(i added the images i made to my webspace), i forgot before

the files are

sliderbar.gif
slidergrip.gif
vbg.gif
vbs.gif

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http://home.comcast.net/~cabbit/control.html

ready for the shreader ^^

first off i would like to say this is highly compatible with

browsers that don't have javascript. the scripts work in both

Mozilla & Internet Explorer (it took 3 days to build a simple

progress bar) the only incompatibility in the script comes from

the handling of the a few events for the goto field, mozilla

doesn't support the events to do sanity checks on characters

as they are entered. wasn't sure how to update the position

or volume so see what i did below...

the progress bar and goto field's values will change as time

passes to simulate what the real progress bar is doing in mpc,

currently i haven't implemented an auto update, but when the

progress bar gets to the end of the bar it will refresh the

page. i would recommend for Live files (files with unknown

length) that an eta is always set (to say 20 seconds??)

otherwise the page will never refresh. The progress bar &

goto field are updated for smooth movement of the progress

bar (refresh 300->1000 milliseconds, its's dynamic) files of

length 0 are treated as live.

all but 1 button is included and that is pause. instead i have

used pause/play

here are the variable that would make life easy (and are

currently in the file).

[statestring]

[currentpositionstring]   in the format found in status bar

[lengthstring]        if file is a Live set string to "Live"

[length]        file length in seconds (Live = -1)

[namestring]    name of file playing

[filepathstring]    location of file playing

[curpos]        current position of playback

[state]        state of playback (paused = 1, playing =

2, stopped = 0, Buffering %x = (-x-1) ) (x=(-1to-101))

[pbr]        rate of playback, any float, setting to 0 is

the same as state=0

[eta]        reload of the page, use for when the client

is buffering (eta in seconds)

[sound]        (nosound=-1, muted=0, notmuted = 1)

[volume]        (0->255)

post for seek to position

wm_command=-1

position=hh:mm:ss.ffff

post for volume update

wm_command=-2

volume=0->255

if you want me to change the volume and position posting it

would only take a min or too.

chobits: Thanks for everything, a new build is going to be released very soon, I can feel :)

yah :)

i'll make a more javascript intensive page in the near future (and will clean it up allot). will make the sliders easier to reuse in other code.

I coded it all my self so i can, (and am) releasing it into GNU GPL.

this was a great way for me to force my self to learn the eccentricities of javascript. It took 3 days to write the sliders (so that they would work in both mozilla and IE; i'm not touching opera with a 10 foot pole).

i don't want to be a developer cause i have yet to figure out how to use CVS (the most i have ever managed to do with it was to download source). But i know how to work Wiki :)

Did you get my mail with the test build?

What are you using to make the code? The IDE of VS.net has a very nice html editor and script debugger.

> i'm not touching opera with a 10 foot pole

Hehe, I noticed it has "some" problems with the script :)

> i don't want to be a developer cause i have yet to figure out how to use CVS

I just use tortoisecvs, no idea about the commands really either (this was the first time on sf.net I had to use cvs), it can do everything I need with the mouse.

my email seems to have eaten it.

i have made some updates to the page...

i really liked the cleaned html. notepad doens't do that automaticaly :(

changes:
*fixed JS volume (no doubling required)
*added refresh button
*added auto refresh so the page auto updates every two minutes.
*if the filename is present, state==-1 and eta==0 then eta=1 (this happens when a manual playlist advance is issued).
*fixed jitter problem in progress bar in mozilla.
*minor stuff i forget.

updated page:
http://home.comcast.net/~chobits/controls.html
updated & repacked mpc: (used upx & Resource Hacker)
http://home.comcast.net/~chobits/mplayerc.exe

sorry the links are (too many nicks)

updated page:
http://home.comcast.net/~cabbit/controls.html
updated & repacked mpc: (used upx & Resource Hacker)
http://home.comcast.net/~cabbit/mplayerc.exe

i do not recommened using the version of mpc i have hacked together, as i have gotten a number of errors from it (for no good reason that i can tell).

I have made a little guide on how to (re)use the sliders in your own website, if your interested.

http://www.geocities.com/registrylord/simple-slider.txt

i was asked to make a sample so i did, also this works. The link above now points you here.

http://www.geocities.com/registrylord/slider/simpleslider.html

give me 2 weeks and i'll finish totaly rebuilding the web interface controls i just built. What it is currently will be more or less for browsers with no javascript support.

