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Songbird and Pidgin flying together [english]
Ok, I really like my Songbird (aside from it's strong usage of memory and cpu and the current inability to write mp3 tags). I want the song currently playing in my Songbird written into my Pidgin status message. Should be possible, right? It is! See the screenshot for the result (please note that the status boxes at the bottom are created by a Pidgin plugin, more details on that later...). It's not possible without a little effort, but all you need is a plugin for each of the two applications. Nothing tricky, let me walk you through the settings.
Pidgin needs the MusicTracker plugin to read 'Now Playing' messages from music players. Head over to it's homepage and grab the latest version, install it into Pidgin. Just use the settings as seen on the screenshot:
Now that Pidgin is ready and waiting, here's the Songbird plugin you'll need: Live Tweeter. Install it the Mozilla-way, drag the .xpi onto Songbird, open it in Songbird, whatever way you prefer. The plugin adds a new section in the Songbird options, the important part is the tab named 'Messenger'. See my settings (deactivate the textfile option, I just use that for another application):
Now you should be ready to go! Just restart both applications (I'm not sure if that's necessary). Attention: Don't be confused if the changed message is not shown by Pidgin. It doesn't show it to you. But you could either add yourself as your buddy to verify if everything is working or install the Pidgin plugin called MyStatusbox, avalable in the Plugin pack.
Did everything work out for you? Feel free to drop a message...
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Kiwii
28 Apr 2009
yes it work!
however its necessary to restart both programs (pidgin and songbird) to make this work
thanks a lot