Ged - Multimedia Controls in Opera

Multimedia Controls in Opera

Friday, 28. August 2009, 05:44:43

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Allows you to control your audio / video player from Opera (like a very poor version of FoxyTunes in Firefox) choose a dropdown menu or buttons.

Amarok
Banshee
BMP
BMPX
foobar2000
Gnome-Mplayer
iTunes Mac
iTunes Windows
Kaffeine
MediaMonkey
Minirok
Totem
WinAmp
XMMS
Seperate Volume Controls
Skin Images
Optional Button To Call the menu

PLAYER CONTROLS

AMAROK

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button - Mute button - Volume Up button - Volume Down button - Track Info button - Playlist button

BANSHEE

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Previous button - Next button

BMP

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Star button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button

BMPX

Menu;
Auto Install - Auto Install

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button

FOOBAR 2000 (Courtesy of Rijk)

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button

GNOME-MPLAYER

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button

ITUNES (Requires iTunes Command Line Control v1.0)

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button - Mute button - Volume Up button - Volume Down button

ITUNES (Requires Scripts for iTunes)

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button - Mute button - Volume Up button - Volume Down button

KAFFEINE

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Star button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button - Mute button - Volume Up button - Volume Down button

MEDIAMONKEY (Requires WACommand)

Menu;
Auto Install x86

Buttons x86;
Start - Play - Pause - Stop - Previous - Next - Mute - Volume Up - Volume Down

Buttons x64;
Start - Play - Pause - Stop - Previous - Next - Mute - Volume Up - Volume Down

MINIROK

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button

TOTEM

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Previous button - Next button - Volume Up button - Volume Down button

WINAMP (Requires WACommand)

Menu;
Auto Install x86 - Auto Install x64

Buttons x86;
Start - Play - Pause - Stop - Previous - Next - Mute - Volume Up - Volume Down - Playlist

Buttons x64;
Start - Play - Pause - Stop - Previous - Next - Mute - Volume Up - Volume Down - Playlist

XMMS

Menu;
Auto Install - Mirror

Buttons;
Start button - Play button - Pause button - Stop button - Previous button - Next button - Playlist button

GENERIC VOLUME CONTROLS

Add these to the menu of any programs that don't have their own volume controls or use the buttons.

(Requires NirCmd)

Menu;

Item, Mute="Execute program, "nircmd.exe", "mutesysvolume 2",,,"playermute""
Item, Volume Up="Execute program, "nircmd.exe", "changesysvolume 6000",,,"playerup""
Item, Volume Down="Execute program, "nircmd.exe ", "changesysvolume -6000",,,"playerdown""

Buttons;
Mute - Volume Up - Volume Down

(Using KMix)

Menu;

Item, Mute="Execute program, "dcop kmix Mixer0 toggleMasterMute",,,"playermute""
Item, Volume Up="Execute program, "dcop kmix Mixer0 increaseVolume %",,,"playerup""
Item, Volume Down="Execute program, "dcop kmix Mixer0 decreaseVolume %
",,,"playerdown""

Buttons;
Mute button - Volume Up button - Volume Down button

Skin Images

Compact Crystal Skin (images already added)
Auto Install

Opera Standard w/ Extra Images (images already added)
Auto Install - Mirror

Skin Images (to add to your own skin)
Download

Optional Button to Call the Menu
button

I'll add more media programs soon, let me know if you want a particular one.

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Ayush # 28. July 2007, 02:31

let me know if you want a particular one.

Opera's Music Player


[Opera Music Player]
Item, "Add"=Add music
Item, "Play"=Play Music
Item, "Pause"=Pause music
Item, "Stop"=Stop Music

Ged # 28. July 2007, 03:55

If only they ever got around to finishing the thing

Ayush # 28. July 2007, 06:45

Command Line switches of Media Player Classic-

---------------------------
Media Player Classic
---------------------------
Usage: mplayerc.exe "pathname" [switches]

