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31976
Official Announcements / New program and author on the site: Random Mix Tape Maker
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 03:55 PM »
one of the longtime (but mostly quiet) members on the site, seedling, has submitted an entry to the BCB contest, and decided to join the DonationCoder.com site programmers.

His first program, Random Mix Tape Maker, is quite cool, and I hope you will all welcome him to the site!


Random Mix Tape Maker allows you to create custom playlists from multiple mp3 file sources on your system.

You can use these playlists to burn fresh, always new compiliations to a CD or drag & drop to your portable mp3 player, or just save a playlist for your listening pleasure. You have complete control as to how the playlists are created. Controlling such things as song length, compilation size, compilation length, and files/directories you want to exclude allows you to custom tailor playlist creation to fit your needs.

Making "mix tapes" is as old an idea as the tape recorder itself; Random Mix Tape Maker was made to create a compltely unique list of your favorite songs every time you use it, thus taking the hassle of searching through specific songs every time you want to make a mix of your own. Use it to make fresh mixes for your own listening pleasure, or use it to turn your friends on to your genre of music.


  • Limit created playlist by total song duration (good for burning audio cds)
  • Limit created playlist by filesize (good for burning mp3 cds/dvds)
  • Limit minimum and maximum durations of songs to incldue
  • Recursively searches directories; easy to search one or many.
  • Flexible blacklist let's you easily skip songs or directories you don't want to include.
  • Full drag+drop support into the program and from the program out to other apps.
  • It's fast - just keep hitting the randomize button till you get a playlist you like.
  • Can randomize existing playlists instead of directories if you prefer.
  • Output displays mp3 tag info or file paths.
  • Creates playlist files or plain text output.
  • Double click to preview a song from the constructed playlist.


glad to have you aboard seedling!
31977
Borland C++ Builder Contest / Random MixTape Maker
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 03:52 PM »
a member of the site, seedling, has submitted an entry to the BCB contest (MixTapeMaker) and agreed to make it available for download on a donationcoder.com page.

very neat program and a great entry; we welcome seedling's software to the site.


Random Mix Tape Maker allows you to create custom playlists from multiple mp3 file sources on your system.
You can use these playlists to burn fresh, always new compiliations to a CD or drag & drop to your portable mp3 player, or just save a playlist for your listening pleasure. You have complete control as to how the playlists are created. Controlling such things as song length, compilation size, compilation length, and files/directories you want to exclude allows you to custom tailor playlist creation to fit your needs.
Making "mix tapes" is as old an idea as the tape recorder itself; Random Mix Tape Maker was made to create a compltely unique list of your favorite songs every time you use it, thus taking the hassle of searching through specific songs every time you want to make a mix of your own. Use it to make fresh mixes for your own listening pleasure, or use it to turn your friends on to your genre of music.



  • Limit created playlist by total song duration (good for burning audio cds)
  • Limit created playlist by filesize (good for burning mp3 cds/dvds)
  • Limit minimum and maximum durations of songs to incldue
  • Recursively searches directories; easy to search one or many.
  • Flexible blacklist let's you easily skip songs or directories you don't want to include.
  • Full drag+drop support into the program and from the program out to other apps.
  • It's fast - just keep hitting the randomize button till you get a playlist you like.
  • Can randomize existing playlists instead of directories if you prefer.
  • Output displays mp3 tag info or file paths.
  • Creates playlist files or plain text output.
  • Double click to preview a song from the constructed playlist.

31978
Post New Requests Here / Re: Better XP AltTab Task Switch
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 11:20 AM »
welcome to the site redcat71!  :Thmbsup:

im looking forward to seeing if anyone knows any,
but one of the ideas for farr v2 is to add this functionality to farr, which is a nice idea.
the general idea is that you might be able to perform operations on running apps, including "switchto" and "kill"
31979
Find And Run Robot / Re: highlight
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 10:27 AM »
that's an interesting idea.. let me consider adding it as an option, though there is stuff ahead of it in the queue.
31980
Site/Forum Features / MOVED: Were you a radio interviewer or disk jockey or producer in a past life? read in!
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 09:16 AM »
This topic has been moved to Official Announcements.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3330.0
31981
Official Announcements / Were you a radio interviewer or disk jockey or producer in a past life? read in!
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 09:15 AM »
We need some help with the podcast audio show!

