Filename in the window caption/taskbar

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Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby briantokyo » 22 Jun 2008 21:18

Please add an option (or defaulted) to show the current filename being played in the window caption bar/taskbar button. Most other players do this, dunno why VLC still doesn't.

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Re: Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Jun 2008 21:35

Please add an option (or defaulted) to show the current filename being played in the window caption bar/taskbar button. Most other players do this, dunno why VLC still doesn't.
Already done.
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Re: Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby briantokyo » 22 Jun 2008 21:37

Really? I checked in the last version and couldn't find the option in the settings. I'll check again.

Thanks

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Re: Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Jun 2008 21:45

Really? I checked in the last version and couldn't find the option in the settings. I'll check again.

Thanks
for next version.
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Re: Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby briantokyo » 22 Jun 2008 21:47

Oh ok, thanks. I'm the developer of an application that interacts with various media players, and retrieves the info of the current file being played. This was very hard with VLC and the easiest ways I found were either checking all the device handles open (not 100% reliable and doesn't work in Vista 64), tray icon hint (usually incomplete, too short), and retrieving the text on the statusbar. The last option works the best but only if the user doesn't switch the interface or plays only in windowed mode.

Having it in the caption bar will make it much easier.

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Re: Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Jun 2008 22:41

Why don't you use the MSN plugin ?
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Re: Filename in the window caption/taskbar

Postby briantokyo » 22 Jun 2008 22:54

How do you mean? "MSN Now-Playing"? Won't that only send the info to windows with class "MsnMsgrUIManager"?


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