How do I use Girder to launch flash based Yahoo Radio?

[NoClue]

I'll be honest with you guys, I'm Girder software challenged and over the last two days, with others gml's I have been able to cobble some control for my HTPC's DVD program, HDTV tuner and even stumbled across the command to invoke my screensaver.

What I would like to be able to do is launch Yahoo Launchcast from my remote and have my favorite stations load at a touch of a button. I was able to get open Explorer but that's about it.

From what I can tell, Launchcast is a flash based player. If someone has the talent to code a GML for me or post one that you have already done I would be greatly indebted.

I just don't have the capacity to figure this out on my own.

Thanks for your help.

[Promixis]

Steve, you can have Girder execute a program for you. Look under O.S. /execute. Enter the full program path under file and any options under step size.

Mike

[NoClue]

Mike,

A web site URL would work in the execute tab? Or execute is for executable files.

Yahoo radio is part of the Yahoo web site with a flash based launcher for their radio stations. I get that you can execute explorer to open, but what you're saying is that you use the step window to place the web address into it? I'm just not sure how to execute the web based launcher.

Thanks,

[Promixis]

I think you could just put iexplore.exe in the execute tab and then the url in the step size.... but I haven't tried it :)

Let me know what happens...

[NoClue]

Thanks Mike, that worked.

[NoClue]

I need help on the next level of complexity for my Yahoo Radio setup. I am able to launch the default station with the execute O.S. command, but the other stations are embedded into the flash applet and don't have specific URL's that I can see.

What I would like to do is have buttons on my remote programmed to a few of my favorite stations at Yahoo Radio. What would be the best way to tackle this? Get me going and I'll spend another couple of days trying to make it work. Man this is painful.

As always, I appreciate those with the knowledge, that share with those us less competent.

Thanks,

[JimHugh]

Almost anything you can type in Start | Run should work in the OS | Execute FileName box.

Examples:




http://Intranet/ha/GirderUI.asp?page=HTPC.asp&grp=DScaler

\\Server\Share

telnet://unixserver:23

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.data.ado



And of course the full path name with extension for any of the File Associations displayed by assoc.exe

Each url will use the system default app for each specified URL protocol type.

I suspect that Girder is using the ShellExecute API...

[NoClue]

If you guys would look at the web site http://launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/stations/default.asp, it might give you a better idea of what structure would be best to use within girder.

Right now, I don't see how using the O.S. execute action will work for other stations other than my default. Would mouse actions be better for this?

I really appreciate the help.

Thanks,

[JimHugh]

Once the radio station is playing, (using IE) press F11 to display the Address Bar.

Copy the URL from the Address Bar to OS | Execute

http://radio.launch.yahoo.com/radio/player/player.asp?cid=1&ltw=LaunchRadioTarget&p=1&m=81&d=0&modeInitialized=1&mode=1&resized=1

[NoClue]

Jim,

:D :) :P You are the Man!

Thanks so much.

Wow...that is very slick, I didn't know about that F11 trick. That will come in handy.

Thanks all, for the help!

[NoClue]

Well, I've created commands to open my stations along with an open and close command. Right now I can open a station from the remote but have to close the station before I can open another, or else I'll have two staions playing at the same time.

What I would like to do is have girder close the currently active station whenever another station button is pressed.

What's an easy way of doing this?

Thanks in advance,

[NoClue]

I'm trying to use the multi-command structure with the first command bring a close command then followed with the execute command for each station. So far, I'm not able to get it to work. Am I on the right track?

Any help would be appreciated.

[NoClue]

I finally got it working using the multi commands. What was tripping me up was not using the event string properly. After moving it up to the multi command it was executing properly, but then I didn't have the targetting set right. Once I figured that out, I was down to one last obstacle. Each time I pressed a radio button on the remote, it would close the active window, but open two windows of the new station. It was a matter of extending the anti repeat time to 1 sec for both close and open and now it operates the way I want it to.

I know it's a rudimentary structure, but for me it feels like a huge accomplishment. It's those baby steps that are the sweetest.

Thanks for the support.