"pathname"   The main file or directory to be loaded. (wildcards allowed)
/dub "dubname"   Load an additional audio file.
/sub "subname"   Load an additional subtitle file.
/filter "filtername"   Load DirectShow filters from a dynamic link library. (wildcards allowed)
/dvd      Run in dvd mode, "pathname" means the dvd folder (optional).
/cd      Load all the tracks of an audio cd or (s)vcd, "pathname" means the drive path (optional).
/open      Open the file, don't automatically start playing.
/play      Start playing the file as soon the player is launched.
/close      Close the player after playback (only works when used with /play).
/shutdown   Shutdown the operating system after playback
/fullscreen   Start in full-screen mode.
/minimized   Start in minimized mode.
/new      Use a new instance of the player.
/add      Add "pathname" to playlist, can be combined with /open and /play.
/regvid      Register video formats
/regaud      Register audio formats
/unregvid      Unregister video formats
/unregaud   Unregister audio formats
/start ms      Start playing at "ms" (= milliseconds)
/fixedsize w,h   Set fixed window size.
/help /h /?   Show help about command line switches. (this message box)

---------------------------
OK   
---------------------------

Ged # 28. July 2007, 07:31

Thanks but they are only startup switches I'll need to find a way to pass the commands to a runing instance, probably a seperate program like WACommand.

Rijk # 28. July 2007, 21:35

Maybe you can add some controls for Foobar2000

Here's the documentation: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Commandline_Guide

Mravioli # 23. August 2007, 16:43

does my media player need to be on?

Ged # 24. August 2007, 02:21

yes but you can use the controls to start it from opera some players will also start up with any of the commands like amarok

Brooke # 15. September 2007, 04:17

i dont understand how this is meant to work. i am using foobar2000 and clicked the links to add the buttons, but they didnt work. i noticed they link to C:\program files etc... and i have foobar installed in another location, so i made my own html page with the exact same button link as you have, just changing the local location of foobar to the correct one.
still doesnt work. the buttons are there but they dont do anything.
is there something i am missing?

Ged # 15. September 2007, 14:26

I actually got the foobar controls from Rijk, I dont have windows to test, the only thing I can think of is double checking for extra spaces or trying to use the same style as the linux controls.

eg.


Item, Play="Execute program, "foobar2000.exe /play",,,"playerplay""

button

Maybe remove .exe.

Lali # 6. October 2007, 11:19

Hi! JetAudio:

Item, Start="Execute program, "C:\Program files\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe", , , "Multimedia""
Item, Play="Execute program, "C:\Program files\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe", "/play", , "playerplay""

Ged # 23. April 2008, 10:40

Updated

Ged # 23. April 2008, 11:54

Updated;
No longer requires manual menu editing.

Buttons are labeled again.

Ged # 25. April 2008, 09:30

Added MediaMonkey
Fixed Foobar2000 & Winamp Buttons

Maverick # 7. June 2008, 10:14

Interesting blog entry. Thank you.

Ged # 7. June 2008, 19:50

NP. Hope you found some of it useful

Ged # 15. June 2008, 06:32

Added a version of the new standard skin with the images included.
It may not work under 9.5 final (doesnt for me).
Fixed the skincontrol.zip (Volume Icons were wrong).

gwho # 15. June 2008, 17:26

i'll post here, just to keep things on your page.

forgive me for being noob - i'm having trouble getting it to work, but i really want to get your awesome program on my browser. plus this would serve to be an instructions for other people stuck getting your media controls to work. =) (maybe a quick instructions on the menu would be good? and might save you from responding to annoying noobs like me xp)

saving. it is an ini file, correct? i had to save it elsewhere then move it to the operadirectory\menu folder, but it's there. Now i don't see anything on the advanced -> shortcuts tab. there is only stuff for keyboard and mouse shortcuts. i even restarted my opera. please help with the menu business!

The buttons show up as icons instead of text, but only on the crystal compact skin. maybe the icon images are set under your compact crystal skin instead of with the buttons themselves as a stand-alone package - a kink you might want to work out... or not. it's up to u.

oh another idea. fusing the play and pause button could be useful too. again, it takes work on your part, and it's totally up to u. just giving u feedback to improve your wroks. keep the good stuff coming!

Ged # 16. June 2008, 01:43

I told you shortcuts by mistake its actually Advanced > Toolbars.

The images definatley work in the Opera 9.5 standard Ill check 9.2 standard. They are added in exactly the same way.

Ill look into fusing the ones that can be.

