MM Interface - Question/Confusion

[thepipe]

I have a playlist of about 2,400 songs. Each song has a 4 digit track number (A in the attached image), but the MM display of the currently playing song doesn't show the track number at all. There are 3 different numbers displayed in the currently playing info, but none of them are the track number. Can anyone tell me what A, B and C are in the attached image? TIA for any help.



My image isn't showing when I preview or submit the post, so I'm including the link here in case it doesn't show up for anyone else.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R82Uxf ... sp=sharing

[Lowlander]

You can adjust in the settings under Tools > Options > Playback Rules what is shown in the Player using Masks (depending on the Skin).

[thepipe]

Thanks for the reply, but now I'm even more confused. In MM4 for Windows, there is no "Settings". I have "Options" under the Tools menu, but when I select that, there is no "Masks" item.

EDIT

I found the Playback Rules and tried changing the configuration with no luck. Plus, the info in the field does not seem to correlate with what is shown in my previous post. And I still have no idea what the numbers labeled A, B, & C are.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EKrZ4L ... sp=sharing

[Lowlander]

I just checked and it's working fine on the current version, MediaMonkey 2024.

[thepipe]

That may be true, but I'm using MM4 and the question was posted in the MM4 section - which is not the latest version. Besides, I'm more interested in finding out what the numbers are rather than how to configure their display. Also, there was an error in the original post - the track number is labeled D in the image. I incorrectly stated it was A.

[Eyal]

OMG! This post got me because you're using Helium gDark, a skin I made about 15 years ago ...

To answer your question, this is not a MM issue but it's skin related.
In other words, you must edit the skin definition to tell it to display the track number.

A = Current position in playing list.
B = Total tracks in playing list.
C = Year of playing track

To add the track number you must find the skin definition you're using, in this case it's Helium gDark.msz
It's located in Mediamonkey\Skins folder.

Once you have it, I'll tell you how to edit it.
RSVP

Eyal

[Eyal]

Hi thepipe, here's how to achieve it:

All .msz files are in fact.zip files.

- Open the skin .msz file with Winzip. I you can't do it, rename it to .zip
- In the zip, locate and edit Player.ini file. It must be edit with a text editor (Notepad in instance), not a word processor.
- In Player.ini, locate the line beginning with "TextMak=" in [Songtitle] section.
- Add "%T - " in this line so it looks like this:

Code: Select all

[Songtitle]
Type=Text
Pos=661,16
Size=128,16
Resizable=1,0,1,0
TextMask=%T - %A - %S (%Y) from %L
FontColor=FFFFFF
FontHeight=13
FontName=Arial
FontStyle=bold
Scrollable=1
TextAlign=-1

- Save the file and close (save) the zip file. If you renamed it make sure it has the .msz extension.
- Reload the skin in MediaMonkey or restart MM all along.

That's it. I hope it helps.
Long live MediaMonkey.

Eyal

[thepipe]

Wow, thanks for the info. Cool theme, BTW. I found the Helium gDark.msz file, but am at a loss as to how to edit it. I opened it in NotePad++, but it all looks like gobbledygook. Also, are you sure about C? I checked the meta tags for the item in my screenshot and there's nothing noted in the "Date" or "Original Date" fields. Nothing should be labeled 2026 anyway, since it's only 2025, unless I made a typo. But as I said, there's nothing in the Date fields for that song or any of the songs in the playlist.

Just saw your second reply. Will give editing a try and reply with the results..

[thepipe]

I was able to successfully edit the the player.ini file and the track number now appears. THANKS! I'm still confused about "C" though. As mentioned, it doesn't seem to be the year/date of the song - as mentioned, none of the songs in the playlist have anything entered into the Date or Original Date fields. In looking at another song, it shows (1860) after the band name and song title - see screenshot at the link below. Obviously, this isn't the year, unless it's a typo, but since there's no data in either of the date fields, this can't be the case. If you have any insight, it would be much appreciated. If not, thanks again for your effort and time!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16-KZ9v ... sp=sharing

[Eyal]

I'm glad it worked for you. You may want to do the same edit in FloatPlayer.ini for it to show when you minimize Mediamonkey.

For the bizarre date showing: I simply don't know why you get this.
In my case it displays (0000) when the date field is empty.
I'm still using Mediamonkey 3.2.5 so maybe something is working differently in that case.

Best luck.

[thepipe]

Thanks. Appreciate the reply. Will keep investigating on my end. Maybe someone else will read this thread and have an idea.