RE: Winamp integration with Homeseer

["Darren Henderson" <shmern@xxxxxxx>]

absolutely Paul,

Email me a copy , as I don't have access to Yahoo file area, :o(

BTW, here's a link to my Homeseer page.

http://guest:guest@xxxxxxx:8080

have a look see, Winamp control was one of my next things to look at :o)

D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 June 2001 21:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Winamp integration with Homeseer
>
>
> Deep Joy!
>
> I've been squirelling away for the last few days trying to
> get some nice
> tight integration between Homeseer & Winamp, seeing as Homeseer
only
> directly integrates with Windows media player.... (I didn't
> want to switch
> to using WMP as my player of choice for my Jukebox)
>
> I'm happy to report that after a few days of plagiarism, hair
> pulling, and
> trial & error, I've written a small, fast .EXE that uses the
> COM interfaces
> of both programs to provide a communication channel between
> them, that
> triggers a Homeseer Event whenever certain actions occur in Winamp...
>
> The winamp actions that trigger the event are:
> Play,
> Pause,
> Stop,
> Prev,
> Next,
> Playlist advancing,
>
> All regardless of how these winamp actions are caused. -
> basically anything
> that causes a change in the status of the currently playing
> track triggers
> the Homeseer event...
>
> Currently I have it set up to do the following:
>
> Whenever a track starts playing in winamp, A virtual device
> (W1), is set to
> display the player transport status, artist name, and track
> name. The player
> transport status can be one of "Playing" "Paused",
or "Stopped", and
> whenever it changes, the virtual device status is updated instantly.
>
> Whenever any of the above occurs, a line is written to the HS
> log, showing
> the date/time, artist & track names, player status, track
> number in the
> playlist, and total number of tracks in the playlist.
>
> Whenever the track name changes in Winamp, Homeseer announces
> it by TTS. So,
> as I play through a playlist, each track is announced just as
> it begins
> playing. (couple this with one of the various plug-ins that
> automatically
> insert a small delay between tracks, and it doesn't even have
> to speak over
> the top of the music)...
>
> Homeseer is obviously therefore always aware of what Winamp
> is doing, and
> can use this in it's logic for other events/scripts etc. - EG
> it can pause
> the player to make the "there is someone at the front door"
> announcement,
> and resume playing once it has announced....
>
> It's a bit rough & ready at the moment, but I've been running
> it on three of
> my machines here for a couple of days now, and it is working
> pretty much
> flawlessly...
>
> If anyone wants it, I'm happy to send a copy of either (or
> both) the .EXE
> and the source code... - I'm sure some of you guys who are
> programmers by
> trade (I'm not) would be able to make a far better job of it
> than I have so
> far....
>
> Paul G.
>
>
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