SimpleMp3 Player 2009

Is there any way to get a RANDOM song play option for the play list or library? Shuffle is cool but it plays in the shuffled order every time, so you have to keep hitting the shuffle button for different results.

I am doing what the instructions say but every time I run the .bat it pops up the Command Prompt which says:

ERROR: Cannot find the Music folder.
SimpleMp3 needs to have music under Interface/AddOns/SimpleMp3/Mp3

It then tells me press ENTER to continue, which I do. It asks me the two y or n questions, runs it thing and then says:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Mp3/SimpleMp3Library.lua

I do have the Mp3 folder under SimpleMp3 and did copy my music into it and do not understand why it's saying I don't have it. Any suggestions has to how I fix this?

Thank you. That worked. Apparently it was unzipping into SimpleMp3/Playlist.Creator. It seems to run okay now.

I have a small issue with this addon. At least I hope small. I've installed it all, followed the instructions, get no errors after running the playlist.creator.bat. It tells me my songs should be in the library now,(and yes my mp3's are moved to the mp3 folder) and I start up wow like the instructions say, but I have no songs.

I'm pretty sure I'm probably just doing some stupid human error, as is the case with most addon issues for people. But if possible I'd like a bit of assistance. Thank you.

ROFLMAO. Thanks IAmParadox. I have them saved as txt files if you'd like them...2 more not to be read on installation, but hey. That's the fun of getting something new, like building a surround sound system and not reading the instruction booklets. :-s

dont understand how to use Junction at all you need to add more detailed information on how to install and use it.

New to Junction? Here's how to use Junction with your Simple Mp3 Playlist.

Before I continue, many first time users overlook the Playlist.Creator.txt document. There is additional information on how

to load your playlist. Just saving the music to the Mp3 folder does not load your library. When the playlist is not

uploaded to SMP3s library folder correctly try running the Playlist.Creator.bat file again. Sometimes the library is lost

when creating new characters; most times it is lost after a Blizzard patch.




If you do not open the .bat file SMP3 will generate a popup error in your game advising there is no library. If the error

message is similar to: simplemp3libary.lua:97 bad argument #1 'getn' (table expected got nil). Access the

Playlist.Creator.bat file, or open a cmd window and answer the 2 questions again to upload your music library.



You might ask, as many others before you have asked:
Why do you suggest using Junction? Your instructions don't say if I can play sub directories. I have all my music divided

by artist and in those directories by album, do I have to change my whole library? SimpleMp3 Player has no problems

whatsoever with sub directories even without the use of a junction.

The Junction utility from Sysinternals creates a symbolic link/optional use in Windows between two separate programs.
Using this program eliminates the need to copy all of your music to the addon directory. Unfortunately there is a Blizzard

limitation that exists in all of the mp3 addons. The program can be found at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx.






So, now let's address some recurring comment issues:


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Running without a Junction Bridge:
Step 1:
Did you extract all the files for the playlist creator into Interface\Addons\SimpleMp3 [i.e. Did you rename the file name

of Playlist.Creator.z_i_p to Playlist.Creator.zip & Unzip the files in the newly created Playlist.Creator.zip to SimpleMp3

folder]?



If no, please open the Install.txt document and read the text file.

If yes, are your Mp3s on a drive physically attached to the computer? If you're copying your Mp3s from your phone or from

another websource Junction is not going to work for you.


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Step 2:


If no, copy your Mp3 files from their corresponding Music folders unrelated to WoW directly into your

Interface\Addons\SimpleMp3\Mp3 folder. Just take the time to access your music files copy the songs and paste in the

Interface\Addons\SimpleMp3\Mp3 folder.

If yes, Open a browser window Junction can be found at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx


Ok you're on your way to creating a bridge from SMP3 to your music files without making multiple copies of the same song.





Running with a Junction Bridge [thank you to solorak for your assistance]:
Step 1:
After installing Junction did you restart your computer?

If no, your OS may not be recognizing the installation.

If yes, Junction needs to know what file bridge you are creating. Open a command prompt to create and apply the directory:

junction [link name] [path to file/folder you want to link]


Step 2:
Creating a "link" at the location of the command prompt.

Change to your SMP3 directory. A common directory path for SMP3 on Windows is, "CD C:\Users\Public\Games\World of

Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\SimpleMp3\Mp3\"

Bridge a link to your music directory. A common directory path for music files on Windows is, "junction music

C:\users\[your name]\music\"


Remember to use quotes:

junction "c:\games\world of warcraft\interface\addons\simplemp3\mp3" c:\users\public\music

The simplemp3 folder mp3, i.e. ...addons\simplemp3\mp3 MUST be empty before you run Junction.




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Step 3:
Removing the junction.
IMPORTANT!! THE LINK IN THE Mp3 FOLDER WILL DELETE YOUR MUSIC FOLDER UNLESS THE JUNCTION IS BROKEN AND DELETED!!

