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Twitter, Identi.ca, MSN/Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Pidgin, Mercury support for Songbird.


LiveTweeter



Description

This extension allow you to post what you are listening on Twitter, Identi.ca MSN/Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Pidgin, Mercury, IRC and more !

Thanks to the Songbird Team (stevel, stevo...)

* MSN/Windows Live Messenger Users :
Be sure to have WMP installed.
On the Messenger you will need to check the box :
"Tools -> Options… -> Personal -> Show song information…

* Skype Users :
You will first need to activate Skype support in LiveTweeter preferences and to allow access to LiveTweeter when this window prompt.

* Pidgin Users :
**Windows Users
You can use musictracker plugin with MSN Pecan (needed to change WLM status)

Tutorials :
- by Ormus
- by Saman

**Other OS + Windows
You have to use currenttrack plugin.

* Mercury, IRC Users :
You can use the text file feature to show what your are listening to.

- French tutorial for IRC by Kyouko

/!\ Report any issue here You can also request features on this link.

List of issues to fix in 1.5 version.




Release Notes

Update 1.4.4 - 12/21/09

* Fix issue 67 (better icon for Twitter)
* Fix issue 68 (tell the identi.ca user to use lowcase letters)

Update 1.4.3 - 09/30/09

* Update various locales descriptions (you can help at BabelZilla).

Update 1.4.2 - 09/26/09

* Update German and Portuguese (Brazilian) locales (you can help at BabelZilla)
* Fix case for application name on Identi.ca
* Fix issue 56 (l10n descriptions)
* Bumped maxVersion to 1.5.0a for Songbird 1.4 Compatibility

Update 1.4.1 - 08/06/09

+ Swedish Localization (you can help at BabelZilla)
+ Translate "Loading" in tray : issue 55
* Fix big Twitter/Identi.ca avatars taking all the Preferences screen : issue 61

Update 1.4.0 - 08/03/09

This is a major LiveTweeter update, you will need to configure your parameters again.
All versions before 1.4.0 are deprecated, if your Songbird version is not compatible with my add-on post a comment please.

- Remove Easter Egg (I need a better one !)
- Remove broken Adium Support
- Remove old Twitter support (Sending request on a PHP script hosted on my server)

+ Twitter and Identi.ca avatars can be seen in Preferences
+ Added a Browse button to let you choose the text file
+ Module twitterHelper for Twitter and Laconica support : issue 5, issue 28 and issue 32
+ New logo :)
+ Skype support for Windows Users : issue 31

* Fix an error at loading
* Improved Twitter Service (Now using a module)
* Code, locales and preferences cleanup
* Bumped maxVersion to 1.4.0a for Songbird 1.3 Compatibility
* Fix encoding : issue 45, issue 50 and issue 53

~ Here is a list of issues to fix in 1.5 version
~ Donate will help me improve the add-on, Thanks.




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Comments

(235)


TheOneRing
TheOneRing

Hi maybe you can although think about a support for the instant massaging program pidgin (www.pidgin.im)
this would be great

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

My brother also request Pidgin support… I may work on it…
But for the moment you can use this Pidgin plugin with Audioscrobbler Extension

about 1 year ago
TheOneRing
TheOneRing

sounds good but it doesn’t work fpr me maybe its because I’m using win XP64 ore infarct of the last pidgin update but it doesn’t work.
Need Pidgin support, and maybe a function to copy actual song to clipboard so I can post it everywhere^^

about 1 year ago
drSUTERUBEN
drSUTERUBEN

It’s not working for me ;3;

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

drSUTERUBEN : can you explain ? which feature don’t work ?

about 1 year ago
drSUTERUBEN
drSUTERUBEN

It won’t show what I’m listening to on Windows Live Messenger.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

In Windows Live Messenger : Tools -> Options… -> Personal -> Show song information…
In Songbird : Tools -> Addons… -> LiveTweeter -> Options -> Live Messenger -> Activate…
Does that help ?

about 1 year ago
Sol
Sol

Thanks for the explanation but do you need Windows Media Player on your computer? Cause i don’t have it and Windows Live Messenger won’t let me activate the option to show song information…

about 1 year ago
Matt110
Matt110

Hey, i tried tips you said ahead, nothing working…

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Yeah Sol I think you need WMP, at least the 9 version…
Matt110 can you precise the OS, version of Messenger and version of WMP on your OS ?

about 1 year ago
Reader93
Reader93

It doesn’t work with the latest version of Windows Live Messenger, apparently.
I’m using a Windows XP with SP3, if it helps.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Which version to be precise ? (Help -> About)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Tested with WLM Versions :
8.5.1302.1018
9.0.1407.1107
and it worked both

about 1 year ago
Sol
Sol

It’s not working for me. I downloaded the 8.5 version of WLM though and i followed your instructions :(

about 1 year ago
giociva
giociva

Hi…
WLM 8.5.1302.1018 on Windows VISTA…doesn’t work for me…
Any ideas?
THX!

