Hi
I am wondering of anyone on here knows of a plugin or app that shows what WMP is playing on the today screen. This would be handy as I often play music in the background but i would like what is playing and the remaining track time displayed. Also if that information was a link to reopen WMP that would be great! Any thoughts? I'm suprised WinMo doesn't do this anyway.
ColoenlC81
just use multimedia panel: media interface on today screen
today screen specific help
Thats not what I asked. I find the panels practically useless. I want to do everything from the ''Today'' screen. Any help?
No that doesn't help. I barely use the Panel's the today screen is what I want to use. Any advice?
Serach Google for Spb ToPlay. It's no longer officially available from SPB but you can find it outsourced. It can block your phone however when you first use it, but for me it worked after a softreset. Also includes controls for WMP.
this is in windows 6.5!
if you flash roms,then try itje's 6.5 rom, the new today screen (titanium) has a music section where you can browse through music, click once to play, click again to pause, and swipe left of right to browse songs, it automatically opens wmp in the background and the right soft button opens it.
imo titanium for 6.5 is a big step forward!
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Does anyone know of any today plugins for windows media player so that track information and controlling play/pause, next track etc can be done from the today screen.
I often find i start WMP, then while doing other things suddenly want to stop a tune playing etc, and have to go back into media player.
I know there's other programs like mort player that allow this, but is there any plugins for WMP.
I've tried PHM's pocket plus - http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/Plus/#PHMtWMP, but that doesn't seem to work with WMP10.
interested in this also... let me know if you find anything. thanks
been on a business trip and it's only now that i saw this post. here you go then; nice little app / today plugin that allows you to use your media player and control it from the today screen. it also gives you an extra option of displaying both battery and memory bars/indicators. the website is:
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/software/PPC_MP3_players.htm
scroll down and you'll "today player". clicking on it will give you this site:
http://www.todayplayer.com/
just copy the cab file and execute it through your unit. from there; go to today settings and click on the box to allow the plug in to appear on your screen. it gives you a play button, stop, previous and next songs, etc. the note icon on the left gives you a bunch of options; best of all it gives you an option of "lights off" meaning the media player will continue to play even if the screen is off. the 3-bar icon on the right gives you the options of loading playlists which you make through your media player. it also allows you to load folders for songs and such. it also shows you the song currently being played.
the only drawback i see is that it's limited to playing mp3 and ogg only. i have a bunch of wma files somewhere and i had to convert them to mp3. but other than that; i like it.
cheers
This is a stand alone player and it's very nice (had it on my iPAQ) tried this on my i-mate JAM before and had some display issues were in the player would not refresh properly... I don't think it has been fixed as dev't on this application has been stopped.
Robson said:
been on a business trip and it's only now that i saw this post. here you go then; nice little app / today plugin that allows you to use your media player and control it from the today screen. it also gives you an extra option of displaying both battery and memory bars/indicators. the website is:
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/software/PPC_MP3_players.htm
scroll down and you'll "today player". clicking on it will give you this site:
http://www.todayplayer.com/
just copy the cab file and execute it through your unit. from there; go to today settings and click on the box to allow the plug in to appear on your screen. it gives you a play button, stop, previous and next songs, etc. the note icon on the left gives you a bunch of options; best of all it gives you an option of "lights off" meaning the media player will continue to play even if the screen is off. the 3-bar icon on the right gives you the options of loading playlists which you make through your media player. it also allows you to load folders for songs and such. it also shows you the song currently being played.
the only drawback i see is that it's limited to playing mp3 and ogg only. i have a bunch of wma files somewhere and i had to convert them to mp3. but other than that; i like it.
cheers
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Thanks, I did take a look at this, but was hoping for one that was actually integrated into WMP and not standalone.
SPB pocket free plug in
Go there :
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
SPB today player alllow through SPB pocket plus to control WM10 !
Have fun!