If for some reason, if you have to uninstall SMP3, usually after a Blizzard patch, and DO NOT WANT TO LOOSE YOUR MUSIC

FILES there is a command line to remove the junction.

junction -d music

Uh, nevermind. Itunes converted every single mp3 to their format. Incensed doesn't begin to cover it.

Dang, This would be a great addon. Its just to hard to figure out how to use it. If it gets more simplified I may try it again in the future. thx

ok...
I have consolidated 5 hours of reading posts essentially repeating the same questions/answers over and over and over and over.

Since you may or may not have a life and I was bored with my day, I decided to dedicate my morning to providing a detailed list of FAQ.

I have no way of knowing if you will follow up with reading or even humoring me by scrolling down the list.

It is my naive hope that someone else who has lost their mind to boredom will humor me and read the list. Perhaps this list could be included within the new update.

Perhaps the consolidated list of information concerning Junction and it's function regarding your mp3 library installation could be included within the new update.

Perhaps IamPardox and Suddendeath2000 will no longer care about players who live their game via enjoyment of the addons and plugins and our gaming experience will become all that Blizzard has provided to us after the next glorious patch, wouldn't that be Cataclysmic?

Anyway, all credit goes to the original posting authors. I only take credit for plagiarism. I cannot and will not answer any questions concerning addons, plugins, or symbolic links. I've been playing the game for less than 10 months and can barely answer why I have dedicated too much of my free time to a game. If I get involved with the applecart of programming I will be too full to pet the horse pulling the feast.

FAQs:


Q-What kind of files can I access on SMP3? AAC Support (.aac, .m4a, etc...) - Is this possible in a future release? I have

a lot of music in AAC format.
A-ONLY MP3 files are supported, no AAC, no OGG no MP4 or MPA if it doesn't end in .mp3 (renaming doesn't work) IT WILL NOT

WORK. Music formats not supported by WoW will not work. In fact, this addon only works with mp3s, period.
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Q-Does this addon work with .flac files?
A-As far as I know, WOW only supports mp3, ogg, and wav files, and this addon only supports mp3, currently, I may look into

adding support for ogg, I may add wav support, as well. But, I'm pretty sure flac isn't supported by wow at all.
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Q-Do I have to copy all my Mp3 files?? OMG, I really wanted to be able to listen to my own large library of Mp3s while

playing. However they are on a different drive then I have WoW on and because of the requirement to move the Mp3s to a

directory called Mp3 in the addon folder I'm thinking that this Addon is not worth using.
A-Blizzard limits where you can place your Mp3s, WoW will not load any files that are located outside of its own directory

structure, but, you can fool it using Junctions, as long as the music files are located on a drive physically attached to

your computer, you can't make a Junction to a network drive.
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Q-Your instructions don't say if I can play sub directories. I have all my music divided by artist and in those directories

by album, do I have to change my whole library?
A-SimpleMp3 Player has no problems whatsoever with sub directories, save yourself some time and frustration and use

Junction to access your mp3 files within their subdirectories.
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Q-The playlist.maker readme mentions the Junction utility from Sysinternals. I had not heard of it previously. What is

Junction?
A-Junction creates a symbolic link/optional use in Windows between two separate programs. Using this program eliminates the

need to copy all of your music to the addon directory. Unfortunately there is a Blizzard limitation that exists in all of

the mp3 addons. The program can be found at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx.
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Q-I like this but my concern is I have 130gb of music - would that pose any problem? or if there's a limit what it is?
A-I have more than 130 GB, never noticed any limit.
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Q-Why is WinZip asking me to unzip to the main directory?
A-The reason I set it up to run from the main directory was that I was planing on making it a separate addon for addon

makers to use if they make their own music player addon. In fact, MusicPlayer's alternate playlist maker is this same

script, which I set up so all you have to do is change a few options at the beginning of the code to make it work with your

own music player.
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Q-Some tracks, at the end, will go back and play a few seconds of the beginning of the song before the next track starts.

Is this related the the VBRFix you mention in the docs?
A-Yes, download VBRfix from http://www.willwap.co.uk/Programs/vbrfix.php.
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Q-I'm having a problem with this addon. Most of the time it works fine, but when I get in combat or get hit in instances

and battlegrounds my music turns off. Is that normal or is it a bug?
A-This is a long known problem with all mp3 addons, it is because Blizzard decided to limit the number of sound channels

available, and when it needs another one for a sound, it cuts the music. You can change your sound channels to max in the

settings, but, it will still happen, it is not a bug unfortunately and we can do nothing about it.
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Q-Why is it that whenever my screen reloads (i.e. hearthing, taking a portal, dieing in a bg) the song that is currently

playing is started the song over instead of resuming where it left off?
A-Blizzard only allows stop and play, no pause, no resume, and no fast forward/backward, maybe if enough people submitted

feature requests for more functions related to music, they would add these things... Or, maybe they would include their own

music player, and make this addon worthless, except maybe in customizing the interface...
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Q-Can I use my VIOP?
A-The current SMP3 version should lower the music to half of whatever it is currently set to when communicating in VOIP,

