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 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.
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.
* Fixed to work with Curse Client (hopefully)
* Updated compatible version so curse doesn't think its stale >.>
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 has 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.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
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)...