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NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)
Drugwash:
Hello, skwire!
I only registered here because of this player. As a couple other users around, I'm using Win9x too - Win98SE, to be more precise. As such, I'd appreciate if you would allow me/us to help in fixing the few (minor, I'd say) issues that we found in testing this script.
Basically what needs attention are:
- missing tags
- seek and volume progressbars not functional (sliders might've been better for 9x)
- currently playing icon appears to be 32bit, thus displaying a black background in 9x
Other issues I noticed would be:
- Options panel out of screen at the bottom (on 1024x768 resolution)
- lack of drag'n'drop sorting in playlist (major issue for me personally)
It would be interesting to try and make the list view RichEdit-aware; since I've tested and cRichEdit can display Unicode characters correctly on my system and you already manipulate strings in Unicode mode, maybe we could get it to display the Unicode ID3 tags properly in 9x.
If you're willing to give us 9x people a chance, please contact me by PM here, on AHK board or on Miranda IM board (if you're registered there).
Oh and here's Trout Player on my 98SE system:
skwire:
I only registered here because of this player. As a couple other users around, I'm using Win9x too - Win98SE, to be more precise. As such, I'd appreciate if you would allow me/us to help in fixing the few (minor, I'd say) issues that we found in testing this script.
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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I honestly appreciate the interest and desire to see Trout work properly under Win9x/ME. That being said, I do not have the time, desire, or setup (only a VM) to test under Windows 98. I'm also not a fan of making code changes (in hopes that it works under another OS) that I cannot test myself.
Basically what needs attention are:
- missing tags
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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Trout's tag reading handles all strings in unicode so installing the Microsoft Layer for Unicode in your system may get them to display properly.
- seek and volume progressbars not functional (sliders might've been better for 9x)
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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This is most definitely an AHK/Win9x limitation in the current code. I can, possibly, try to find a way around this.
- currently playing icon appears to be 32bit, thus displaying a black background in 9x
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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You can modify the resources.dll yourself with ResHacker.
Other issues I noticed would be:
- Options panel out of screen at the bottom (on 1024x768 resolution)
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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Hmmm...the options panel is only 440 pixels high.
- lack of drag'n'drop sorting in playlist (major issue for me personally)
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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Drag'n'drop sorting will be a long time coming (if ever).
It would be interesting to try and make the list view RichEdit-aware; since I've tested and cRichEdit can display Unicode characters correctly on my system and you already manipulate strings in Unicode mode, maybe we could get it to display the Unicode ID3 tags properly in 9x.
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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A standard listview, such that AHK has (SysListView32), doesn't have any sort of RichEdit capabilities. I'm not much interested in retro-fitting a third-party control into Trout since one of my design goals/challenges was to keep Trout as natively AHK as possible in an attempt to show just how much can be accomplished with the language.
Oh and here's Trout Player on my 98SE system:
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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Whoa...that is BRIGHT.
skwire:
Some minor fixes and additions.
v1.0.2 build 64
+ Added "/clipboard" as a commandline parameter.
* AudioGenie library update to v1.0.5.2.
! Further freedb.org parsing improvements/fixes.
! Fixed a nasty "remember position and auto-play" issue. [Thanks, ChalamiuS]
Drugwash:
• I have (relatively) enough time and will to test on Win95 and Win98SE as well as XP-SP3. I also can use AHK as I've been working on my own little projects for a while. So I wasn't asking for your time but for the source code so I could change and test it live on my private machines. Any changes would be reported directly to you and no code would be leaked to third parties under any circumstances. I don't need credits or money, just a working, reliable application.
• I do have MSLU v1.1.3790.0 installed so that's not the problem.
• An IF A_OSType/A_OSVersion could handle progressbar vs slider.
• Am definitely not a fan of resource hacking as long as it only takes 10 seconds to create a multipage icon that'd fulfill the requirements for both 9x and NT-based OS versions.
• It doesn't matter how high the Options panel is, thing is it starts off at a low position on screen.
• Natively AHK can handle DllCalls, machine code and many other things and experimenting is the fun part of using AHK, in my opinion.
I was trying to avoid having to build my own player from scratch - what a waste of time reinventing the wheel! - and also to give people like me - Win9x users - a chance to benefit from your hard work. But I'm afraid that's impossible, from what you said. Too bad. :(
app103:
Hello, skwire!
I only registered here because of this player. As a couple other users around, I'm using Win9x too - Win98SE, to be more precise. As such, I'd appreciate if you would allow me/us to help in fixing the few (minor, I'd say) issues that we found in testing this script.
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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You found a whole lot less than I did on my 9x system. I would say you were pretty lucky.
Oh and here's Trout Player on my 98SE system:
-Drugwash (February 04, 2009, 08:58 PM)
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What skinning app are you using for your OS? Window Blinds? While it is bright, it sure is pretty for a 9x system. It looks better than mine, in fact I think it looks better than my XP, too. (I don't normally go for themes other than basic classic style color themes)
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