Hi,

thanks for this great software.

I have just a small problem with the usage under Windows 7 x64. I setup four actions (play/pause, show/hide, previous and next) but only the first two are working with Windows Media Player.
Previous and next don't jump to another song, they just jump inside the current song.

Do I miss a setting to get this work correct?

Thanks,
Martin

Hi,

thanks for the fast response.

It's really strange, at Home W7/64 Pro and WMP v12.0.7601.18150 it works but at work, same OS and WMP version it doesn't.

I already thought of some program maybe interfering with the combo Win+Ctrl+F3 and Win+Ctrl+F4 but I don't know one using this.

Okay, I found the cause but no idea why.

If I change Win+Ctrl+... to Win+Shift+... it works. Looks like at work there is a program using Win+Ctrl combos installed. But only some because Win+Ctrl+F1 for play/pause is working. 

Thanks for the help.

Quote from: Rockets on October 29, 2012, 12:52 PM

I use this one:
http://mplayer-ww.com/eng/

I did try to get that one to work in the past but was unable to.  This is a common problem with "front-end" type of players such as this one.  SMPlayer and MPUI are two other mplayer front-ends that I haven't been able to get to work.  The problem is exacerbated when those front-ends use custom skins instead of regular controls.

Now, that being said, if you have some AutoHotkey code that you happen to use that DOES control mplayer-WW, I'd be happy to test it out and add the support to MPH.

I also use SMPlayer because it has the option to remember track position for music files and across sessions. So it always starts where it left of.

I wanted to use MPH but I read SMPlayer is not supported.

Can I ask if you can update Trout to not only remember when you close the app but across files so I can use it with MPH ?

Thanks for your time.

EDIT: I found out that MPC does it as well, will test it.  
EDIT 2: It works on MPC not on Spotify. Will search for autohotkey and will inform you.
EDIT 3: There is a issue with the new spotify, it works if you are using multimedia keycodes. You can find more here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28957636/hotkey-for-next-song-in-spotify#
Also I will test this script once it is fixed http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/94218-spotify-global-hotkeys-volume-control-skip-songs-current-song-to-clipboard-star-songs-without-opening-spotify/
Will keep you updated when it works. I would like to use Like en Dislike and for Mute you could use pause.
Edit 4: Downloaded the old version (Spotify 0.9.15.27) and got this and this script working.

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

;|---------------|
;|--[ SOURCES ]--|
;|---------------|
;Base Spotify Script from: http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/36239-spotify-global-hotkeys/
;Base Starring Script from: http://superuser.com/questions/324416/any-spotify-tweaks-with-keyboard-shortcut-to-star-tracks

;|------------------|
;|--[ SETTING UP ]--|
;|------------------|
DetectHiddenWindows, On ;Detect Spotify even if it's minimized
#IfWinExist ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow ;Only do the following if Spotify is running
spotify = ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow ;Set variable for Spotify Window Name

;|---------------|
;|--[ HOTKEYS ]--|
;|---------------|
; "F5" for previous 
F5:: 
{
	ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Left}, %spotify% 
	return 
}

; "F6" for next 
F6:: 
{ 
	ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Right}, %spotify% 
	return 
} 

; "F4" for pause
F4::
{ 
	ControlSend, ahk_parent, {Space}, %spotify% 
	return
} 

; "F10" for track-name
F10:: 
{ 
	WinGetTitle, spotify_playing, %spotify% ;Get the title of Spotify which contains the track-name
	
	StringTrimLeft, trimmed_playing, spotify_playing, 10 ;Get rid of extra text and place into 'trimmed_playing'
	StringReplace, replaced_playing, trimmed_playing, –, -, All ;Replace en dash with normal dash and place into 'replaced_playing'
	
	clipboard = %replaced_playing% ;Copy the fixed text to clipboard
	return 
} 

; "F3" for volume up
F3::
{ 
	ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Up}, %spotify% 
	return 
} 

; "F2 for volume down
F2::
{ 
	ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Down}, %spotify% 
	return 
} 

; "F8" for vote up
F8::
{

;Store active window
        MouseGetPos, , , winID

;Left click near the song title in the "Now Playing" box.
        WinGetPos,  ,  ,  , spotifyHeight, %spotify%
        clickX := 639
        clickY := 511 
        ControlClick, x%clickX% y%clickY% , %spotify%, , Left, , NA  


;Restore original window and mouse position.
        WinActivate ahk_id %winID%

        return
}

; "F7" for vote down
F7::
{

;Store active window
        MouseGetPos, , , winID

;Left click near the song title in the "Now Playing" box.
        WinGetPos,  ,  ,  , spotifyHeight, %spotify%
        clickX := 590
        clickY := 510
        ControlClick, x%clickX% y%clickY% , %spotify%, , Left, , NA  


