Plugin of the extended handle of Winamp, FooBar2000, Apollo, BSPlayer

Author: Python <smisoft@rambler.ru> (c) SmiSoft (SA)

What is this:

Aliases:

Aliases, working with all players:

• ~play
  Start playback
• ~pause
  To turn pause on/off
• ~prev
  Go to previous track
• ~next
  Go to next track
• ~stop
  Stop playback

Aliases, working both with Winamp, and with BSPlayer:

• ~version
  Shows the version Winamp or BSPlayer in the internal format of appropriate players.
• ~volume
  Handle of a level of volume
  Parameters:
  • no parameters
    Show volume level. For BSPlayer - integer in limits 0.. 23. For winamp this service in unavailable.
  • Unsigned integer (for example "~volume 12")
    Set volume in percentage (1-100). If number above 100 or below 0 specifyed, the maximum/minimum levels will be accepted.
  • Signed integer (for example "~volume +2" or "~volume -3")
    Set relative volume level. The volume is increased (sign plus) or decreases (sign a minus) on the given number of units, but only in supported limits .
  • Only sign ("~volume +" or "~volume -")
    Increase (sign plus) or reduce (sign a minus) by the small value. Equivalent to pressing up/down arrows in player.
• ~pos
  Change film's or song's play position
  Parameters:
  • no parameters
    Show current films's or song's position in seconds
  • Unsigned integer
    Rewind to given position. The limits depend on duration songs. If film or song are not playing, the command is ignored.
  • Signed integer (for example, "~pos +10" or "~pos -5")
    Wind film's or song's forward or back on the given number of seconds.
  • Only sign
    Wind film's or song's position a little forward or back. Equivalent to pressing of right/left arrows in player.
• ~list
  Change playlist's position. Play mode (play/pause/stop) saved (in Winamp only).
  Parameters:
  • no parameters
    Show current position in the playlist
  • Unsigned integer
    Set playlist's position to a given value. Songs are numbered from 1. If number more than playlist's amount specified, last song will be accepted (if Repeat off) or cycled song will be accepted (Repeat on).
  • Signed integer
    Set relative playlist's position. If Repeat in Winamp On, the moving occurs on cycle, otherwice - up to 1 or playlist's amount. In BSPlayer Repeat mode unavailable. Shuffle not supported in this command.
  • Only sign
    Switch to previous/next track. Same as pressing previous/nextt track. All player-depend options supported.
• ~clear
  Clears playlist.

Aliases, working only with Winamp:

• ~repeat
  Repeat mode
  Parameters:
  • no parameters
    Show Repeat status
  • 1
    Enable Repeat
  • 0
    Disable Repeat
• ~shuffle
  Shuffle mode
  Parameters:
  • no parameters
    Show shuffle status
  • 1
    Enable Shuffle
  • 0
    Disable Shuffle
• ~pan
  Balance of the left and right channel
  Parameters:
  • Number
    To set given balance.

Aliases, working only with BSPLayer:

• ~zoom
  To set given scale of the movie
  Parameters:
  • 50
    50 % from the real size of film
  • 100
    Real movie size
  • 200
    Double movie size

Features:

• When used together with tar_media, tar_amp should be placed above tar_media, otherwise many command will be executed incorrectly. tar_winamp is not useful when tar_amp installed, it is a good idea to complete delete it.
• You should disable Multimedia key support and Global hotkeys in all players when use tar_amp together with tar_hotkey, otherwise it can result in double executing all operations (for example, button "previous track" will be clicked twice).
• When plugins like GapKiller (remove silence between tracks) or Crossfader (smooth track switch) used, it will be some strange effects when using ~pos, ~list, ~prev, ~next commands. It's not a bug, but players' feature!
• Tested only on FooBar 0.8.3 and Apollo 37zg.

Version 1.0 - 02.07.05
[+] tar_media plugin was modified again. Now, it was divided into two plugins: tar_amp (this) and tar_misc. This plugin intended only for players' control.
[*] Error on Winamp's playlist reposition with repeat disabled

Version 1.01 - 27.07.05
[*] FooBar control doesn't work when window was minimized