Not a Bug Music Question

Cuddlywolf · 10-20-2008, 07:59 AM

Maybe I have missed it but is there a way to randomize the music being played. I have added music which seems to work great, it just always plays the same order and starts at the beginning of the list whenever started.

Jim Sachs · 10-20-2008, 01:25 PM

Can't randomize yet.

Cuddlywolf · 10-21-2008, 10:09 PM

Understood, are there any plans to add functions to allow cycling manually through the songs?

Jim Sachs · 10-21-2008, 11:07 PM

Yes.

StuDisney · 10-21-2008, 11:22 PM

any hope of being able to listen to XM Radio(on line) as background to the screen saver?

feldon34 · 10-22-2008, 09:17 AM

Stu, can I ask why you add a thumbs down to every post on this forum?

As for XM radio, that is talking about queuing up a website in the background, triggering a specific station, and setting the volume. I think that is outside the purview of the Aquarium.

Jim Sachs · 10-22-2008, 09:25 AM

Yes, I've been worried about casual browsers of the Forum seeing all those thumbs-down, too.

Margan is right, I wouldn't have any idea how to hook up to XM radio.

StuDisney · 10-22-2008, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by feldon32:

Stu, can I ask why you add a thumbs down to every post on this forum?

As for XM radio, that is talking about queuing up a website in the background, triggering a specific station, and setting the volume. I think that is outside the purview of the Aquarium.

Sorry; I guess it just my old eye sight looks like a ?(question mark) to me. I do not mean to be negative, your program is the best screen saver I have ever seen.

StuDisney · 10-23-2008, 08:07 AM

I don't think that what I am looking for is so strange . I'm not sure how difficult it would by, but I know that I can simulate what I want. I open the streaming audio with Windows Media player; then opening the preview of the screen saver. I then have the radio playing with the Aquarium on the screen

Jav400 · 10-23-2008, 08:13 AM

I'm not sure, but I think the problem would be in the interface to find the radio stations in the first place using the aquarium program. Creating that would probably be more time consuming than what Jim has planned currently. Maybe he has some other ideas though.

Jim Sachs · 10-23-2008, 11:25 AM

It sounds like you already have a pretty good way of doing it, using Media Player.

10-20-2008, 07:59 AM	#1
Cuddlywolf Registered Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 16	Music Question Maybe I have missed it but is there a way to randomize the music being played. I have added music which seems to work great, it just always plays the same order and starts at the beginning of the list whenever started.

10-20-2008, 01:25 PM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,788	Can't randomize yet. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-21-2008, 11:07 PM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,788	Yes. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-21-2008, 11:22 PM	#5
StuDisney Registered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WDW/Orlando Fl. Posts: 44	XM Radio any hope of being able to listen to *XM Radio*(on line) as background to the screen saver? "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." “Growing Old is Mandatory - Growing Up Is Optional”

10-22-2008, 09:17 AM	#6
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Stu, can I ask why you add a thumbs down to every post on this forum? As for XM radio, that is talking about queuing up a website in the background, triggering a specific station, and setting the volume. I think that is outside the purview of the Aquarium. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

10-21-2008, 10:09 PM	#3
Cuddlywolf Registered Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 16	Understood, are there any plans to add functions to allow cycling manually through the songs?

10-22-2008, 09:25 AM	#7
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,788	Yes, I've been worried about casual browsers of the Forum seeing all those thumbs-down, too. Margan is right, I wouldn't have any idea how to hook up to XM radio. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-22-2008, 07:24 PM	#8
StuDisney Registered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WDW/Orlando Fl. Posts: 44	Originally posted by feldon32: Stu, can I ask why you add a thumbs down to every post on this forum? As for XM radio, that is talking about queuing up a website in the background, triggering a specific station, and setting the volume. I think that is outside the purview of the Aquarium. Sorry; I guess it just my old eye sight looks like a ?(question mark) to me. I do not mean to be negative, your program is the best screen saver I have ever seen. "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." “Growing Old is Mandatory - Growing Up Is Optional”

10-23-2008, 08:07 AM	#9
StuDisney Registered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WDW/Orlando Fl. Posts: 44	I don't think that what I am looking for is so strange . I'm not sure how difficult it would by, but I know that I can simulate what I want. I open the streaming audio with Windows Media player; then opening the preview of the screen saver. I then have the radio playing with the Aquarium on the screen "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." “Growing Old is Mandatory - Growing Up Is Optional”

10-23-2008, 08:13 AM	#10
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	I'm not sure, but I think the problem would be in the interface to find the radio stations in the first place using the aquarium program. Creating that would probably be more time consuming than what Jim has planned currently. Maybe he has some other ideas though. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

10-23-2008, 11:25 AM	#11
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,788	It sounds like you already have a pretty good way of doing it, using Media Player. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium