Import Text File?

Post by **syrupcore** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:19 am

Hi,

I'm trying to find a way to show the currently playing iTunes song as text on a screensaver. I found a program that will create and update a text (or xml) file of the currently playing song but now I need to find a screensaver or screensaver creation progam to get that info and display it on screen.

I downloaded Screensaver Factory but didn't see a way. Is it possible and I've just missed it? If not, any other ideas?

Thanks,
Will

Post by **chrisjlocke** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:27 am

Its easy to create a screensaver in VB, and easy to read text files in VB.
Hmm. Should be easy to merge the two...

Creating a program to create a user-configurable screensaver would be quite difficult though (well, for me...)

Post by **Karlis** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:28 pm

Not sure that I understand, but it seems to me like you would like to have text displayed on the screen while the sound is being played inside iTunes software. I am afraid that this is not possible with Screensaver Factory, unless you add the screensaver text manually and specify duration for each piece of text.

Post by **syrupcore** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:46 pm

Thanks guys. Karlis, you understood perfectly. Powerful decryption engine in your head. Sorry to be confusing.

Chris, thanks for the tip. I've never done anything in VB. Perhaps it's time...

Thanks,
Will

Post by **chrisjlocke** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:38 pm

You could update win.ini (or is it stored in the registry these days?) for the Marquee screensaver, so when that started, it would display the last known song. I don't think it continually reads the settings though, so wouldn't be constantly up-to-date - only when first run.

I'll knock up a sample screensaver which you could use. Whats the format of the text file / XML that iTunes spits out?

Post by **syrupcore** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:23 pm

chrisjlocke wrote:You could update win.ini (or is it stored in the registry these days?) for the Marquee screensaver, so when that started, it would display the last known song. I don't think it continually reads the settings though, so wouldn't be constantly up-to-date - only when first run.

I'll knock up a sample screensaver which you could use. Whats the format of the text file / XML that iTunes spits out?

awesome! I'm at work and the itunes output is at home. I'll email it to you this weekend. Hey, I looked all over the place for something like this (there are many many available on the mac). I'm pretty sure you could get some traffic from it.

Post by **chrisjlocke** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:19 am

Kerching!!!!

For every unit you sell, I'll give you commission!!