Chiran

Yes, it's actually very simple script which can be ported to any environment really. Only thing it tries to be smart about is locating lotro data folders.

-Chiran

Thurallor

Okay, I wrote a Perl script that should do the job. (My understanding is that Perl comes installed on MacOS X by default.) I don't have a Mac, so I developed this script using Linux. It should work on the Mac, however.

Perhaps you, Arminya, can give it a try, and if it works, Chiran can include it in the .zip file. If it doesn't work, let me know the error message(s), and I can probably fix it.

To run it:

1. Download the script from here.
2. Save the file into your Plugins/Chiran folder (the same folder where Songbook.hta resides).
3. Open a command-line terminal and run the following command:
   perl "/Users/username/Library/Application Support/com.turbine.lotroclient/Plugins/Chiran/discover_songs.pl"
4. Let me know what happens.

Thurallor

Well, nobody seems to be interested in trying out my perl script on the Mac.

However, I just discovered that there is a modified version of this plugin that supports Mac. See https://www.linawillow.org/home/plugins-2/songbook/

Chiran

Wow, great! I didn't know about this .

-Chiran

Kalex

My husband would like to know if it is possible to get more shortcut slots in songbook as he can't put one of each instrument type on the bar?

Chiran

There is a button in settings page that allows you to add more shortcut slots. I don't remember if there was any hard limit, but you should be able to fit quite many if you make the window wider.

-Chiran

choogheem

I just transcribed a song in musescore. Saved it as a midi file. Went in to Maestro and turned it into an .abc file. It plays in Maestro and abcplayer. In game using the plugin, I get the message Couldn't find tune index in song file. First time in 6 years I have seen this error message - ideas?

Thurallor

If you post the .abc file here, I'm sure someone will figure it out in short order.

Chiran

There's probably some parameter missing from abc notation. Perhaps it is the X parameter which identifies instrument track index. So if there are multiple instruments in the same file, then each has its own index. And even if there's only one, it should be still present.

For example:
X:1

Just a guess though.

-Chiran

Emberleaf

Hey all,

I'm a long-time fan of this plugin, but have recently switched to using Linux from Windows and can't seem to get neither the songbook.hta nor the songbookfiller.exe files to populate my music library. I simply click on them and nothing happens. In-game, Songbook opens up and does everything it should - I just can't populate my music library with songs.

I'm using Linux Mint 18.3 and have been able to get everything else having to do with LOTRO to work perfectly. Is there anyone out there who can lend some assistance? It would be greatly appreciated!

Thurallor

Emberleaf,

Try the Perl script I posted below.

Or, if you're not comfortable doing that, try the Mac version I linked below.

Emberleaf

Emberleaf,

Try the Perl script I posted below.

Or, if you're not comfortable doing that, try the Mac version I linked below.



Tried both, but nothing seemed to happen. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Thurallor

What do you mean by "nothing happened"? Did you get an error message?

Edit: Since you're using Linux, the location of your plugins will be different than on a Mac installation, so you'll have to modify the command in step 3. Probably this should work:

perl "~/Documents/The Lord of The Rings Online/Plugins/Chiran/discover_songs.pl"

If not, let me know the error message.

Emberleaf

What do you mean by "nothing happened"? Did you get an error message?

Edit: Since you're using Linux, the location of your plugins will be different than on a Mac installation, so you'll have to modify the command in step 3. Probably this should work:

perl "~/Documents/The Lord of The Rings Online/Plugins/Chiran/discover_songs.pl"

If not, let me know the error message.



Ok...I think it worked, but where should I put the 'SongbookData.plugindata' file that is generated? Right now, when I start up my game, the songs aren't appearing in my list which leads me to believe the file has been put into the wrong directory...

Thurallor

The script should have asked you where your PluginData folder is; that might be a bug.

Anyway, you can copy the SongbookData.plugindata file there manually. It should go at

~/Documents/The Lord of The Rings Online/PluginData/account/AllServers/SongbookData.plugindata