version 5.0

This plugin allow you to take control on your player. You can Play, Stop, Pause current track (file), Change Track and select files to play. Also this plugin can show the track information (time, song title, etc.). Time can be toggled to time remaining and time elapsed, to toggle click on time. Media Control support skins.

Supported players

Player Name		Download
	Foobar 2000	mc-foo2k.exe
	iTunes	built-in
	J.River Media Center and J.River Media Jukebox	mc-jriver.exe
	jetAudio	built-in
	MediaMonkey	mc-mmonkey.exe
	Winamp	mc-winamp.exe
	Windows Media Player	built-in

 

Custom title format

You can change the title format In the properties. The syntax is quite easy. Here is small example:

{?tracknum}{tracknum}. {?}{trackname}{?album} - {album}{?}{?year} [{year}]{?}{?artist} - {artist}{?}

This string generate the title like this:

4. The Unforgiven II - Reload [1997] - Metallica

There are two types of tags:

1. The text tag - the song tag name in the braces: {trackname}
2. The conditional tags - the song tag name in the braces with the question mark before name: {?album} The conditionsl tag must be closed by {?} tag. The text between conditional tags will be inserted into the title if the song tag is on empty only.

Default supported tag names:

• title
• album
• artist
• trackname
• tracktime
• genre
• year
• tracknum

How to control your player

Open the Properties dialog box for Media Control plugin and select the your player in the players list. For most players you need to select the Universal Player. If the support for your player is installed then Media Control will allow you to control it. The player support files is the add-ins for selected player. If Media Control don't see your player even after installing right support files, check your player option. Maybe you must to enable the "TLB Remote Control" plugin/add-in in the player's options.

Also you can select the path to the palyer. So Media Control will run the selected files when you press the Play button.

Changes history

.:: version 5.0 ::. (05 May 2009)

• Improved players support
• Added the title builder
• Added the album artwork support
• Fixed: incorrect preview of some skins
• Some minor changes

.:: version 4.9 ::. (22 February 2008)

• Add 64-bit version
• Custom title format
• Improved players support
• Added Windows Vista support
• Some minor changes

.:: version 4.2 ::. (12 October 2004)

• Properties window redesigned
• Added new players and redesigned others to support playlist feature
• Scroll title now saved
• Vertical roller added into skins
• Knob-like roller added into skins
• Many minor changed

.:: version 4.0 ::. (5 July 2004)

• Added support for iTunes
• Added support for jetAudio
• Changed skins format
• Added playlist popup menu
• Many skins level improvements

.:: version 3.1 ::. (12 January 2004)

• Added support of TLB v.2.2.0.14
• Added auto-hide support

.:: version 3.0 ::. (4 November 2003)

• Added support for Windows Media Player
• Added support for foobar2000 v 0.7.2

.:: version 3.0 ::. (2 July 2003)

• Fixed crashes of Appolo player when playlist is empty
• Improved support of Winamp 3
• Added support for foobar2000 player
• Added support of hotkeys (only with tlb version 2.2.0.5 beta)
• Some minor changes

.:: version 2.6 ::. (9 January 2003)

• Fixed incorrected time left display for Winamp 3c
• Added support for QCD player
• Added support of PNG images in the skins

.:: version 2.5 ::. (2 September 2002)

• Added support for Winamp 3
• Added support for Apollo player
• Fixed incorrect charset in the song title

.:: version 2.4 ::. (14 April 2002)

• Winamp Control can crash when use skins.

.:: version 2.3 ::. (12 April 2002)

• Fixed: When the Song Title is visible the icons at the right of plugin button are vanished.

.:: version 2.2 ::. (29 March 2002)

• Added stop song title scroll feature (click on song title to stop/start scrolling)
• Added partial support of Winamp 3.0
• Some minor bugs fixed.

.:: version 2.1 beta ::. (16 March 2002)

• Fixed bug with switching into default skin
• Added time remaining/time elapsed switching
• Added SliverXP skin
• Some minor bugs fixed.