Using UsageMonitor stste to toggle output to a string.

[CodeCode]

Hello,
I am working on a skin that is entirely for the purpose of determining if vlc is the active window.

This is after several tries:

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
Whitelist=vlc
IfCondition=MeasureOnlyVlc = 1
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfFalseAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text "VLC INACTIVE"][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text "VLC INACTIVE"]
IfConditionMode=1
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureActiveTitle]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=GetActiveTitle
DynamicVariables=1

It returns the same string of vlc inactive for several tries, trying to get it valued either 1 or -1. Obviously -1 is not running and 1 is.

Its... something obvious - but I haven't been able to get it right.

[eclectic-tech]

Hello,
I am working on a skin that is entirely for the purpose of determining if vlc is the active window.

This is after several tries:

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
Whitelist=vlc
IfCondition=MeasureOnlyVlc = 1
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfFalseAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text "VLC INACTIVE"][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text "VLC INACTIVE"]
IfConditionMode=1
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureActiveTitle]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=GetActiveTitle
DynamicVariables=1

It returns the same string of vlc inactive for several tries, trying to get it valued either 1 or -1. Obviously -1 is not running and 1 is.

Its... something obvious - but I haven't been able to get it right.

Besides whitelisting the process, you need to define the PROCESSNAME value in the measure.

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
Whitelist=vlc
IfCondition=(MeasureOnlyVlc = 1)
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfFalseAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text "VLC INACTIVE"][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text "VLC INACTIVE"]
IfConditionMode=1
DynamicVariables=1

You may want to use Substitute instead of IfCondition tests, then use the [MeasureOnlyVlc] as the Measurename in your string meters.

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
Substitute="-1":"VLC INACTIVE","1":"[*MeasureActiveTitle*]"

[SilverAzide]

Its... something obvious - but I haven't been able to get it right.

Part of the problem is you seem to have the UsageMonitor plugin and the Process measures mixed up.

[eclectic-tech]

Part of the problem is you seem to have the UsageMonitor plugin and the Process measures mixed up.

Yes, good catch. I overlooked that 'whitelist' is a UsageMonitor parameter and does nothing in a Process measure... My Bad

[CodeCode]

Hmm. LOL. I definitely crossed Measure Options.

This is what I wound up using:

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
Substitute="-1":"VLC INACTIVE","1":"[&MeasureActiveTitle]"
DynamicVariables=1

Is there a way I could prevent other active titles from showing. That is what happens when vlc is running. The upside is if vlc is not running the VLC INACTIVE output works and nothing else.

Is there a way for Usage Monitor to do this? I tried a couple options - syntax and what to use. The catch might be that I don't know if Alias is mandatory, or what to put there if it is mandatory.

[eclectic-tech]

Hmm. LOL. I definitely crossed Measure Options.

This is what I wound up using:

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
Substitute="-1":"VLC INACTIVE","1":"[&MeasureActiveTitle]"
DynamicVariables=1

Is there a way I could prevent other active titles from showing. That is what happens when vlc is running. The upside is if vlc is not running the VLC INACTIVE output works and nothing else.

Is there a way for Usage Monitor to do this? I tried a couple options - syntax and what to use. The catch might be that I don't know if Alias is mandatory, or what to put there if it is mandatory.

You can disable the [MeasureActiveTitle] measure if vlc is not active. This will cause the value to "pause" on the last active title, so you may need to use your alternate method of setting the value of the 'Text' in the meters instead of having the MeasureName control the text.

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
IfCondition=MeasureOnlyVlc = 1
IfTrueAction=[!EnableMeasure MeasureActiveTitle][!UpdateMeasure MeasureActiveTitle][!SetOption CentreText Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfFalseAction=[!DisableMeasure MeasureActiveTitle][!SetOption CentreText Text "VLC INACTIVE"][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text "VLC INACTIVE"]
IfConditionMode=1
DynamicVariables=1

[CodeCode]

You can disable the [MeasureActiveTitle] measure if vlc is not active. This will cause the value to "pause" on the last active title, so you may need to use your alternate method of setting the value of the 'Text' in the meters instead of having the MeasureName control the text.

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
IfCondition=MeasureOnlyVlc = 1
IfTrueAction=[!EnableMeasure MeasureActiveTitle][!UpdateMeasure MeasureActiveTitle][!SetOption CentreText Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text ""[MeasureActiveTitle]""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfFalseAction=[!DisableMeasure MeasureActiveTitle][!SetOption CentreText Text "VLC INACTIVE"][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text "VLC INACTIVE"]
IfConditionMode=1
DynamicVariables=1

That's pretty cool.

In the meantime I came up with this:

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=UsageMonitor
Alias=CPU
Name=vlc
WhiteList=vlc
Index=1
IfCondition=MeasureOnlyVlc > 0
IfTrueAction=[!ShowMeterGroup MovieTitle][!SetOption CentreText Text [&MeasureActiveTitle]][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text [&MeasureActiveTitle]][!Update]
IfFalseAction=[!SetOption CentreText Text ""][!SetOption CentreTextVisible Text ""][!HideMeterGroup MovieTitle][!Update]

It seems to work great, but the Meter group does not seems to want to stay on, so the group disappears and appears randomly? not sure as the read might be counting in bursts to provide a smooth playback - so the value goes to 0 then up, to 0 rinse repeat.

Is there a way around that?

[CodeCode]

Bah. Never Mind that idea. I just improvised to this:

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
Substitute="-1":"VLC INACTIVE","1":"[&MeasureActiveTitle]"
IfCondition=MeasureOnlyVlc = 1
IfTrueAction=[!ShowMeterGroup MovieTitle][!Update]
IfFalseAction=[!HideMeterGroup MovieTitle][!Update]
DynamicVariables=1

[CodeCode]

Final Version (I think).

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[MeasureOnlyVlc]
Measure=PlugIn
PlugIn=Process
ProcessName=vlc.exe
Substitute="-1":"Title","1":"[&MeasureActiveTitle]"
DynamicVariables=1

[balala]

This might seem a nitpick, but don't intend it to be. But Process is not anymore a plugin, meantime it has been converted to an internal measure. It should be used accordingly, by replacing the Measure=PlugIn and PlugIn=Process options by Measure=Process.