@foomark, i'm past caring what people do with these scripts. i've lost count of the times people have modified them so they don't even work properly and then post them on DA. 

@falstaff, i noticed a little display glitch in your duitunes top panel. it happens for tracks with over an hour remaining....

^a quick question for you: are there any changes worth mentioning between the WSH playlist in your new theme and 0.0.8?

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Images are the same quality.

I didn't recieve any image that not artist.

Quote from: mire777 on 2013-11-12 23:15:20

Images are the same quality.

i disagree. images on the left were from your code snippet. i don't think they'd look very good made to fill my panel. yes, last.fm is a bit slow but there options for smaller images which is much faster if people are prepared to compromise.

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I didn't recieve any image that not artist.

well i found plenty. i suppose you can modify the search term by adding artist/band/musician etc. but i'm just not interested. you can of course do what you like.

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The band - along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood - became one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late '80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. Despite the band's international success, they couldn't sustain their stardom, waiting a full six years to deliver a follow-up to Brothers in Arms, by which time their audience had shrunk significantly.  Knopfler (born August 12, 1949) was always the main force behind Dire Straits. The son of an architect, Knopfler studied English literature at Leeds University and worked briefly as a rock critic for the Yorkshire Evening Post while at college. He began teaching English after his graduation, leading a pub rock band called \"Brewer's Droop\" at night. By 1977, Mark was playing with his brother David (guitar) and his roommate John Illsley (bass). During the summer of 1977, the trio cut a demo with drummer Pick Withers. A London DJ named Charlie Gillett heard the demo and began playing \"Sultans of Swing\" on his BBC show Honky Tonkin'. Following a tour opening for Talking Heads, the band began recording their debut for Vertigo Records with producer Muff Winwood in early 1978. By the summer, they had signed with Warner in America, releasing their eponymous debut in the fall. Thanks to the Top Ten hit \"Sultans of Swing\", Dire Straits was a major success in both Britain and America, with the single and album climbing into the Top Ten on both sides of the Atlantic.  The LP \"Dire Straits\" established Dire Straits as a major force on album-oriented radio in America, and their second album, \"Communiqué\" (1979), consolidated their audience, selling three million copies worldwide. As the group was recording its third album, David Knopfler left the band to pursue a solo career; he was replaced by former Darling member Hal Lindes. 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Apart from releasing the \"Twisting by the Pool\" EP early in 1983, Dire Straits were quiet for the majority of 1983 and 1984, as Knopfler produced Bob Dylan's \"Infidels\", as well as Aztec Camera and Willy DeVille; he also wrote \"Private Dancer\" for Tina Turner's comeback album of the same name.   In the spring of 1984, the band released the double album \"Alchemy: Dire Straits Live\" and by the end of the year, they had begun recording their fifth studio album with their new keyboardist, Guy Fletcher.   Released in the summer of 1985, \"Brothers in Arms\" was Dire Straits' breakthrough album, making the band international stars. Supported by the groundbreaking computer-animated video for \"Money for Nothing\", a song which mocked music videos, the album became a blockbuster, spending nine weeks at the top of the American charts and selling over nine million copies; in England, the album became the biggest-selling album of the '80s. \"Walk of Life\" and \"So Far Away\" kept \"Brothers in Arms\" in the charts through 1986, and Dire Straits played over 200 dates in support of the album.   Once the tour was completed, Dire Straits went on hiatus for several years, as Knopfler produced records by Randy Newman and Joan Armatrading, scored films, toured with Eric Clapton, and recorded a duet album with Chet Atkins: \"Neck and Neck\" (1990). In 1989, he formed the country-rock group Notting Hillbillies, whose sole album, \"Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time\", became a British hit upon its spring 1990 release. 