Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[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]

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.]

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.

[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.

[ariszlo]

We already have it:

I keep forgetting about the right-click menus.

[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]

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.]

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:

[PeterK.]

So basically, the close button clicks itself and therefore closes Winamp?

I bet this idea originates from time before the latest WaSDP, because Martin would have definitely used the more elegant solution we have in the application.mi. Unless he was not aware Benski made the file and put it in the WaSDP without telling him about it. This would make sense since the Votrex script was made in 2006 and Martin compiled the latest WaSDP version in 2007 - if I am not mistaken.

[ariszlo]

And how does Vortex handle this "Close Winamp" option? Does it use the same command as in application.mi?[/FONT]

No. It has this in config\configpages\playback.m:

Button b = System.getContainer("main").getLayout("normal").findObject("close");
b.LeftClick();​ 

It does the job but what you have found in application.mi is much simpler.

[PeterK.]

Btw closing Winamp, some more options came to mind, recalling Vortex:

Thanks for the idea ariszlo. I might add it to the MENU button as a new option/feature.

And how does Vortex handle this "Close Winamp" option? Does it use the same command as in application.mi?

[ariszlo]

I never knew it was possible to close Winamp with a command. Now I know so I added "Close Winamp" to Sleep Timer.

Btw closing Winamp, some more options came to mind, recalling Vortex:

Pause/Stop playback / Close Winamp at the end of the track/playlist

[PeterK.]

I found a tiny bug in the current 3.7 version: you cannot use CTRL + T in order to change the timer appearance from "timer_elapsed" to "timer_remaining" and vice versa. Although this feature still works by clicking on the timer itself on the Main Player.

I already fixed it for the upcoming 3.8 update.

[ariszlo]

WaSDP_1-14.exe => lib folder => application.mi. Open it!

Found it!

[PeterK.]

Let me guess. Does it include something similar to this?

WaSDP_1-14.exe => lib folder => application.mi. Open it!