and then return it to the previous level when communication has stopped. I never use it, so I can't test this function

myself. Let me know if anything doesn't work correctly.
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Q-Does SMP3 work with Titan Panel?
A-Yes, the Titan Panel plugin, created by SuddenDeath2000, is fully supported by SimpleMp3 Player. To make his plugin work,

you must install SMP3.
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Q-I am trying to download this but it's not working, I've tried Curse Client Download, and the install guide won't show up,

can you please post the instructions?
A-PLEASE NOTE: I do not recommend using the Curse Client to install this addon, it has a bad habit of erasing things,

including your MP3s. This means that if you are using the Curse Client Updater you will generate a caution flag advising

that SimpleMp3 Player has been modified and no longer matches Curse's database. Even if you correctly follow the

instructions on the readme.txt and install.txt documents. To eliminate the issues of loosing your mp3 files, 1) save data

space on your system and use a symbolic link
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Q-I am now trying to get it installed on an iMAC. Basic question I am sure, but how do I get around the .bat/.exe file

situation. I did a little searching and the majority of instructions for opening .bat files on a MAC were over my head...is

there an easier fix that I am somehow missing? A MAC friend directed me to Terminal and I did see the three files with .py

extensions prior to posting my question but after opening each of the files and reading them though I was no closer to

figuring it out.
A-With no access to a MAC and no previous feedback from MAC users, I don't know how to go about fixing this. or even

debugging it. It seems it was unable to create the Library file. Perhaps it is a permissions issue? Try manually creating a

file in MP3 called SimpleMp3Library.lua (just a blank text file) and see if it's modifid automatically, maybe the

implementation of codecs.py on Macs doesn't actually create a file when opening it. Little note, it seems those of you

having problems may be using the latest version of Python, and Python is famous for breaking scripts with new versions, be

sure you are using an official copy from Python's site. There is a installable version of the python "framework" available

for pretty much any OS here: http://www.python.org/download/ or use the .bat/.exe to run the playlist creator.

Unfortunately without a MAC system I am unable to offer a solution.
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Q-What do you think I am a computer genius?! Please state the program used to run the playlist.creator file! We aren't all

supreme pc programers like you ya know...
A-It doesn't take a computer genius to install this addon. However, that being stated, there are 3 text files included with

this program. In school your teachers advised you to follow the instructions before trying to complete an assignment. As

your teacher on how to make this addon work please read and follow the instructions now provided here:

The First step to becoming a supreme pc programer is to READ the README.txt files.
The Second step is to follow the instructions as given, "READ the Install.txt for instructions on how to install and add

your .mp3s".
The Third step is to follow the instructions as printed, "Rename Playlist.Creator.z_i_p to Playlist.Creator.zip".
The Fouth step is to open the newly student-computer genius's created compressed zip file. (a.k.a. step 5 of the

installation directions).
The Fifth step is to ask yourself: Do I want to copy all my Mp3 files into WoW? Or do I want to use the option of a

symbolic link and save myself some time, frustration, and reduce game lag by downloading Junction to access my mp3 files

within their subdirectories?
The Sixth step is to restart your computer. Even if you decide not to download Junction. It will reset your UI within WoW.
The Seventh step is to run World of Warcraft.
The Eight and final step to becoming a supreme pc programer is to "Open" the playlist within the game and get ready to

rock!
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Q-What are those 2 questions the .bat file is asking me to answer?
A-Some of programming to creat your playlist uses the Python Framework and it also can report most errors, instead of just

closing abruptly. This version does not handle Unicode characters, but, when it encounters a filename or Tag with Unicode

characters, it skips it and goes on with the rest of the files. You can, answer y to the questions and the player will

after starting create a popup message printing out the name of the file it had a problem with. Copy the error message and

post in the user comments on Curse.
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Q-I'm sorry, I've tried to follow the instructions in the Install file and I accessed the Windows Batch File, answered both

of the questions and received confirmation that my playlist is loaded/added. But I get a popup error when I load WoW. What

information do you need so you can help me to fix the player?
A-If a popup error is generated during your game and the answer is not found within this FAQ listing, then COPY THE ERROR

MESSAGE and post a support question to the comment page on http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/simple-mp3-

player-2008.aspx? With your posting please provide your OS and language (English, German, Russian, etc).
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Q-I love your addon, it's lighter than iTunes, a lot and it works with "sound in background" options.
But I use FuBar and don't see a FuBar plugin. Is there one?
A-Not at the moment.
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Q-Hi I like this player, sometimes, the music files in the mp3 container refresh then my mp3 player crashes. Why? Do you

have a solution?
A-Thank you, I like this player too. In the BETA version the mp3 list creator crashes were related to having characters in

the songs name the program cannot parse. Try fixing this by renaming the problem song to something simple or eliminating

the unicode characters. The current version has support for some Unicode handling, if you come across a unicode error,

please send me the info so I can attempt to add it to the list.

hope you can convert it to warhammer online addon, because there is non mp3 players addon for warhammer online :)