{"id":12,"date":"2007-03-08T20:11:25","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T18:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joergnapp.de\/websearch-panels-for-mediamonkey\/"},"modified":"2013-09-17T08:06:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T06:06:46","slug":"websearchpanels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joergnapp.de\/blog\/websearchpanels\/","title":{"rendered":"WebSearch Panels for MediaMonkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following script adds as many panels as defined to the MediaMonkey screen. Eeach of these panels performs a specific web search on Artist, Title of Album.The script needs a XML file as a configuration file.<\/p>\n

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Screenshots<\/h2>\n

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Installation<\/h2>\n

Using the Installer<\/h3>\n

You can download and use this installation program<\/a> Note: If you already have a site configuration file, this file won’t get overwritten!<\/p>\n

Manual installation<\/h3>\n

Installing script<\/h4>\n

Copy this script code<\/a>, paste it to an empty text file and save it to „%MM_DIR%\/Scripts\/Auto\/WebSearch.vbs“.<\/p>\n

Setting up the configuration file<\/h4>\n

The configuration file needs to be named WebSearch.xml and must be located in the same directory as the script.<\/p>\n

For each site, you need a entry in this file with the following parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
parameter<\/th>\ndescription<\/th>\nexample<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
name<\/td>\na unique name for the site. This is used internally only, but must really be unique…<\/td>\n<name> GoogleMusic <\/name><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
caption<\/td>\nThe caption of the panel<\/td>\n<caption> Google Music <\/caption><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
description<\/td>\nThe desription is shown in the „Search“ menu bar<\/td>\n<description> Search current Artist in Google Music <\/description><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
start<\/td>\nthe start page that is shown when no title is played<\/td>\n<start> http:\/\/www.google.com\/musicsearch?q= <\/start><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
url<\/td>\nThe „url“ parameter is the Web Search URL, and the placeholders %artist%, %title% asd %album% are replaced accordingly.<\/td>\n<url> http:\/\/www.google.com\/musicsearch?q=%artist%&res=artist <\/url><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As an example, see this file<\/a>. You can use it as a starting point. Copy the xml code to an empy text file. Throw away the entries you don’t want or don’t need. Add new sites if you want.<\/p>\n

Using the script<\/h2>\n

Start (or re-start) MediaMonkey. For each <site> entry you put in xml file, one panel will be opened. You can close those you don’t want to be open at the moment. To re-open a panel, in the Search Toolbar click on the „Search The Web“ button and choose desired site.<\/p>\n

Saving Lyrics and Comments<\/h3>\n

Let’s suppose you want to save the lyrics fetched from lyrics-songs.com site to ID3 tag. Just play a song a wait for the panel to show the lyrics. Select the lyrics text and press „Lyrics“ button. Done! No CTRL+C is needed in this case. Same procedure to save a text to Comment field.
\nIf, for some reason, the text you want to paste is outside the panel (a text file, for example) do the following: DO NOT select any text inside the panel itself, just open the file, select the text and copy it (now CTRL+C is needed). Come back to MediaMonkey and press the „Lyrics“ or „Comment“ button. Done! Your text is saved in corresponding field.<\/p>\n

Working with local html files<\/h3>\n

This method works with local files as well. As a POC use the following HTML file, save it somewhere and make an entry to WebSearch.xml for the file like<\/p>\n

\r\n\r\n    SongInfo\r\n    SongInfo\r\n    Displays Information on the current song\r\n    about:blank\r\n    file:\/\/\/C:\/Programs\/MediaMonkey\/Scripts\/Song.htm\r\n\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The corresponding HTML file:<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n    \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/xhtml1\/DTD\/xhtml1-transitional.dtd\"><\/code><\/pre>\n