Musictracker not able to access WMP IDispatch interface on Vista

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Installing Music Tracker
2. Running WMP

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to see the status change.  The status is not changing and not
reflecting changes on my buddy list.

What version of musictracker are you using? What version of pidgin are you
using? On what operating system? 
I am using music tracker 0.4.13 and pidgin 2.5.3 on Visat Home Premium 64bit

What mp3 player are you using?
WMP 11

What IM protocol(s) are you using?
Google, Yahoo, AIM, MSN, Facebook, Skype

Please attach or paste output from pidgin's Help/Debug Window (be careful
to remove any protocol usernames you don't want made public)

(10:29:56) core-musictracker: No WMP core IDispatch (WMP not running?)
(10:29:56) core-musictracker: Getting info failed. Setting empty status.
(10:29:56) core-musictracker: Disabled flag on!

Please provide any additional information below.
This used to work on this computer when I had the old 0.4.1.  I tried it
again recently and it wasnt working, so I updated o this one, and it still
doesnt work.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by omnipote...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2009 at 3:30

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> (10:29:56) core-musictracker: Disabled flag on!

at the very least, you will need to turn on status changing using the
"Tools/MusicTracker/Activate Status Changing" menu item.

I've had some other reports of not being able to get track info from WMP, which 
seem
to be related to Vista or x64

As a workaround until this issue is identified and fixed, you may find selecting
"autodetect" for the player rather than WMP (which will allow musictracker to 
use the
'MSN compatible' method for getting track information) may work better

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2009 at 6:01

• Changed title: Music Tracker Not working Vista/x64/WMP
• Changed state: Accepted

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Probably a duplicate of issue 42?

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2009 at 6:02

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I cant believe i didnt see the activate staus changing.  But, it still doesnt 
work.

I have it set on AutoDetect, but it still won work.

I cannot find any plugin for WMP to send messenger the information.

(14:09:57) core-musictracker: Failed to find winamp window. Assuming player is 
off
(14:09:57) core-musictracker: No WMP core IDispatch (WMP not running?)
(14:09:57) core-musictracker: Failed to find foobar2000 window. Assuming player 
is off
(14:09:58) core-musictracker: Failed to connect to MPD server
(14:09:58) core-musictracker: No last.fm user name
(14:09:58) core-musictracker: Getting info failed. Setting empty status.
(14:09:58) core-musictracker: Can't get status tune for account ---, protocol 
AIM,
falling back to setting status message
(14:09:58) core-musictracker: For account ---*@gmail.com/ protocol XMPP user 
tune
active false
(14:09:58) jabber: jabber_actions: have pep: NO
(14:09:58) jabber: jabber_actions: have pep: NO
(14:09:59) core-musictracker: For account ---@gmail.com/ protocol XMPP user tune
active false
(14:09:59) jabber: jabber_actions: have pep: NO
(14:09:59) jabber: jabber_actions: have pep: NO
(14:09:59) core-musictracker: For account ---*@gmail.com protocol MSN user tune
active false
(14:09:59) status: The attribute "tune_time" on the status "Listening to music" 
is
not supported.
(14:09:59) core-musictracker: Can't get status tune for account ---*@gmail.com,
protocol Facebook Chat, falling back to setting status message
(14:09:59) core-musictracker: Can't get status tune for account ---, protocol 
Yahoo,
falling back to setting status message
(14:09:59) core-musictracker: Can't get status tune for account ---, protocol 
Skype,
falling back to setting status message
(14:09:59) core-musictracker: Status set for all accounts

Original comment by omnipote...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2009 at 7:12

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Comment #4 on issue 42 should explain where to turn on the "Windows Live 
Messenger
Music plugin"

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2009 at 7:48

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Ah, ok.  It seems you may need to install "Windows Live Messenger" to get that 
WMP
plugin installed.

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2009 at 7:51

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That did it.  Thanks!

Original comment by omnipote...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2009 at 1:38

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Issue 42 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2009 at 1:42

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Issue 42 reports Vista 32 bit, so this isn't a 64 bit specific issue, it's a 
Vista
issue... looks like WMPuICE doesn't work under some circumstances under Vista.

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 21 Jan 2009 at 3:34

• Changed title: Musictracker not working with WMP on Vista

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I have this same exact problem, and I'm running Windows XP.

I have the plugin installed and have status changing activated, and I have the
Windows Live Messenger plugin activated in WMP, but the musictracker still 
doesn't
work.  I get the same errors as shown above.

Original comment by jbo_...@verizon.net on 7 Feb 2009 at 6:16

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I can't really investigate this issue at the moment, as I don't have access to a
Vista system.

jbo_110, if you should randomly happen to read this again, as you don't seem to 
have
starred the issue, please raise a new issue, and attach a debug log please.

Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2009 at 10:51

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Original comment by b152fee4...@gmail.com on 12 May 2009 at 1:38

• Changed title: Musictracker not able to access WMP IDispatch interface on Vista

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You can fix this problem by opening Windows Media Player, go into options, the 
Plug-
ins tab, select "Background" then check the "uICE WMP Plug-in". Click Ok, 
restart 
Windows Media Player and you should be good. It seems that Music Tracker should 
enable this plug-in on Window Media Player so that it can properly detect what 
song 
is playing. 

I have not tested this on 64-Bit versions of Windows yet... Because my x64 
Vista is 
down at the moment. I will post back once I've verified if it works on x64 
Vista.

Original comment by ev5unle...@gmail.com on 19 May 2009 at 8:02

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Hello,
im having the same issue.

One thing to notice is: Im using wmp (x64)! The 32-bit version of WMP does its 
job
(showing plugins for Windows Live and the uICE-thingy and it works perfectly 
fine)

Is there a fix for the x64-version of WMP? Its weird that not even the newest 
version
of windows live messenger offers the x64-plugin for WMP.

(15:38:38) musictracker: trying 'Windows Media Player'
(15:38:38) musictracker: No WMP core IDispatch (WMP not running?)
(15:38:38) musictracker: trying 'iTunes'
(15:38:38) musictracker: trying 'Messenger compatible interface'

Original comment by rowa...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2009 at 1:41

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@ev5unleash: problem solved thank you!  this works on WMP 11 and Vista x32

Original comment by tim.demi...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2009 at 10:23

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@ev5unleash: perfect worked for me too. Thanks dude!

Original comment by ze.do...@gmail.com on 5 Jan 2010 at 4:40