There is an undocumented feature in MixMeister Pro 4 that enables you to display the currently playing song title, artist, album, and track time. Look at the MixMeister Radio area at the top of the forum and you will see this feature in action using the production release of MixMeister Pro 4.

This feature updates a text file or web page on the local machine by doing a text substitution. It will operate when performing or webcasting.

Here is the source file currently in use by MixMeister Radio:
http://www.mixmeister.tv/whatsontemplate.html

The current information is in another file:
http://www.mixmeister.tv/whatson.html

You will probably want to select "View Source" in your browser to see the tags. For example, here is the artist tag:

<MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ARTIST>    New Order    </MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ARTIST>

Notice how MixMeister replaces the text inside the tags with the current information. The complete tags are as follows:

<MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ARTIST>   Current Artist Goes Here   </MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ARTIST>
<MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TITLE>   Current Title Goes Here   </MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TITLE>
<MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ALBUM>   Current Album Goes Here   </MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ALBUM>
<MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TIME>   Current Time Goes Here   </MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TIME>

To configure MixMeister to create the now playing file, you need to edit the registry. Caution: Don't edit the registry unless you are comfortable doing so. It is possible to seriously screw up your machine by changing or deleting certain sections of the registry.

First, find this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MixMeister Technology\MixMeister Engine 4\Settings

Then, create a string value named "Now Playing Source File"
Set the data to the full filename of your existing template file. For example, "C:\Temp\whatsontemplate.html"

Create a second string value named "Now Playing Destination File"
Set the data to the full filename where you want MixMeister to save the modified template file. For example, "C:\Temp\whatsonnow.html"

Restart MixMeister, create a playlist, and click the perform button. Every 10 seconds, MixMeister will overwrite the destination file with the current information.

Enjoy.

MM_Aaron
www.mixmeister.com

[Edited October 29th to update the registry key.]

(Edited by TF to make the code display properly)

[This message was edited by MM_Aaron on OCT 29, 2002 at 08:40.]

[This message was edited by TF on Feb 18, 2004 at 14:51.]

Thanks for the info Aaron.

I'll have to try this when I get home.

"In MiXx We TrUsT"

thats cool

all you would need then is a small program (any programmers here?) to take a look at the output file every time it is updated. and if the contents have changed (ie a new track is playing) ftp the file to your server.

i may have a bash myself later

(a feature for MixmeisterPro 5?????)

it dosent work 4 me ?? why ??
is it becouse i got XP HOME edition ?? or something like that ??

ohh... i got the file on

www.gnagis.sytes.net/now.html

and

www.gnagis.sytes.net/template.html

www.gnagis.sytes.net <--- my homepage.. thanx 4 a great program !!

[This message was edited by gnagis on OCT 29, 2002 at 02:09.]

Sorry for the difficulty. I just recognized that there was a mistake in the key name. The correct key name is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MixMeister Technology\MixMeister Engine 4\Settings.

Let me know if this fixes it.

MM_Aaron
www.mixmeister.com

lol thanx.... jupp that fixed everything... **happy**

Let us know the link of your broadcast so we can tune in.

Thanks,

MM_Aaron
www.mixmeister.com

whell the site is on swedish... but i can make a small site just 4 listening....

www.gnagis.sytes.net/rad.htm <--- ther you go...

but the real site is WWW.ROXA.TK and its a community in swedish....

Finally!

http://rgonzalez.net/

I am using TinyUploader [http://www.webattack.com/get/tinyuploader.shtml] for automatic FTP to my website. So far it works like a charm.

MixRG

Nice work! - glad to see you got it working

_________
http://www.beatmixing.com/residentdjs/tf/tfproject.htm

Is there no similar tag for next or previous track? That would be really usefull.

It wont work for me!

HELP...

It sounds great, but It won't update!

Why are there two HTML pages?
Ive made two both with the following HTML.

SOURCE:












Current Artist Goes Here

Current Title Goes Here

Current Album Goes Here

Current Time Goes Here





I've dont the regestry too.

but I just get!

Current Artist Goes Here
Current Title Goes Here
Current Album Goes Here
Current Time Goes Here

Hey, I updated the reg and stuff have the webcasting working and the web page update. I have now gone to version Pro 5. I noticed when viewing the source code for the mixmeister site there were some new tags, ie Kings Of Tomorrow
what is this "sub" thing? Also what are all the tags MM Pro 5 creates? Would love to do a site with lots of constantly updating tags

Thanks
Mixmeisterdave

Hi all,

I've read this thread with interest and have had a go.

However, my web page only shows (from my playlist) the following:

shows the mp3 file name of the current song.

shows the mp3 file name of the current song.

shows the track album name

shows the track time.

Can we get any other details from the playlist?

I'd like to see:
Artist
Title
BPM
Current Time.

Does anybody have a definitive bit of HTML code to do this and an idiots guide?

I'm an HTML idiot....


Cheers

Gaz

It's not the size that counts... It's how phatt it is...

quote:

---

Originally posted by mixmeisterdave:
... I noticed when viewing the source code for the mixmeister site there were some new tags, ie Kings Of Tomorrow
what is this "sub" thing? Also what are all the tags MM Pro 5 creates? Would love to do a site with lots of constantly updating tags

Thanks
Mixmeisterdave

---

The "sub" thing is unique to MixMeister Radio and the DJ Submit tool. We are embedding some additional information in the mixes you upload to display the currently playing track. Unfortunately, these features aren't available in the production release of Pro 5.

