I'm developing a plugin for X-Chat that utilizes XMMS.

Sort of like a Battle.net bot that utilizes Winamp.

Here's what I have so far. If you want to help correct sloppy errors/bugs, feel free.

Take note: I did not know Perl before I undertook this project. That's why my Perl is horrible. :P

Also take note: There's no documentation on how to use Xmms() or Xmms::Remote, so I had to use the 'test.pl' that came with it as a reference of what functions I could access. Damn that source is sloppy. :(

I also used the documentation for X-Chat Perl plugins located here.

Requires: X-Chat 2.0.8 or higher, Xmms(), and Xmms::Remote()

[code]#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# XMMS / X-Chat Plugin
# Written by newby
# http://www.x86labs.org

use Xmms ();
use Xmms::Remote ();

# Register the plugin with X-Chat.

Xchat::register("x86-xmms-xchat", "0.2", "XMMS plugin for X-Chat", \&unload);
Xchat::print("Loading x86-xmms-xchat... please wait.");

# Register the "mp3" command for now.
# We're going to register it to a variable, so we can unhook it later.

my $mp3hook = Xchat::hook_command("mp3", \&sendmp3tochannel);

# This sub is called whenever the plugin is unloaded.

sub unload()
{
    Xchat::unhook($mp3hook);
    Xchat::print("Unloading x86-xmms-xchat... please wait.");
}

# DO NOT EDIT FROM BELOW THIS LINE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
# Ok fine, that's a lie. Just don't blame me if you break something. =P

sub sendmp3tochannel()
{
    my $xmms = Xmms::Remote->new;
    if (! $xmms->is_running)
    {
        Xchat::command("say Error: xmms is not currently running! Boo! Turn on xmms loser! :(");
    }
    else
    {
        my $song = $xmms->get_playlist_pos();
my $song2 = $xmms->get_playlist_title();
my $songpos = parse_time($xmms->get_output_time);
my $songlen = parse_time($xmms->get_playlist_time);
my @songinfo = $xmms->get_info();
Xchat::command("me is currently listening to $song. $song2 [$songpos of $songlen] [".($songinfo[0]/1000)."kbps]");
# my $file = $xmms->get_playlist_file($song);
    }
}

sub parse_time()
{
    my $xmms_time = shift;
    my $seconds = $xmms_time / 1000;
    my $minutes = $seconds / 60;
    $seconds = $seconds % 60;
    return sprintf("%02d:%02d", $minutes, $seconds);
}[/code]

Thoughts? Comments? :)

EDIT -- I eventually plan to read the individual tags out of the MP3 file, so that I can allow for an easier customization. But for now, I'm happy with this.