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Author Topic: Toaster plugin  (Read 1750 times)

kipfler

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Toaster plugin
« on: May 13, 2024, 08:41:57 PM »
Hi,
I would really love to get back a completely working version of the Toaster plugin!
I tried to original one with WACUP, but it does not work.
(gen_toaster.dll)

Second, the old lyrics plugin that fetches lyrics from online sources would be a real benefit!
(gen_lyricsplugin.dll)

I know, both are 3rd party, but the toaster would be awesome!

Beside, great work so far, thank you very much!

Roland

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Re: Toaster plugin
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2024, 02:07:54 PM »
The old toaster plug-in not working from what I remember isn't necessarily a WACUP issue & is mostly due to the age of that plug-in as it wasn't working under Winamp properly for a long time due to how it was trying to use the OS gdiplus implementation from what I remember. I thought there was a patched version of it though I don't see the site for it is up & can't remember where that might've been posted.

I don't know if I'm going to make my own version of it or not at any time soon since there's many other things I still need to do for the core WACUP implementation.



The lyricsplugin should be working under WACUP as I know a lot of people still use it & I've even got some specific handling in place to detect it over my for now local lyrics only plug-in & disable my plug-in so the two don't conflict. It might just require moving the plug-in dll over into the WACUP\Plugins folder as other changes to avoid program installation conflicts means it likely won't auto-detect the install location.

Trying to offer a form of online lyrics look-up is on my todo list, it's just how / where to do that when I don't have the means to pay for a service that is the main problem doing it from when I last looked (trying to use the lyricsplugin online db is afaict not an option).

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Re: Toaster plugin
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2024, 08:22:27 PM »
Ah, just saw that the lyrics plugin works, it just has to be copied to the plugins folder.
Great!
Thanks again!

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Re: Toaster plugin
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2024, 04:21:58 PM »
The Preferences -> General -> "Windows 10 | 11" page now has a basic OS implemented option that'll use it to show a toast notification. It's not like the old toaster plug-in but is something vs nothing. How well it'll work or meet expectations is down to individual use (assuming it works & isn't being blocked by the OS). Am still undecided if a more dedicated plug-in will be coded.

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« Last Edit: July 03, 2024, 04:22:47 PM by dro »

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Re: Toaster plugin
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2024, 04:08:46 AM »
thank you dro for your work.
i have disabled some windows settings for speed and Data privacy.
os notifications doesent work.
so we wish you will work for a working toaster plugin.
PS i cant believe whats happend with the orginal winamp right now...  ::)
greez leminsc8

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Re: Toaster plugin
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2024, 03:53:25 PM »
Can I ask roughly what OS aspects have been disabled as I'd have still expected the notification / action area to still be available though am wondering if there's some setting that effectively hard-disables all of that which could explain why it's not working for the few who've reported an issue (which afaict might be related just to win11 setups).

PS i cant believe whats happend with the orginal winamp right now...  ::)
There is no original winamp & imho as that's been dead for just over a decade now (irrespective of restarting desktop development & then ditching everyone over a year ago & then this "source available" mess they announced a few months prior (nothing that afaict would ever help nor be permissive towards WACUP development).

What now calls itself "winamp" is imho just trying to ride on the remaining good will that some have for the brand when they've still got a fixation on nft / crypto related crap to still go into their mobile apps according some details I've seen reported from a video call made ~ a week ago about their "new" creators platform.

-dro