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General Software Discussion / Re: Controlling certain facts in a folder

« Last post by skwire on December 13, 2011, 04:58 PM »

mmm skwire.
What happens with arm files from my nokia mobile ?
Dont detect.
How can I configure ?

-Contro (December 13, 2011, 04:51 PM)

You can't because PlayTime doesn't support that format.  For a list of formats it does support, look here:

http://mediainfo.sou...t/en/Support/Formats

Regarding PDF files, I can write you a quick app that will display how many pages a PDF file has (among other bits of PDF metadata). 

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: simple loop machine for wav, mp3, etc. files

« Last post by skwire on December 13, 2011, 02:26 PM »

Okay, the browse part is fixed now! Too bad about the slider limitation, oh well. (How hard is it to get another slider?)

-TaoPhoenix (December 13, 2011, 02:02 PM)

I'll try to find some time to implement my Trout progress-bar-slider hack into Looper.

As for the volume, put simply, "drag the bar to the right, volume went down" (!!). This was on my home machine with Win XP

-TaoPhoenix (December 13, 2011, 02:02 PM)

WTH? I honestly have no idea.  Are you running a custom Windows theme on your XP box?  I didn't mess with the volume code (other than to reposition the slider) in these past few updates.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: simple loop machine for wav, mp3, etc. files

« Last post by skwire on December 13, 2011, 11:57 AM »

Browsing now looks for "File Type B"

-TaoPhoenix (December 13, 2011, 05:24 AM)

Fixed.  This was due to the Unicode changes I made in the last build.

Something seems fuzzy with the volume - it seems to artificially drop the volume level - for example you can raise the volume up and the act of moving the volume bar *drops* the volume, until you click the progress bar, at which point the volume comes back!

-TaoPhoenix (December 13, 2011, 05:24 AM)

The volume control seems to work fine for me.  Drag the volume thumb to the right, the volume goes up.  Drag the thumb to the left, the volume goes down.  Maybe I'm not understanding what you're describing?  What OS are you using?  Also, any custom windows theme?

Also, the progress bar is a bit fuzzy - it wants to move in equal fifths or something, so the longer the song, the more it jumps over. With effort you can drag it, but it would be better if the bar just moved to where your mouse is, not mechanically jumping 20% ahead.

-TaoPhoenix (December 13, 2011, 05:24 AM)

Unfortunately, this appears to be a limitation of the standard msctls_trackbar32 (slider) control.   

New build here:

Website | Download
v1.0.5 - 2011-12-13
    ! Browsing for a file was broken due to Unicode changes.  (Thanks, TaoPhoenix)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Controlling certain facts in a folder

« Last post by skwire on December 13, 2011, 08:57 AM »

b) In audios file control the duration in minutes.
c) In video files control the duration in minutes. Able to sum durations of all video files inside the folder and subfolders.

-Contro (December 13, 2011, 01:58 AM)

Check out PlayTime.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: simple loop machine for wav, mp3, etc. files

« Last post by skwire on December 12, 2011, 09:19 PM »

Website | Download
v1.0.4 - 2011-12-12
    + You can now pass a file to Looper and it will try to play it.
    + Added seekbar.  (Thanks, TaoPhoenix)
    + Volume setting is now saved.
    + Looper is now Unicode capable.  Due to this change, Looper is now only
      supported on WinXP or later.
    ! Fixed 120 DPI issue with Options dialog.  (Thanks, TaoPhoenix)

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Bat: Great program, terrible documentation and support

« Last post by skwire on December 12, 2011, 08:47 PM »

C'mon, man, don't sugarcoat things.  Get it out.  Tell us how you really feel.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 12, 2011, 01:26 AM »

Two minor bugs:

When you enter a folder with a "\" at the end of the path in the Folder input box, Scud works correctly, but pastes a path with two "\" ("\\") to the clipboard, which of course then doesn't work if you try to access it in Windows Explorer.

When you accidently remove the entry in the Folder input box, Scud still is able to randomly launch a file, but pastes an incomplete path to the clipboard.

-brotherS (December 08, 2011, 09:56 AM)

Apologies for the delay.  Both bugs should be fixed in this version.  Thanks for the report.  Download

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: Big Bang Theory Sound Quotes (for Android devices)

« Last post by skwire on December 12, 2011, 12:23 AM »

Seems to work fine on my Droid X.  Nicely done.   

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: simple loop machine for wav, mp3, etc. files

« Last post by skwire on December 12, 2011, 12:09 AM »

Sure, I can do this in one of two ways; single instance or multiple instances.  What's your pref?

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General Software Discussion / Re: rename pdf, word, etc files based on their text content

« Last post by skwire on December 10, 2011, 10:15 AM »

skwire is still busy I guess

-Ath (December 10, 2011, 09:27 AM)

Based on my own experience working with PDF files in this manner, it's a huge pain in the arse.  Kalos, have you ever taken a look at Calibre to help manage your PDF collection?  I use it to convert stuff to read on my Android phone.

http://calibre-ebook.com/

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Living Room / Re: What were these architects thinking?

