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Did you look into the 'GUI growth' issue yet?No, I don't see it on any of my test boxes. Do you run any sort of skinning engine, etc? Can you use the AHK window spy and let me know the before and after sizes? Anybody else experiencing this issue?-brotherS (March 03, 2009, 02:38 AM)
At the risk of a shameless plug, Trout can do this as well.Are there more freeware players with such a feature?-brotherS (March 01, 2009, 05:04 AM)
XMPlay and foobar2000. Winamp can do it with a plugin as well.-Lashiec (March 01, 2009, 04:40 PM)
It's almost what I want, could it be changed that it remembers the last 'state' also? So that it would start in "pause" mode if I have pressed "pause" before I did quit Trout the last time?Try the latest silent update (v1.0.2.186).-brotherS (March 01, 2009, 07:44 AM)
just wanted to say the update feature worked perfectly here (DcUpdater installed on my pc).Very nice. Thanks for the report.-mouser (February 25, 2009, 06:17 AM)
- when you use the mouse on the seek bar to move to the beginning of the file and push the mouse too far (with the left mouse button still pressed down), you will accidentally change the volume (when you happen to move over that part of the UI, which is easy to do because it's so close).Please try build 177 and see if the bar improvements I just made solve this issue. Thanks.-brotherS (February 23, 2009, 04:12 AM)
Found 2 more small bugs:I don't experience much flicker at all in the seekbar text. Now, if I add the $time_e/$time_r to the titlebar text, I see flicker (but I warned about this). I'm not sure I can do too much about this.
- when you use the mouse on the seek bar, the displayed time flickers - looks like it tries to update itself too often.-brotherS (February 23, 2009, 04:12 AM)
- when you use the mouse on the seek bar to move to the beginning of the file and push the mouse too far (with the left mouse button still pressed down), you will accidentally change the volume (when you happen to move over that part of the UI, which is easy to do because it's so close).This is a by-product of what I have to do to even get those bars working like they do in Trout. I'll try to do something about this but there are no promises on this one.-brotherS (February 23, 2009, 04:12 AM)
It would help if you could add the installer link to your signature, might lead others to try Trout and it would mean way less clicking for all of us who want the newest version!I added some bits to my sig. Hopefully, they'll save you some clicks.-brotherS (February 23, 2009, 04:12 AM)
And another small thing: when the "TE" (elapsed) time is smaller than the set "seek jump interval", Trout will not always jump back to the beginning of the file when that hotkey is used once.Try the latest build (v1.0.2.150)
That's annoying me a bit more today, I hope it's easy to fix!-brotherS (February 21, 2009, 04:14 AM)
Btw, would it be possible to run more than one Trout instance? Or would that totally conflict with playlist management etc.?Right, Trout was built from the start as single-instance, single-playlist player. Say that five times fast. =]-brotherS (February 21, 2009, 04:14 AM)
The rewind/ff with a file being paused now works, thanks!Good to hear about the seek issue. As for the losing settings issue, I wonder if it's having trouble saving the config.ini (since it seems to have an issue saving the playlist). That message you're seeing pops up if it can't delete the list.tpl file. Are you running anything that would have that file open? Perhaps an anti-virus or something is interfering? Regarding your beep request...were you thinking something like the system beep that AHK can do?
Strange: for the second time, when I was trying to close Trout (to update it), I got an "Error saving list contents!" error.
Btw, updating caused Trout to forget about some settings that I changed previously, like the internet connection and the time skip value (how many seconds).-brotherS (February 19, 2009, 03:11 PM)
What exactly does that mean?You understood correctly. I've tested it on Samurize, vIRC (IRC client I use), and some other WinampAPI-dependant applications and all worked properly. It's possible that the apps you mention are querying portions of the WinampAPI that I don't have implemented. I'll install and test on XChat later today.
Are things that look for info from currently running instance of Winamp supposed to see Trout as an instance of Winamp? If so, it didn't work with the 3 things I tried it with, and crashed 2 of them.
Both xchat (with a winamp plugin) & Amp2MX (winamp automatic chatroom spammer) crashed, and RoboMX (chat client) just gave an error message of "the parameter is incorrect" when using the display current winamp song command.
Was there something I misunderstood about what this is for?-app103 (February 19, 2009, 08:37 AM)
This is not working when I rewind or fast forward with a keyboard shortcut, only with the mouse. I'd like a 'live' update like in xmplay.Re-download and try the latest build. I think it'll act like you're expecting it to. As for the status bar font, it can be done. However, the problem is that the statusbar itself won't resize vertically to fit. Question, are you running at a DPI of something other than the default of 96...120, perhaps?
Also, would it be possible to set a custom font (size) for the statusbar?-brotherS (February 19, 2009, 04:59 AM)
Another idea: how about a 'roger beep' that makes you realize that Trout jumped to another file in the playlist? Maybe I'm the only one ever missing something like that, I don't know.I'm guessing that the balloon tip notify or toaster popup don't serve you well in this case? You prefer something audible rather than visual?
Reason why: when I listen to audio books - while not looking at the PC - I like to know when I reached a new file, either for note-taking or to use that to pause listening and to resume at the beginning of a file later.-brotherS (February 19, 2009, 05:16 AM)
Also, did you think about adding an (optional?) graphical reprensentation of the current part of the file being played? Like in mp3DirectCut? It's sometimes quite helpful.At some point, I hope to add a spectrum analyzer of some sort. However, this is way down my list.-brotherS (February 19, 2009, 05:16 AM)
And another edit: how about adding the website link from the about window (great idea! only saw it now) also to the context menu of the tray icon and/or to the Help menu directly?The About window does have a website button (I ought to make a real site or something, eh? =). Adding it to the Help menu is no problem.-brotherS (February 19, 2009, 05:16 AM)
FYI EvilLyrics works fine with TroutAh, nice to know it works with EvilLyrics, thanks. I'd assume EvilLyrics sees Trout as a "Winamp", right? I built in a portion of the WinampAPI into Trout for this very reason...so that it would work with stuff like Samurize, IRC scripts, my own bbLean widgets, etc. Hmmm....A-B repeat... My first thought was no way but the more I think about it, the more I like it. How would you like this to function?
What about A-B repeat ? It'd be useful to learn foreign languages-kilele (February 19, 2009, 06:58 AM)
thanks again for the bug-fix and DCupdate feature, now i'm using build 127.You're most welcome. =] Next build will be up in a minute.-lanux128 (February 18, 2009, 07:41 PM)
Your script works perfectly for me with Trout.Hmmm...that's odd. I have a similar keyboard move script and it works fine. If you want to PM me your script code, I can try it out on my systems.Will do!-skwire (February 18, 2009, 10:13 AM)-brotherS (February 18, 2009, 10:24 AM)
Yes, the tooltip is helpful, but it only shows up when I use the mouse, not when I use a hotkey.Sure.
Last but not least, I would like a hotkey to skip back or forth a few (definable?) seconds. I'm used to that from players like mp3DirectCut and xmplay. Do you feel like adding that?-brotherS (February 18, 2009, 10:24 AM)
