering...

Find out your current I.P address, and the port number you have in the www_ml plug-in settings (default is 80)

The url will be: http://(IP Address):(Port)

[Dextro]

our, if using it in the same computer as winamp, http://localhost:port ;)

[Kickboy12]

Another suggestion:

It would be nice if the passwords were encoded in some way, and the boxes that contain passwords in the plugin options were censored (Similar to password boxes on web forums). Many people use my computer, and it would be nice if they had no way of getting my admin password as it can be used in other programs I have.

I'd do it myself except I have almost no C++ experience; although I am learning.

[whiteflip]

you could always pick a unique password for the admin password given its high insecurity.

[Kickboy12]

Still would be redundant if other people can get the password from within winamp without even trying.

[chris_d_smith]

@Kickboy12

Yep, good suggestion, i've added it in sourceforge

Anyone have oppinions on which of the three options i listed as implementations is preferred? (i guess the 3rd one :/ )

[ameneon]

Originally posted by Kickboy12
[B]If your running it through a proxy via apache on port 80, then can't you set the Winamp setting back to 80, instead of 81? The file is using the point defined in your ml_www settings, so if you have it set to 81 all streams/downloads will try to use port 81.

No I can't use the same for apache(which I use for proxy and webserver) and ml_www as they open up a listener on the port configured. It is not possible to have to applications listening on the same port (how should handle the request). The only thing I might do is to do some dynamic rewriting on the m3u files from apache. Hmmm, maybe I'll try that

[meku]

WOW!

I have tried BrowseAmp2, Halo8WWWinamp, and Wawi and this plugin blows them all away!

Praise aside the advanced search doesn't appear to work... i type a search and it just returns to 'Browse Artist' page.
Is this a known issue?

ml_www 044u
winamp 5.03
various browsers

[chris_d_smith]

@meku

Hmm should work... works for me in ml_www 044b...

just checked 044u, doesnt work there

Maybe just go back to 044b at the mo? it's all the same functionality but a bit slower :/

[meku]

chris_d_smith:

Thanks, 044b infact does work for the advanced search, but loading the /ctrl page (frameset) crashes winamp...

I guess I can't have my cake and eat it

[chris_d_smith]

try setting "Load Track Lengths" to 1 in the preferences - that may fix it (known bug)

can you tell me what OS you are running?

[meku]

Originally posted by chris_d_smith
try setting "Load Track Lengths" to 1 in the preferences - that may fix it (known bug)

Yes, setting that prevents 044b from crashing, but I'll stick to 044u. Advanced search isnt all that useful for me, I was just wondering why it wasn't working (Browse by album would be much more useful *hint hint*)

can you tell me what OS you are running?

XP PRO SP1, winamp 5.03

[PokySharpy]

This plugin rocks! Thank you so much for creating it, it's the perfect way to control my Shoutcast stream from work. However, I am also getting the infamous Load Track Lengths bug.

50-track playlist is loaded. I fire up the browser remote control. If I click on any control buttons (play, next, stop, etc) Winamp immediately crashes. Actually, if I press play, it plays a split second of the first song THEN quits.

If I set Load Track Lengths to 1, everything is perfect.

Both computers (Winamp host and controlling computer) are WinXP Pro SP1, IE 6, Winamp 5.03.

But I DON'T CARE, THIS THING KICKS ARSE! Just thought you'd like to know that the bug definitely still exists on XP machines.

Edit: Forgot to include that I'm running v0.44b-fletch that I picked up today from the SourceForge project page.

[chris_d_smith]

Yay! code for the next version finally compiled and linked today who knows if it actually works or anything but hey, that's for fixing tomorrow

[ameneon]

Is there a changelog for the new version ?

Keep up the good work !

[inthegray]

new version? sf page shows last uploaded version was 04-15

[chris_d_smith]

umm at the moment the next version has no new functionality, it's just basically a rewrite of many parts and splitting the source up into smaller files so it's easier to work on via sourceforge.

Once it all works without too many bugs, i'll start working on bugs/feature requests.

hehe i guess that's a long winded way of saying "no change log yet"

[mondo shaking]

I just found out about this plug-in and it seems pretty cool... Kinda just what I wanted. Anyway, I tested out the streaming function, and it works fine on Windows Media player. But for some reason, I get a 503 error when I try streaming to Winamp. Why is that?

Normally, I'd blame my set up since I'm on a college network, but if it works fine in WMP and not fine in Winamp, then I get confused. I've tried searching for this topic on Google and in the forums, but that was a no go. Any ideas?