New File Added: Song Announcer

diablo_sv21 · February 24th, 2009, 09:41 PM

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Song Announcer

This plugin was created for Ripplinghurst by request.

This is a non-GUI plugin, but you can still add a button for it so you can quickly turn the announcements on/off.

The announcement is formed using the "Announcement Format" setting for the plugin. the '%' values can be used anywhere in the string and are replaced by the actual values for the song. Keep in mind if the value isn't filled in for that song it will just be left blank. I didn't go for the random fixed announcements as I'd rather leave the format open to the user, but if people are interested I can expand on this feature more.

Song format values mapped to song's tag information:
%title, %artist, %album, %filename, %track, %year, %publisher, %genre, %copyright, %composer, %comment

The default value for the announcement format should give you an idea how to use it.

Screenshot of the exciting settings page:

WuNgUn · February 25th, 2009, 09:14 AM

Maybe you can post an audio clip of it in action?

diablo_sv21 · February 25th, 2009, 08:00 PM

I'll see what I can do about making a recording.

Another note I'll add: If you do add the shortcut button you will probably find that the display name is too long for the button. This can be altered in the plugin settings to be something shorter.

skeal · February 26th, 2009, 05:48 AM

nice plugin. ... but it repeats the announcement until the song begins playing

diablo_sv21 · February 26th, 2009, 06:52 AM

It does? That seems quite odd. It works fine for me. The announcement really should only play once.

Anyone else having that problem?

skeal · February 26th, 2009, 07:06 AM

Let's take Metallica - Nothing else matters

It says Nothing else matters by Metallica Nothing else

Then the song starts

WuNgUn · February 26th, 2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeal

Let's take Metallica - Nothing else matters

It says Nothing else matters by Metallica Nothing else

Then the song starts

It's probably reading the actual file name...double check your MP3. I'm betting your using artist/song in the file name, and not just the song title...

skeal · February 26th, 2009, 08:52 AM

Yes but the configuration says only "%title by %artist" (or something similar ... i'm not in car right now)

fjc · February 27th, 2009, 12:19 AM

weird yes it does repeat twice
also had another problem my songs would change automatic and keep changing without my input it just would not stop so i basically had to reset centrafuse
i removed the plug-in and worked like normal??

diablo_sv21 · February 27th, 2009, 06:19 PM

OK, I managed to replicate the repeating TTS problem. All I can tell is that it is a TTS defect and there isn't much I can do about it apart from just try a new approach to how it reads out the text. I have an idea so I'll update the plugin if I make any progress in that area. Don't worry, I know you aren't crazy :-)

As for the automatic song changing, that is even stranger. I'll have a play around and see if I can get it to do that but I've been messing with it a lot and haven't had it happen yet.