Jukebox Enhancements

[Zylo]

I created a jukebox that plays .OGG files. I would like to display the current song playing e.g "Now Playing" and the song title and time as it counts down, all in a specified area of the jukebox.

I am not using a MediaPlayer. Can someone point me into the direction of what AMS commands would be necessary to extract that info and display it? Thanks.

Zylo

[yosik]

Hi,
From the Help file:

Audio.GetOggTags
Overview

table Audio.GetOggTags (
number Channel )


Description
Returns a table containing the tags from an Ogg Vorbis file that is currently loaded in an audio channel.

Parameters
Channel
(number) The audio channel whose Ogg Vorbis tags you want:

CONSTANT
VALUE
DESCRIPTION

CHANNEL_BACKGROUND
5
Background audio channel.

CHANNEL_EFFECTS
0
Effects channel (used for mouse over, down, and click sounds).

CHANNEL_NARRATION
6
Narration channel (used for voice overs).

CHANNEL_USER1
1
User channel 1.

CHANNEL_USER2
2
User channel 2.

CHANNEL_USER3
3
User channel 3.

CHANNEL_USER4
4
User channel 4.


Returns
(table) A table containing the Ogg tags, indexed by the following categories:

KEY
TYPE
DESCRIPTION

TITLE
string
The title of the Ogg track (from the Ogg tag). If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

VERSION
string
The version of the track (eg. remix info). If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

ALBUM
string
The album name (from the Ogg tag). If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

TRACKNUMBER
number
The album track for the current song (from the Ogg tag).

ARTIST
string
The artist of the track. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

PERFORMER
string
The performer of the track (often this is the same as the artist). If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

COPYRIGHT
string
The copyright information (e.g., "2001 Nobody's Band"). If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

LICENSE
string
The license information (eg.,"All Rights Reserved"). If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

ORGANIZATION
string
The name of the organization producing the track. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

DESCRIPTION
string
A short description of the contents. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

GENRE
string
A short text indication of music genre. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

DATE
string
The date the track was recorded. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

LOCATION
string
The location where the track was recorded. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

CONTACT
string
Contact information for the creators or distributors of the track. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

ISRC
string
ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) number for the track. For more information on the ISRC, see http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/online/isrc_intro.html. If the information cannot be found, an empty string will be returned.

RAWTAGS
string
A comma separated list of all the tags in the comment field. (The reason for this is because you can have anything in the comments.) It will look something like this:

"TITLE=Roxy,ENGINEER=Jack Coolguy,BUBBLEBOY=No One Is Here". It does not have to contain the standard tags on the tags that were actually in the Comment field.




Good luck

Yossi

[Zylo]

Thanks Yossi.

(Right under my nose) :o - I'll see if I can make sense of this.