An extension that displays media context information

[Xavion]

I've just submitted the initial release of my "Media Context" extension, which can be downloaded here. It displays contextual information about the currently playing media.

It will help VLC to compete against other media players - like Winamp and Amarok - in the area of media context. Please take the time to read the 'Issues' section before using it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

May I say: awesome?

This is really cool. We should fix the bugs and then maybe we should advertise this extension...

[Xavion]

Thanks for the positive feedback - I'm really glad that you approve! It'll be great if VLC decides to advertise this extension! I'm hoping it convinces people that VLC is more than just a 'video' player. Once the bug(s) in the VLC extension code are fixed, I'll be able to unlock/implement more features.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I think we need, in 1.2, to advertise better the extensions, indeed.

[Xavion]

I've just submitted a point release of this extension, which can be downloaded here. It fixes a few issues that were present in the initial release. Most notably, it includes a workaround for another bug in the VLC extension code that I discovered today. In cases like this, it'd be good to have an auto-update feature for VLC extensions.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well, auto-update will come, once we make the extension system a bit better.

[ale5000]

@Xavion: There are 2 download buttons.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Thanks for the positive feedback - I'm really glad that you approve! It'll be great if VLC decides to advertise this extension! I'm hoping it convinces people that VLC is more than just a 'video' player. Once the bug(s) in the VLC extension code are fixed, I'll be able to unlock/implement more features.

5019 is fixed.

[Xavion]

@Xavion: There are 2 download buttons.

I decided to make the extension available from multiple sites, since one of them has been down for maintenance a bit lately.

5019 is fixed.

Thanks for the updated information. I plan to wait for VLC v1.1.11 to be released before unlocking/implementing more features.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

And more bugs are fixed (meta listening)

[Xavion]

Yes, it's pleasing that some of the bugs I reported were promptly fixed. This tells me that the VLC development community is alive and well. Have you got a rough idea of when VLC v1.1.11 will be released?

I started to download the Git version this morning, but it was taking too long and I pulled the plug. I mainly wanted to check whether some of the new features I plan to introduce still cause VLC to crash at all.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Yes, it's pleasing that some of the bugs I reported were promptly fixed. This tells me that the VLC development community is alive and well. Have you got a rough idea of when VLC v1.1.11 will be released?

Next week.

I started to download the Git version this morning, but it was taking too long and I pulled the plug. I mainly wanted to check whether some of the new features I plan to introduce still cause VLC to crash at all.

Nightly Build of VLC

[Xavion]

I've just submitted a new release of this extension, which can be downloaded here. Some features have been added and a few other improvements were made.

Users must upgrade to VLC v1.1.11 before using the new release. This requirement is for their own benefit, since the VLC developers have fixed a couple of bugs lately.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I've just submitted a new release of this extension, which can be downloaded here. Some features have been added and a few other improvements were made.

Users must upgrade to VLC v1.1.11 before using the new release. This requirement is for their own benefit, since the VLC developers have fixed a couple of bugs lately.

Great.

[Xavion]

I submitted a new release of this extension last night. It can be downloaded here as usual. A new feature was added and a few other improvements were made. Let's hope that the remaining crashes are fixed by VLC soon.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Nice job. I hope too some crashes will get fixed up soon.

[Xavion]

My "Media Context" extension needs the "vlc.misc.version()" function to ensure that it isn't being run on an old edition of VLC. This is absolutely necessary, as anything earlier than VLC v1.1.11 was horribly buggy. Since "vlc.misc" is no longer available to extensions, how else can I get the version number of VLC at runtime?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You cannot, I think.

[Xavion]

Since "Media Context" relies on "vlc.misc" quite heavily, I've provided further reasons why this must exist in VLC v2.x.