;Restore original window and mouse position.
        WinActivate ahk_id %winID%

        return
}

; "F9" for add to my songs
F9::
{

;Store active window
        MouseGetPos, , , winID

;Left click near the song title in the "Now Playing" box.
        WinGetPos,  ,  ,  , spotifyHeight, %spotify%
        clickX := 178
        clickY := 943
        ControlClick, x%clickX% y%clickY% , %spotify%, , Left, , NA  


;Restore original window and mouse position.
        WinActivate ahk_id %winID%

        return
}

;|-----------------|
;|--[ FUNCTIONS ]--|
;|-----------------|

;Context menu helper function.
GetContextMenuItemText(hMenu, nPos)
{
	length := DllCall("GetMenuString"
			, "UInt", hMenu
			, "UInt", nPos
			, "UInt", 0 ; NULL
			, "Int", 0  ; Get length
			, "UInt", 0x0400)   ; MF_BYPOSITION
		VarSetCapacity(lpString, length + 1)
		length := DllCall("GetMenuString"
			, "UInt", hMenu
			, "UInt", nPos
			, "Str", lpString
			, "Int", length + 1
			, "UInt", 0x0400)
	return lpString
}

Will tets with new version, will update again.
Also note to get the add to your music collection, thumbs up and down working you need to edit the script with you position. I would like to see a way that you can give that up in the application.  

Edit 5: With the new version this part only works.

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

;|---------------|
;|--[ SOURCES ]--|
;|---------------|
;Base Spotify Script from: http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/36239-spotify-global-hotkeys/
;Base Starring Script from: http://superuser.com/questions/324416/any-spotify-tweaks-with-keyboard-shortcut-to-star-tracks

;|------------------|
;|--[ SETTING UP ]--|
;|------------------|
DetectHiddenWindows, On ;Detect Spotify even if it's minimized
#IfWinExist ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow ;Only do the following if Spotify is running
spotify = ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow ;Set variable for Spotify Window Name

;|---------------|
;|--[ HOTKEYS ]--|
;|---------------|
; "F5" for previous 
F5::Media_Prev

; "F6" for next 
F6::Media_Next

; "F4" for pause
F4::Media_Play_Pause

;|-----------------|
;|--[ FUNCTIONS ]--|
;|-----------------|

;Context menu helper function.
GetContextMenuItemText(hMenu, nPos)
{
	length := DllCall("GetMenuString"
			, "UInt", hMenu
			, "UInt", nPos
			, "UInt", 0 ; NULL
			, "Int", 0  ; Get length
			, "UInt", 0x0400)   ; MF_BYPOSITION
		VarSetCapacity(lpString, length + 1)
		length := DllCall("GetMenuString"
			, "UInt", hMenu
			, "UInt", nPos
			, "Str", lpString
			, "Int", length + 1
			, "UInt", 0x0400)
	return lpString
}

This works perfectly only in playlist or songs. Not on radio, there is no visible way to go back but if you use the hotkey it will force it and play random song.

Could you support the old version for me until the new one is fixed. I will of course help and test it.

I think I got the new Spotify partially working (play/pause/stop/next/prev).  Volume controls and like/dislike are not supported for the new Spotify.

Website | Download
v1.1.2 - 2015-05-16
    + Added partial support for the new Spotify client.  Tested against version
      1.0.4.90.  (Thanks, uniuse)

I think I got the new Spotify partially working (play/pause/stop/next/prev).  Volume controls and like/dislike are not supported for the new Spotify.

Website | Download
v1.1.2 - 2015-05-16
    + Added partial support for the new Spotify client.  Tested against version
      1.0.4.90.  (Thanks, uniuse)

Will test it out, thanks for updating it for the new version.
Also as I will use it on Spotify too I will take up on me to keep you inform when Volume controls and like/dislike will work.

Right on.  Thanks for the report.

I would definitely use this product if it covered all the video players that I use regularly. It would have to address the really difficult programming challenges of YouTube, UStream, and similar browser-based players, which all have buggy and incomplete user controls. I would definitely donate for that.

Your reply shows great intelligence. BTW, is 2012 the last NANY programming competition, or did they continue to 2015?

In the last days a new version of AIMP (version 4) has been released.
As you might guess, MPH does'nt work with it 
This time the process name is simply AIMP.exe, no version number added to the name.
Could you please add it to the list of supported players?
Thanks in advance.