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Sol what Windows do you have ? I don’t try my extension in Vista yet…

about 1 year ago
adal16
adal16

I like this addon, but it would be great the option not to post everything played to twitter, like with Twittytunes. Great support for WLM.

about 1 year ago
blahblah27
blahblah27

hi i cant get it to work either, using WLM 8.5 and WMP 9.. XP service pack 2

about 1 year ago
Sol
Sol

I have Windows XP SP2 as well. I gave up Songbird but if you have a solution i’ll try it ;)

about 1 year ago
Slate8
Slate8

I’d lioe it if this worked in Pidgin. I’ve tried the pidgin-lastfm plugin but it doesn’t work for me.

about 1 year ago
Slate8
Slate8

love*

about 1 year ago
DefJay
DefJay

With Windows Live Messenger(the newest Version) it doesn’t work!=’(

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

For people who doesn’t get WLM support to work, file a bug here :
http://code.google.com/p/songbird-livetweeter/i…
And precise :
Windows Live Messenger version
Windows Media Player version
Windows version
Thanks ;)

about 1 year ago
Ankhwatcher
Ankhwatcher

Works perfectly for me on VISTA Ultimate 64-Bit.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

ah thanks at least one good report !

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT DON’T WORK :
I find the bug, I will update soon :)

about 1 year ago
Schwadegan
Schwadegan

:D :D :D
Really, really great!! Thank you so much for getting this to work as it should!
Finally all of my msncontacts can see my good taste in music….

about 1 year ago
PaddyD
PaddyD

Maybe I'm just being extremely picky and it is a very minor issue but the song name and the artist are the wrong round when displayed in Messenger.

It displays it as 'Radiohead - Airbag' when it should be 'Airbag - Radiohead'. Maybe sometime you could fix that around? Again, I know it's very minor but it's been bugging me. =P

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

PaddyD yeah I will look for it :)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

PaddyD it's done ! update my extension :)

about 1 year ago
cron
cron

It works! Thanks a lot! BTW, I'm using WLM 9.0.1407.1107

about 1 year ago
muratbiskin
muratbiskin

yayhooray cute

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Version bump !

about 1 year ago
Brendy
Brendy

i'm having trouble setting the options for this. i go to add ons and click options but it just locks up. the option window goes completely non responsive

about 1 year ago
Brendy
Brendy

don't worry about it. i fixed it! seems like a few of my add ons were conflicting with getting installed and stuff. great add on by the way

about 1 year ago
Schwadegan
Schwadegan

Hey Geekshadow, what do you say about adding an option that makes it possible to hide the twitter button? I personally don't use twitter that much, and therefore I'd like to get rid of the unnecessary button... Other than this, one of my favorite add-ons!

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Schwadegan

Right, well I may split this extension to have both Twitter and MSN/WLM extension...

about 1 year ago
monpetitchu
monpetitchu

I just tried downloading git and it said it isn't supported in firefox3.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@monpetitchu

Try installing the extension under Songbird :

Tools > Add-ons > Install...

about 1 year ago
dani
dani

Working perfectly on XP SP3 + messenger 8.5 + wmp 11

Good job! :D

about 1 year ago
Yves
Yves

Too bad you doesn't support the cross-platform MSN Client "Mercury".
I'll also like to see an Adium (Mac) support :)

Keep up the good work dude :)

about 1 year ago
monpetitchu
monpetitchu

thanks works now :D

about 1 year ago
roblord
roblord

Hey GeekShadow,

So, I have the twitter account "plays" after seeing this twitter aggregator for food:
http://foodfeed.us/

Cool, eh? We can then do all sorts of interesting things w/ the @plays feed.

Contact me via email rob @ songbirdnest.

about 1 year ago
Dimas
Dimas

Support for Pidgin please! :)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Dimas @TheOneRing @Slate 8

Pidgin support is coming in this release, but you will need to install this plugin in Pidgin :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/currenttrack/

about 1 year ago
Spyder810
Spyder810

Any chance for Xfire support? I've been use Xfire Plus: Music Plugin with other media players, but currently it doesn't support Songbird.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Spyder810

I will look at it !

about 1 year ago
the13thzen
the13thzen

Any AIM plans in store?

about 1 year ago
Neon_Knight
Neon_Knight

Have you considered plans for aMSN support?

aMSN being the linux clone of MSN.

Nobody's currently added any songbird support for the aMSN music plugin.

about 1 year ago
Dimas
Dimas

Thx! :) Is there some date for the release?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

I've been busy now with my new school, but I think I will release version 1.3 tomorrow.

about 1 year ago
Vernier
Vernier

Pidgin + pidgin-musictracker-0.4.8 works with livetweeter

about 1 year ago
EmSixTeen
EmSixTeen

IRC now playing shortcut plz. :p

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@EmSixTeen
It's coming, you will have text support, so you can script what you want.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

4000 + downloads thanks !!!
LiveTweeter 1.3 is here !

about 1 year ago
Dimas
Dimas

Thx! Oh wait... I've installed livetweeter 1.3, pidgin 2.5.1 and musictracker-0.4.8 and nobody happens :? It's easy to configure?

about 1 year ago
ormus7577
ormus7577

Excellent addon! Thanks, everything working flawless for days already...

I've made a blog post about the installation/settings: http://www.ormus.info/archives/14-Songbird-and-Pidgin-flying-together-english.html

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@ormus7577

Thanks for this ! I will post the link in extension notes ;)

about 1 year ago
tweeter
tweeter

Hey, it would be nice to tweet only when the artist changes. I don't want to swamp people.

about 1 year ago
Brendy
Brendy

hey geekshadow. brilliant add on. one thing that i've noticed though and i'm confused as to if its you're add on or the "now playing list" add on but the songs playing from the "now playing queue" aren't displayed on msn. only songs played directly from the library are displayed. strange problem but other than that minor annoyance its a fantastic add on! thanks

about 1 year ago
dokueki
dokueki

Any upcoming WLM 9 beta support?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@tweeter
Yeah I understand that, we (Songbird team + me) are working on a great new way ;)

@Brendy
I will test that this weekend.