MM_Aaron
www.mixmeister.com

quote:

---

Originally posted by Gaz Skeltz:
...However, my web page only shows (from my playlist) the following:

shows the mp3 file name of the current song.

shows the mp3 file name of the current song.

Does anybody have a definitive bit of HTML code to do this and an idiots guide?

---

Make sure that your tags are up to date. The artist and title fields for the now playing page are coming from what you see for those fields in MixMeister. Make sure that the artist and title tags have valid labels--not the filename.

Regarding the documentation, I encourage you to download the Pro 5 demo and read the documentation. There is a section about how to do this and a sample HTML file in the demo package.

MM_Aaron
www.mixmeister.com

Ohhh what a muppet I am - You're quite right. I'm checking this out using a bunch of files I haven't tagged yet - sorry.

I'll have a look at the 5 demo as well for inspiration.

Thanks

It's not the size that counts... It's how phatt it is...

Woo Hoo - Dunnit! very impressive.

I've added a button to open WMP with the webcast and that works as well!

The example html file has more in it than most users would require, so I stripped some out...

Here's my html source:

Note the italics will need changing...

<html>
	<head>
		<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30">
		<title></title>
	</head>
	<body bgcolor="#666666">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6">  </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6" align="center">  </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6" align="center">  </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6" align="center"> <a href="mms://[i]Your PC Name or IP Address)[/i]:7007">
<img border="0" src="[i](Your Graphic for Radio Launch Button)[/i]" width="282" height="65"></a> 
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6" align="center"> 
<div align="center">
  <table cellspacing="1" bordercolorlight="#000000" bordercolordark="#000000" border="1" width="665">
    <tr> 
      <td bgcolor="#666666" height="10" align="right" colspan="2">
        <div align="center"><font size="+2" face="Verdana" color="#FF9900"><bWhat's 
          Playing Now</b></font></div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td bgcolor="#666666" height="10" align="right" width="89"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"><font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FFFF00">Artist: 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
      <td height="10" width="563"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"> <font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FF9900"> 
          <MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ARTIST>Artist Name Is Automatically Put Here</MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ARTIST> 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td bgcolor="#666666" height="12" align="right" width="89"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"><font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FFFF00">Title: 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
      <td height="12" width="563"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"> <font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FF9900"> 
          <MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TITLE>Track Title Is Automatically Put Here</MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TITLE> 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td bgcolor="#666666" height="12" align="right" width="89"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"><font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FFFF00">Album: 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
      <td height="12" width="563"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"> <font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FF9900"> 
          <MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ALBUM>Album Title Is Automatically Put Here</MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.ALBUM> 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td bgcolor="#666666" height="12" align="right" width="89"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"><font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FFFF00">Time: 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
      <td height="12" width="563"> 
        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left:6"> <font size="+1" face="Verdana">[b]<font color="#FF9900"> 
          <MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TIME>Current Track Time Is Automatically Put Here</MIXMEISTER.CURRENT.TIME> 
          </font> [/b]</font> 
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>
<p style="margin-left: 6; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p>
	</body>
</html>

Hope this is useful to those (like me) who aren't HTML experts!

Gaz

It's not the size that counts... It's how phatt it is...

[This message was edited by TF on Feb 09, 2004 - just added some CODE tags so taht you can see the code.]

[This message was edited by TF on Feb 09, 2004 at 15:59.]

OK, I must be the most oblivious to this . HTML is a HUGE weakness of mine . I dont know how to edit what it says. Its all mumbo jumbo to my eyes. Have no idea what "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" is. The directions seem streait forward after that (I think) but I dont know what its refering to when you say:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MixMeister Technology\MixMeister Engine 4\Settings

..and what is a string value? Uhhggg!!!

Thanx for help in advance.

PS: I need step-by-step directions that very clear for dummies.

In the top post Aaron is talking about editing the windows registery to allow the creation of the now playing file.

PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

To edit the registry click on your windows START button then click RUN and enter regedit this opend up Registry Editor.

In the left hand section click the + next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Then click the + next to Software

Then click the + next to MixMeister Technology

Then click either MixMeister Engine 4 (if using Pro 4)

or MixMeister Engine 5 (if using Pro 5)

Then click Settings.

Now go across to the right hand side of the registry editor (you'll see items with icons next to them with either 'ab' or '011 110' in them)
right click below all of these items and select new

The click 'string value' and a new 'ab' iconed item will appear - rename it to 'Now Playing Source File'

Next , right click your newly created item and select 'Modify'

Set the value data to the full filename of your existing template file. For example, "C:\Temp\whatsontemplate.html"


Now go back to the right hand side of the registry editor right click below all of the items and select new

The click 'string value' - rename it to 'Now Playing Destination File'

Next , right click your newly created item and select 'Modify'

Set the value data to the full filename where you want MixMeister to save the modified template file. For example, "C:\Temp\whatsonnow.html"


Restart MixMeister, create a playlist, and click the perform button. Every 10 seconds, MixMeister will overwrite the destination file with the current information.


Hope this is clear