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Last Update:	Aug. 28, 2008 (1 week ago)
Category:	Audio
Tags:	audio, mp3, and music
Project Manager:	FuhrerDarqueSyde
Current Version:	MusicCommander 2.0.0 r1401 for Live/WotLK (for World of Warcraft 2.4.3)
Downloads Today:	31
Downloads Total:	24,494
Favorites:	48
Comments:	146

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2.0.0 r1401

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Created On:	Jan. 2, 2007
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FuhrerDarqueSyde

(Project Manager)

About MusicCommander

My attempt at a WoW music player, hopefully mine will turn out better than the others out there ;).

- - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Q) Why does background music occasionally play along side my music?

A) Blizzard has special points called "Musical Moments" that force special music to play over everything including PlayMusic() which this and all other music addons use. There is no known way to stop it yet...

Q) What should I do if I find a bug or if the playlist maker crashes?

A) Post a comment here with the Error Details (line number, file and error msg in WoW or what windows says when it crashes), Operating System you're on (XP, 2000, Vista?), if you have .NET Framework 2 or better and any steps to reproduced the problem.

Q) I keep getting Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A004C (CTL_E_PATHNOTFOUND) when trying to run the Playlist Maker...

A) This means that the program could not find a folder called Music in the same folder as Playlist Maker. Make sure it exists (case sensitive) and try again.

Q) Playlist Maker crashes as I run it with no error message.

A) This could be because it failed to register the dll before trying to perform commands. Try running the included regsvr.vbs and try again. Also make sure you have .NET Framework 2.0 or better installed! You can get it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5

Q) The names of Artists/Albums/Songs in MusicCommander are wrong, they should be _____.

A) More likely than not, the ID3 tags were not set properly. I recommend MusicBrainz, it'll gather info on each mp3 and retag it properly to have all the right information.

- - CHANGELOG NOTICE:

Changelog tab not always accurate as curse-gaming seems to be having issues recognizing whats new and whats old.... not matter how many times I change or delete stuff... Newest information can be found in the comments.

- - OPERATING SYSTEM NOTICE:

Although this mod is capable of running on Linux and Mac, I do not have the means to make a playlistmaker for these operating systems. I have the knowledge of perl to do it in linux if id3lib is installed but I don't have a box to test and dev it on. If anyone from the community would like to make playlistmaker for linux or mac, feel free to get a hold of me for details on the formatting and getting it implemented!

Playlist Maker is developed using Visual Basic .NET 2005 Express and UltraID3Lib.

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

Installation Guide

Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
  - Windows XP a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
  - WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
  - WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
  - StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
Start World of Warcraft
Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.

Translations

When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.

If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.

Mac Support

WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.

Directory Structure

World of Warcraft
    |_ Interface
        |_AddOns
            |_*AddonName*
                |_ *AddonName*.toc
                |_ *AddonName*.xml
                |_ *AddonName*.lua
                |_ (possibly others as well)...

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
Aug. 28, 2008, 01:57PM (1 week, 1 day ago)
Just released 2.0.0 Beta for 2.4.3 AND 3.0.1. Please test it out and make sure everything is working :)

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
July 24, 2008, 07:01AM (1 month, 1 week ago)
Ive been on a long hiatus, working on other projects. Right now, since WoW's music API bites, I've been working on a DirectX music overlay for all directx driven games.

As it stands right now it uses Fmod for audio, UltraID3Lib for ID3 tags and is written in VB.NET (.NET Framework 2.x x86).

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But as for this addon, there really isn't much I can do regarding any weird quirks you guys may have since I can't seem to reproduce any of them. If a song doesn't play but others do, it could be an obscure mp3 encoding (non-lame mp3) or some f'd up non standards compliant id3 tag that screws with fmod (which WoW also uses). Could also be a non-english character that the mod (in which case it'd be my fault) or WoW/Fmod doesnt like. I just don't know.

As for sound cutting out abruptly in combat, thats most likely due to not enough sound channels. Only fix is to increase it or to disable sounds you really dont need to hear.

These are some of the reasons I'm making the program I mentioned above, no sense in working with an API that gives me Play and Stop() and thats it.

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Beraeth said
June 25, 2008, 12:06AM (2 months, 1 week ago)
Quick question...
Did the developer disband this mod or is just making it on another site like a lot of others doing?

If so plz let me know kktybyez

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OLLI_S said
Feb. 16, 2008, 08:50AM (6 months, 3 weeks ago)
Hello,

I downloaded and installed MusicCommander via the Curse client.
I copied some MP3 into the Music folder and created a playlist, this is working.

In WoW I checked that the AddOn is ACTIVATED in the list of AddOns.
But I can not open the AddOn, there is NO button for the AddOn and also the command "/mc" is NOT working (if I type "/mc" or "/mc reset" then I get the message "Type /help to get a list of all commands).
Even if I deactivate all other AddOns MC is NOT working.

I have a German WoW, maybe this might be problem.
Is there any "trick" how to use the plugin?
Other plugins (and also an other MP3 Plugin) work normally.
And there I also have commands like /xxx, and these commands are working.