@dokueki
it's working ! ;)

about 1 year ago
animarval
animarval

Would be useful put this "Tools -> Options… -> Personal -> Show song information…
In Songbird : Tools -> Addons… -> LiveTweeter -> Options -> Live Messenger -> Activate…" (that you have said in a comment) in the paragraph MSN/Windows Live Messenger Users:, for the people who in the first time don't work this add-on with WLM.

about 1 year ago
animarval
animarval

LiveTweeter is twitting all the songs I'm listening without I having touched the button!

about 1 year ago
deOmega
deOmega

Any way of getting this to work with Digsby?

about 1 year ago
dokueki
dokueki

@GeekShadow: For some reason I can't get it to work with WLM 9 beta. I have the extension turned on, I have the option ticked on WLM, I even went through WMP to make sure it's turned on in there for god knows what dependencies or anything that might be able to help.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@dokueki
Try on an another computer or virtual machine...

about 1 year ago
deOmega
deOmega

Funny that this addon has been here and i did not see it. Been wondering how to get songs playing in Songbirds to be detected by the im program. But, as I said, the only program I use now for Im is Digsby, so wondering if I am missing something that would allow it to show up through Digsby, or if it is simply not applicable for Digsby as yet.

I realize that Digsby was not listed, but I assumed you were simply not listing every single media player it could work with. The fact that it is not working, makes me assume it does not, but, would appreciate a bit of confirmation before I tweak the addon to death.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@deomega

There is no Digsby support yet... I will look at it next week

about 1 year ago
deOmega
deOmega

@GeekShadow

Thank you very much.

about 1 year ago
dokueki
dokueki

@ GeekShadow: Well, that loses the point doesn't it? =\ Also I reformatted once for several reasons, not related to this one, but I had WLM 9 beta before & after the reformat, didn't work in either. Well before, it just showed blank as title and artist so WLM just showed space hyphen space (" - ") but now it doesn't show anything at all.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@dokueki can you try with a clean profile of Songbird ? WMP 11 and WLM 9 ?

about 1 year ago
FLCLFan
FLCLFan

I cant seem to get this to work with Pidgin. I'm on Linux x64. Are you sure this works with my system? Or am I doing something wrong?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

I don't test my extension on Linux x64 but it should work !
Look here :
http://www.ormus.info/archives/14-Songbird-and-Pidgin-flying-together-english.html

about 1 year ago
FLCLFan
FLCLFan

@GeekShadow
I went through that page when I was setting it all up, and I get nothing. Is there anyone on Linux x64 that can confirm that this works?

about 1 year ago
FLCLFan
FLCLFan

Im wondering, do I need a dbus extension for songbird for this to work for me?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@FLCLFan
You normally don't need any dbus extension...
I figure it out, musictracker will only work for Windows
Can you try this pidgin plugin :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/currenttrack/ ?

about 1 year ago
FLCLFan
FLCLFan

I installed that. The text file is the only one that works and it kinda sucks.
And musictracker works fine for me, for VLC that is, but songbird is a no go. :(

about 1 year ago
jokerigno
jokerigno

I am Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, WLM 8.5.1302.1018 e WMP 11.0.6001.7000 and it does'nt work.(the plugin in WMP is actived)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

For people where MSN support don't work, try to reinstall LiveTweeter extension.

about 1 year ago
jokerigno
jokerigno

now it perfect works!

Thank you!

about 1 year ago
cheesesoda
cheesesoda

Is there going to be any support for album titles and even possibly the year?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@cheesesoda

Yes, I'm going to put Album titles in the next release ;)

about 1 year ago
intay
intay

Works perfectly for Windows Messenger Beta (14.0.5027.908) :o but it doesn't work at all with the latest version of pidgin (2.5.2). Even with the latest musictracker plugin (4.11) or reverting it back to musictracker (4.8) nothing will get pidgin to recognize it.

I can't even use the currenttrack plugin because it crashes the pidgin.

Aim support would be nice since pidgin has a strong support for it :D

Still though good plugin for win messenger.

about 1 year ago
ormus7577
ormus7577

Suggestion for the export to file:

Could you export the cover as well? Plus have the Title, Artist, Album seperated by newlines (or have a selection box for the seperator)? That way I could create a nice Samurize config for my desktop like this one here: http://sticktron.deviantart.com/art/Now-Playin-for-Samurize-21510940

about 1 year ago
linovski
linovski

When can you give support to Songbird + Pidgin + Ubuntu (others) ?

Thanks :)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@linovski
Have you try this Pidgin plugin :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/currenttrack/ ?

@ormus7577
I'm looking at it :)

about 1 year ago
emmorey
emmorey

Brilliant add-on, I'm so glad that it just worked when checking the box in tools!

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@ormus7577

Good news, cover export work !
It will come in LiveTweeter 1.4 :)

about 1 year ago
ormus7577
ormus7577

@GeekShadow

Great news! Actually I'm currently typing the blog entry explaining how to put the currently playing song info onto the desktop. Integration of the cover art will improve the looks a lot! Is it in the Subversion repository already? That way I could work ahead a little...

