How can I use external applications in Helium Music Manager and what purpose do I use them for?
Answer
Using External applications lets you work with any other application from within Helium Music Manager.
The applications can be anything from other players, audio tools or to something as simple as Notepad.
Listed below are examples of useful applications (including descriptions) with instructions on how they can be invoked from within Helium Music Manager.
To configure your external application(s), open settings and select the "External Applications" node.
Add a new External application by pressing the "Add button", give it a name, identify the EXE file that should be started and fill in the parameters.
Important Note:
The Parameters
%files% and %wafiles% are designed to work with several files (not a single file), therefore they will not work as a doubleclick action from any of the tracklists.
QCD-Player
Delete playlist, add one or more files and play directly
%files%
Add one or more files to the playlist
/ADD %wafiles%
Foobar2000
Delete playlist, add one or more files and play directly
%files%
Add one or more files to the playlist
/ADD %files%
Delete playlist, and play directly (also doubleclick)
"%directory%\%filename%"
Add one file to the playlist (also doubleclick)
/ADD "%directory%\%filename%"
sending files to Foobar and create a new playlist
%files% /command:"Playlist/Create New Playlist"
Thanks To Lego
MP3Gain
Single Files, without correlations
/r /c %files%
Album Gaining
/a %files%
Single File (also doubleclick)
"%directory%\%filename%"
Goldwave
open this file
"%directory%\%filename%"
Audacity
open the file
"%directory%\%filename%"
Sonique Audio Player
Add one file to the playlist (also doubleclick)
-appendonly "%directory%\%filename%"
Add files to the playlist and play the first directly
-appendonly %files%
Play Song (also doubleclick)
"%directory%\%filename%"
MPCscan
Scan one or more MPC files
%files%
QuickPar
"QuickPar is a utility for creating Parity Volumes using the Reed Solomon algorithm.
Parity Volumes may be used to verify that a set of files have not been corrupted, or to reconstruct damaged files (providing that you have a sufficient quantity of Parity Volumes to match the missing or damaged files)"
Create a new PAR-volume with selected files
/create %files%
Transcoding of Audio Files with dbPowerAmp Music Converter
This set of three scripts enables you to invoke dBpowerAMP from Helium 2005's External Applications button to convert music files to:
* MP3 Lame
* OggVorbis CLI
* FLAC
Thanks to Henc
Test FLAC files
Target:
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
Parameters:
/k "C:\Programs\FLAC\flac.exe -t %files%"
This assumes that you have downloaded and installed the FLAC windows implementation from http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
Now all you have to do (from within Helium) is to select your FLAC file( s ) from the Track list and then click 'FLAC Test' from External Apps pulldown
Thanks to Henc
Test FLAC Album (Vista X64)
Description:
Test FLAC Album
Target:
C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC\FLACTester.exe
Parameters:
%directory%
This assumes that you have downloaded and installed the FLAC windows implementation from http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
Now all you have to do (from within Helium) is to select a FLAC file from the Track list and then click Test FLAC Album' from the External Applications pulldown for it to check all the FLAC files in the folder that contains the selected track.
