is there a WPS tag to capture the next track key press

[jimbilly]

is there a WPS tag for 'any key' or to capture the next track key press in particular?   I'd like to be able to switch my viewport based on hitting the next track button.  is this possible?

i'm using a volume change conditional tag to display track details and next track info vs. album art, but its a little annoying when skipping through shuffled tracks and not having these details shown (without jiggling the volume once again).     looking for,  album art most of the time,  jiggle volume for extra details (i've got this much working) and also want temp details while skipping as well.   kinda like using the album art as a screensaver that kicks in after a few seconds when you're not doing anything.

[Giova]

You can try to use the playback mode tag:
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/CustomWPS#Playback_Mode

[jimbilly]

I tried a couple of things with %?mp, no luck.

Thanks for the input though.

[Giova]

Code: [Select]

%V(0,0,20,20,0)
%?mp<|Info while playing|Info while in pause|ecc...>

I think you can also use the album art tag inside that, please, why don't you post your code here?

[JdGordon]

I've thought about adding a tag to see if any button was pressed, but its almost impossible to do it right with so many different key layouts.

[jimbilly]

Giova, the play status doesn't change when you skip a track, therefore it won't be of use.

I need to capture the track change or skip key somehow to get the effect I'm looking for.

something like this theoretical example:

%?mt(2.5)<true|false>

for the true result, i show my advanced info viewport, for the false, i show my album art viewport.

i made up the %mt tag that could mean,  "track # has changed" stay true for 2.5 seconds.

JDGordon, maybe something like that would make sense and be easier to implement than detecting 'any key'

Thanks

[pixelma]

Maybe the %pS tag could be useful for what you want to achieve. With it you can make your WPS show something different in the first seconds of a track and you are at the beginning of a track after a skip.

[Giova]

pixelma is right:

Code: [Select]

%?pS(7)<in first 7s of track|rest of track>

I think this will work exactly as you want it to.

[jimbilly]

awesome! that works great, exactly what i wanted, this is the code that i ended up with:

%?C<%?pS(5)<%Vd(b)|%?mv(5)<%Vd(b)|%Vd(a)>>|%Vd(b)>


so, that shows album art if there is any, unless...
1) you are in the first 5 seconds of a track in which case it shows the track details and next track info, useful when skipping
2) you jiggle the volume at which point it shows my track details and next track info


so my album art is acting like timeout wallpaper and i can see the more useful text detail when i'm navigating

thanks for everyone's input!

[MajiKool Dragonâ„¢]

is there a tag to do a similar thing for the end of the song?

[Giova]

yes, you can use %pE just like %pS

Take a look in the WPS Guide

[MajiKool Dragonâ„¢]

many thanks my good sir