Goals (for javascript supporting browsers):

*Little popup layers for all of the random controls
*Sending commands to an iframe to be executed (so the main window doesn't refresh)
*Read data from the iframe to update the data in the main window.
*Playlist Editor. (i'm thinking this should be easy compaired to the others)

Goals for non Java Browsers
Make the interface a little cleaner.

All goals require me to learn alot more javascript. (maybe i'll see if VS6 does decent web development)

I think it would be better to create a separate page for browsers unable to read javascript. Those <noscript> tags make it a mess and non standard compaint because of overlapping tags.

> maybe i'll see if VS6 does decent web development

Noooo, it's VS7 aka VS.net I was talking about! :)

all the buttons (almost all) are going to be one big noscript block

for java browsers it's going to be handled differently

java browsers are going to get a special controls that drop down from special buttons. Basicly i don't know how to code the java backend for it. so i'm going to look on google simple samples and then build up from there. The iframe stuff i'm going to do last as that is going to take the most work.

I built a simple java free playlist editor added to the file on my space
http://home.comcast.net/~cabbit/controls.html
need keywords [playlist] & [currentplaylistposition]
posted variables are:
wm_command=-3
playlist=<textarea>
playupdate=<checkbox>
playlistposition=positive int

The only reason i made the playlist editor the way it is to make it easier to code a java free version. It's the only way i could think of that would be simple. To make a complicated java version with links and such could be done, but i haven't done truely dynamic page manipulation before. Changing attibutes of tags is one thing, but creating & deleting new page objects is another. Looks like i'll be hitting google soon.

i'm taking a day or two off from working on the web interface page. I'll be out wandering.

Gabest: good luck on the aac in rm.

Ok, no problem.

Earlier in the thread you mentioned you were working on putting more JavaScript into the web interface.  Please don't make it so that the web interface RELIES on JavaScript to function, as I use the web interface to control MPC wirelessly on a PDA which unfortunately has no JavaScript support.

If the JavaScript enhances some of the functionality, that's fine though =)

What you currently see in a non java browser is what will always be there. What i want to do is make more advanced and easier to use controls in java, for people with java. People without java will get the what is currently there. My goal is to make this compatible with as many browsers as possible.

My goals are to hide most of the control when they are not in use.

The browser i have been using for testing (the non java content) is "Off By 1"

i'm also very glad that somebody besides me and gabest posted, i was getting worried. Honestly i have little use for the web interface (then playing tricks on people :P). I'm using this as an experiment in learning javascript.

If you have an idea i'll try and add it. (example: if you want a volume balance i'll script it)

I changed the images and the page a tiny bit (to accomidate the image changes).

go here for files.
http://home.comcast.net/~cabbit/mpc.html

i'll be putting the file links on that page from now on and just providing a link to it.

some small bug fixes

also these changes need to be made to the web interface. (this is so the slider doesn't do starnge things when you click it during live playback)
[code]
if (m>sb1.width)
[/code]
becomes
[code]
if (Live) {m=0;curpos=(new Date()).getTime()-starttime}
if (m>sb1.width)
[/code]
and
[code]
cpf.value=secondsToTS(curpos,5,false);
sas.checked=false;
[/code]
becomes
[code]
cpf.value=secondsToTS(curpos,5,false);
if (!Live) sas.checked=false;
[/code]

also the refresh button doesn't work for non java browsers here are two solutions(i didn't test it last time a changed it)
add this into one of the noscript tags around the refresh button (inside the form)
[code]
<input type="hidden" name="[wmcname]" value="156">
[/code]
or
[code]
<form action="[commandpath]" method="POST">
[/code]
becomes
[code]
<form action="/controls.html" method="POST">
[/code]

don't do this
[code]
if (m>sb1.width)
[/code]
becomes
[code]
if (Live) {m=0;curpos=(new Date()).getTime()-starttime}
if (m>sb1.width)
[/code]

do this instead
[code]
if (a==-2000) return false;
if (b)
[/code]
becomes
[code]
if (a==-2000) return false;
if (Live) {m=0;    curpos=(new Date()).getTime()-starttime;}
else if (b)
[/code]

When I saw this, I tought "wow this is great"...

But unless I missed it, the main feature that would rock is not here :

Streaming the output sound to HTTP (on another port), with the ability to choose bitrate / codec. So WMP would become something like my universal audio player when I'm at school. Getting the sound through HTTP and controlling the stream through HTTP would be realy great.

The 100% web audio player,
The HTTP remote controled all media player,
MPC :)

i want to see the playlist expanded on before streaming audio.

You are right.
Not very attractive to have to play each song one by one by the web interface...