Only show skin when a song is playing in Spotify

[Pierre]

Hey,

so I've recently come across a skin that displays the current track playing in Spotify (music streaming program).

My problem is that I want the skin to be hidden by default and only show either when Spotify is running or when a track is actually playing, preferably the latter.

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[MeasureTrack]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Substitute="[Paused]":"","Spotify - ":"","[Stopped]":"", "Spotify":"", "0":""

The string returned seems to be "0" when Spotify isn't running and "Spotify" when no track is playing.

Any help or thought is appreciated and I want to make it clear that I'm not the author of this skin.

Thanks
Pierre

[Nugget]

Not an expert in this, but I'll try and help. You're going to want to use IfActions. So, for example:

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[IfPlaying]
IfEqualValue=1 
IfEqualAction=[!RainmeterShowMeter MeasureTrack]

[MeasureTrack]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Hidden=1
Substitute="[Paused]":"","Spotify - ":"","[Stopped]":"", "Spotify":"", "0":""

[santa_ryan]

The string returned seems to be "0" when Spotify isn't running and "Spotify" when no track is playing.

Assuming the above is true, the following will work in theory.

Just add this code in the skin anywhere, preferably the top. DO NOT EDIT THE MEASURETRACK, as I do not know if its substituted values serve any function somewhere else in the skin.

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[MeasureIsPlaying]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Substitute="[Paused]":"0","Spotify - ":"","[Stopped]":"0", "Spotify":"0",

[ConvertStringToNumber]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureIsPlaying

[ShowIfPlaying]
Measure=Calc
Formula=ConvertStringToNumber = 0
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterHideFade
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=!RainmeterShowFade
DynamicVariables=1

[Pierre]

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[MeasureIsPlaying]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Substitute="[Paused]":"0","Spotify - ":"","[Stopped]":"0", "Spotify":"0",

[ConvertStringToNumber]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureIsPlaying

[ShowIfPlaying]
Measure=Calc
Formula=ConvertStringToNumber = 0
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterHideFade
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=!RainmeterShowFade
DynamicVariables=1

Thank you for the answer!

However, it seems like the calculation is a bit wrong. The skin fades out and back again regardless if a track is playing or if Spotify is/isn't running.

[santa_ryan]

Well crap, im in the US and we dont have "Spotify" services here so i cant test it....

[Pierre]

Well crap, im in the US and we dont have "Spotify" services here....

Yes, I know, that sucks.

But I think I've figured out that Measure=Calc always returns "0" regardless of what the string is (in text from MeasureTrack). What am I doing wrong?

[santa_ryan]

Try the following. I messed up. Any "Text" will get treated as a 0 by a calc, so even if music was playing, it would still be a 0. Now if music is playing its a 0, but if Spotify is paused then its a -1.

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[MeasureIsPlaying]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Substitute="Spotify - ":"","[Paused]":"-1","[Stopped]":"-1", "Spotify":"-1"

[ConvertStringToNumber]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureIsPlaying

[ShowIfPlaying]
Measure=Calc
Formula=ConvertStringToNumber = -1
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterShowFade
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=!RainmeterHideFade
DynamicVariables=1

Also, if you dont like the fade just remove the word fade from the 2 bangs.

[Pierre]

Measure=Calc
Formula=ConvertStringToNumber = -1
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterShowFade
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=!RainmeterHideFade
DynamicVariables=1

I'm not sure if this is logical, but even if I try:

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Measure=Calc
Formula=ConvertStringToNumber = -1
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterShowFade
IfEqualValue=-1
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterHideFade
DynamicVariables=1

It doesn't work either so.

Also, neither does the fade-in-fade-out dance upon refreshing anymore.

[Pierre]

So here is my thought on why it doesn't work, however I'm new to all this and haven't played around with it enough to even get a vague understanding of it all.

The string being returned when:

Spotify is running and playing a track is: Spotify - [Artist] - [Track]
Spotify is paused is: Spotify
Spotify isn't running is: 0 (need to refresh to see the 0)

When a measure is taken it is done in regards to its WindowClass, am I right? (at least when Measure=Plugin)

If a measure on a WindowClass fails because the WindowClass isn't running, does it return a value of "0" then? In other words is it still a usable value or is it just a text string?

[santa_ryan]

Lol... my writing proves that im tired... I dont know wth i was thinking

Okay, this should now work. If the plugin fails (0), spotify is paused (0), spotify is stopped (0), or spotify isnt doing anything (0), then it will return a 0, and fire the bang.
If spotify is playing then Spotify - becomes 1, and any text after that becomes 0, which makes 10, and thats above 0 if its converted number. There will be a 2 second delay just to let you know.

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[MeasureIsPlaying]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Substitute="Spotify - ":"1","[Paused]":"0","[Stopped]":"0", "Spotify":"0"

[ConvertStringToNumber]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureIsPlaying

[ShowIfPlaying]
Measure=Calc
Formula=ConvertStringToNumber
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterHideFade
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=!RainmeterShowFade
DynamicVariables=1

My apologies for posting so many times trying to get this to work... Just wish i could use spotify myself and test it. :/