Ultimate Now Playing Hack - WA3 plugin / data stored in database

It's here! A real "Now Playing" hack. A WA3 plugin feeds data to the database. (Note: I did not write the plugin - credit for that goes to Brandon Martus of pubarso.com). Once loading a simple script, the plugin runs silently in the background without intervention.

Features:
+"Now Playing" information (at time of post, not currently) is shown next to posts.
+Currently Playing / All History / My History pages
+Dynamic downloading - user needn't edit any files once downloaded.
+Only last two weeks of songs are stored so database usage doesn't get too high.
+Password protected updating

Current Version: 1.0.1

Download: click here

Enjoy! Screenshots will follow.

[N!ck]

make sure you're editing the one in your root folder, not in the admin folder

[M.C.]

really nice but can you do it for WinAmp as well???

[mheinemann]

Works great, the only problem I have is that some songs have a ' in the, and they show up with a /.

ie: Adam's Song
turns into: Adam\'s Song

[N!ck]

mmmmm...hold on and i'll get that fixed right up

M.C. This IS for Winamp (Winamp 3 = WA3).

[N!ck]

This fixes a minor problem with song titles that have apostrophes in them. To upgrade from 1.0, follow these instructions (note: in step one, { imagesfolder } should not have the spaces - this is just so vb.org won't parse it):

1. In admin/functions.php, replace:
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$post[nowplaying]="<br><br><img src=\"{ imagesfolder }/np.gif\" alt=\"Currently playing...\"> ".$post[npartist]." &raquo; \"".$post[npsong]."\"";
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With:
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$post[nowplaying]="<br><br><img src=\"{ imagesfolder }/np.gif\" alt=\"Currently playing...\"> ".stripslashes($post[npartist])." &raquo; \"".stripslashes($post[npsong])."\"";
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2. In root/global.php, replace:
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		eval("\$nptext = \"".gettemplate("header_np")."\";");
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With:
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		$nowplaying[song]=stripslashes($nowplaying[song]);
		$nowplaying[artist]=stripslashes($nowplaying[artist]);
		eval("\$nptext = \"".gettemplate("header_np")."\";");
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3. In root/member.php, replace:
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    $membernptext=$membernowplaying[artist]." &raquo; \"".$membernowplaying[song]."\" (Began $membernpwhenstarted)&nbsp;";
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With:
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    $membernptext=stripslashes($membernowplaying[artist])." &raquo; \"".stripslashes($membernowplaying[song])."\" (Began $membernpwhenstarted)&nbsp;";
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4. Overwrite nowplaying.php with the one in the new zip.

Done!

New version file attached.

[Velocd]

Job well done Nick, although it would be great to have this implemented with Sonique as well..so I'll go search for a similar plugin that might possibly be available.

*clicks install*

[ZiRu$]

AGH ++++KKKKKKKKKKKKKK

It dosent work....it says "Nothing Recently"

Does that mean it dosen't work with winamp 2.xx?

[Velocd]

It probably only works for Winamp3, according to the Chiefdelphi site inwhich it is from.

[N!ck]

Velocd is right. also, follow the directions on your "how to use" page to set it up properly.

anyway, i realize that sonique is a popular one, but i'm no good at winamp plugins even, let alone sonique.

[mheinemann]

Originally posted by nicksaunders
This fixes a minor problem with song titles that have apostrophes in them. To upgrade from 1.0, follow these instructions (note: in step one, { imagesfolder } should not have the spaces - this is just so vb.org won't parse it):

[snip]

New version file attached.

Worked! Great job on this!