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Plug-ins
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Plug-in types
Helium Music Manager works with several types of plug-in:
- Information download plug-ins
- Visualisation plug-ins
- Import plug-ins
- DSP plug-ins
Each plug-in type is described below.
Information download plug-ins
Information download plug-ins are used throughout Helium Music Manager to enable downloading of information (such as track information, album and artist pictures or lyrics) from various sources.
Each plug-in supports downloading of different information, depending on the source that the plug-in uses. The information that each plug-in may support is listed below:
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Artist information
Artist information may include one or more of the following fields:- Artist
- Artist Sort Order
- Formed / Born year
- Disbanded / Died year
- Home Country
- Born name
- AKAs
- Artist URLs
- Artist picture
- Album picture
- Lyrics
- Discography
- Artist relations
- Track information
Track information may include one or more of the following fields:- Album Artist
- Album Sort Order
- Current CD
- Total CDs
- Release Year
- Release Date
- Release Type
- Label
- Catalog Number
- Length
- Artist
- Recording Year
- Title
- Title Sort Order
- Language
- Remix
- Subtitle
- Genre
- BPM
- Secondary Artist
- Biography
- Audio CD information
Visualisation plug-ins
Visualization plug-ins generate animated imagery based on the music currently being played. The imagery is usually generated and rendered in real time and synchronized with the music as it is played.
Click this link to read more about Visualisation plug-ins.
Import plug-ins
Import plug-ins are plug-ins that allows you to import data from other applications such as iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp and MediaMonkey 3.
The available import plug-ins are accessible from the File > Import menu. Select an import plug-in from the list to import data from the specified source.
DSP plug-ins
DSP plug-ins stands for Digital Signal Processing plug-ins, plug-ins that manipulates the music you play in someway before it reaches your speakers.
The DSP plug-ins that can be used with Helium Music Manager are Winamp DSP plug-ins, which can be downloaded from Winamp's website.
Shoutcast support in Helium Music Manager uses the Winamp Shoutcast DSP plug-in, dsp_sc.dll which works together with its associated lamedll.dll.
Install any DSP plug-in by copying the needed files to Helium Music Manager's Plugins folder (<helium-exe path>\Plugins).
