Now playing string : Song Title that changes color?

[dollarsan]

I have a now playing meter that I've modified from the ElementaryRMX skin. I want to make the fontcolor of the song title change when a new song begins. Is there any code that will do this?

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[Rainmeter]
Author=JackDMF | jackdmf.deviantart.com based on Flying Hyrax's Elementary Weather Skin (flyinghyrax.deviantart.com)
Update=1000
AppVersion=2000000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[Metadata]
Name=ElementaryRMX Now Playing
Config=ElementaryRMX | Now Playing
Description=Displays current song and details
Instructions=Change your player in Variables.inc
Version=1.5.1
Tags=music | basic | elementary | clean | Century Gothic | Futurist Fixed-Width
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0
Variant=1
Preview="#SKINSPATH#\Elementary\elementaryrmx_prev.jpg"

[Variables]
@include=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#Variables.inc
@include2=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#Languages\#language#.txt

; # # # # # Begin Measures # # # # #
 [msrPlayer]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=WMP
PlayerType=TITLE
PlayerPath=
DisableLeadingZero=0
Substitute="":"."
; Return value is 1 on error
IfEqualValue=1
IfEqualAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ErrorMessage][!RainmeterRedraw]

[msrArtist]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute="":"."

[msrAlbum]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=ALBUM
Substitute="":"."

[msrCover]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=COVER
Substitute="":"Default.png"

[msrPosition]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=POSITION

[msrDuration]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=DURATION

[msrProgress]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=PROGRESS

[msrRating]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=RATING

[msrStateText]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=STATE
Substitute="0":"#stopped#","1":"#playing#","2":"#paused#"
 
; # # # # # Begin Meters # # # # #

[mtrString]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=msrPlayer
MeasureName2=msrArtist 
MeasureName3=msrAlbum

X=920
Y=0

FontColor=#color#
FontSize=((30*#phi#)*#phi#)
FontFace=#font2#
StringAlign=Center
StringStyle=#style#
StringCase=UPPER
AntiAlias=1
Text="Currently playing %1  #from# %3  #by# %2"
SolidColor=0,0,0,0


; # # # # # finish # # # # #

Thank you!

[Mordasius]

You could use [msrPosition] to instigate the change in font color every time a new track starts:

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[msrPosition]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=POSITION
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!SetOption mtrString FontColor [MeasureTrackFontColors]
DynamicVariables=1

All you need to do is decided what range of font colors you want to use and how these will be set by the measure [MeasureTrackFontColors]

[poiru]

You could use [msrPosition] to instigate the change in font color every time a new track starts:
...

Or you could simply use TrackChangeAction

[dollarsan]

I tried using TrackChangeAction but it doesn't seem to be working. Or am I using the wrong command? I'm sorry but I'm quite clueless about how to use this command.

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[mtrString]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=msrPlayer
MeasureName2=msrArtist 
MeasureName3=msrAlbum

X=920
Y=0

TrackChangeAction=[!SetOption msrPlayer FontColor 0,255,0,255]
FontColor=#color#
FontSize=((30*#phi#)*#phi#)
FontFace=#font2#
StringAlign=Center
StringStyle=#style#
StringCase=UPPER
AntiAlias=1
Text="Currently playing %1  #from# %3  #by# %2"
SolidColor=0,0,0,0
LeftMouseUpAction = !Execute ["http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=[msrPlayer]"]

[KreAch3R]

In the !SetOption bang you have to specify the meter in which the option resides, not the measure that provides the data. Like this: TrackChangeAction=[!SetOption mtrString FontColor 0,255,0,255]

[poiru]

In the !SetOption bang you have to specify the meter in which the option resides, not the measure that provides the data. Like this: TrackChangeAction=[!SetOption mtrString FontColor 0,255,0,255]

And TrackChangeAction needs to be under [msrPlayer].

[KreAch3R]

And TrackChangeAction needs to be under [msrPlayer].

Affirmative, sir, I missed that.

[dollarsan]

I put the code in but the color doesn't change. Is it because of the variables file? I guess I could just make it a separate skin. How do I tell the script to pick a random font color or choose from a specific list of hex codes?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

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[Rainmeter]
Author=JackDMF | jackdmf.deviantart.com based on Flying Hyrax's Elementary Weather Skin (flyinghyrax.deviantart.com)
Update=1000
AppVersion=2000000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[Metadata]
Name=ElementaryRMX Now Playing
Config=ElementaryRMX | Now Playing
Description=Displays current song and details
Instructions=Change your player in Variables.inc
Version=1.5.1
Tags=music | basic | elementary | clean | Century Gothic | Futurist Fixed-Width
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0
Variant=1
Preview="#SKINSPATH#\Elementary\elementaryrmx_prev.jpg"

[Variables]
@include=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#Variables.inc
@include2=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#Languages\#language#.txt


; # # # # # Begin Measures # # # # #

[msrPlayer]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=WMP
PlayerType=TITLE
PlayerPath=
DisableLeadingZero=0
Substitute="":"."
TrackChangeAction=[!SetOption mtrString FontColor=86,223,248,180]
; Return value is 1 on error
IfEqualValue=1
IfEqualAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ErrorMessage][!RainmeterRedraw]



[msrArtist]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute="":"."

[msrAlbum]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=ALBUM
Substitute="":"."

[msrStateText]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[msrPlayer]
PlayerType=STATE
Substitute="0":"not playing anything","1":"#playing#","2":"#paused#"

 
; # # # # # Begin Meters # # # # #

[mtrString]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=msrPlayer
MeasureName2=msrArtist 
MeasureName3=msrAlbum
MeasureName4=msrStateText

X=920
Y=0


FontColor=255,255,255,255
FontSize=((30*#phi#)*#phi#)
FontFace=#font2#
StringAlign=Center
StringStyle=normal
StringCase=UPPER
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
Text="Currently %4 %1  #from# %3  #by# %2"
SolidColor=0,0,0,0
LeftMouseUpAction = !Execute ["http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=[msrPlayer]"]



; # # # # # finish # # # # #

[KreAch3R]

Remove the "=" sign. Check the syntax here: !SetOption [Meter/Measure] [Option] [Value] (Config)

Regarding your other question, my top of the shelf guess is the Quote Plugin and an external file with the colors.

[MerlinTheRed]

Or a Lua script that generates random colours or chooses a random entry of an array of colours you specify in the script. You could run the script as a TrackChangeAction too with almost no modifications to your existing code needed.