Commands

General

Keep Track

Keep Track Playing

Batch

martin2k Command - Features

The program starts ready for commands to be entered at the prompt:

Command Prompt

If a track was playing when the program last closed, it will start playing at the point it was stopped at.  The playlist is also loaded from last time.

By using the 'set' command, you can assign a word or a letter to existing commands, which can save time when you want to execute a long command e.g.:

'l' could be set to 'partist lenny kravitz'

'shapes' could be set to 'batch C:\Documents and Settings\Martin Allen\Desktop\shapes.txt'

In addition, the 'f1 - f12' commands can assign a function key to a command and the 'alt' command can cause a command to be executed when a Alt+(letter) key combination is pressed.

All available commands can be viewed by typing 'help'.

Playing Music

There are several commands that can create playlists based on the artists and tracks held in the currently loaded Keep Track database:

partist - creates a playlist based on an artist's name e.g. 'partist girls aloud':

Playlist created by searching for artist names containing 'girls aloud'

partistn - creates a playlist based on an artist's number

pat - creates a playlist with 1 track based on an artist and track number

pbatch - creates a playlist based on the name of a batch (batches (groups of tracks) are created in Keep Track)

pbatchn - creates a playlist using the contents of 1 batch (by referencing its number)

ptrack - creates a playlist based on a track's name e.g. 'ptrack national':

Playlist created by searching for track names containing 'national'

Batch Mode

The batch mode works in a similar way to the MS-DOS batch files i.e. a file can be loaded with a list of commands that are executed in order (or at a specific time).  At the moment, the batch mode is still in the early stages of being developed.  Here is an example of what can be achieved so far by using the following code:

box 50,50,974,718,teal box 52,52,972,716,magenta text 10,5,yellow,An example of the batch mode. A video will start playing in 4 seconds... at 4000 video 1,341,256,341,256,C:\~addrift\MVI_2205.AVI

The batch file running

TIP: By using the command 'block 4,33,black,8' at the start of the batch file, you can hide the 'COMMAND:' text.