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SNIP

Copyright 2012-2017 David Rudie [email protected] Project Page: Snip

ABOUT

This small application sits in the system tray and updates a text file with the currently playing audio track.

It supports the following media players:

If you choose to use iTunes, Snip will automatically launch it. (This is the behavior of the COM API and there's nothing I can do about it.) If you only use Spotify, you don't have to worry about it.

To switch between players just right-click on the icon in the system tray.

Snip will write a generic format output to a file called Snip.txt within the same folder as Snip.exe. If you choose to save information to separate files, the files will be called Snip_Artist.txt, Snip_Track.txt, Snip_Album.txt, and Snip_History.txt (track history).

SUPPORTED FEATURES FOR PLAYERS

  • Spotify: Artist, Track, Album, Artwork
  • iTunes: Artist, Track, Album, Artwork
  • Winamp: Artist, Track
  • foobar2000: Artist, Track
  • VLC: Nothing (It uses whatever the titlebar says)
  • Google Play Music Desktop Player: Artist, Track, Album, Artwork
  • Quod Libet: Nothing (It uses whatever the titlebar says)

WINAMP

For Winamp support to work properly you must change some options.

Make sure that when you install Winamp you enable "Global Hotkey Support" under "User Interface Extensions" or hotkeys will not work.

Inside Winamp open up the options window.

  • Under General Preferences make sure "Show the playlist number in the Windows taskbar" is disabled.

  • Under General Preferences->Global Hotkeys make sure "Enable default multimedia key support" is enabled.

  • Under General Preferences->Titles make sure "Use advanced title formatting when possible" is enabled.

Then you need to edit the formatting to look like this: %title% โ€“ %artist%

Note

The hyphen used is an en dash character! Snip uses this character internally to split the text apart so make sure you use this en dash character or Snip will not read it correctly!

FOOBAR2000

For foobar2000 support to work properly you must change some options.

Inside foobar2000 open up the preferences window.

Expand the Display options and select Default User Interface. At the bottom of the window you will need to change "Window title" to look like this: %title% โ€“ %artist%

Note

The hyphen used is an en dash character! Snip uses this character internally to split the text apart so make sure you use this en dash character or Snip will not read it correctly!

VLC

Snip looks for the window class and "VLC media player" window title to determine if VLC is running. If the title bar is anything different then it will not be found. If a track is currently playing when you start Snip you just have to push stop and Snip will find VLC.

QUOD LIBET

Snip looks for the window class "quodlibet" to determine if Quod Libet is running. Once the window is found it will just read the titlebar and output the text in it.

GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC DESKTOP PLAYER

Snip utilizes GPMDP's JSON API. Make sure "Enable JSON API" has a checkmark next to it under Desktop Settings.

HOTKEYS

  • Next Track: Ctrl, Alt, ]
  • Previous Track: Ctrl, Alt, [
  • Volume Up: Ctrl, Alt, +
  • Volume Down: Ctrl, Alt, -
  • Mute Track: Ctrl, Alt, M
  • Pause Track: Ctrl, Alt, P
  • Play/Pause Track: Ctrl, Alt, Enter
  • Stop Track: Ctrl, Alt, Backspace

Note

Not all hotkeys work between Spotify, iTunes, Winamp, foobar2000, VLC, and Google Play Music Desktop Player.

DONATIONS

Snip is free; however, I've received a lot of requests from people wishing to donate. If you'd like to donate it's entirely up to you. You may donate here: PayPal

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