« Last post by skwire on December 09, 2011, 12:15 PM »

I didn't "see" any twin towers connection until I read the blurb and, even then, it's a bit of a stretch.  I'm with wraith on this one; it's halfway around the world for Pete's sake.  Reminds me of Jenga or a Wii game called Boom Blox.

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Post New Requests Here / MOVED: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 08, 2011, 08:11 AM »

This topic has been moved to Finished Programs.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=29050.0

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Living Room / Re: Quietly brilliant piece of technology - the NEST thermostat

« Last post by skwire on December 08, 2011, 07:13 AM »

Alas, I'd rather save the $249 for a new computer in 2012.

-zridling (December 07, 2011, 03:22 PM)

Agreed.  As slick as it appears to be, I think it's grossly overpriced.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 06, 2011, 02:46 PM »

I just noticed that all those six additions have no underlined 'trigger letter'. Pressing the listed button together with Alt works just fine, but the UI doesn't hint which letter to press.

-brotherS (December 06, 2011, 11:48 AM)

Those aren't automatically added to a Windows form but I added them in the latest build.  Also, please let me know if the icon is fixed (again).  Download

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 06, 2011, 09:46 AM »

Please redownload.  This version should support 120 DPI displays.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 06, 2011, 09:22 AM »

Hmm... please help me to understand.

-brotherS (December 06, 2011, 09:20 AM)

My code doesn't affect menus, only GUI controls on the form itself.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 06, 2011, 09:15 AM »

Great! Could you please use the font and font size you use for the Trout menus? It's better to read than the current one used in Scud now.

-brotherS (December 06, 2011, 09:10 AM)

The only thing I do in my apps is put in code to ignore large-font DPI settings for GUI elements.  They're such a pain in the arse to code for, test, and support (just ask mouser).  In other words, I don't specifically change to a different font, I just restrict its size.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 06, 2011, 07:44 AM »

More ideas:
- make Alt+f work as a shortcut to activate the Folder selection
- Alt+r --> Filter selection
- Alt+n --> Name
- Alt+p --> Path
- Alt+e --> Either

-brotherS (December 06, 2011, 03:18 AM)

Done.  I also added Alt+C to toggle the clipboard option.  Please redownload.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 - NoteMe - Mail Myself

« Last post by skwire on December 06, 2011, 07:26 AM »

Slick, justice.  Nice work.   

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 05, 2011, 11:01 PM »

Great idea with the help button/functions behind it.

-brotherS (December 05, 2011, 03:39 PM)

Thanks, even though I was lazy and didn't implement auto-saving of entered paths.

WOW! Great tool Skwire!

-Josh (December 05, 2011, 05:59 PM)

Thanks, glad you find it useful.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 05, 2011, 05:29 PM »

Redownload it and see if this build makes a difference in regards to the icon.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scud (RandomMediaLauncher) - enjoy your media collection in a fun way!

« Last post by skwire on December 05, 2011, 01:01 PM »

- an option below the folder field to specify "must match", results would be limited to matching a pattern you enter here, e.g. "vacation" would only launch files with that search string in the path

-brotherS (December 05, 2011, 05:14 AM)

Done.

(maybe an additional option to choose if it must be in the file name or/and in the directory part of the path)

-brotherS (December 05, 2011, 05:14 AM)

Done.

- how about an icon for Scud? The forum didn't allow to attach it, so here it is: http://www.zshare.ne...ad/96988396bf848a4c/

-brotherS (December 05, 2011, 05:14 AM)

Done.

- how about an option/button for a random image?

-brotherS (December 05, 2011, 05:14 AM)

Done.

I got an "error launching file" - I can start it OK from Locate, so not sure why... the only 'special' thing is that the path contains a "#" character, does AHK maybe have a problem with that?

-brotherS (December 05, 2011, 05:21 AM)

Fixed.

New version: Scud download

Also, click the Help button to learn how to add entries to the folder and filter dropdowns.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« Last post by skwire on December 05, 2011, 12:46 PM »

Yes, thanks.

-daddydave (December 05, 2011, 12:40 PM)

Right on.  Basically, anything you can stuff into the Windows "Run" box should work in a Snap DB cell.  BTW, nice screenshot.  Thanks for sharing.  =]

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« Last post by skwire on December 05, 2011, 12:28 PM »

What does "Run/execute cell data" do?

-daddydave (December 05, 2011, 12:22 PM)

It will attempt to "run" the contents of a cell.  So, say you had folder path, it would launch that folder path.  Or, the path to an exe, image file, etc.  You can also put, say, email addresses in a cell and it will launch those, too.  Kind of like a poor man's address book.  Make sense?

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« Last post by skwire on December 05, 2011, 12:07 AM »

I noticed some of the recurring themes on implementation of requests are limited by the ListView control.  I am not much of a programmer, and even less wrt AHK, but perhaps a solution to many of these requests would be a second "read-only" mode that uses a different control for display?

-steeladept (December 04, 2011, 04:59 PM)

Thanks for the feedback, steeladept, I appreciate it.  Yes, I'm limited in certain ways because of the listview control but I really don't mind since Snap DB serves a niche role in regards to databases.  If a user needs more than what Snap DB offers, I feel there are many solutions already out there (I use some of them).  You know?