  • one of the things we want to do as a regular feature on our podcast is have short interviews with freeware/donationware authors. so we need to find one or more people who are willing to conduct these interviews, either over the phone or computer voice conversation tool like skype.
  • we also need a general audio producer - someone to actually produce the show, edit together the different segments, and make a real show out of all the submissions.  anyone want to try to take on this supervisor job and be responsible for making the podcast show a reality?



post replies here or send me email ([email protected])
31982
Podcast Radio Show / Re: Podcast Audio Radio Show - Upcoming Show Planning
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 09:10 AM »
great work superboyac, sounds exactly like a radio show theme music should!
maybe we could get a theme for the general show not just your segment?

anyone else want to try to come up with some musical themes we can use instead of fighting with copyright stuff?
31983
Living Room / Re: Support Alert Newsletter recommends DonationCoder
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 07:30 AM »
just wanted to mention i emailed gizmo and he seemed like a great guy.

ps. i just realized that we've mentioned his excellent freeware list page several times in the past but i didn't realize he was the same person doing the newsletter.. very cool.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/ is definitely a must visit site.
31984
Developer's Corner / Croquet - open source 2d+3d apps
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 07:00 AM »
looks cool..

Croquet is...
...a new open source software platform for creating deeply collaborative multi-user online applications. It features a network architecture that supports communication, collaboration, resource sharing, and synchronous computation among multiple users. Using Croquet, software developers can create powerful and highly collaborative multi-user 2D and 3D applications and simulations.


from slashdot programmer section
31985
Developer's Corner / Game Rules as Art
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 06:53 AM »
Interesting article in cool game developer type magazine
see the main website as well for more interesting articles: http://www.escapistmagazine.com

There is an ancient story of a game design that I think is worth remembering. It is the story of Senet..


from http://www.raphkoster.com
31986
Developer's Corner / How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 06:41 AM »
Nice article and nice site:
How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?

The four golden rules of site design. Simply follow them and watch the accolades come flooding in...


from http://www.nedbatchelder.com
31987
Living Room / Typo Confounds Kryptos Sleuths
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 06:08 AM »
For more than a decade, amateur and professional cryptographers have been trying to decipher an encrypted sculpture that sits on the grounds of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Three-fourths of the sculpture has already been solved.
But now Jim Sanborn, the artist who created the Kryptos sculpture, says he made a mistake. A previously solved part of the puzzle that sleuths assumed was correct for years isn't. The new information, including what the mistaken text really says, is creating a buzz among enthusiasts who've been obsessed over the sculpture for years.


from http://www.dailyrotation.com/
31988
Living Room / Re: digg rigging?
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 05:12 AM »
you're blog is starting to get interesting redhat, keep it up!
31989
Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: Organize the Taskbar, organize the System Tray
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 05:10 AM »
just wanted to post this link again to make sure no one misses it, where related programs were discussed previously:

https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2507.0
31990
General Software Discussion / Re: Privacy solution for external USB drive?
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 05:08 AM »
sounds nice jeffk; maybe if you like it you can write us a little minireview and ask author if they might want to offer a discount to our members/donate a few copies.  don't hesitate to pass them our email.
31991
Find And Run Robot / Re: Configuration Options
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 04:58 AM »
reply sent via email but here is what i said for others who might be interested:

