About Windows Media Player Plug-in for LCDSmartie

The WMP Plug-in for LCD Smartie reads the Album, Artits, Title and Duration information for the track currently playing in Windows Media Player (WMP).  It can also be used as an Action to detect when the track changes.

Usage:

To retrieve information from the WMP Plug-in for LCD Smartie, use the following functions:

• $dll(wmp,1,,) retrieves the Album
• $dll(wmp,2,,) retrieves the Artist (Author)
• $dll(wmp,3,,) retrieves the Duration.  Note, this is not the "current position"; it is the total duration of the track.
• $dll(wmp,4,,) retrieves the Title
• $dll(wmp,5,,) retrieves a True/False indication of whether the track has changed.
  The return value from Function 5 is either "0" or "1", and is designed to be used as a LCD Smartie Action.  In the Action tab, Add the following rule:

  If $dll(wmp,5,,) = 1 Then GotoScreen(n)

  This will cause LCD Smartie to switch to the screen you've designed to show the WMP information whenever the track changes.
• $dll(wmp,6,,) retrieves a True/False indication of whether WMP is active.
  The return value is either "0" or "1" and is designed for use in Actions and "conditional" displays.  If WMP is not active - either not loaded or stopped - this function will return "0" and all the media information will be blank.

Download

wmp_plugin.zip (7k Zip file)

Installation:

Copy the wmp.dll file to your LCD Smartie\plugin folder (i.e. the plugin folder beneath the folder where you installed LCD Smartie.)