Change player track display

[kiwichick]

Hi there, Is there any way to change the track info is displayed in the player? At the moment when I play a song the track info displays:

<Artist> - <Title> (<Year>) from <Album>

example:

Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down (2008) from Greatest Hits

I would like to change it to:

<Title> - <Artist> - <Original Year> - <Album>

example:

Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra - 1979 - Greatest Hits

And I could even create an Original Album custom field too, but it's mostly the year I have a problem with. At the very least I would like to change <Year> to <Original Year> so things like Greatest Hits or Soundtrack albums display the more appropriate date. If it's a skin thing, I'm using Helium MD3.

Thanks for any help.

[rovingcowboy]

its done in the skin's ini file.

mm 3 has lots of skins several of them are using different codes to show different things in them. i have several of my mm 3 skins that show different info in the player title scroller. off hand my aqua blue reef shows every thing in it i think your asking for. its fairly large fonts too. kind of small on the font size in startreking monkey but it has all the extra custom fields shown, won't list more of mine here but there are some. and then the others made skins with different info
in also.

but if you find a skin you like and it does not include what you want. just send to the skin's creator and ask if they will put it in there for you.

[rrfpacker]

As the cowboy said, you make the changes in the skins' ini file. Open the ini and where you see %A (for artist) change to %S (for song). Go to the MediaMonkey Wiki and look for How to Skin MediaMonkey 3.0 and higher. On page 13 or so you will see the masks you need. Then it's just a matter of opening the ini in Notepad and changing them. Remember to change to a different skin while you do the work, then go back to Helium.

I've changed numerous players this way and it works wonderfully.

[Eyal]

Hi kiwichick,

Cowboy and rrfpacker are right. Here's a detail procedure:

1) Locate the file C:\Program Files\MediaMonkey\Skins\Helium MD.msz and open it with Winzip.
2) Edit with notepad the in-file PLAYER.INI and locate the [Songtitle] section.
3) The line to be changed is:

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TextMask=%A - %S (%Y) from %L

Since Original Year field cannot be accessed by skins, you'll have to use a Custom field to store and display it.
For example, with Custom1 field, change the line to:

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TextMask=%S - %A - %C1 - %L

4) Save the file and confirm when Winzip ask to modify the file in the archive.

--> Do the same changes with the file FloatPlayer.ini.

These are the latest available parameters:

%A – Artist
%R – Album artist
%L – Album
%S – Song
%P – Playlist position
%I – Song position
%H – Song length
%J – Time to play
%G – Genre
%C – Author
%U – Custom1
%V – Custom2
%W – Custom3
%E – Songs file extension
%F – Filename
%Y – Year
%T – Song order
%B – Bitrate
%M – Songs BPM
%D – Temporary order

Available in Alpha 5 and newer builds;
%Cn - custom field (n must be between 1 and 5)
%PC - current track in playlist
%PT - total tracks in playlist

Eyal :~)

[kiwichick]

Thanks guys for all your help. I got it sorted. Eyal, can you please clarify the code for the parameter 'Custom'? In the list you've written Custom1 = %U1 but in the code box you've written %C1. Which should it be?

[nohitter151]

Thanks guys for all your help. I got it sorted. Eyal, can you please clarify the code for the parameter 'Custom'? In the list you've written Custom1 = %U1 but in the code box you've written %C1. Which should it be?

Both should work. (either one)

[Eyal]

%U, %V and %W = Custom1, 2 and 3. They were used in previous MM 2.5- where only 3 Custom fields exist.
In MM 3.0 they introduced the new %Cn for the 5 custom fields. Both can used, but I suggest you to use the new codes.

[kiwichick]

Awesome Eyal, Thanks for explaining that to me.

[kiwichick]

Hi again, Another quick question. Can I rename the Custom fields and, if so, do I still use C1, C2, etc as the parameter? Thanks.

[Eyal]

Yes custom fields can be renamed (changes take place after MM restart).
Yes you still have to use %C1, %C2, ... the codes don't change.

[kiwichick]

WOW super fast reply!!! Thanks heaps Eyal, you've been great.

[new monkey]

Hi! I'm new to MM - and I like what I've seen so far.

I've just a question about the Player display - I'd like to show the Composer but the list referred to doesn't include Composer. What do I need to put in instead?

Thanks in advance!

[nohitter151]

Hi! I'm new to MM - and I like what I've seen so far.

I've just a question about the Player display - I'd like to show the Composer but the list referred to doesn't include Composer. What do I need to put in instead?

Thanks in advance!

%C I believe.

[new monkey]

Thanks, nohitter - the mask list shows %C for Author. Is Author the same as Composer then? Just checking....

[nohitter151]

Thanks, nohitter - the mask list shows %C for Author. Is Author the same as Composer then? Just checking....

I think so. There is no 'Author' field, so I don't know what else it could be referring to.