New plugin: Ghost files! Can API provide? Suggestions needed!

[e-motiv]

• Allow for an extra parameter/option in the delete confirmation dialog? In my plugin this would be  "[checkbox] keep a ghost file"one level deeper under the existing bullet (remove from computer).

Probably you could display your own confirmation dialog after user confirmed deletion from computer?

That's true. Didn't really think about that (together with a possible plugin "always ghost file" option in "Options").  Though it's not that user-friendly.  But if too much trouble, that will work, yes.
Still leaves the delete notification of course.

[Steven]

for the next v2.2 update i have added these notifications:
        FileDeleting = 25
        FileDeleted = 26

FileDeleting (and RatingChanging, TagsChanging) will be synchronous meaning you can be sure you receive the notification before the file is deleted (rating/ tags changed) but it needs to be used carefully in that any slowness in your plugin will be blocking musicbee itself. The other notifications are asynchronous.
I will make a link available in the next day or two

[e-motiv]

Double thanks, Steven!
(Double since I guess the ratingchanging being synchronous will also solve my "speak back" plugin problem.)

(I am a bit busy right now, but I'm sure to implement it soon.)

[e-motiv]

Hello Steven,

I am ready to test. Any idea when you'll put the 2.2 update?  (No pressure, just to plan my things.)

[Steven]

its already available on:
http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_2/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip

[e-motiv]

Thanks for the RatingChanging, TagsChanging, Steven!  I could finally update my speakback plugin.  Great!

This specific plugin( Ghost files) will still need the deleting notifications, but I suddenly had to stop developing back then, so it will just have to wait a bit, but I will use it!

[Frunk]

I realise this is very dead, but I thought I should point out the download button links to spam-loops. A shame. This seems like it would be good for me.

[Kane]

link is dead. I want a new one.

[MotleyG]

link is dead. I want a new one.

This thread is more than 12 years old. What link do you want revived and why?

[phred]

In addition, the developer of this plugin (and this thread) hasn't been on the forum for more than four years.

[BoringName]

Considering the past tense usage in this post.
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=33013.0

I'd say the author abandoned it long before they stopped frequenting the forum. it probably stopped working with newer versions of MB and they didn't want to update it.

[Kane]

link is dead. I want a new one.

This thread is more than 12 years old. What link do you want revived and why?

i want the plugin. I recently deleted some files and it resetted play count of that artist. that's why

[phred]

i want the plugin.

Not very likely that you'll get it and even if you do it probably won't work on the current version of MB.
Development stopped quite some time ago, and I said earlier, the developer hasn't been on the forum in more than four years.

[Kane]

saaad🥲

[BoringName]

i want the plugin. I recently deleted some files and it resetted play count of that artist. that's why

I considered taking this on but honestly can't see the demand for it. If you had a backup of your Musicbee database (like you should) you could have retrieved those play counts.

So it's only benefit comes down to letting a user know if they have previously deleted music. Without it you might accidentally listen to something you don't like again... I don't think that's a bad thing, you never know when your tastes will change.