I’ve updated the Listening To section in the menu bar to the left so that it will get updated both when I’m at work and when I’m at home.
At home I’m using a modified version of TrackReporter, an applescript that polls iTunes for the artist and track, then prints it to a small php file that gets dynamically loaded each time someone views the page. It was easy to edit and configure.
WinAmp was another story. I started with Now Playing, a plugin for WinAmp that once again polls the track’s IDv3 tag and outputs to a file. The plugin allows for FTP publishing to a server, but I don’t want to use FTP. Instead, I output a php file, then have a batch file that uses Putty’s scp command line utility to upload the file at 5 minute intervals with Scheduled Tasks. Command line scripting in windows is lame.
Its not perfect yet on the Windows side, but its a start. I can already tell that I’m going to get tired of the command window that pops up when it uploads the file.
I found a utility that will run PSCP as a recurring service in the background.
1) Install FireDaemon: http://www.firedaemon.com/downloads/FireDaemon-Lite-1_6-GA.exe
2) Create a new service. Look at these two screenshots to create your 5-minute recurring script:
http://bardill.net/images/FireDaemonExample1.gif
http://bardill.net/images/FireDaemonExample2.gif
That looks like an excellent program. Why doesn’t windows xp PROFESSIONAL include something as simple as letting you create your own services?
Anyway, I’m also looking at improving my script to check and see if winamp is in the task list. I’ve been able to put together the separate pieces and have them work, but not all together. batch scripting is like severely handicapped shell scripting.
This page has been helpful though: http://www.ss64.com/nt/