Ged # 16. June 2008, 07:10

I've fixed the classic skin and tested both they work now.

I wish I could set up auto install on the blog but there doesnt appear to be a way.

Anonymous # 15. July 2008, 14:25

Anonymous writes:

pls add jetaudio in your list.

Anonymous # 18. July 2008, 03:32

Anonymous writes:

Please add windows media player in your list.

Ged # 18. July 2008, 05:39

I cant add jetaudio or wmp until I find either a program with command line options or they add commandline options themselves.

biggman15 # 8. August 2008, 07:58

Ok... I got this all working.... And all I want to know is how I can move the Foobar2000 Menu further in... like after Bookmarks and before Widgets... I'm using Opera 9.51 if that's needed...

By the way... Nice work... I've been looking for something like this for 3 years...

Ged # 10. August 2008, 12:02

Open the menu and move the Submenu, Foobar 2000, Multimedia Control line up.

[Browser Menu Bar]
Submenu, MI_IDM_HELP_PRINT_PARENT, Browser File Menu
Submenu, MI_IDM_HELP_COPY_PARENT, Browser Edit Menu
Submenu, M_BOOKM_ITEM_POPUP_MENU_OPEN_VIEW, Browser View Menu
Submenu, M_BROWSER_MENU_BAR_BOOKMARKS, Browser Bookmarks Menu
Submenu, Foobar 2000, Multimedia Control
Submenu, M_WIDGET_MENU, Browser Widgets Menu
Feature Feeds, Submenu, M_MENU_BAR_FEEDS_SUBMENU, Browser Feeds Menu
Feature Mail, Submenu, M_BROWSER_MENU_BAR_MAIL, Browser Mail Menu
Feature Chat, Submenu, M_BROWSER_MENU_BAR_CHAT, Browser Chat Menu
Submenu, M_TOOLS, Browser Tools Menu
Platform Mac, Submenu, M_BROWSER_MENU_BAR_WINDOW, Browser Window Menu
Platform Windows-Unix-QNX, Feature MDI, Submenu, M_BROWSER_MENU_BAR_WINDOW, Browser Window Menu
Submenu, M_BROWSER_MENU_BAR_HELP, Browser Help Menu

Anonymous # 23. October 2008, 03:07

Anonymous writes:

how do you install this? i'm new to opera. (if it's any help i have windows xp)

Anonymous # 5. December 2008, 19:03

goodywitch writes:

I know it's blasphemy, but can I get one for windows media player? It uses less resources than foobar on my machine (did a side by side comparison). I use WMP for playback only, and foobar for everything else (edit, organize, tag, ipod, etc.

To anonymous above
1. Click on the appropriate button
2. Accept the prompt
3. Right click, customize, and add to whatever toolbar you would like.

Ged # 7. December 2008, 05:48

Id like to add them but i cant, I need commandline switches from wmp or for a program that can control it another way.

Ged # 20. December 2008, 14:30

Updated the page;

Removed links to the menus for older Opera versions (may add back if enough bitching)

Setup the menus and skins to auto install (plus a mirror to use)

General cleanup and simplification.

Really its just click for menus, drag and drop for buttons and click for skins, no editing or playing in your file system needed at all anymore

gwho # 3. April 2009, 21:19

can you make an instructions guide?

-for the ones that arne't 1 click.
-how to put the icons on any skin yourself

thanks. the tech savy will always figure it out for themselves, but the world is more full of tech noobs. plus i'm sure it would save you personalmessages and time for helping each individual, when u could have an explicit guide to competent manipulation of your tool

gwho # 3. April 2009, 21:31

i'm not so concerned about having the menu on top, but the icons on the bottom... buttons with icons that u can place where u want.

Ged # 4. April 2009, 23:14

1. Download WACommand, place the executatble in your PATH (eg. \WINDOWS\System32 )

2. Click Auto install for Media Monkey or Winamp.

3. Choose one of the skins that already contains the images. (Bonus if you get the author of your favourite skin to add them).

