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Package Contents Overview

 

By default, the Now Playing package is extracted to QCD's "Plugins" subfolder, which becomes its base folder. The program itself (QCDNowPlaying.dll) is the only file extracted to the base folder, and all the other files are extracted to the "NowPlaying" subfolder of the base folder. If these files are not extracted to the "NowPlaying" subfolder, the program will not work.

These files are meant as templates and other helpers, and should be used as a reference for creating template files, as well as a foundation on which to build custom templates.


Below is a list of these files:


playing_tmpl.txt
stopped_tmpl.txt
 - Realtime exporting templates when QCD is playing and when QCD is stopped, respectively.

 

off_tmpl.txt  - Source file for "copy on unload" in realtime exporting.

 

archiving_tmpl.txt  - Archiving template.

 

toc_header.txt  - Table of contents (TOC) header for archiving; this file is copied once to the TOC file, when it is empty; it is not copied each time an album is archived.

 

toc_tmpl.txt  - TOC template for archiving; this file is used each time an album is archived.

 

toc_frames.html  - Frames page that enables a frames view of the TOC and archived files; if TOC file location is changed, this file must be updated before use, to reflect those changes.

 

blank.html  - Empty page; this is the initial content of the TOC frames page right pane.

 

cover_art_tmpl.txt  - Template for realtime exporting, to enable displaying cover art in QCD's visualization window (this will be available via a third-party plugin).

 

ImageList.txt  - Image list file for exporting; the included file is empty (this file must exist or Now Playing will display an error message).

 

NowPlaying_noScrollBar.html  - Frames page that enables viewing the realtime exported file without scroll bars; the music browser URL can be set to this page to get a no-scroll-bars look in the music browser.

 

playlist_tmpl.txt (and images)  - HTML playlist template and embedded images.

 

readme.txt  - Disclaimer.