Media Player Quick Launch
If you are looking for a free Quick Launcher for your Today screen for WMP - then you might want to check out this one - lots of free stuff but the top one seems to be what you are looking for. Haven't tried it myself - but looks to hit the mark - let me know how you get on...
http://www.modaco.com/Freeware-t205413.html
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Does anyone know of a Windows Media Player plugin for the today screen that works with version 10 of WMP. THe PHM plugin doesn't work with 10. Also I tried other programs like pocket music but they have bad integration with the operating system and voice command.
Thanks,
Daniel
Here it is...
WMP 10 plugin like IPOD with today screen plugin and portuguese operators configuration. If you do noy need install the 3 operators cab...inside
Thanks- I installed the .CAb but the today plugin only says "Play media files"- is it supposed to have controls- like Play, Stop , Next etc...
The Today Screen plugin opens WMP 10 with a IPOD Screen and on the screen, on the sides you have BIG controls that you can use .
I was looking for a plugin that allows you to control WMP from the today screen. Thanks anyway- also- i have a better Ipod skin that I uploaded here:
I accidently ran the optimus /cab and now my connections are screwed up-
how do I remove it?
FOUND ONE!!!
SPB Just released a perfect WMP Today plugin for WMP 10!!
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
-Daniel
very simple no control on what to play. just play/pause next/prev and vol up/down it would be nice if we could atleast select a folder or playlist. everytime i start it, it plays my WMA tones! hahaha o well.
Ipod skin
Thanks for the very cool iPod Skin.
Re: FOUND ONE!!!
DanielHochman said:
SPB Just released a perfect WMP Today plugin for WMP 10!!
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
-Daniel
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Good find, thanks
Why don't you give mortplayer a try, the today plugin for is is great
I have to say that anything that's not WMP just isn't good for the pocket pc (in my opinion) because of the lack of integration with the OS. For example, when I get a call it stops my music, then when i'm finished it resumes playing. As far as I know only WMP does this. Also, all the other players are too fancy for me- I don't need all those controls- just Play,Pause, Volume, and Next/previous track.
Although- does anyone know how to map other buttons. When I try to map other buttons besides the 5 "joystick" buttons it goes to that function. For example, if I choose mute and press "assign" and then press the contacts button- it switches me to my contacts. Same thing for my camera, phone, calander etc...
Any ideas??
Thanks!
ps- I love the iPod skin too!! I got it a while ago and can't find it anymore due to copyright issues. Good thing I saved it on my HD!
I actually found a newer version while seeing if what I wrote was true-
Here you go!
I've recently bought a 1 gig card for my XDA mini which has been working fine except for one annoying issue.
Almost every time I open the phone out of standby (black screen) it seems to open up into windows media player asking me to search the newly inserted card for media. The frist time I figuered fine no big deal, but it keeps doing it all the time and its getting very annoying.
Is there any way of stopping this? has anyone else had this problem??
Can anyone help me to sort this out??
Thanks, Sam
It sound like media player hasn't closed but is running in the background minimized, close it properly, goto control, memory and close it down.
I had the same, best to get an app that closes programs rather than the stupid smart my @[email protected] minimize.
Thanks Declan,
Can you recommend any, and the best place to download apps for windows mobile??
vBar & MagicButton are a couple of free apps which make the close button actually close rather than minimise.
Another is smartskey (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41060&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0) , which also lets you remap the softkeys so that if you hold one down, rather then just press it, it'll bring up the start menu (left soft key) or OK/close (right soft key). Very useful.
Some software links:
http://www.freewareppc.com/
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php
www.handango.com
www.sbsh.net
Recommended (free) media player: TCPMP ( http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about ). Plays divx, xvid, etc etc.
