Hi All
Have been using Sysdash Media for several years now and no issues - However recently upgraded my MediaMonkey Player from v4 to v5 and now the Media plugin still plays and opens MM but does display any info/covers and the controls do not work. Is there a fix for this? Images shows MM playing but no content in the plugin
Many thanks
Brian
V 4.5.0.3518 of Rainmeter
Edit* Just noticed that MM is no longer a supported player? https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/nowplaying/#playerlist
However I did find a MediaMonkey dll https://github.com/mmuffins/rainmeter-mediamonkey/tree/dev for V5 designed to work with NowPlaying.
The instructions I assume are very easy but I don't understand where to "....create a measure with settings Plugin=MediaMonkey." In which file is this done?
Is it in the existing MeasureNowPlaying.inc, or a variables file? Have attached the text files but if you can help let me know what else i need to upload
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Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
I couldnt find any reference at all for MM to be supported, in this current evolution of rainmeter. Pretty sure however, the page you linked to shows where to put the player type;
Try setting the PlayerName=CAD. That is sort of a fall through for most partially or nil supported players for rainmeter to accept commands and pass then to your MM.
Also, you mightnt like the notion of reverting MM versions - I have no idea if that is actually impossible and still use MM or not.
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[MeasurePlayer]
Measure=NowPlaying
; The main measure specifies the media player on PlayerName.
PlayerName=iTunes
PlayerType=TITLE
; PlayerPath, TrackChangeAction, and DisableLeadingZero are valid here on
; the main measure only.
Also, you mightnt like the notion of reverting MM versions - I have no idea if that is actually impossible and still use MM or not.
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
Hi
The download page has the V5 details - https://github.com/mmuffins/rainmeter-mediamonkey/releases/tag/v1.2
Many thanks for the CAD tip
However the page does not specify which file the code has to go into - can you help?
The download page has the V5 details - https://github.com/mmuffins/rainmeter-mediamonkey/releases/tag/v1.2
Many thanks for the CAD tip
However the page does not specify which file the code has to go into - can you help?
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
Get the plugin from releases.
Extract and copy the 64bit plugin to %apppdata%\Rainmeter\Plugins.
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[MMParent]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=MediaMonkey
PlayerPath=path\to\mediamonkey
StartupDelay=900
[MMChild]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=MediaMonkey
PlayerName=[MMParent]
; for more player types refer to https://github.com/mmuffins/rainmeter-mediamonkey/tree/dev#measures
PlayerType=Title
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
And if you have a portable version, Plugins folder should be here:
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
Many thanks
I do have the plugin placed correctly but I am still not understanding WHERE to change
"Next, format the player measure as:"
Which file do I enter/change the code in?
Apologies in advance for the confusion
I do have the plugin placed correctly but I am still not understanding WHERE to change
"Next, format the player measure as:"
Which file do I enter/change the code in?
Apologies in advance for the confusion
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
I made the changes in MeasureNowPlaying.inc, and Media (big).ini.
Tell me if it works or not. I don't have MediaMonkey to test with. I will download it if the need arises.
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
Aha!
Many thanks! Will experiment and report back
Regards
Brian
Many thanks! Will experiment and report back
Regards
Brian
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
Hi
Sadly - no change lol
I see the dll author has a sample skin code here - https://github.com/mmuffins/rainmeter-mediamonkey/blob/dev/SampleSkin.ini - not sure if this helps.
Please do not go to the trouble of installing MM on my behalf - it won't kill me to maximise the MM window if I need to change tracks
Many thanks for the help
Edit - did a quick skin export of my Sysdash setup - see attached
Sadly - no change lol
I see the dll author has a sample skin code here - https://github.com/mmuffins/rainmeter-mediamonkey/blob/dev/SampleSkin.ini - not sure if this helps.
Please do not go to the trouble of installing MM on my behalf - it won't kill me to maximise the MM window if I need to change tracks
Many thanks for the help
Edit - did a quick skin export of my Sysdash setup - see attached
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Re: Media Player controls and cover art stopped working
Okay, the plugin is outdated. The dev branch was active but there are no releases. And due to missing dependencies, I can't build it.
So I guess the only thing you can do is open an issue in the repository and request a build or just wait.
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