Can i get some sort of "party-mode"?

[milaweb]

Hi there

I just love this little signal on my htpc!!!

Is any of you making some sort of "party mode" with signal(maybe it
can be done with playlists). I would like to get signal to play my
music randomly, if no one is has "ordered" some music.

Is that possible?


/Michael Larsen - DK

[Matt Stevens]

Hi Michael,

Thanks, glad you like the app! You should be able to do what you want with a
playlist, iTunes and WMP have built-in playlists for all music and it's
possible to create one with Winamp. Start the playlist, toggle shuffle on if
necessary and you're set. I can see how an up-front shuffle everything
option would be useful as well, I'll put that on the request list.

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Matt Stevens
www.alloysoft.com

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[milaweb]

Hi Matt

Thank you! I hadn't noticed the "toggle the playlist's shuffle" in the
documentation. That is it! I use winamp. Would i be better of using
the WMP(better of = less work)? Or would you recommand iTunes? I have
no prefs in this field. I havn't used any of them :-)


/Michael Larsen - DK

[Matt Stevens]

I'd say stick with what you're using until it stops working for you. They're
all great media players.

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From: "milaweb" <mil...@gmail.com>
To: "Alloysoft" <allo...@googlegroups.com>

[milaweb]

Just to let others, with the same need, know. I have created a
little .NET program that will randomize an existing playlist in winamp
without mouse and keyboard attached.

I do not know if I am allowed to throw my link in here, but I try:
http://www.milasupport.dk/randomize-playlists-in-winamp/

/Michael Larsen - DK

On 15 Dec., 22:25, "Matt Stevens" <m...@alloysoft.com> wrote:
> I'd say stick with what you're using until it stops working for you. They're
> all great media players.
>
> --

[Matt Stevens]

Cool, thanks for sharing!

If you just want to randomize playback without keeping the playlist to a specific size you should be able to do this by toggling Winamp's shuffle function with the playlist loaded (so you wouldn't need to restart Winamp). Doing that directly through the Winamp API could be accomplished like so:

#define IPC_SET_SHUFFLE 252
// hwnd is a handle to the Winamp window
SendMessage(hwnd, WM_WA_IPC, 0, IPC_SET_SHUFFLE);
SendMessage(hwnd, WM_WA_IPC, 1, IPC_SET_SHUFFLE);

You can also do this through Signal by sending two HTTP POSTs to http://x.x.x.x:3569/xml:

xml=<SetShuffleStateRequest><shuffleState>false</shuffleState></SetShuffleStateRequest>
xml=<SetShuffleStateRequest><shuffleState>true</shuffleState></SetShuffleStateRequest>

--
Matt Stevens
www.alloysoft.com

[milaweb]

OK!

Which playlist will it shuffle if i send the xml through signal - is
it the last selected one(i could eg. bookmark these xml-calls in
safir?) ?
It would be alot "cleaner" than having an homewritten program to do
this stuff.

/Michael Larsen - DK

On 20 Dec., 21:56, Matt Stevens <m...@alloysoft.com> wrote:
> Cool, thanks for sharing!
>
> If you just want to randomize playback without keeping the playlist to a specific size you should be able to do this by toggling Winamp's shuffle function with the playlist loaded (so you wouldn't need to restart Winamp). Doing that directly through the Winamp API could be accomplished like so:
>
> #define IPC_SET_SHUFFLE 252
> // hwnd is a handle to the Winamp window
> SendMessage(hwnd, WM_WA_IPC, 0, IPC_SET_SHUFFLE);
> SendMessage(hwnd, WM_WA_IPC, 1, IPC_SET_SHUFFLE);
>

> You can also do this through Signal by sending two HTTP POSTs tohttp://x.x.x.x:3569/xml:

>
> xml=<SetShuffleStateRequest><shuffleState>false</shuffleState></SetShuffleS tateRequest>
> xml=<SetShuffleStateRequest><shuffleState>true</shuffleState></SetShuffleSt ateRequest>
>
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> Matt Stevenswww.alloysoft.com

[Matt Stevens]

It will reshuffle the current playlist's play order by toggling the media player's shuffle option off and then back on. You can also do this through Signal's control interface by tapping on the shuffle icon.

--
Matt Stevens
www.alloysoft.com

[milaweb]

Nice!
It had not been necessary to code my little playlist-program, then!
The only advantage of my playlist-program is that you can see what
track the player will play next.

I learn constantly!!!

Thanks Matt

/Michael