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In 1977, Dire Straits (a name given to the band by a musician flatmate of drummer Pick Withers), recorded a five-song demo tape which included their future hit single, \"Sultans of Swing\", as well as \"Water of Love\", \"Down to the Waterline\", \"Wild West End\" and David Knopfler's \"Sacred Loving\". They took the tape to DJ Charlie Gillett, who had a radio show called \"Honky Tonk\" on BBC Radio London. The band simply wanted advice, but Gillett liked the music so much that he played \"Sultans of Swing\" on his show. Two months later, Dire Straits signed a recording contract with Phonogram Records. In October 1977, the band recorded demo tapes of \"Southbound Again\", \"In the Gallery\" and \"Six Blade Knife\" for BBC Radio London; in November demo tapes were made of \"Setting Me Up\", \"Eastbound Train\" and \"Real Girl\". \nThe group's first album, Dire Straits, was recorded at Basing Street studios in West London in February 1978, at a cost of £12,500. Produced by Muff Winwood, the album had little promotion when initially released in the United Kingdom on Vertigo Records, then a division of Phonogram, and was not well received. However, the album came to the attention of A&R representative Karin Berg, working at Warner Bros. Records in New York City. She felt that it was the kind of music audiences were hungry for, but only one person in her department agreed at first. Many of the songs on the album reflected Mark Knopfler's experiences in Newcastle, Leeds and London. \"Down to the Waterline\" recalled images of life in Newcastle; \"In the Gallery\" is a tribute to Leeds sculptor/artist Harry Phillips (father of Steve Phillips); \"Wild West End\" and \"Lions\" were drawn from Knopfler's early days in the capital. \nThat same year, Dire Straits began a tour as opening band for the Talking Heads after the re-released \"Sultans of Swing\" finally started to climb the UK charts. This led to a United States recording contract with Warner Bros. Records; before the end of 1978, Dire Straits had released their self-titled debut worldwide. They received more attention in the United States, but also arrived at the top of the charts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Dire Straits eventually went top 10 in every European country. \nThe following year, Dire Straits embarked on their first North American tour. They played 51 sold-out concerts over a 38-day period. \"Sultans of Swing\" scaled the charts to number four in the United States and number eight in the United Kingdom. The song was one of Dire Straits' biggest hits and became a fixture in the band's live performances. Bob Dylan, who had seen the band play in Los Angeles, was so impressed that he invited Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to play on his next album, Slow Train Coming. \nRecording sessions for the group's second album, Communiqué, took place in December 1978 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. Released in June 1979, Communiqué was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett and went to #1 on the German album charts, with the debut album Dire Straits simultaneously at #3. In the United Kingdom the album peaked at #5 in the album charts. Featuring the single \"Lady Writer\", the second album continued in a similar vein as the first and displayed the expanding scope of Knopfler's lyricism on the opening track, \"Once Upon a Time in the West\". In the coming year, however, this approach began to change, along with the group's lineup. \n\n1980-1984: Increased musical complexity and early success:\n\nIn 1980, Dire Straits were nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for \"Sultans Of Swing\". In July 1980 the band started recording tracks for their third album. Produced by Jimmy Iovine with Mark Knopfler also sharing credit, Making Movies was released in October 1980. During the recording sessions, tension between Mark and David Knopfler took its toll on the band, and David Knopfler left over creative differences with his brother to pursue a solo career; he was uncredited on the album. The sessions continued with Sid McGinnis on rhythm guitar and keyboardist Roy Bittan from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. After the recording sessions were completed, keyboardist Alan Clark and Californian guitarist Hal Lindes joined Dire Straits as full-time members for tours of Europe and North America. \nMaking Movies received mostly positive reviews and featured longer songs with more complex arrangements, a style which would continue for the rest of the band's career. The album featured many of Mark Knopfler's most personal compositions. The most successful chart single was \"Romeo and Juliet\" (number 8 in the UK singles chart), a song about a failed love affair, with Knopfler's trademark in keeping personal songs under fictitious names. Although never released as a hit single, \"Solid Rock\" was featured in all Dire Straits' live shows from this point on for the remainder of their career, while the album's lengthy opening track, \"Tunnel of Love\", with its intro \"The Carousel Waltz\" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, was featured in the film An Officer and a Gentleman. Although \"Tunnel of Love\" only reached the position of #54 in the UK Singles Chart when released as a single in 1981, it remains one of Dire Straits' most famous and popular songs and immediately became a favourite at concerts. Making Movies stayed in the UK Albums Chart for 5 years, peaking at number 4. \nDire Straits' fourth studio album Love Over Gold, an album of songs filled with lengthy, experimental passages that featured Alan Clark's piano and keyboard work, was well received when it was released in September 1982, going gold in America and spending four weeks at number one in the United Kingdom. The title was inspired by graffiti seen from the window of Knopfler's old council flat in London. The phrase was taken from