On a side note: Things will be much easier (at least for me), if there is the option to split artist/title/album with linfeeds instead of a '-', so please consider adding that option. I adjusted my local plugin to work that way...

about 1 year ago
barraponto
barraponto

Version: Songbird/0.7.0 (20080819112708) XPCOMViewer/0.9a (2008072921) Build 716

@geekshadow twitter is not working here. yknow, i think it would be great there were an option to tweet only on fav'ing. it is nice, since you can keep track of discoveries, and it prevents one from flooding followers on twitter. of course, it'd have to work independently from the IM support (pidgin should refresh on music change)... am i asking too much?

i would like to actually help you code it. is livetweet open sourced?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@barraponto

Weird, for Twitter we are working on a new way with the Songbird Team :
when you play a song, it sends a tweet to @plays account.
Tweet on faving already work... you have to use the twitter button in the statut bar.
Yes LiveTweeter is Open Source (check the web page link it's hosted at Google Code)

about 1 year ago
dakial
dakial

Veeeery nice!

But what about blip.fm support? That would be cool...

Great work!

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Dimas
@FLCLFan
@intay
People on Pidgin under Windows :
Can you try LiveTweeter with Musictracker and MSN Pecan ?

With MSN Pecan you will have to create a "WLM" account on Pidgin and you will be able to show what you are listening to.

Thanks !

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@dakial
I'm looking to add blip.fm support :) I just send a mail to get a API key !

about 1 year ago
seba_kerckhof
seba_kerckhof

Hey,

Live messenger doesn't really work for me, It does display the song and artist in the 'header' (the box where you can change your second nickname),
But I added myself as a contact and the songs don't display in my nickname in my contact list, I asked a friend, and he doesn't see it either...

Software:
WLM 9 beta, version14.0.5027.908
Windows vista
WMP 11
Songbird 1.0 RC3

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@seba

bug confirmed... I have to update WLM support in my extension.

about 1 year ago
Abunai_2
Abunai_2

There is also a bug with LiveTweeter and ShoutCast. The issue I encountered had to do with the transmission of the song title to the IM agents. Also, LiveTweeter restricted the access to ShoutCast as well.

about 1 year ago
PolarZen
PolarZen

It does not work for me. Please upgrade.

about 1 year ago
brazilnut72
brazilnut72

I am having trouble with the Twitter feature. When I post the song, it says that I have posted...but it does not show up on my Twitter account. (http://twitter.com/brazilnut72)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Abunai_2
I got to check this bug.

@PolarZen
Can you be more precise ? (OS, SB version... and what problem you have)

@brazilnut72
Do you check your password in the config windows ?

about 1 year ago
merderein
merderein

@brazilnut72: try the experimental 1.4-version. i had the same problem, with 1.4 it works just fine

about 1 year ago
brazilnut72
brazilnut72

@merderein Thanks...that did the trick!

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@merderein
@brazilnut72

Twitter support is now fixed :)

about 1 year ago
fingers
fingers

One little feature is missing from this that would make it almost perfect in my view.... can you make it so the tweet happens maybe halfway through the song (like Audioscrobbler)? This would prevent loads of tweets happening if you were just skipping quickly over tracks to reach another and would give a truer representation of what you are "listening" to

about 1 year ago
noloman
noloman

Neither with 1.3.5 nor with 1.4-dev, my MSN contacts can see what I am listening too.
Using Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1302.

about 1 year ago
rubyji
rubyji

Does this support Adium on the Mac?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@noloman

Yeah This problem is going to be fix very soon.

@fingers
I'm considering this... Twitter support will change in 1.4

@rubyji
Not yet... I need help for this feature.

about 1 year ago
noloman
noloman

happy to hear that! thanks :)

about 1 year ago
ruipenunes
ruipenunes

Hi there!

I don't think anyone has mentioned it, so here's another suggestion: why not post to gmail chat?

Thanks and keep up the good work!

about 1 year ago
xFar
xFar

Hi!

I was wondering if you can write to txt the following data:

Artist - Album - Song [Duration/Bitrate]

In the above order & formatting.

Thanks!

about 1 year ago
forteller
forteller

Hi!

Please consider adding support for Laconica and identi.ca. identi.ca, at http://identi.ca/, is like Twitter, but much more in line with Songbird because it's Free software/Open Source. You could say identi.ca is to Twitter what Songbird is to iTunes.

identi.ca has a Twitter compatible API. That means that all you have to do is to change the URL of the Twitter API to the identi.ca API URL, and all your existing code for Twitter will work with identi.ca! You can read more about that here: http://laconi.ca/trac/wiki/TwitterCompatibleAPI For inspiration you can find a list of clients and services that works with identi.ca (and some of which can post to Twitter and identi.ca simultaneously) at http://laconi.ca/trac/wiki/Apps. LiveTweeter will of course be added to this list if you decide to support identi.ca.

Laconica, at http://laconi.ca/, is the code that identi.ca runs, and anyone can install it on their own server, like Leo Laporte's very popular podcasting network TWiT has done with http://army.twit.tv/. The only thing you need to do to add support for any installation of Laconica, instead of just identi.ca, is to let the user herself tell LiveTweeter the URL of the API. For an example just look at how http://twitterfeed.com does it.

about 1 year ago
jollyb
jollyb

is ther any chance to supoprt miranda IM and skype?

about 1 year ago
PCB94
PCB94

PLEASE DUDE,
PLEASE SUPPORT ICQ!!!!!!!
This thing is awesome but icq would be more awsome :)

and jollyb:
LastFm supports Skype so Songbird + Last.FM + Skype = Win

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@seba
@noloman

To all people :
MSN/WLM is fixed... i'm using a new library so that should resolve all currents problems.

about 1 year ago
noloman
noloman

working perfectly man :)
thanks a lot

about 1 year ago
detj
detj

hi...can u make it work with Google Talk. Is it possible?

about 1 year ago
pihl
pihl

Just a question, but doesn't all twitter messages go through your webserver, with unencryted password and all? (http://geekshadow.com/songbird/twitter.php found in chrome/content/LiveTweeter.js)

Feels a tat unsafe, if you ask me.

