Now Playing Hack
 

Okay, here's the deal. I want to write a 'now playing' hack for vBulletin that would add your current song playing in WinAmp, Windows Media Player, iTunes, etc...

It would allow you to add the song to a number of different places - a tooltip in who's online, a seperate forumhome box below who's online, in the users public profile, your choice.

It might have some other features too such as an amazon buy link.

The thing is, to do this I'll have to write plugins for all those media players on top of the hack for vBulletin. And I'm not going through all that work for a couple dozen installs.

So, if the poll hits 200 I'll write the hack.

write it, and i'll install :)

I'm interested. Will probably install especially if it works for multi players.

hey mate, awesome idea

as long as we can select in the ACP where we want this active. So if I only want it shown in the users profile, then have that selected and not the others, etc... Multiple Players is a must. And with the Amazon link, if we can disable that, then i'm installing :D

7 yes votes in 90 minutes, you'll be writing with hack in no time ;)

It would be fully configurable. You could have it display in any or all of the places I described. And if I did the buy link it would definately be optional and configurable.

Sounds like a cracking idea.

Would love to be able to click to buy the single in iTunes as well. This hack sounds like an INCREDIBLE idea!

I'd even be happy with a now playing hack which needs manual entries like this 3.0.x one: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59538

i'd defo install

: votes yes :

Great idea... so um... did you start coding yet ?! ;)

Only 183 yes votes to go, and I'll start coding ;)

Get it to work in foobar and I'll install it.

If it extracts winamp song automatically - yes. Else - waste of time.

Thats the idea :)

Chris

pleaseeeeeeeeee do it!

Why not mate?

Ill pay 50$

169 more "yes" votes needed. So spread the word, folks! We can do this! :D

Okay, new rule. 200 yes votes, or $300. Which ever comes first LOL :) Er, unless that's now allowed, in which case forget I said it :)

I will have it installed..
hope there wont any extra query...and it wont increase page loading time..

300USD way too much for my currency exchange :( that would be like 900USD basically.

anyway, just 150 votes needed :P

Is this even possible?

I'll sure install it. I'll have the chance to delete that old free - spam post of What are you listening right now? he he

Great Idea.

Yes. Winamp, Windows Media Player, Foobar, etc... all have plugin APIs.

149 to go =D

*Votes 200 times*

Definately interested :)

*bump*

already voted would like to see more votes.

Don't forget iTunes. Or OS X. :cool:

A long way to go still... How about you start making it now and by the time you finish we will have 200 votes :D

I would still pay for it

have you guys tried this hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=82779 ? I just tried it on localhost and it seems to work quite well.

Nah, but if we hit 100 I might start considering some design work :)

Well I think 61 yes votes is a good starting point, don't you thin? :)

We are getting there!

bump :(

I will install this one also but i cannot understand the mentality who askes for 200 votes. If you want to write it then write it why pushing people vote for you.

I help my son admin and an seo forum (seorefugee.com) and, for some reason we keep straying off into discussions of music (mostly 60s and 70s rock). I'd love to be able to add this to our "off topic" area. Plus it would be great to have a hack that could display"random user is listening tosome song" at the top of the page.

I'd deffinately install this. I guess the users would be able to disable it, right?

*BUMP* this thread! cmon guys, get behind this!

I'm game