the sleeve of an album by Captain Beefheart. Love Over Gold was the first Dire Straits album produced solely by Mark Knopfler, and its main chart hit, \"Private Investigations\", gave Dire Straits their first top 5 hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached the number 2 position despite its almost seven-minute length, and became another of the band's most popular live songs. \n\nIn other parts of the world, \"Industrial Disease\", a song that looks at the decline of the British manufacturing industry in the early 1980s, focusing on strikes, depression and dysfunctionality, was the main single from the album, particularly in Canada, where it became a top 10 hit. As well as the title track and \"It Never Rains\", Love Over Gold featured the 14-minute-long epic \"Telegraph Road\". Also written by Knopfler for inclusion on the album was \"Private Dancer\", a song which eventually went to Tina Turner for her comeback album of the same name. Love Over Gold reportedly sold two million copies during the first six weeks after its release. Shortly after the release of Love Over Gold, drummer Pick Withers left the band. His replacement was Terry Williams, formerly of Rockpile and a range of other Welsh bands including Man. \nIn 1983, a four-song EP titled ExtendedancEPlay was released while Love Over Gold was still in the album charts. It featured the hit single \"Twisting By the Pool\" which reached the Top 20 in the UK and Canada. Dire Straits also embarked on a world tour. The double album Alchemy Live, a recording of two live concerts of the group at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983, was released in March 1984. Reportedly released without studio overdubs, it reached the Top 3 in the UK Albums Chart. The concert was also issued on VHS and was remastered and released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010 - the only performance on the new format to date. \nDuring 1983 and 1984 Mark Knopfler was also involved in other projects outside of the band. He wrote the music scores for the films Local Hero and Cal, which were also released as albums. Also, during this time Knopfler produced Bob Dylan's Infidels album which featured Alan Clark on keyboards, as well as Aztec Camera and Willy DeVille. Also in 1984, John Illsley released his first solo album, Never Told a Soul, to which Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark and Terry Williams contributed. \n\n1985-1986: The Brothers in Arms era and international success:\nDire Straits returned to the recording studios at the end of 1984, and began recording tracks at Air Studios Montserrat for their upcoming fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms, produced by Knopfler with Neil Dorfsman. There were further personnel changes, with the addition of a second keyboardist, Guy Fletcher, who had previously worked as a session musician with Roxy Music and on the Cal soundtrack. Guitarist Hal Lindes left the band during the recording sessions. His replacement was New York guitarist Jack Sonni, and Andy Kanavan also joined briefly on drums; although neither was credited as an official band member for the new album release. \n\n\"Money for Nothing\"\n\nSorry, your browser either has JavaScript disabled or does not have any supported player., \nYou can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser.\n\n\" Money for Nothing\" was notable for its controversial lyrics, groundbreaking music video, and a cameo appearance by Sting singing the song's falsetto introduction and backing chorus, \"I want my MTV.\"\n\nProblems playing this file? See media help. \n According to a Sound on Sound magazine interview with Neil Dorfsman, a month after the recording sessions began, drummer Terry Williams was temporarily replaced by jazz session drummer, Omar Hakim, who recorded all the drums for the album tracks during a two day stay before leaving for other commitments. Both Hakim and Williams are credited on the album, although Williams' only contribution is the improvised crescendo at the beginning of \"Money for Nothing\". The remainder of the album features Hakim on drums, but Williams would be back in the band for the music videos and the subsequent world tour. \nReleased in May 1985, Brothers In Arms entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and spent a total of 228 weeks in the charts. It went on to become the best-selling album of 1985 in the UK.Brothers in Arms was similarly successful in the US, peaking at No. 1 on Billboard 200 for nine weeks, going multi-platinum, selling nine million copies. The album spent thirty-four weeks at number 1 on the Australian ARIA Chart, making it the longest-running number one album in Australia. The album featured a more lavish production and overall sound than Dire Straits' earlier work, and spawned several big chart singles: \n\"Money for Nothing\", which reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 4 in the UK Singles Chart, \"So Far Away\" (#20 UK, #19 US), \"Brothers In Arms\" (#16 UK), \"Walk of Life\" (#2 UK, #7 US), and \"Your Latest Trick\" (#26 UK). \"Money for Nothing\" was the first video to be played on MTV in Britain and featured guest vocals by Sting, who is credited with co-writing the song with Mark Knopfler, although in fact, it was just the inclusion of the melody line from \"Don't Stand So Close To Me\" that triggered the copyright credit, no actual lyrics were written by Sting. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 28th Grammy Awards in February 1986. \nBrothers in Arms was among the first albums recorded on digital equipment due to Knopfler pushing for improved sound quality. The album's title track is reported to be the world's first CD single. It was issued in the UK as a promotional item distinguished with a logo for the tour, Live in '85, while a second to commemorate the Australian leg of the tour marked Live in '86. Containing just four tracks, it had a very limited run. \"Walk of Life\" meanwhile was nearly excluded from the album when co-producer Neil Dorfsman voted against its inclusion, but the band members out-voted him. The result was Dire Straits' most commercially successful hit single in the UK, peaking at number two. \"Money for Nothing\", \"Walk of Life\", and \"Brothers in Arms\" immediately became live concert favourites. \n\nThe album is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first compact disc to sell a million copies, and has been credited with helping to popularise the CD format. The Brothers in Arms CD featured the full version of the \"Money for Nothing\" cut, rather than the version that appears on the LP. In fact, the CD includes extended versions of all tracks featured on the first side of the original LP, with the exception of \"Walk of Life\". \nThe 1985-86 world tour which followed the album's release was phenomenally successful. Saxophonist Chris White joined the band, and the tour began on 25 April 1985 in Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). While playing a 13-night residency at Wembley Arena, the band moved down the road to Wembley Stadium on the afternoon of 13 July 1985, to appear in a Live Aid slot, in which their set included \"Money For Nothing\" with Sting as guest vocalist. The tour ended at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia, where Dire Straits still holds the record for consecutive appearances at 21 nights. The band also made an impromptu attempt at the famous Australian folk song \"Waltzing Matilda\". In a two-year span, Dire Straits played 247 shows in over 100 different cities. \nAdditionally in 1985, a group set out from London to Khartoum to raise money for famine relief led by John Abbey, was called The Walk of Life. Dire Straits donated the Brothers in Arms Gold disc to the participants in recognition of what they were doing. \nThe band's 10 July 1985 concert at Wembley Arena, in which they were accompanied by Nils Lofgren for \"Solid Rock\" and Hank Marvin joined the band at the end to play \"Going Home\" (the theme from \"Local Hero\"), was televised in the United Kingdom on The Tube on Channel 4 in January 1986. (Although never officially released, bootleg recordings of the performance entitled Wembley does the Walk (2005) have been circulated.) \nIn 1986 Brothers In Arms won two Grammy Awards, and also won Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards.Q magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever in 2000. The album also ranked number 351 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the \"500 Greatest Albums of All Time\" in 2003.Brothers in Arms is also ranked number 3 in the best albums of 1985 and number 31 in the best albums of the 1980s, and as of April 2012, the album was ranked the seventh best-selling album in UK chart history, and is the 107th best-selling album in the United States. In August 1986, MTV Europe was launched with Dire Straits \"Money for Nothing\". \n\n1987-1990: First break-up:\nAfter the Brothers in Arms tour ended Mark Knopfler took a break from Dire Straits and during 1987 he concentrated on solo projects and film soundtracks. Dire Straits regrouped in 1988 for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, in which they were the headline act. They were joined for their set by Eric Clapton who performed his hit \"Wonderful Tonight\" with the group and played rhythm guitar on the other songs performed by the band, while guitarist Jack Sonni was absent. Soon afterwards, Williams left the band. \nMark Knopfler announced the official dissolution of Dire Straits in September 1988. He told Rob Tannenbaum in Rolling Stone: \"A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world. There's not an accent then on the music, there's an accent on popularity. I needed a rest\". The tremendous success of the Brothers in Arms album and the tour that went with it left the band members under a significant amount of stress, and Knopfler announced that he wanted to work on more personal projects. A greatest hits album, Money for Nothing, was released in October 1988 and reached the number one position in the United Kingdom. Also in 1988, John Illsley released his second solo album, Glass which featured Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher and Chris White. \nIn 1989, over a meal at a Notting Hill wine bar, Knopfler formed The Notting Hillbillies, a country-focused band whose lineup featured Guy Fletcher, Brendan Croker, and Steve Phillips and manager Ed Bicknell on drums. The Notting Hillbillies' one album, Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time with its minor hit single \"Your Own Sweet Way\", was released in 1990. The Notting Hillbillies toured for the remainder of the year, and also appeared on Saturday Night Live. Knopfler would further emphasize his country music influences on his 1990 collaboration with guitarist Chet Atkins, Neck and Neck. \nIn 1990, Dire Straits performed alongside Elton John and Eric Clapton at Knebworth Festival, playing three songs: \"Solid Rock\", \"Money for Nothing\" and a song which Knopfler prefaced as an experimental song, unsure if they should record it on a following record. The song, titled, \"I Think I Love You Too Much\", a blues rock piece with solos by both Knopfler and Clapton; this song also appeared on the 1990 album, \"Hell To Pay\" as a gift to Canadian blues/jazz artist, Jeff Healey from Knopfler. This was prior to the time that Knopfler, Illsley and manager Ed Bicknell decided to reform the band the following year. \n\n1991-1995: Resurrection, final albums and final dissolution:\nIn early 1991, Knopfler and Illsley resurrected Dire Straits, bringing back with them former keyboardists Alan Clark, and Guy Fletcher. Retaining Bicknell as their manager, Dire Straits was trimmed down and comprised only four members once again. The band began recording tracks for a new album, integrating new session players who included steel guitarist Paul Franklin, and percussionist Danny Cummings. Saxophonist Chris White returned, and guitarist Phil Palmer filled the vacancy left by Sonni. During the recording sessions, American drummer Jeff Porcaro performed in place of Williams. Afterwards, he was invited to join the band full-time but declined because of a prior commitment to Toto. \nDire Straits released their final studio album On Every Street, in September 1991, which, although a highly anticipated release, met with more moderate success and mixed reviews, as well as a significantly reduced audience, despite Dire Straits' previous international success. Some reviewers including the All Music Guide dubbed On Every Street as an 'underwhelming' follow-up to Brothers in Arms. However, it still managed to sell 8 million copies, reaching number one in the United Kingdom and number 12 in the United States. \nThe album failed to produce a major hit single in the United Kingdom. The first single release was the opening track \"Calling Elvis\", which had a video based on the 1960s television show Thunderbirds. It charted at no 21 in the UK but dropped out of the charts within four weeks. The follow-up single, \"Heavy Fuel\", failed to reach the Top 50 in the UK singles chart, however in the United States the track reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their second song to do so (after \"Money for Nothing\"). Similarly, the album's title track was also relatively unsuccessful, failing to reach the UK Top 40. The final single released from the album and from the band in the United Kingdom was \"The Bug\", which contains backing vocals by Vince Gill, who was also invited to join the band full-time and declined. \nSession drummer Chris Whitten joined Dire Straits as a sideman when the band embarked on an extensive two-year, 300-show tour, playing in front of some 7.1 million ticket-buying fans. While musically more elaborate than the previous 1985-1986 world tour, the band's gruelling final tour was not as successful. It proved to be too much for Dire Straits, and by this time Mark Knopfler had had enough of such massive operations. This led to the group's second and final break-up. Bill Flanagan described the sequence of events in Gentleman's Quarterly: \"The subsequent world tour lasted nearly two years, made mountains of money and drove Dire Straits into the ground. When the tour was over, both Knopfler's marriage and his band were gone\". The last stop on the tour and the final touring concert of the group took place on 9 October 1992 in Zaragoza, Spain. \nAfter the end of the tour, Mark Knopfler expressed a wish to give up touring on a big scale, and took some time out from the music business. A live album On the Night was released in May 1993, which documented the tour, again to very mixed reviews. Nevertheless, it reached the UK Top 5, a rare achievement for a live album. The four track Encores EP was also released and rose to number one in the French singles chart. \nDire Straits' final album, Live at the BBC, was a collection of live recordings spanning the years 1978-81, which mostly featured the original lineup of the band. Released in June 1995, their third and final live album was a contractual release to Vertigo Records (now a division of Mercury Records). At this time, Mark Knopfler quietly disbanded Dire Straits and prepared to work on his first fully-fledged solo album (still signed to Mercury Records). \n\n1996-present:\nHaving disbanded Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler started his career as a solo artist, releasing his first solo album Golden Heart in March 1996 after nearly 20 years of collaborations. \nBrothers in Arms was certified nine times platinum in the U.S. in August 1996. During that year, the entire Dire Straits catalogue was remastered by Bob Ludwig and re-released on CD on Mercury Records, in most of the world outside the United States. The remasters were released in September 2000 in the United States, on Warner