MusicInfo is a plugin for the Pidgin instant messaging client. It lets you display the music that you are listening to in your away message, available message, and profile. To give it a try, first read the instructions and then head over to the download page. Be sure to read the FAQ if you have any problems.
News
September 24, 2008 - A new version is out that fixes a bug that would cause Pidgin to crash if it got disconnected.
July 13, 2008 - You'll notice that this site is now on a new domain: pidginmusic.info. This one should be a lot easier to find and remember.
May 29, 2008 - Version 1.3 is out. This fixes a bug where the plugin wouldn't work right if you had different statuses set for different accounts. Hopefully, this is the last bug and therefore the last release, but I've said that before :)
May 5, 2008 - I have released version 1.2. This version brings back IPC just for getting the information on whether Winamp is playing. It should speed things up as it cuts out two string searches. Give it a try and let me know of any issues.
April 24, 2008 - It turns out there are some major obstacles to using the
IPC method that I implemented in version 1.0. It doesn't work if there's no ID3 tag, it doesn't work with
emulator plugins and apparently in the documentation, the messages we're using aren't even supposed to be
used by external programs which might explain why it doesn't always work.
So, I have released version 1.1 of the plugin which uses a slightly more tuned up version of the original
method for getting song titles. This version should fix all of the problems people had with 1.0.
Enjoy, and let me know if you have any issues.