On another note, I made a simple snippet to display now playing in mIRC:
http://pastebin.satf.se/246
just type /songbird in the channel you want to show it in.

Also, it would be neat to have a bit more information to be posted to the text-file, like track length, track position, bitrate, etc, and maybe a unicode character to separate these things, for easier matching.

about 1 year ago
rockstarmode
rockstarmode

I finally got the Songbird + LiveTweeter + Pidgin on Linux (x86_64) combo working.

Step 1: For Fedora/Centos/Red Hat install pidgin-devel, autoconf and xmms-devel using your distros package manager. The names may be slightly different for Ubuntu/Debian users

Step 2: Download currenttrack untar/zip it and compile with ./configure && make && make install

Step 3: In Pidgin go to Tools > Plugins and enable Current Track. Hit the "Configure Plugin" button and change the first drop down to "From a file". Create a text file somewhere safe in your home dir and point this dialog at it.

Step 4: Install LiveTweeter from addons.songbirdnest.com After restarting Songbird go to Tools > Options > LiveTweeter. Configure Twitter if you like, go to the "Messenger" tab, enable "Activate Text File" and point the dialog to the same location you created in Step 3

Step 5: Save all settings, restart Songbird and Pidgin one more time, enjoy!

Thanks for the great plugin!

about 1 year ago
nickpippin
nickpippin

Google Talk support would be awesome!

about 1 year ago
Kardboard
Kardboard

Great add-on, but Unicode and extended character support would be awesome. I'm using WLM 8.5 in Vista 64. Keep it up!

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Ok for all people who want a feature or an application support :
go here : http://code.google.com/p/songbird-livetweeter/issues/list
and "Star" the issue (you need a Google/Gmail account)

about 1 year ago
snakeprime
snakeprime

nice :D

about 1 year ago
Reader93
Reader93

It's really great, but I'd like to see Digsby and AIM support.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Reader93
It's already requested please read my post up

about 1 year ago
Duv Jones
Duv Jones

Ok, I was just wondering if something like this could be build for Identi.ca as well?

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Duv Jones
Please read previous comments !
I'm considering adding new features but you have to vote for them (star issue)

about 1 year ago
robcro
robcro

thanks, these add-ons make songbird worth using... at least until more features are added. Songbird has a lot of missing features so thankyou very much for adding these ones.

about 1 year ago
djqernieshadow
djqernieshadow

special characters like apostrophe and ampersand ( ' & ) seem to concatenate the feed.

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

People who have unicode characters problems, can you try the new experimental version here ? :
http://songbird-livetweeter.googlecode.com/files/LiveTweeter-1.3.8-dev.xpi

Report me if it works good

about 1 year ago
djqernieshadow
djqernieshadow

the ampersand still seems to concatenate it with the experimental version.

about 1 year ago
CaVeMaNCoLToN
CaVeMaNCoLToN

I Know this has been said A Few Times But Just To Help Drive the Point. Digsby Support Should Be Next!

about 1 year ago
djqernieshadow
djqernieshadow

my apologies if i double posted.

about 1 year ago
Vass
Vass

First of all I'd like to say thank you for this add-on, really love it.
But I've got a problem with Russian letters, when I listen to Russian songs the letters came out as random characters. I tried the experimental version you posted above and now all the characters are replaced with question marks. Not that big of a problem but a bit annoying still. Would be great if you had some time to fix it.
Cheers :)

about 1 year ago
Vass
Vass

Oh wait, now it just shows the previous, non-Russian song name while the Russian one is playing...

about 1 year ago
Nikolas
Nikolas

Just a tip for audiotwit.com users. After following @listensto at twitter go to the Tools -> Options -> LiveTweeter, check the "Post for each song" and add @listensto (and a space after) to the "Message before" text area.

about 1 year ago
Hiromacu
Hiromacu

Works well with Live what I use! ;)

about 1 year ago
Panopticon
Panopticon

I have the LiveTweeter-1.3.8-dev.xpi version installed, is it possible to let LiveTweeter write more than just Artist and Title into the text file? If not, it would be great if you made it possible in future versions! :)

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Panopticon
Yes it's coming ;)

about 1 year ago
Vass
Vass

Cyrillic support please :)

11 months ago
osa2
osa2

Title in Japanese is not shown well like following,
> listening to ... Lia - %u6642%u3092%u523B%u3080%u5504

11 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

I have update my extension to work with Songbird 1.1 but no new features yet.
It's been 3 months I haven't touch the code and I am thinking to re-do my addon from the scratch.
I know there is a lot of bugs and you want new software to be compatible.

For a quick list of coming features, head on http://tinyurl.com/livetweeter14

11 months ago
npal
npal

Any chance you're gonna update and repost 1.4-dev for Songbird 1.1? The 1.3 versions don't support my Japanese titles.

11 months ago
npal
npal

Also, I have a reason to believe the updated 1.3.7 plugin with the new Songbird corrupts my Live Messenger on a regular basis. I have to delete the Contact file to login and the problem seems to disappear complete once I fix it and NOT load the plugin. Otherwise it eventually gets corrupted and disconnects (and I can't reconnect again).

11 months ago
Juvavumwarrior
Juvavumwarrior

great work well done works fabolouse

11 months ago
RandallFlagg
RandallFlagg

well.. actually I try to twit my song... and nothing.. I wont twit my song.. any idea?

