How to add "Slideshow" button to the "My Music" window (1 Viewer)

[rivera]

I am customizing an XFactor skin and would like to add a "Slideshow" button to "MyMusic" window.
But I do not know how to associate a new button with an appropriate action.
Can anybody help me?

 

[kiwijunglist]

see this post here - https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/bleazle-311/add-global-search-music-button-beazle-v6-12-a-60682/

Logic is basically the same, just get the ID from the slideshow.xml file and use it for hyperlink #
The onright/onleft etc. refer to the ID of the button that you should jump to when press the arrow keys

 

[rivera]

Logic is basically the same, just get the ID from the slideshow.xml file and use it for hyperlink #
The onright/onleft etc. refer to the ID of the button that you should jump to when press the arrow keys

Well, I know the required hyperlink of Slideshow window (id=2007).
I already tried something like this:

	<control>
		<type>button</type>
		<id>...</id>
		<label>Slideshow</label>
		<posX>...</posX>
		<posY>...</posY>
		<width>...</width>
		<height>...</height>
		[b]<hyperlink>2007</hyperlink>[/b]
	<control>

After pressing this button I can see an empty black screen - I suspect that it is the required one with id=2007.
But I have no started slideshow there.
I think that if one more tag can be added - it will cause an event "Start slideshow":

	<control>
		<type>button</type>
		<id>...</id>
		<label>Slideshow</label>
		[b]<action>XXXXXXX</action>[/b]
		....
		[b]<hyperlink>2007</hyperlink>[/b]
	<control>

But I do not know the required ActionID...

In the "MyPics.xml" we have something like this:

	<control>
		<description>SlideShow button</description>
		<id>6</id>
		<type>button</type>
		<label>108</label>
		<font>font12</font>
		<posX>460</posX>
		<posY>1</posY>
		<height>10</height>
		<width>200</width>
		<textYOff>0</textYOff>
		<onleft>8</onleft>
		<onright>7</onright>
		<onup>50</onup>
		<ondown>50</ondown>
		<textureFocus>-</textureFocus>
		<textureNoFocus>-</textureNoFocus>
	</control>

Here there is no <action> & <hyperlink> tags.
I think that the "MyPictures" plugin using "<id>6</id>" to find out that the requested action is "Start slideshow".

 

[kiwijunglist]

yea you need to action start slideshow within my pictures,
could be implemented using a 2 or 3 step macro, but unsure if it is possible to do it eliquently

 

[rivera]

Of course I can simply make like this:

	<control>
		<type>button</type>
		<id>...</id>
		[b]<label>Switch to MyPictures</label>[/b]
		....
		[b]<hyperlink>2</hyperlink>[/b]		<!-- It's a link to "MyPictures" window-->
	<control>

and make the "Slideshow" button in the "MyPictures" window as a default.
In this case I will need TWO steps to start a slideshow from "MyMusic":
1. Press the "Switch to MyPictures" button
2. Press the "Slideshow" button.
Yes, it is quite not elegant

 

[kiwijunglist]

remote macro that does the above with 1x button press?

In the mean time you can put a saved playlist in the picture directory and it will start automatically when you start the slideshow. Just name it folder.m3u.
The setting in MP Configuration, Music settings will determine if the playlist is shuffled at startup.

...

another idea

use a fullscreen music visualization that displays slideshow images from your computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/visualizations.aspx
use either Picture Viz I or Picture Viz II

then when your music is playing just load up the visualization for the slideshow

 

[rivera]

So, the macro must include:
- call of the "MyPictures" window - and I have never heard about hotkey for this screen
- emulating pressing the ENTER button

 

[kiwijunglist]

to jump to any window ID (incl My pictures) with a hotkey use shortcuter (link in my sig)

 

[rivera]

use a fullscreen music visualization that displays slideshow images from your computer.

You are right in common, but these particular plugins I tried last year and was unhappy because of bugs...
I will try to find out another viz plugins...
From other side - it will bond me: I will not be able to select a different nice plugin (I prefer MilkDrop Winamp plugin)...

 

[kiwijunglist]

milkdrop works with mediaportal (when i used it i found it a little buggy tho)