I need my xface skin to "get" info from ID3 tags...

hotstreak · 2008-04-04, 12:43

Hi all

Now there's only one thing left before my skin is perfect... As I was tuning the music filmstrip view I realized I want to have three labels on the bottom of the screen for the selected item, namely, Album (which is #selecteditem already), Artist (which is #selecteditem2 already) and Year. Problem is I can't figure out how to get the skin to get the variable "year" out of the selected albums ID3 tag or album info screen. In myVideos it was easy since #year, #rating etc was simply variables, but with myMusic this simple solution does not work.

Any ideas on how to make the skin fetch this little piece of information about the item selected?

thanks

hwahrmann · 2008-04-07, 09:41

when you say for myvideos it was easy, you're not talking about the filmstrip for myvideos? Right?
because you won't have this information there either.
we just set selecteditem, selecteditem2 and selectedthumb. nothing else.

as i see it now, we would need to read the tags or database on every change to provide you with more information than what you have currently.

hotstreak · 2008-04-07, 12:58

thanks for your reply hwahrmann

I was actually talking about exactly that in myvideos, but instead of adding another selected item i added labels #genre, #rating, #year etc and it worked! I am really a supernoob at this but i figured i'd give it a try, with the original backed up and it turned out beautiful.

I'm not sure how difficult to set maybe selecteditem3 to "year" or "date" and where it is done?

This is what the fadelabels look like in common.window.video.xml and it produces the desired information about the selected item:

<control>
<animation effect="fade" time="250">WindowOpen</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="500">WindowClose</animation>
<description>Selected item Label</description>
<type>fadelabel</type>
<id>1</id>
<posX>762</posX>
<posY>585</posY>
<width>365</width>
<label>#genre</label>
<textcolor>FFFFFFFF</textcolor>
<font>font13</font>
<visible>!facadeview.list</visible>
</control>

any clues?

hwahrmann · 2008-04-08, 08:45

Well, it's a different story, in which module you are.
For example, in the Now Playing screen, i can set the variable #year, cause at that time i have access to the data of this single entry.
Now in case of the filmstrip, i don't have this information, since the db query only returns Artist and Album at that stage.

2008-04-04, 12:43	#1 (permalink)
hotstreak Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I need my xface skin to "get" info from ID3 tags... Hi all Now there's only one thing left before my skin is perfect... As I was tuning the music filmstrip view I realized I want to have three labels on the bottom of the screen for the selected item, namely, Album (which is #selecteditem already), Artist (which is #selecteditem2 already) and Year. Problem is I can't figure out how to get the skin to get the variable "year" out of the selected albums ID3 tag or album info screen. In myVideos it was easy since #year, #rating etc was simply variables, but with myMusic this simple solution does not work. Any ideas on how to make the skin fetch this little piece of information about the item selected? thanks

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2008-04-07, 09:41	#2 (permalink)
hwahrmann Portal Developer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1,502 Thanks: 3 Thanked 89 Times in 55 Posts Country:	when you say for myvideos it was easy, you're not talking about the filmstrip for myvideos? Right? because you won't have this information there either. we just set selecteditem, selecteditem2 and selectedthumb. nothing else. as i see it now, we would need to read the tags or database on every change to provide you with more information than what you have currently.

2008-04-07, 12:58	#3 (permalink)
hotstreak Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	thanks for your reply hwahrmann I was actually talking about exactly that in myvideos, but instead of adding another selected item i added labels #genre, #rating, #year etc and it worked! I am really a supernoob at this but i figured i'd give it a try, with the original backed up and it turned out beautiful. I'm not sure how difficult to set maybe selecteditem3 to "year" or "date" and where it is done? This is what the fadelabels look like in common.window.video.xml and it produces the desired information about the selected item: <control> <animation effect="fade" time="250">WindowOpen</animation> <animation effect="fade" time="500">WindowClose</animation> <description>Selected item Label</description> <type>fadelabel</type> <id>1</id> <posX>762</posX> <posY>585</posY> <width>365</width> <label>#genre</label> <textcolor>FFFFFFFF</textcolor> <font>font13</font> <visible>!facadeview.list</visible> </control> any clues?

2008-04-08, 08:45	#4 (permalink)
hwahrmann Portal Developer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1,502 Thanks: 3 Thanked 89 Times in 55 Posts Country:	Well, it's a different story, in which module you are. For example, in the Now Playing screen, i can set the variable #year, cause at that time i have access to the data of this single entry. Now in case of the filmstrip, i don't have this information, since the db query only returns Artist and Album at that stage.