Free encoder for the PC, to recode & shrink vids down to PDA resolution: http://divx.ppccool.com/
I got my XDA Mini S just over a week ago. Currently using smartskey, TCPMP, PHM Registry Editor, pRSS reader (all free), & also just bought PocketBreeze & iLauncher from SBSH (two fairly cheap, & *very* good, plugins. PB replaces the Calendar, Tasks, etc on the Today screen, iL is a launcher so you can put shortcuts on your Today screen).
Ok so I never really cared about music... but my new job (yes got a new yob during a recession!!!!! was only laid off errrr 3 week vacation as I see it...)
anyway...
I now have to take the train to philly... and I listen to music on my mogul...
I tried TCPMP but I dont have stuff setup as a playlist yet....
I then used Media Player which was easy... but for some reason it kept on randomly changing songs....
the audio manager in the rom i am using was working then started acting up.. but now im trying a new rom Titan Reloaded M2D 1.4 beta 2 by bitserve
so gonna try using the touch flo music part.. has a shuffle so will see...
anyway what do you recommend?
media player was easy... and you can rate the songs.. but no way to play your list by rating....
i just dont want an ipod... I used to carry all kinds of stuff... pda, cell, external gps, etc.. now I have it all in 1... and love it...
for videos I use WMP. but for songs I use S2p that works almost like the Itouch. just play lists not too sure about.
for WMP. I usually like to put the music in different folders on the card by genre. que them up and make a playlist so on and so forth.
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for videos I use WMP. but for songs I use S2p that works almost like the Itouch. just play lists not too sure about.
for WMP. I usually like to put the music in different folders on the card by genre. que them up and make a playlist so on and so forth.
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i did install s2p before I left for work.. so far it is cool... can turn mogul off and it still plays....
minimal features but has what I want so think it is a winner...
thanks!
Jeff
since we are talking about s2p, has anyone had a problem where it takes s2p like 3-5 seconds to load a song everytime the song changes. What also came with that problem is that it takes a lot longer for s2p to close andbring me to the home screen. I just sit at a black screen sometimes for 10 seconds till i get to the home screen. If anyone has a solution i would love to hear it
edit: all my files are organized in a nice structured format sdCard/music/BandName/Album/track i dont know why its doing it but its definitely weird
edit(2/26/09): i uninstalled s2p cleared all reg values and everything with skTools and reinstalled s2p and works fine again.
i am not too sure. I loaded mine on the card but other than that ot too sure.
Nitrogen
You can also check out Nitrogen. I really like the program and can be found on the "Development and Hacking" on the main page if you search for it.
I prefer to use Media Player. I program S2U2 to button 5, so I just start my music, hit button 5, and my phone turns off quickly and my music keeps on playing. The media player is much more palatable with a skin.
I am assuming you checked your shuffle button on media player to make sure it is not on?
Hi there, this will seem like a very strange request, but I want to know how (if at all) I can run the Manila Audio player without needing to run the full Manila interface as I prefer the day to day use of Mobile Shell 3.
The Manila Audio Player organises the media files very well, allowing searching of the library by album, artist, genre very well, and all with my rather chunky digits...
I have tried several other offerings to replace Windows Media Player, the library function of this is sadly way behind the touch capabilities of most of todays windows mobile phones...
"Slide to Play" seems a little too responsive in CoverFlo mode and does not contain all the functionality in landscape mode, shame really as I want to use it in the car as a portable music collection whilst also running my TomTom Sat Nav in Landscape mode.
Any other suggestions or a way of using Manila's media player would be greatly appreciated...
I looked through the phones file system and was unable to find an executable that runs the Manila audio player. It appears to place a shortcut into the start menu when Manila is set as your Today screen but the shortcut disappears when Manila is removed from the today screen. I checked the proprieties of the shortcut and it points to "\Windows\ManilaShortcut.exe" music
I copied the shortcut to a new folder in my start menu and removed Manila from my Today screen but the shortcut would not open the player. It seems that the audio player will only work from within Manila
hi,
as anybody found a way how I can use the audio player without on manila enabled.
thanks,
steffen