4. Click the buttons to add them to your custom buttons.

5. Place the buttons where ever you want on your existing toolbars (Opera doesn't allow you to create your own)

If you want easily installed extensions you need to use Firefox, right now when I add something for Firefox and Opera. I spend twice as long making the firefox version, then 5 times that length having to explain to Opera users why I can't create a toolbar in Opera, why I cant add auto-complete, how to install it, why they either have to use another skin/edit an existing one or use default icons that don't quite fit.

Firefox install instructs = Click this
Opera instructions = Click this, Click all these buttons, drag em around, edit this and so on.

I could create an installer for these, I'd need to edit your current toolbar config (who wants to choose what toolbar I wipe out?), extract your skin, copy the image folder into it, append the entries to the skin.ini, re-zip it and so on. Even if I made a program that sends the commands to players so its one install. I still need to screw with your toolbars.

Even something simple like user styles or user scripts require lengthy install instructions in Opera. Firefox it's two step. (Install Stylish or Greasmonkey then download style/script)

Opera just doesn't make it easy.

End of rant/ w/e. Let me know if you still need help.

gwho # 10. April 2009, 06:48

hey BH. i figured all of ur instructions out pretty easily and i was doing them. the problem is they dont work.

i installed wa command successfully.

autoinstall puts a menu on top of my list. the start button works, but everything else doesnt.

im dont want the top menu. i actually would like to do the button thing so i can place then whevever i want, and on any skin i want.

i tried downloading each button individually. it sends them to "my buttons", but when i place them on the status bar and click them, they dont work. this time, not even the start button, which was the one command that worked thru the dropmenu.

Ged # 10. April 2009, 19:09

Well Im using the MediaMonkey buttons and they work so one last thing to check, are you using windows x64?

gwho # 11. April 2009, 00:24

windows xp.

winamp.

should i download the newest version of wacommand or the other one on ur link?

if nothing else, can u tell me how i can edit icons of buttons on skins?

gwho # 11. April 2009, 00:25

i had done ur buttons successfully for itunes long ago, but i switched to winamp cz itunes slowed things down.

Ged # 11. April 2009, 00:45

Ill check them when I get home from work plus add ones for 64bit windows.

z@h3k # 14. April 2009, 12:13

This is really usefull article.Thanks.
I've also published this in turkish.

Quantic # 14. April 2009, 13:51

@BleedingHeart

For wmp, you can use ahk to control it via:
"PostMessage and SendMessage"

http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/SendMessage.htm

wmp have a few cli switches but admirably it lacks the most needed.

here's the official reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb262178(VS.85).aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/keyboard_shortcuts/default.aspx

http://www.accessible-devices.com/mediaplayer.html

iTunes (Windows)

http://code.google.com/p/itunescommander/

zikzakatak # 29. May 2009, 02:42

i use smplayer for windows front end of mplayer is there a way to add buttons for smplayer?.

Ged # 29. May 2009, 09:46

I'm actually in the middle of updating all this, while hoping someone writes a program so I dont have to bother. So I'll look into it.

zikzakatak # 29. May 2009, 18:22

thanx a lot for this post...somehow winamp wont work "not registered aplication for this extension"

Ged # 29. May 2009, 20:22

That either means, wacommand is not in your path, theres a problem with the buttons or Opera is in a mood.

I should have it up sometime tomorrow, the update will cover x64 systems, some of the suggestions from quantic and an easy way to add any needed programs to the path.

Ged # 30. May 2009, 03:35

Just realised I got my days mixed up and Everton are in the FA Cup final tomorrow so give it till Monday, just assume I'm too drunk to fiddle with this if we lose, if we win assume the same.

zikzakatak # 30. May 2009, 17:28

zikzakatak # 4. June 2009, 18:52

i demand an explination!

hope this update come before opera 10 out of the beta release!

Ged # 4. June 2009, 20:25

The updating is done just need to find the time to upload the stuff to both here and the place I use to get them to auto install. Was kind of hoping the setup upload on Opera would be back too.

zikzakatak # 8. June 2009, 19:27

zikzakatak # 11. June 2009, 06:14

im really waiting for the update as i would like to install and make it work on smplayer or winamp.

maybe a

will help...

cheers!

Ged # 11. June 2009, 23:13

i promise tonight for a winamp fix or smplayer at least (putting in a new hard drive)

zikzakatak # 12. June 2009, 19:57

hope the new opera free will not delay this release

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