msn plugins failure

katzekatze · 7th February 2008, 16:03

hello,
i use winamp 5.52.
and the most of the time when i play a song, windows live messegner 8 doesn't show the first letter of the artist, and the last i guess 3 letters... (like the printscreen on top).
i tried allmost all the winamp msn plugins, but the problem isn't going away.
the weird thing is that sometimes msn does show the whole artist and title...
is there anyone who can help me with this?

Sawg · 7th February 2008, 21:51

Contact the author of the plugin being used. Winamp has no native MSN support.

katzekatze · 9th February 2008, 10:41

but that is the problem, winamp does this with all the plugins i tried. so i think the problem isn't the plugin.

DrO · 9th February 2008, 10:48

winamp has no knowledge about anything to do with msn's now-playing feature. and if all are failing then it's more likely a failure in compatability between the client you're using and the api(s) that the plugins are trying to use to pass on the information. this has been the case a number of times when MS have changed the apis that they provide for the now-playing feature - which has always required the 3rd party plugin devs to make changes in their code. however if they were all broken, then i'd have expected to have seen more posts like yours but from a quick check that doesn't seem to be the case for the last few months

-daz

katzekatze · 10th February 2008, 12:39

hmmm. so what is your tip?
what should i do?

Wildrose-Wally · 10th February 2008, 13:50

Contact the plugin developers.

Now what should I do? Delete all the MSN plugins for incompatebility?

7th February 2008, 16:03	#1
katzekatze Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8	msn plugins failure hello, i use winamp 5.52. and the most of the time when i play a song, windows live messegner 8 doesn't show the first letter of the artist, and the last i guess 3 letters... (like the printscreen on top). i tried allmost all the winamp msn plugins, but the problem isn't going away. the weird thing is that sometimes msn does show the whole artist and title... is there anyone who can help me with this?

7th February 2008, 21:51	#2
Sawg Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,451	Contact the author of the plugin being used. Winamp has no native MSN support. \| Brought to you by ^V ^C \|

10th February 2008, 13:50	#6
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,050	Contact the plugin developers. Now what should I do? Delete all the MSN plugins for incompatebility? "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." ~ Charles R. Swindoll

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9th February 2008, 10:41	#3
katzekatze Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8	but that is the problem, winamp does this with all the plugins i tried. so i think the problem isn't the plugin.

9th February 2008, 10:48	#4
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,269	winamp has no knowledge about anything to do with msn's now-playing feature. and if all are failing then it's more likely a failure in compatability between the client you're using and the api(s) that the plugins are trying to use to pass on the information. this has been the case a number of times when MS have changed the apis that they provide for the now-playing feature - which has always required the 3rd party plugin devs to make changes in their code. however if they were all broken, then i'd have expected to have seen more posts like yours but from a quick check that doesn't seem to be the case for the last few months -daz

10th February 2008, 12:39	#5
katzekatze Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8	hmmm. so what is your tip? what should i do?