Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[PeterK.]

What is the proper spelling for the feature's name: Autoclose or Auto Close?



P.S. Meanwhile I added ACTIVATE and CANCEL buttons to this feature in order to make it consistent with other MENU options:

[ariszlo]

What is the proper spelling for the feature's name: Autoclose or Auto Close?

Both seem correct to me: auto- is a prefix in autoclause and auto is an adjective (shortened from automatic) in auto clause.

P.S. Meanwhile I added ACTIVATE and CANCEL buttons to this feature in order to make it consistent with other MENU options:

Cool.

How about stop playback after current track?

[PeterK.]

Both seem correct to me: auto- is a prefix in autoclause and auto is an adjective (shortened from automatic) in auto clause.

Auto Close it is!

Cool.

How about stop playback after current track?

We already have it:

[ariszlo]

We already have it:

I keep forgetting about the right-click menus.

[Aminifu]

I keep forgetting about the right-click menus.

I'm shocked!

Context (right-click) menus are a major part of Winamp. I routinely right-click on anything and everything just to see if a context menu pops up, more often than not one does.

[PeterK.]

1. While testing the new "Auto Close" feature I noticed that Winamp disappears after checking "Close Winamp after current track" and hitting "Activate". (to ariszlo: the same happens with Votrex: check the first option and hit Play while Winamp is in status_stopped). In order to avoid this annoyance I added a message, which reminds the user to have music (streaming, local files - you name it) running/being played so the track's length can be determined and the rest time calculated.



2. It is obvious that features like Repeat AB or Intro Mix do not make much sense while listening to online radio. In order to avoid crashes or other unpleasant events there are only two features active: File Info and Sleep Timer while being online. Please keep it in mind.

[ariszlo]

Yes, it is really annoying. But I would handle it differently. Rather than popping up a message, if Close Winamp after current track is selected while playback is stopped then the script should wait for the next track and close Winamp at the end of that. I haven't thought over how it could be scripted, atm it's just an idea.

[PeterK.]

... the script should wait for the next track and close Winamp at the end of that...

And what if I decide to listen to my favorite online radio and double-click a *.m3u8 file while the script is waiting for a local file? It will either close or crash Winamp since the script will not be able to determine the length of the stream. Right?

[ariszlo]

Now I no longer think that adding Close Winamp after current track is such a good idea. It is unlikely that too many people would want to use it and it also comes with complications, so it is really not worth the trouble.

While at the topic of streaming, none of the options popped up at right-clicking on the Stop button seem to make sense for streams.

[ariszlo]

Although, as I wrote in my previous post, I no longer like the idea of adding Close Winamp after current track, the issue made me curious about how to get the length of a stopped track. So let me waste your time by sharing with you what I have found without suggesting anything.

If you have include "lib/pldir.mi" at the beginning of your script then you can convert the song length string obtained from the playlist editor to milliseconds like this:

if (getStatus() == 0) {
  int curIndex = PlEdit.getCurrentIndex();
  string stoppedString = PlEdit.getLength(curIndex);
  int minutes = StringToInteger(getToken(stoppedString, ":" , 0));
  int seconds = StringToInteger(getToken(stoppedString, ":" , 1));
  int milliseconds = (minutes*60000)+(seconds*1000);
} 

[PeterK.]

So we added a "Auto Close" feature to the MENU button on Playlist Editor. But what about a simple "Auto Play":



As soon as you click on ACTIVATE the time will be saved and Winamp will start at this position next time you open it. Automatically.

[ariszlo]

But what about a simple "Auto Play"

[PeterK.]

Any other cool ideas while I am at it?

[ariszlo]

Any other cool ideas while I am at it?

Nothing comes to mind at the moment. Quinto is already the most feature rich skin I have ever used.

[ariszlo]

This is for those who have just found this topic: do not install Album Cover Flow Patch v1.1 over a fresh install of Quinto Black CT v3.7. If you do so then you will get a null object called error. You should first install Album Cover Flow Patch v1.0 and then Album Cover Flow Patch v1.1.