Bros. \nKnopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher reunited for one last time on 19 June 1999, with Ed Bicknell on drums, playing five songs including a performance of Chuck Berry's \"Nadine\" for Illsley's wedding. \nIn 2002, Mark Knopfler was joined by John Illsley, Guy Fletcher, Danny Cummings and Chris White for four charity concerts. Brendan Croker joined Knopfler during the first half, playing mainly material composed with The Notting Hillbillies. Illsley came on for a Dire Straits session, toward the end of which, at a Shepherd's Bush concert, Jimmy Nail came on to provide backing vocals for Knopfler's solo composition, \"Why Aye Man\". \nThe most recent compilation, The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations, was released in November 2005 and reached the UK Top 20. Featuring material from the majority of Dire Straits' studio albums as well as Mark Knopfler's solo and soundtrack material, it was released in two editions, a single CD with grey cover and a double CD in blue cover. The only previously unreleased track on the album, All The Roadrunning, is a duet with singer Emmylou Harris. The album was well received. Also in 2005 Brothers in Arms was re-released in a limited 20th anniversary edition, which was a success, winning a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album at the 48th Grammy Awards ceremony. \nSince the break-up of Dire Straits Mark Knopfler has shown no interest in reforming the band and is quoted as saying \"Oh, I don't know whether to start getting all that stuff back together again\", and telling reporters that \"I would only do that for a charity. I'm glad I've experienced it all - I had a lot of fun with it - but I like things the way they are.\" However, keyboardist Guy Fletcher has been associated with almost every piece of Knopfler's solo material to date, and Danny Cummings has frequently contributed, notably to three of Knopfler's most recent solo album releases All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris), Kill to Get Crimson and Get Lucky. \nIn 2007, Knopfler said he did not miss the global fame that came his way at the height of the band's success, explaining that \"It just got too big\". In October 2008, John Illsley told the BBC that he wanted Knopfler to agree to reform Dire Straits for a comeback tour. Knopfler declined, saying that in the past he was often reluctant to reform the group and insisting that he \"isn't even a fan of Dire Straits' early hits\". In the same interview, Illsley also suggested that Knopfler is enjoying his continued success as a solo artist, saying that \"He's doing incredibly well as a solo artist, so hats off to him. He's having a perfectly good time doing what he's doing\". \nIn December 2009, the band was commemorated with a Heritage Award from PRS for Music. A plaque was placed on a block of flats in Deptford, London, the location where Dire Straits played their first gig. \nIn 2011, Alan Clark, Chris White, and Phil Palmer, with Tom Petty, and the Heartbreakers' drummer Steve Ferrone, put together a band called \"The Straits\", to perform at a charity show at the Albert Hall, and the band has continued to perform since. \n\nBand members:\nMain article: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dire_Straits_band_members"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dire_...d_members"[/url], "site": "wikipedia", "url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits", "license": {"type": "cc-by-sa", "attribution": "wikipedia", "attribution-url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits", "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/", "version": "3.0"}}, {"text": "1977 - 1995", "site": "facebook", "url": "http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dire-Straits/135608713145370", "license": {"type": "unknown", "attribution": "facebook", "attribution-url": "http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dire-Straits/135608713145370", "url": "n/a", "version": "n/a"}, "truncated": true}, {"text": "Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Dire Straits emerged during the ...", "site": "amazon", "url": "http://www.amazon.com/Dire-Straits/e/B000ARA0V2/", "license": {"type": "unknown", "attribution": "amazon", "attribution-url": "http://www.amazon.com/Dire-Straits/e/B000ARA0V2/", "url": "n/a", "version": "n/a"}, "truncated": true}, {"text": "Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late ...", "site": "mog", "url": "http://mog.com/artists/bio/mn8489/dire%20straits", "license": {"type": "all-rights-reserved", "attribution": "mog", "attribution-url": "http://mog.com/artists/bio/mn8489/dire%20straits", "url": "n/a", "version": "n/a"}, "truncated": true}, {"text": "Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late ...", "site": "rdio", "url": "http://www.rdio.com/artist/Dire_Straits/", "license": {"type": "all-rights-reserved", "attribution": "", "attribution-url": "", "url": "n/a", "version": "n/a"}, "truncated": true}, {"text": "Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late ...", "site": "itunes", "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/dire-straits/id648427", "license": {"type": "unknown", "attribution": "", "attribution-url": "", "url": "n/a", "version": "n/a"}, "truncated": true}]}}

