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Hello there!
This is my very first post in this forum and also my first attempt at writing a Winamp plug-in.
Recently, I switched to Bluetooth headphones but, to my dismay, I wasn't able to use them to control Winamp. I tried several existing plug-ins, none which worked for me. Therefore, I decided to do my own research.
Windows 10 introduced a new API called System Media Transport Control (SMTC). This allows the application to announce what it's playing and also to receive the control commands. I've written a simple plug-in that employs this API: http://rgb-xyz.net/winamp/gen_w10mc.zip
As a result:
* Windows can display the played track, artist and cover art on the system OSD bar.
* This gives more robust handling of media keys, because Windows tries to use this API to control the playing application before resorting to legacy WM_APPCOMMAND messages.
* Out-of-the-box support for Bluetooth AVRCP. Connected BT devices can be used to control the playback. Theoretically, this should work also in the opposite direction: Capable BT speakers should be able to display the information about the played track. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test this.
Please let me know if you have some issues or suggestions.
Enjoy!
—Miro
This is my very first post in this forum and also my first attempt at writing a Winamp plug-in.
Recently, I switched to Bluetooth headphones but, to my dismay, I wasn't able to use them to control Winamp. I tried several existing plug-ins, none which worked for me. Therefore, I decided to do my own research.
Windows 10 introduced a new API called System Media Transport Control (SMTC). This allows the application to announce what it's playing and also to receive the control commands. I've written a simple plug-in that employs this API: http://rgb-xyz.net/winamp/gen_w10mc.zip
As a result:
* Windows can display the played track, artist and cover art on the system OSD bar.
* This gives more robust handling of media keys, because Windows tries to use this API to control the playing application before resorting to legacy WM_APPCOMMAND messages.
* Out-of-the-box support for Bluetooth AVRCP. Connected BT devices can be used to control the playback. Theoretically, this should work also in the opposite direction: Capable BT speakers should be able to display the information about the played track. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test this.
Please let me know if you have some issues or suggestions.
Enjoy!
—Miro
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