My user and password are fine

10 months ago
jephrei
jephrei

any chance of that digsby support you and deOmaga were talking about? i'm switching from pidgin to digsby. thanks.

10 months ago
Trashcan_Man
Trashcan_Man

Try to tweet a song, doesn't work. Work with Vista. Already tested?

10 months ago
Prinmode
Prinmode

congrats! the extension works very fine, but one thing doesn't work to me:
The display of "title - artist" in wlm only shows it as "title - artist" even when i have selected "artist - title" mode

10 months ago
Prinmode
Prinmode

sorry i forget some info:
wlm 9 14.0.8064.206
Songbird 1.1
LiveTweeter 1.3.7.1

10 months ago
Makubex
Makubex

Please Add Support for Asian Characters like japanese for WLM :S

10 months ago
dadrivr
dadrivr

Please add support for Digbsy!

10 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@dadrivr @jephrei
Digbsy Support is planned, but I don't know when I will do it.

@Makubex @Prinmode @npal @osa2 @Vass
Japanese, Unicode characters fix in version 1.3.8

@Trashcan_Man @RandallFlagg
It should work now

10 months ago
HenningStummer
HenningStummer

That's a great add-on .. congrats! I like it, even I just use it to display the played song in MSN though.
Just one small thing: The icon in the status bar (beside the lastfm icon) is a bit bright and it seems to have a different tool tip. So it looks a bit untidy with several feathers (e.g. NABS).

10 months ago
wesbrun
wesbrun

When I want to share what I'm listening to on Windows Live Messenger, the song information shows for about one second, then it disappears. Any idea, anyone?

I don't know what you need to know, but I've got XP and the latest updates on Songbird, Live Messenger and Windows Media Player.

10 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@wesbrun
What version of Live Messenger do you have ?

10 months ago
wesbrun
wesbrun

14.0.8064.0206

10 months ago
ihavnoclue
ihavnoclue

Hi,
Is there a way to make this addon work for Digsby or Trillian?
Thanks

10 months ago
Jerome
Jerome

please make it compatible with Emesene

10 months ago
Jerome
Jerome

Plus d'infos : Avec Emesene, il y a un plug-in "Musique Courante"
Adresse du dev : luismarianoguerra[at]gmail[dat]com

Sinon, site d'Emesene : http://emesene.org

@+! J'ai vraiment hâte de le voir compatible avec mon client de messagerie préféré ;)

10 months ago
Drewmyster
Drewmyster

I can't seem to find the download link anywhere. My sole reason for wanting your extension is to correct the way the playing song shows in messenger from Artist - Title to Title - Artist which is should be by default, but last.fm changes this at present.

I've understood I need your extension version 1.2, but there is no download link?

Please explain.

10 months ago
soukai
soukai

hi, it works great with windows+ live messenger, but i cant manage it to work with osx+adium, any ideas on how can i do it?

9 months ago
Speed
Speed

This is a GREAT application and probably my favorite along with Media Flow. I was hoping I would have a way to have it show up on MSN but adding a Twitter function was just a bonus. Thanks for this! Easy set-up and works great.

9 months ago
fridashion
fridashion

It's possible to use livetweeter for msn mac? I can't match them :(

9 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@fridashion
No yet, and since I don't have Internet drivers I can't access to the Internet under Mac OS X.
But I take a note of it ;)

9 months ago
elle83
elle83

I installed it, but I don't understand why it messes up with some title (it shows random characters)
I checked the files metadata and they seem ok :(

9 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@elle83
on twitter ? I need to improve Twitter support a lot.

9 months ago
elle83
elle83

no, on Windows Live Messenger 2009... some songs are working fine, but others don't (even songs from the same album at times) :S

9 months ago
KotW
KotW

I'll have to vote for issue 9, as in, the ability to customize the output strings! I do love having track number visible.

9 months ago
Larro
Larro

Track and Artist urls would be pretty cool (in Twitter posting anyway); ie. urls to artist and title pages on Last.fm.

8 months ago
hellocatfood
hellocatfood

@Larro I agree, a way to automatically insert links from last.fm, wikipedia etc would be great. Also, can we get support for other microblogging clients, like identi.ca/laconi.ca?

8 months ago
gsvalentine
gsvalentine

Please can you also so it work with Songbird 1.2 beta 2?

7 months ago
juvenal
juvenal

I've got this addon working with version 1.2.0 of Songbird. This is what I did:

1) Download the latest version of the addon (1.3.8) from the version history link on this page. (The link is in the panel Details at the top of this page).

2) Extract the addon's file content using Winzip or Winrar (or whatever program you have that can handle ZIP files) to a folder.

3) Open the file 'install.rdf' and change the line that says

em:maxVersion="1.2.0a" to em:maxVersion="1.2.0"

*This line is at the end of the file.
**notice I only deleted the letter 'a' after the version string 1.2.0

4) Repack all the files using Winzip or Winrar and install the addon with Songbird.
* the package file must be in ZIP format. Don't use Winrar's default RAR format. If you're using Winrar, choose the ZIP format before creating the archive.

BTW, this is exactly what I did to make the LyricMaster addon work with Songbird 1.2.0

Peace

7 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@gsvalentine
@juvenal

Updated for 1.2 sorry for the delay

7 months ago
detection
detection

Another request for Digsby support here!

7 months ago
Makubex
Makubex

please add support for asean characters like japanese chinese korean.. and special characters thx!