Custom browser and file explorer are used as follows:
there are occasions when the program launches your internet browser
(like if you launch a url), or opens your file explorer (if you ask to
browse the directory where a file lives).  normally it will use your
system-registered default internet browser or default file explorer
(windows explorer).  but some people like to use a special browser or
explorer for use with farr - so this let's you override system
default.  not useful for 99% of people and safe to ignore.

as for .cpl and .msc: right now farr will find any files by filename,
BUT it won't your control panel items if that is what you are asking -
this is something quite a few people have asked for and it's on the
todo list for v2 which is coming soon.  so it will be in an upcoming
version there is no doubt about it.
31992
Mouser's Zone / Re: Suggestion: Stop Hiding those Licence Keys!
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 04:57 AM »
Perhaps you could consider a Sticky "Newbies Navigation Guide".

this is very much needed.

two pages are meant to serve this kind of role:
first this one: https://www.donation...com/About/start.html
and fromt here at bottom right you can get to: https://www.donationcoder.com/Help/

but then it's easy to get lost.. it's so dern hard to figure out how to present so much info in a reasonable way..
31993
Mouser's Zone / Re: Suggestion: Stop Hiding those Licence Keys!
« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2006, 04:55 AM »
allen and hamradio are right -

once you are signed into the forum, visiting that page https://www.donation...r.com/Keys/index.php should let you select your license key.

you must be logged into the forum though, before you can download your license key, so if it's asking you to log in it means it's not detecting that you are already signed into the forum.

it's a bit confusing i know, we're going to try to simplify it.

feel free to contact me by email if you continue to have trouble: [email protected]

and thanks for being in such good spirits about the frustration - not everyone is :)

as for accepting donations - we accept *anything* as a donation; youll find lots of different services to use to donate here:
https://www.donation...te/DonateMethod.html
or you can send anything via postal mail (drawings, chocolate, dimaonds, postcards,etc.) to:
https://www.donation...m/About/contact.html

just let us know when something is in the mail and we will upgrade your account  :Thmbsup:

momonan you are not quite right about license being sent when you sign up; a license is only emailed when people donate. non-donators must visit that page to get a license after they sign up.
31994
Living Room / Re: Anyone actually use rewriteable media?
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 06:16 PM »
may i make an advice about backups to dvd:
date and save the old ones.
one day you're going to realize that 4 backups ago you deleted a file you need, and that you've been making backups without it.  being able to roll back to an older backup can be worth its weight in gold.
31995
Living Room / Re: wanted: thoughts and ideas about blogs - bloggers join in!
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 05:13 PM »
i think blogs are great..
you just have to find the good ones.

in the future everyone will be required by law to have a blog.
31996
Living Room / Re: Anyone actually use rewriteable media?
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 05:09 PM »
im 100% with rover.  with price of blank cd/dvd and with usb sticks, seems not worth the trouble.
31997
Living Room / Re: wanted: thoughts and ideas about blogs - bloggers join in!
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 04:41 PM »
gothic  ;D ;D ;D
31998
Site/Forum Features / Podcast Audio Radio Show Question - submit your online answer
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 02:31 PM »

Question of the Month: What was the first time you used a computer?

  • For each show we ask our members to submit their answer to a different question. We'll include a few of our favorite answers in each podcast.
  • Please don't forget to introduce yourself at the start of your voicemail using your DonationCoder.com forum name.
  • Record and submit your voice message now using Flash technology!


From there you will find a link to a side which lets you
record your answer online and submit it to us.

Please participate - we will add some of the best answers to the show!


more info at: http://podcast.donationcoder.com
31999
Official Announcements / Re: New site feature - Ignore Boards
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 02:28 PM »
ok, should be working now.
32000
Find And Run Robot / Re: Search MP3
« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2006, 02:22 PM »
this is one of the major features people have been waiting for in v2 of farr,
to allow you to specify search modifiers, so that for a particular search you can weight things differently.

im afraid that right now the best you can do is go to search patterns and give *.mp3 a high score.

but you cant currently reduce a particular search to come up with only mp3s.

this is coming soon.
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