cscript download.vbs http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12048127/Dire+Straits+expresso+love.jpg "Dire Straits_12048127.jpg"

there wasn't any point in posting the content of those json files. they're from my last.fm/wikipedia bio script - nothing to do with images.

can you browse to your foobar profile\marc2003 folder, click file>open command prompt. paste in this...

Code: [Select]

cscript download.vbs http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12048127/Dire+Straits+expresso+love.jpg "Dire Straits_12048127.jpg"

see if it works - the image should be saved in that folder.

C:\Users\pIv>ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]


C:\Users\pIv>cd c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003\

c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003>dir
 Том в устройстве C имеет метку WINDOWS 8
 Серийный номер тома: BAF4-4C55

 Содержимое папки c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003

13.11.2013  08:39    <DIR>          .
13.11.2013  08:39    <DIR>          ..
12.11.2013  08:19           303 024 common7.js
19.10.2013  22:19               707 download.vbs
13.11.2013  08:39    <DIR>          images
               2 файлов        303 731 байт
               3 папок  21 670 334 464 байт свободно

c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003>cscript download.vbs [url=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12048127/Dire+Straits+expresso+love.jpg]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/120481...presso+love.jpg[/url] "Dire Straits_12048127.jpg"
Сервер сценариев Windows (Microsoft R) версия 5.8
Copyright © Корпорация Майкрософт 1996-2006, все права защищены.


c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003>dir
 Том в устройстве C имеет метку WINDOWS 8
 Серийный номер тома: BAF4-4C55

 Содержимое папки c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003

13.11.2013  12:21    <DIR>          .
13.11.2013  12:21    <DIR>          ..
12.11.2013  08:19           303 024 common7.js
[b]13.11.2013  12:21           168 291 Dire Straits_12048127.jpg[/b]
19.10.2013  22:19               707 download.vbs
13.11.2013  08:39    <DIR>          images
               3 файлов        472 022 байт
               3 папок  21 669 863 424 байт свободно

c:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003>

strange. the purpose of that last test was checking connectivity to last.fm and also making sure .vbs files run ok on your system. obviously that's fine.

i suppose the last thing to check is to see if the original request to fetch links from last.fm is ok. save this file in your marc2003 folder: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2280132...temp/common7.js

restart foobar if it's running. this time it should output a list of image links in the foobar console. if that works, then i am stumped.

WSH Panel Mod (Now Playing by marc2003): Parsing file "C:\Users\pIv\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003\common7.js"
WSH Panel Mod (Now Playing by marc2003): initialized in 71 ms
Opening track for playback: "C:\Users\pIv\Music\Foreign\Dire Straits\The Very Best Of DIRE STRAITS\04. Brothers In Arms.mpc"
Now Playing: HTTP error: 0 

WSH Panel Mod (Now Playing by marc2003): Parsing file "C:\Users\GO\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\marc2003\common7.js"
WSH Panel Mod (Now Playing by marc2003): initialized in 334 ms
User Interface initialized in: 0:01.631172
Opening track for playback: "C:\Users\GO\Music\Foreign\Dire Straits\The Very Best Of DIRE STRAITS\04. Brothers In Arms.mpc"
Now Playing: [url=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12048127.jpg]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12048127.jpg[/url] 
Now Playing: [url=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/135149.jpg]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/135149.jpg[/url] 
Now Playing: [url=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/38129505.png]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/38129505.png[/url] 
Now Playing: [url=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/7624741.jpg]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/7624741.jpg[/url] 

you can try clearing temporary files in Internet Explorer. also check it's not blocked by any security software. try browsing the last.fm site as well.

My win 8.1 is clear

marc2003
Of course, I clear all temporary files of IE, and also folder c:\users\piv\appdata\local\temp\. The result is the same.
In my opinion, this error occurs only on win 8.1, but not in win 7 or win 8. I check this error  too  with foobar 1.29  and foobar 1.30.