Gnometer, a skin for Rainmeter, has been out for around 3 years now and it has a few outdated settings. So far, I have noticed that the Windows Media Player settings for the Media Player gnometer does not work at all. A quick search through the links on the skin and google will lead you to this new plugin called NowPlaying.
The changes to make it work are simple but they are not easy to find as they are scattered through a few posts on the rainmeter forums.
Below, the fully working settings.ini file.
[Rainmeter] Author=poiru AppVersion=1003000 Update=2000 MouseActionCursor=0 MiddleMouseDownAction=!RainmeterDeactivateConfig BackgroundMode=1 MouseLeaveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHideMeterGroup PopupItem][!RainmeterHideMeter Prev][!RainmeterHideMeter Play][!RainmeterHideMeter Next][!RainmeterRedraw] [Metadata] Name=Windows Media Player Description=Shows information about the song currently playing in Windows Media Player. Instructions=The Song Signature plugin for WMP must be installed for this skin to work. For more information, refer to the manual (activate Gnometer\Manual.ini). Version=1.3.0 License=Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 [Variables] skin.Style=Horizontal @Include=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#SETTINGS\Variables.inc skin.Width=#width.MediaPlayer# ; MEASURES ==================================== [mPlayer] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=WMP PlayerType=WMP [mArtist] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=[mPlayer] PlayerType=ARTIST Substitute="":"N/A" [mAlbum] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=[mPlayer] PlayerType=ALBUM Substitute="":"N/A" [mPosition] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=[mPlayer] PlayerType=POSITION [mDuration] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=[mPlayer] PlayerType=DURATION [mProgress] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=[mPlayer] PlayerType=PROGRESS [mTrack] Measure=Plugin Plugin=NowPlaying.dll PlayerName=[mPlayer] PlayerType=TITLE [mScript] Measure=Script ScriptFile="#CURRENTPATH#\WMP.lua" TableName=#CURRENTCONFIG# UpdateDivider=2 ; STYLES ====================================== @Include2=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#SETTINGS\Style#skin.Style#.inc [sPopup] Hidden=1 [sTextL] Hidden=1 [sTextR] W=(#skin.Width#-55) Hidden=1 [sSeperator] Hidden=1 ; METERS ====================================== [Line] Meter=IMAGE MeterStyle=sLine MouseOverAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeterGroup PopupItem][!RainmeterShowMeter Prev][!RainmeterShowMeter Play][!RainmeterShowMeter Next][!RainmeterRedraw] [Icon] Meter=IMAGE MeterStyle=sIcon ImageName=MediaPlayer.png ToolTipText="Open Windows Media Player" LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["wmplayer.exe"] MouseActionCursor=1 [Title] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=sTitle Text="WMP" [Subtitle] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=sSubtitle MeasureName=mTrack Text="%1" [Prev] Meter=BUTTON ButtonImage=Prev.png X=(#skin.Width#-65) Y=0 ButtonCommand=!Execute [!CommandMeasure "mPlayer" "Previous"] Hidden=1 [Play] Meter=BUTTON ButtonImage=Play.png X=20r Y=0 ButtonCommand=!Execute [!CommandMeasure "mPlayer" "PlayPause"] Hidden=1 [Next] Meter=BUTTON ButtonImage=Next.png X=20r Y=0 ButtonCommand=!Execute [!CommandMeasure "mPlayer" "Next"] Hidden=1 [Popup] Meter=IMAGE MeterStyle=sPopup H=((#h.Other#*2)+15) [Artist] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=sTextL Y=5r Text="Artist" [ArtistValue] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=sTextR MeasureName=mArtist Text="%1" [Seperator1] Meter=IMAGE MeterStyle=sSeperator [Album] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=sTextL Y=5r Text="Album" [AlbumValue] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=sTextR MeasureName=mAlbum Text="%1" [Seperator2] Meter=IMAGE MeterStyle=sSeperator [Gap] Meter=IMAGE MeterStyle=sGap
December 17, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Thanks for the fixed skin! The code you posted is for the “Pop-up” version. I made a regular version:
[Rainmeter]
Author=poiru
AppVersion=1003000
Update=2000
MouseActionCursor=0
MiddleMouseDownAction=!RainmeterDeactivateConfig
BackgroundMode=1
; MouseLeaveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHideMeterGroup PopupItem][!RainmeterHideMeter Prev][!RainmeterHideMeter Play][!RainmeterHideMeter Next][!RainmeterRedraw]
MouseLeaveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHideMeter Prev][!RainmeterHideMeter Play][!RainmeterHideMeter Next][!RainmeterRedraw]
[Metadata]
Name=Windows Media Player
Description=Shows information about the song currently playing in Windows Media Player.
Instructions=The Song Signature plugin for WMP must be installed for this skin to work. For more information, refer to the manual (activate Gnometer\Manual.ini).
Version=1.3.0
License=Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0
[Variables]
skin.Style=Horizontal
@Include=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#SETTINGS\Variables.inc
skin.Width=#width.MediaPlayer#
; MEASURES ====================================
[mPlayer]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=WMP
PlayerType=WMP
[mArtist]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute=””:”N/A”
[mAlbum]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=ALBUM
Substitute=””:”N/A”
[mPosition]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=POSITION
[mDuration]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=DURATION
[mProgress]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=PROGRESS
[mTrack]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=TITLE
[mScript]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=”#CURRENTPATH#\WMP.lua”
TableName=#CURRENTCONFIG#
UpdateDivider=2
; STYLES ======================================
@Include2=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#SETTINGS\Style#skin.Style#.inc
[sPopup]
Hidden=0
[sTextL]
Hidden=0
[sTextR]
W=(#skin.Width#-55)
Hidden=0
[sSeperator]
Hidden=0
; METERS ======================================
[Line]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sLine
;MouseOverAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeterGroup PopupItem][!RainmeterShowMeter Prev][!RainmeterShowMeter Play][!RainmeterShowMeter Next][!RainmeterRedraw]
MouseOverAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter Prev][!RainmeterShowMeter Play][!RainmeterShowMeter Next][!RainmeterRedraw]
[Icon]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sIcon
ImageName=MediaPlayer.png
ToolTipText=”Open Windows Media Player”
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute [“wmplayer.exe”]
MouseActionCursor=1
[Title]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=sTitle
Text=”WMP”
[Subtitle]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=sSubtitle
MeasureName=mTrack
Text=”%1″
[Prev]
Meter=BUTTON
ButtonImage=Prev.png
X=(#skin.Width#-65)
Y=0
ButtonCommand=!Execute [!CommandMeasure “mPlayer” “Previous”]
Hidden=1
[Play]
Meter=BUTTON
ButtonImage=Play.png
X=20r
Y=0
ButtonCommand=!Execute [!CommandMeasure “mPlayer” “PlayPause”]
Hidden=1
[Next]
Meter=BUTTON
ButtonImage=Next.png
X=20r
Y=0
ButtonCommand=!Execute [!CommandMeasure “mPlayer” “Next”]
Hidden=1
[Popup]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sPopup
H=((#h.Other#*2)+15)
[Artist]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=sTextL
Y=5r
Text=”Artist”
[ArtistValue]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=sTextR
MeasureName=mArtist
Text=”%1″
[Seperator1]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sSeperator
[Album]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=sTextL
Y=5r
Text=”Album”
[AlbumValue]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=sTextR
MeasureName=mAlbum
Text=”%1″
[Seperator2]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sSeperator
[Gap]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sGap