foo_tunefile

foo_tunefile plugin writes information about currently played song to a file. You can specify information format using titleformatting. And you can also choose where to write this file :-)

Download/Install

foo_tunefile 0.1 (extract foo_tunefile.dll to foobar's components directory)
foo_tunefile 0.1 source code (you probably don't need this ;-))

Why?

This plugin is not very useful by itself. It becomes useful when you have another application that can read song information from a file. For example, your email client may offer you to include a text file in your signature, and you may want to put your current song name in email sig. Then simply tell your email client to read foo_tunefile's file.

Troubleshooting

If you see a message saying This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. while starting Foobar, you most probably need to install additional libraries.

Tune in Psi

foo_tunefile was written with Psi Jabber client in mind. It can publish information about your current tune so that your contact can know what you are listening to. And one of ways that Psi can learn what you are listening to right now is by... reading a special file.

To use foo_tunefile with Psi, you need to:

• write file named tune to Psi profile's directory (by default, your file should be saved as: C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\PsiData\tune)
  Note: you need to change this in foo_tunefile preferences, it won't work with default settings
• write information about: title, artist, album, track and length in separate lines of the file. For example, you can use this template:

  [%title%]$char(10)
  [%artist%]$char(10)
  [%album%]$char(10)
  [%tracknumber%]$char(10)
  [%_length_seconds%]

  Note: $char(10) is needed to start new line.