Gtalk status menu opens, fb2k interface freezes Options

[arielCo]

Hello Sarge,

Something's odd about the way AMIP updates my Gtalk status with fb2k 1.1.3. When it tries to update the status, the Gtalk status dropdown shows up on top of whatever I'm doing (see attachment), and the fb2k UI "freezes" until I click on said menu or switch to any other window. The status isn't updated, anyway.



I also attached my plugin.ini file. Any thoughts?

regards,

-- ariel

[Serge]

Gtalk integration works by emulating user input, if it can't find the required component at the supposed location, it will not work. I didn't check it for a long time, probably UI has changed in Gtalk.

[arielCo]

Gtalk integration works by emulating user input, if it can't find the required component at the supposed location, it will not work. I didn't check it for a long time, probably UI has changed in Gtalk.

Thanks Sarge (wow, that was fast). How does WinAMP do it? I just downloaded version 2.95 to see if it still works and behold, it does.

[Serge]

Do you man that it works with AMIP from Winamp? Plug-in code is the same so it should work or not work from all the players. Weird.

[arielCo]

Do you man that it works with AMIP from Winamp? Plug-in code is the same so it should work or not work from all the players. Weird.

Oh no, I meant that plain-vanilla WinAMP (an old version btw) can update the status in Gtalk. It must be a different method instead of simulating user input (socket?), since the dropdown doesn't show.

The foo_winamp_spam page in the fb2k wiki says:

The component works primarily by creating a window with the Winamp 1.x classname and setting the current song title to it. This allows programs to find the Winamp window handle in order to send further messages.

Tomorrow I'll use Winspector or something like that and see if that's how it does it.

[Serge]

Oh no, I meant that plain-vanilla WinAMP (an old version btw) can update the status in Gtalk. It must be a different method instead of simulating user input (socket?), since the dropdown doesn't show.

The foo_winamp_spam page in the fb2k wiki says:
Tomorrow I'll use Winspector or something like that and see if that's how it does it.

Yes, it uses the different method to pretend Winamp and GTalk takes song info from it. AMIP works the other way.

[arielCo]

AMIP works the other way.

Confirmed:

CODE

Class Name: Winamp v1.x
Text: 1. Los Pericos - Complicado y aturdido - Winamp

Would you consider, instead of simulating user input, creating an invisible "window" to do this? I mean, both solutions are rather hackish

[Serge]

Yep, I'm considering this solution, however AMIP development has not been very active in the last years, since it requires a major push and resources to finally get Unicode supported and the new tagging library working. Once (if) it's done, I can go on and implement other features like this one (should be pretty easy to get it working).