Greetings

OLLI

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Mequri said
Jan. 10, 2008, 10:27AM (7 months, 4 weeks ago)
Hello again, this is defently my favorite addon ever.. and ever..
But when i try to play a song made by Crashdïet it doesnt come any sound (only this band) Is it becuse the addon cant read the ï (?) or something?

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drcube84 said
Dec. 10, 2007, 08:02AM (9 months ago)
This is happening to any WoW music player I've tried. It seems to work fine until i enter and then leave combat, then the music will stop, but the song will keep playing. I wont be able to hear anything until the song is over and the next one starts, or if i restart the song. Any thoughts?

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backtothepast00 said
Oct. 18, 2007, 12:29AM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
=] finally got it working, gonna stick with your player since the other addon is cutting the songs off majorly

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
Oct. 18, 2007, 05:20AM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
yeah the only problem my addon has is with going through loading screens, the timing is off so when the song actually ends, the timer isn't caught up so it plays the song again for a few seconds.

Kinda retarded but I have yet to find a way to make it not be dumb...

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trysor said
Oct. 23, 2007, 01:30PM (10 months, 2 weeks ago)
Have still some issues with that myself, but i found a decent fix for it, which works about 80% of the time.

Instead of using the "MusicCmdr_currentTime = MusicCmdr_currentTime + elapsed;" way to update, use the GetTime() function, as it updates anyhow you play the game (if you play the game by zoning 4324324 times in a minute, GetTime() still counts). So if you add 2 variables, 1 for Start and 1 for End, you'll get a better updater for zoning.

So, copied from my code;
```
local Status = GetTime();

if(Status >= MusicPlayer_SongTime_END) then
	MusicPlayer_SongTime_START = Status;
	MusicPlayer_SongTime_END = Status + MusicPlayerSongs[MP_SongIsPlaying]["Duration"];
end

local lasted = Status - MusicPlayer_SongTime_START;

MusicPlayer_SecsRemaining = MusicPlayerSongs[MP_SongIsPlaying]["Duration"] - lasted;
```
local Status = GetTime();

if(Status >= MusicPlayer_SongTime_END) then
MusicPlayer_SongTime_START = Status;
MusicPlayer_SongTime_END = Status + MusicPlayerSongs[MP_SongIsPlaying]["Duration"];
end

local lasted = Status - MusicPlayer_SongTime_START;

MusicPlayer_SecsRemaining = MusicPlayerSongs[MP_SongIsPlaying]["Duration"] - lasted;

and then add the 2 Start and End variables to your PlaySong / PlayMusic function (make em both return 0 when calling it.)

I just want to help you out, as you've giving me more than enough to enhance my player. And i say it once again, Thank you, Thank you for helping me out :)

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trysor said
Oct. 17, 2007, 01:57PM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Back in buissness, eh? :)

Good to see you still developing!

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
Oct. 17, 2007, 09:42PM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
eh here and there, just kinda fixing it for the patches and thats bout it.

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
Oct. 16, 2007, 01:55AM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
r1314 works with 2.2.3 and 2.3 PTR as of 10/15/07

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backtothepast00 said
Oct. 16, 2007, 07:19PM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
r1314 works with 2.2.3 and 2.3 PTR as of 10/15/07

It recognizes the songs and appears to be playing them but no sound is coming out of my speakers. I downloaded the musicplayer addon and it plays.

Any clue why your addon isnt playing for me and the other one is?

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
Oct. 17, 2007, 09:42PM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Ensure "Enable music" is checked and the volume is adjusted accordingly, the other addon may have automatically done this for you.

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Mequri said
Oct. 15, 2007, 02:10PM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
*cough* WOHOOO...........

25min later.

......Updated!

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Mequri said
Oct. 15, 2007, 10:36AM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
will we see a update for patch? 2.2.3.. this is really the best musicplayed in game

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Govik420 said
Oct. 14, 2007, 05:58PM (10 months, 3 weeks ago)
I love this mod my only Compliant is that the music doesn't dim like all the other sounds when i use or a party member uses voice chat. Thanks keep up the good work

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smoshnugget said
July 7, 2007, 06:18AM (1 year, 2 months ago)
That playlistmaker just does not work for me

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
June 23, 2007, 03:34PM (1 year, 2 months ago)
n/m i guess curse lost my files when it removed grouping

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FuhrerDarqueSyde said
June 22, 2007, 08:08PM (1 year, 2 months ago)
thats what linkd is for (junctioning), if i rmemeber right i put documentation in for it as well. Addons cant read ID3 info, thats why i have playlist maker add the id3 info to the playlist since it can read that.
As for the recursive directory search, its in my other playlist program (m3ugen for windows media player, winamp and so on). I just gotta add it to Playlist Maker...

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2.0.0 r1401

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Table of Contents

Installation Guide

Translations

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

Mac Support

Directory Structure

Playlist Maker

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Playlist Maker

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