track nowplaying focus in the db playlist

[alamata]

hey,

is it possible to put the focus (like with "bouton select")
for the track is nowplaying
in the database playlist...

is there a possibility or not at this time...??

[defrag]

not sure what you mean? you have the ability to add an image to show the now playing track in a category plus those that are in the playlist. Do you want to actually move the selected item to that of the now playing track?

[alamata]

i have a category named playlist
with all the playlist actually now playing
on screen named "nowplaying"...

but i would like
when i go to screen "nowplaying"
that the focus show
the nowplaying track in the playlist
in the playlist cat ..

if i have 100 tracks in the playlist
and if the now playing track is the 56 track
i would like when i arrive into the "nowplaying" screen that the focus is put on the 56 track
and if i wanted to select an other track in the playlist
i could with the up and down navigation event in the cat playlist...


sorry for my english...

[scottw]

I think I know what you are saying. Set an "ID" for your CAT in the Default tab of the skin editor. Then on your "goto screen" event for going to the nowplaying screen add a "button select" under the xlobby section of the commands. For the "Button ID" of that command just use whatever you used the "ID" of the cat.

Also and maybe easier is to just set the CAT as "default" in the Defualt tab of the skin editor.

Does that help??

[alamata]

first thanks for your help

the method with "bouton select" and the cat ID
is ok for make the focus on the cat playlist...

but it isn't good to show the focus on the "curent" track now playing in the cat playlist

if i play the 56 track of my playlist which content 100 tracks
the "bouton select method" show me the fisrt entry of the playlist cat ...


...and not the focus of the "current" playlist track

i would like that the event
permet me to put the focus
on the 56 track of the playlist
the "current" now playing track...

is that possible....

[scottw]

first thanks for your help

the method with "bouton select" and the cat ID
is ok for make the focus on the cat playlist...

but it isn't good to show the focus on the "curent" track now playing in the cat playlist

if i play the 56 track of my playlist which content 100 tracks
the "bouton select method" show me the fisrt entry of the playlist cat ...


...and not the focus of the "current" playlist track

i would like that the event
permet me to put the focus
on the 56 track of the playlist
the "current" now playing track...

is that possible....

Sorry I am not sure.

[S Pittaway]

i think he simply means select the current song in the playlist?


i have been asking for this for ages and you currently can not do it.

if you playlist is a reasonable size you can do it using a plugin i wrote ages ago, you can do a find in the playlist for the current songs parameter...

http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4438&hilit=xjumpto

It has to do a item next until it reaches the item you are looking for so if you have more than a thousand? entries it can take a while...

on my play all list it can take 10secs to find the write song, but the playlist does have 15000 items in it

[alamata]

i think he simply means select the current song in the playlist?

...exactly what i wanted to say...

i m afraid to abuse
but i have tried xjumpto with

""audioplayer>now>%trackname%""

and
i have tried a lot of other things
but no results

can you indicate the real command
to execute that...

sorry to insist...
but can you help me please...

thanks for your comprehension...

[dalanik]

Isn't that what "music:snap track" toggle was supposed to do?

[S Pittaway]

snap only "snaps" on a track change...

if you enter the now playing screen it really should show the current song.

also if you are browsing the playlist it is not unreasonable to want to jump back to the current track.

to be honest selecting an item in a category should be built into xlobby you can search on a item but there is no built in way of selecting a given entry.


alamata,

xjumpto is quite old and i haven't used it for ages (i use this - http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6292) but for the now playing stuff i always seam to have to store them in a variable and the search on the variable using "xjumpto>find variable exact:catergory>field>var.name"

This should work (make sure multi-threaded is turned off) -

xlobby : command : save to variable : audioplayer>now>%parameter% : xjumpto.find.this
xlobby : plugin : xjumpto : find variable exact : playlist>parameter>xjumpto.find.this

[alamata]

first
i would like to say thanks
for the time and for the help you give to me...

This should work (make sure multi-threaded is turned off) -

xlobby : command : save to variable : audioplayer>now>%parameter% : xjumpto.find.this
xlobby : plugin : xjumpto : find variable exact : playlist>parameter>xjumpto.find.this

i have follow in details the instructions but nothing was happened

is it possible that the origin of the problem come from me ,
is it the " real functionning " commands
or is it possible that is not match ...

This should work....

sorry if i insit...

[S Pittaway]

like i said i dont use xJumpTo anymore.

Download xDatabase from here http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6292 and here is a event group that finds the playing song

find playing.zip

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this works for me

I dont use multiple zones so if you do it might be a bit different....

[alamata]

thanks a lot for the attachments

but...

with as variable:

playlist>parameter>%audioplayer>now>parameter%

i have a error message
Errordatabase find : Expected parameter format is "category>field>value"

i running a free version of xlobby...
is that a possible cause of the non functioning...???

[S Pittaway]

yep, thats what it is...


try this

find playing.zip

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[alamata]

the error message about the expected format is disappeared

but nothing.... no result at the screen...

in the event manager
i have tried to make "test" with the test button...

and i have a new error message

setup exception...

"en francais dans le texte"

""La référence d'objet n'est pas définie a une instance d'un objet""

what can i do ...

thanks for your comprehension...