7 months ago
BR-Charles
BR-Charles

# GeekShadow, support for "aMSN" would it be possible?

I don't like other messengers and "aMSN" is a very good one. I wouldn't like to change it.

Thank you.

7 months ago
Speeko
Speeko

Just moved to Digsby. nthing a request for support!

7 months ago
Colar
Colar

Works fine under Ubuntu Jaunty except that some characters are "stripped".Example :

I am listening to \\o/ Fun Lovin\' Criminals - Love Unlimited

Any clue?

7 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Colar
This is a know bug, I digg already a lot to try to fix this one :(

7 months ago
pdesai35
pdesai35

digsby support would be greatly appreciated, other than that this is really cool add-on keep up the really good work.

6 months ago
joerod
joerod

So, is there an explanation on how to use the text file for IRC use?

6 months ago
aldoaxel
aldoaxel

I have a problem. While using it with Windows Live Messenger under Vista SP2 only shows random and strange characters like ҝȍӝڝٽڍݍȍЭٝȍս... Does anyone knows what can I do to solve it?

6 months ago
Archaos
Archaos

@aldoaxel
I get the same problem. My guess is that it's to do with the format of the text, MSN expecting unicode and the addon sending ascii or something.

6 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

Good news : All twitter bugs are fixed ! (encoding, characters cuts, foreign langages ...)
The 1.4 release is coming soon !

6 months ago
Frouwke
Frouwke

"* Skype Users :
You will first need to activate Skype support in LiveTweeter preferences and to allow access to LiveTweeter when this window prompt."

I can only edit Twitter and MSN options in the LiveTweeter preferences. No Skype, don't see any single button for it. ):

6 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Frouwke
You have to update to version 1.4

6 months ago
willy1234x1
willy1234x1

I've got a suggestion, how about Facebook status updates? That'd be awesome. :)

The API is there already on Facebook's side so it's just hooking it.

6 months ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@willy1234x1
It's Issue 26
You should fave it by clicking on the star ;)

6 months ago
InfectedWithDrew
InfectedWithDrew

While I'm glad to have this functionality in Songbird it is quite lacking in some areas, particularly in the Now Listening area for Pidgin. This plugin only passes track name and artist name, not album, duration, etc, and it also doesn't have a known player name, so the %r argument in pidgin-musictracker returns "Unknown."

Furthermore I'd like to see Plurk and Facebook support, as well as, in my wildest dreams, sneezing via Ping.fm. But those are mostly fripperies compared to full-fledged pidgin-musictracker integration.

6 months ago
MalikeLmy
MalikeLmy

well....i use Digsby...can LiveTweeter support it? THX soooooooooooooooooo much!

5 months ago
DonManuel
DonManuel

Thanks, it really works

5 months ago
Mstamper
Mstamper

Hey, not the biggest problem, but, when in Windows Live Messenger, the artist appears before the song title. Eg, Aerosmith - Walk This Way rather than the usual, Walk This Way - Aerosmith.

5 months ago
Ieges
Ieges

Help with Skype- I click the activate skype checkbox and nothing happens

5 months ago
Ieges
Ieges

Never mind, I saw the dialog, and accepted, now what do I do?

5 months ago
cmcolombian
cmcolombian

Thanks. For Me It Works On WLM, But It Shows The Artist First Instead Of The Song Name

5 months ago
ongrillo
ongrillo

Hi, I use Windows 7 Final Release an the latest version of WLM.
This plugin appears to work well, but if I switch Songbird to Mini Player it stops to work. If I switch back to Main Player, it still does not work. To work again I need to double click any music to start playing again.

5 months ago
BR-Charles
BR-Charles

Hey GeekShadow,

Please, consider the support for amsn users.

4 months ago
sathish
sathish

Great addon!!! you made my day!!!

But, For IRC announce, there could be more options to announce to text file.

Album
Bitrate
Filtetype
Genre

If there is option to add these also, It would be looot more useful. Thanks. :)

4 months ago
Laibcoms
Laibcoms

Request... Ping.fm support ^_^

Actually, a Ping.fm support will add support to a wide range of micro-blogging services requested above and more :D

3 months ago
Koze
Koze

Hey, I just updated to Windows 7. Unfortunately the Skype support doesn't work there anymore...
On every play the Windows crash message "now-playing-x-skype doesn't work anymore" appears. Any ideas for a workaround?

3 months ago
Bioforge
Bioforge

@Koze I have the same problems here, Win7 HP X64... hope there will be a fix soon, because skype support was the only reason for me to install it . . . . .

3 months ago
Koze
Koze

Yes, I forgot to mention, I'm also using 64 bit Windows and I'm also using LiveTweeter solely to update the Skype-Status...

3 months ago
Bioforge
Bioforge

Just tested it on XP x32 SP3, and it did not work either. Maybe its because of the new Skype Version (4.1.0.179 on XP and Win7) and not the running system.....

2 months ago
uzuuru
uzuuru

I'd want to request a prefix preference for skype, like "NP: artist - track".

2 months ago
lovenemesis
lovenemesis

Does it work for Skype for Linux?

2 months ago
Akkifokkusu
Akkifokkusu

This hasn't worked with Pidgin/MusicTracker for at least a week for me. I tried using CurrentTrack with the text file, but that was really wonky. I'm not sure if it's an issue with LiveTweeter or MusicTracker, but is there any way I can find out? For example. test if the messenger update is actually being broadcast?

2 months ago
Marisanna81
Marisanna81

Hi GeekShadow!

