Help with syncing Marquee.lua script for multiple texts.

[Harkeerat16]

Hi! I have been using Marquee.lua script made by smurfier and later modified by Skymil posted here: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=9015&start=70.
I'm using it to Marquee song title/artist names that are too long. The problem is that it doesn't stay in sync. Like I would want the song name and artist name to start together. Here are some pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/5Seh3rT
How would I go about doing syncing them?
Thanks!

[eclectic-tech]

Hi! I have been using Marquee.lua script made by smurfier and later modified by Skymil posted here: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=9015&start=70.
I'm using it to Marquee song title/artist names that are too long. The problem is that it doesn't stay in sync. Like I would want the song name and artist name to start together. Here are some pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/5Seh3rT
How would I go about doing syncing them?
Thanks!

Can you post the code for your skin; you are most likely going to have to modify the 2 strings in order to sync them, so seeing how you have them currently displayed is needed.

[Harkeerat16]

Sure, here is the code that deals with the String meters and marquee:

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[MeasureLuaTitle]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=#@#Marquee.lua
Width=22
Variable=Text
MeasureName=MeasureTitle
Delimiter="          "

[StringMeterTitle]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureLuaTitle
X=176
Y=55
H=25
StringStyle=Bold
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontSize=25
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
StringEffect=Shadow

[MeasureLuaArtist]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=#@#Marquee.lua
Width=25
Variable=Text
MeasureName=MeasureArtist
Delimiter="          "

[StringMeterArtist]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureLuaArtist
X=176
Y=25
FontWeight=550
FontSize=20
H=25
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
StringEffect=Shadow

[MeasureLuaAlbum]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=#@#Marquee.lua
Width=27
Variable=Text
MeasureName=MeasureAlbum
Delimiter="          "

[StringMeterAlbum]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureLuaAlbum
H=15
X=176
Y=97
StringStyle=Italic
FontSize=20
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
StringEffect=Shadow

[balala]

I'm using it to Marquee song title/artist names that are too long.
Thanks!

Sorry, but can't follow. Where and how do you get the title, the artist and the album in your last code? I suppose some suplimentar NowPlaying measures would be needed.

[Harkeerat16]

Ah yes, I'm syncing it from my last.fm account, which is a website that tracks everything I listen to on multiple apps. They have a pretty stable API that I'm using. I usually use Spotify so I'm using NowPlaying.dll only for the controls. Here's the full code:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=130
DynamicWindowSize=1
ContextTitle=Open Settings Panel
ContextAction=!ActivateConfig "Universal Music Player\Settings"

[Metadata]
Name=Universal Music Player
Author=Harkeerat 
Information=Music Skin which integrates with last.fm
Version=Feb 12, 2016

[Variables]
UserName=keera_lalala

[MeasureInput]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=InputText
SolidColor=150,150,150,250
FocusDismiss=1
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontSize=14
Command1=!WriteKeyValue Variables UserName "$UserInput$" "#CURRENTPATH#Universal Music Player - Large.ini"
Command2=!WriteKeyValue Variables UserName "$UserInput$" "#CURRENTPATH#Universal Music Player - Small.ini"
Command3=!Refresh #CURRENTCONFIG#
DefaultValue="Enter last.fm username!"
X=180
Y=135

[MeterWriteKeyValue]
Meter=String
X=180
Y=135
FontSize=15
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
Text=#Username#
LeftMouseUpAction=!CommandMeasure "MeasureInput" "ExecuteBatch 1-3"

[MeasureSite]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
UserName=#UserName#
URL=http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?api_key=b3d2b170f5393b31cb43146532ef8023&user=#UserName#&method=user.getrecenttracks&limit=3
RegExp=(?siU)<track(.*)>.*<artist mbid="(.*)">(.*)</artist>.*<name>(.*)</name>.*<streamable>(.*)</streamable>.*<mbid>(.*)</mbid>.*<album mbid="(.*)">(.*)</album>.*<url>(.*)</url>.*<image size="(.*)">(.*)</image>.*<image size="(.*)">(.*)</image>.*<image size="(.*)">(.*)</image>.*<image size="(.*)">(.*)</image>(.*)</track>
UpdateRate=200

[MeasureArtist] 
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureSite]
StringIndex=3
Substitute="&apos;":"'","&amp;":"&","&quot;":'"',"":"Click on enter username"

[MeasureTitle] 
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureSite]
StringIndex=4
Substitute="&apos;":"'","&amp;":"&","&quot;":'"',"":"Enter yours & refresh!"

[MeasureAlbum] 
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureSite]
StringIndex=8
Substitute="&apos;":"'","&amp;":"&","":"Click the album cover to see the last.fm page for this song!","&quot;":'"'

[MeasureLink]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureSite]
StringIndex=9

[MeasureCover]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureSite]
StringIndex=15
Download=1
DownloadFile=Cover.jpg

[MeterBackground]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=20,20,20,1

[ImageMeter]
Meter=Image
W=150
H=150
X=20
Y=20
ImageName=#@#watermark.png
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterImage]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=MeasureCover
W=150
H=150
X=20
Y=20
LeftMouseUpAction=["[MeasureLink]"]
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureLuaTitle]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=#@#Marquee.lua
Width=17
Variable=Text
MeasureName=MeasureTitle
Delimiter="          "

[StringMeterTitle]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureLuaTitle
X=176
Y=55
H=25
StringStyle=Bold
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontSize=25
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
StringEffect=Shadow

[MeasureLuaArtist]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=#@#Marquee.lua
Width=25
Variable=Text
MeasureName=MeasureArtist
Delimiter="          "

[StringMeterArtist]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureLuaArtist
X=176
Y=25
FontWeight=550
FontSize=18
H=25
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
StringEffect=Shadow

[MeasureLuaAlbum]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=#@#Marquee.lua
Width=25
Variable=Text
MeasureName=MeasureAlbum
Delimiter="          "

[StringMeterAlbum]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureLuaAlbum
H=15
X=176
Y=97
StringStyle=Italic
FontSize=20
FontFace=Red Hat Display
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
StringEffect=Shadow

[MeasureStateButton]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=Spotify
PlayerType=STATE
Substitute="0":"#@#Play.png","1":"#@#Pause.png","2":"#@#Play.png"

[MeterPrevious]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#@#Previous.png
X=20
Y=175
W=30
AntiAlias=1
ImageTint=#Color1#
LeftMouseUpAction=[!PluginBang "MeasureStateButton Previous"]

[MeterPlayPause]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#@#Play.png
X=80
Y=175
W=30
AntiAlias=1
ImageTint=#Color1#
LeftMouseUpAction=[!CommandMeasure "MeasureStateButton" "PlayPause"]
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterNext]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#@#Next.png
X=137
Y=175
W=30
AntiAlias=1
ImageTint=#Color1#
LeftMouseUpAction=[!PluginBang "MeasureStateButton Next"]

[CodeCode]

I have this in my bag of things:

Its not a lua and runs with Rainmeter script instead.

Marquee Example.rar

[Harkeerat16]

Ah, that's helpful, thank you! Wasn't working at first because I don't use a CAD player and had to configure the code for WMP or Spotify but it's almost what I was looking for! I'll experiment with it and see what I can do, thanks!

[RoseRain]

I have this in my bag of things:

Its not a lua and runs with Rainmeter script instead.

Marquee Example.rar

I love this! But there's a problem, I use Spotify, and sometimes it doesn't scroll upon the next song, or, the text doesn't even appear. If I click on next on my Spotify to skip through songs, the skin messes up and doesn't, or partly shows the text, and works again only on a manual refresh, until the next song, then it does it again. Can it maybe, make it refresh on every new track?