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General
« Why does a song says it’s 30:00 when it’s only 2:00?
Songs reporting bad times are encoded using VBR. These particular files duration cannot be determined without loading the full file.
This of course would be very processor intensive if we were to load each song fully while grabbing playlist details.
If you have the option Accurate Song Lengths then it will update to the correct time when it is played.
In order to turn this option on to have accurate length reporting. Complete the following:
1. Go to Menu and click Preferences.
2. Click Sound
3. Check Accurate Song Lengths
« Why are files removing themselves?
The files are coming up missing because you have an option turned on called Remove files without tag info.
In order to turn this option off you need to do the following:
1. Go to Menu and click Preferences.
2. Click Playlist
3. Uncheck Remove files without tag info
« What’s ‘Use system volume’ for?
Shock can either control your volume at an application level or at a system level.
In order to turn this option on you need to do the following:
1. Go to Menu and click Preferences.
2. Click Sound
3. Check Use System Volume
« What if I don’t want to use Tag Information?
If you do not want to use Tag Information for the playlist title’s then the filename will be used instead.
In order to turn this option on you need to do the following:
1. Go to Menu and click Preferences.
2. Click Playlist
3. Check Use Tag Information
« What playlist load action should I use?
There are two load actions for you to choose from:
- #1. M3U from last session
- #2. Refresh sources
#1. This action saves your playlist everytime you exit and reloads it on startup.
I recommend this for people who do not add new files often.
#2. This action grabs a new list media from your sources on startup.
I recommend this for people who download songs often.
A theme consists of Styles and Customs it saves them together into one file creating a single Theme.
To utilize themes you’ll need to use the following commands:
- tl - Type
tlby itself to open the Theme Manager. - tl [theme]
- sl [theme]
Remarks:
For example you would use “sl test” to save and “tl test” to load.
A style file contains all of your ascii, fonts and colors for each style. For example, front ascii, back ascii, special, etc.
To utilize styles you’ll need to use the following commands:
- sedit - Shows the style editor
- sl [style] - Loads the style named [style].
- ss [style] - Saves the style named [style]
Remarks:
For example you would use “ss test” to save and “sl test” to load.
You can save Styles and Customs independently for distribution or archive.
Customs contain your custom text for your media, room owner, un/ignore chatsends.
To utilize customs you’ll need to use the following commands:
- cedit - Opens the Customs editor
- cl [custom] - Loads the custom named [custom].
- cs [custom]
Remarks:
For example you would use “ss test” to save and “sl test” to load.
This could be due to several reasons:
- Uninstalled a version of AOL recently
- Not using a USA version of AOL
- AOL uri was removed
Remarks:
The only way you can fix this is by installing AOL again.
The following commands will change the Front style’s ascii (a1), font (f1) and color (c1).
a1 7
f1 Webdings
c1 SteelBlue
Remarks:
These are three seperate commands. Meaning you will have to do 1 at a time.
To change the Back style you would repeat the example above, replacing ‘1′ for ‘2′. So a1 becomes a2.
Read the Commands -> Text Appearance for a complete list of style commands.
« How do I create a custom chatsend?
To create a style can be easy and it can get complex. The best thing to do is to open the Legend. You can do this by clicking View Legend on the Custom Editor dialog.
Below I’m going to show you a few common examples.
[a1][x][artist][/x] - [x][title][/x][a2]
What’s is [a1], [x][/x], [artist] & [title] and [a2]?
[a1] - Outputs the Front style.
[x][/x] - Special stylizes the text between the tags.
[artist] + [title] - Displays the current song’s Artist and Title.
- This is from either the id3 tag or file name. You can use [fartist] and [ftitle] for Filename based tags.
[a2] - Outputs the Back style.
Now lets try something a bit more complex:
[a1][x][action][/x][g]; [artist] [x]-[/x] [title] ([x][len][/x], [x][played]x[/x])
What’s is [a1], [x][/x], [artist] & [title], [a2], [g], [action], [played] and [len]?
[a1] - Outputs the Front style.
[x][/x] - Special stylizes the text between the tags.
[action] - Outputs the current action, for example random, shuffle, repeat.
[artist] + [title] - Displays the current song’s Artist and Title.
- This is from either the id3 tag or file name. You can use [fartist] and [ftitle] for Filename based tags.
[len] - Displays the current song’s duration.
[played] - Displays how many times the song has been played.
[a2] - Outputs the Back style.
[g] - Changes the text to the Main Style.
Remarks:
View the Commands -> Text Appearance for a complete list of style commands.
View the Keyword Legend by going to Menu -> AOL -> Keyword Legend
Scrobbler
Scrobbler is a Plug-In for the Last.fm website.
It basicly sends the Artist, Album and Title of the song you’re listening to the Last.fm service so it
can create weekly charts, daily charts, and much, much more.
Remarks:
Visit http://www.last.fm/help/ for more information.
« How do I enable the plug-in?
First you will need an account with Last.fm.
You can do so by going to https://www.last.fm/join/.
If it asks you to download any programs, don't do it. Shock 3's plug-in is built into the program, you don’t need any other software.
You can follow the visual tutorial or complete the following steps:
1. Go to Menu -> Preferences
2. Select Scrobbler
3. Enter your Username and Password
4. Click Update
5. Click Done
Now Scrobbler is enabled and you can start playing music!
Remarks:
If you receive a any message besides Ready. then you may need to check your username/password.
You will have to allow Shock 3.exe access to the internet for the plug-in to work.
Submission rules are as follows:
1. Song must contain a valid meta tag, e.g. id3, vorbis comment or a windows media tag.
2. Song must be played 50% or atleast 120 seconds whichever comes first. Seeking will not interrupt up your submission process.
3. Songs will be in a submission que until it is allowed to be submitted, it may take a few minutes for your results to show up on the site.
Remarks:
Visit http://www.last.fm/help/ for more information.
« What happens when I’m not online?
The plug-in will automaticlly detect if you have an internet connection or not. If there is no connection present then the plug-in will
save your songs in a que to be submitted as soon as a connection is present.
Remarks:
To view your submission que count and site and other stats, go to Menu -> Preferences and click Scrobbler.