I just downloaded Songbird 1.2.0, and my question is; why i cant see songs im playing in my personal message? I have a aMSN 0.98.1.
It would be cool if you could solve my proplem and tell me what to do :)

2 months ago
laxmaster213
laxmaster213

Can you add a option that allows you to also show what album the song is from?

about 1 month ago
BR-Charles
BR-Charles

Hi,

Please Geekshadow, turn it available on aMSN 0.98.1. I'm using 1.4 release rigth now.

about 1 month ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow
  • Plurk, Facebook, Ping.fm, aMSN, Skype on Linux : maybe in future version...
  • Windows Vista/Seven x64 : it's hard to fix this for me since I use Now Playing X binaries...
  • Customize message : I will work on this first for 1.5 version, allowing multiple metadata usage like album, album art...
  • Pidgin issues : I'm not using Pidgin sorry :/
  • Skype prefix : In version 1.5

Also I'm running out of time to work on improving this add-on. Some help or support would be great, feel free to contact me !

about 1 month ago
christian_death
christian_death

Hello GeekShadow,

I have wrote a new Version for now playing skype, this runing under Win7 x64.
How can I contact you?

about 1 month ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@christian_death
mail me : geekshadow [at] gmail [dot] com

about 1 month ago
christian_death
christian_death

mail is out to you

about 1 month ago
Rigbonn
Rigbonn

For some reason I can't use that extenstion. I'm trying to install it but when I press "Restart Songbird" nothing happens. Help please?

about 1 month ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@Rigbonn
Restart yourself Songbird and it should work.

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

Hi. I was browsing the code. I am not very familiar with firefox's extensions api, or with java script, but I found that to update skype's data you call a program named now-playing-x-live-messenger.exe .
To update skype on linux, there is the skype4py api (for python) which works alright.
Was wondering if it could be used somehow. If the executable filename could be overwritten and how should it behave? and how is it executed?

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

sorry, was suposed to be now-playing-x-skype.exe

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

Hi.
Here is a little something I glued together
Problem is it is not working for non-ascii characters in my music library.
I substituted now-playing-x-skype.exe for a bash script with this:
#!/bin/bash
#Code based from amarok 2's SkypeNowPlaying
echo $*>/tmp/output1
python - "Songbird playing $*" >/tmp/output2 <<eof> + this.toCharRefs(artist));
skype is updated with a string like:
\u0023\u0043\u21e3
etc

Any clue what may be going on here?

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

Don't know whatever happened to the script. Sorry.
here it is again
#!/bin/bash
#Code based from amarok 2's SkypeNowPlaying
echo $*>/tmp/putput1
python - "Songbird playing $*" >/tmp/output2 <<eof>)
try:
 skype = Skype4Py.Skype()
 if skype.Client.IsRunning:
  skype.Attach()
  skype.CurrentUserProfile.MoodText = msg
except:
 pass

EOF

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

Sorry again. It seems my previous message was sent incomplete.
was meant to say
When I call the script like this:
this.sendToImClient("now-playing-x-skype.exe", title + " - " + artist);
skype is not updated, and my output files have mangled text, as if the strings were missinterpreted as other charset (or something)
When I execute it like :
this.sendToImClient("now-playing-x-skype.exe", this.toCharRefs(artist) + " - " + this.toCharRefs(title));
   
Skype is updated with a string like this:
\u0023\u0043\u21e3

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

just an addendum.
output to a file works alright. will try to check whats going on.
sorry for so many messages.

about 1 month ago
dabicho
dabicho

After some help from the #python channel from freenode, and a guy nicknamed theatrus there, found out that for python,
msg=msg.decode('unicode_escape')
did the trick

Just to let you all know, in the end:
#!/bin/bash
#Code based from amarok 2's SkypeNowPlaying
python - "Songbird playing $*" <<eof> + this.toCharRefs(title));

about 1 month ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@dabicho
ouch this is a huge spam here :D
Please post your patch and script on this issue (click on the comment box then attach a file) Thanks !

about 1 month ago
GtPStudios
GtPStudios

Doesn't look like this has been mentioned before but, passwords are exposed through the about:config page when using this plugin. Major security issue.

about 1 month ago
Cold.Blizzard
Cold.Blizzard

Hi maybe you can although think about a support for the instant massaging program aMSN (www.amsn-project.net)
this would be great

29 days ago
klint
klint

@geekshadow
Searching for real tweets about Songbird (not about what people are listening with Songbird), I just have noticed that it is almost impossible to do, as 99% of the #Songbird tagged tweets are NowPlaying ones, with a great number coming from LiveTweeter.

So, do you think there could be a way to avoid that (propose another tag, eliminate #Songbird tags explicitly, add a warning... anything)?
Merci :)

26 days ago
klint
klint

Hum, using this search in twitter helps a lot already ;) : #songbird -source:livetweeter -nowplaying

26 days ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

@klint
oh yep, I remember it was frustrating for me too to filter real tweets about Songbird. I will remove that soon in next minor version.

26 days ago
maslic68
maslic68

Hey ppl. I just want to recomend the MPRIS plugin for anyone using Pidgin, as MusicTracker supports MPRIS. Works grally great.

...anyways, hope this helps somebody

oh yeah.. the link: http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1626 :D

23 days ago
Jenoki
Jenoki

Alright, So I clicked 'download' then clicked the 'install' button... Songbird asks me to restart... it restarts... But LiveTweeter is not in my addons list... I've tried it several times today and yesterday.
I'm using Songbird 1.4.3, Build 1438 and on Windows XP sp3

14 days ago



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