MusicIP Mixer Help - MIP Protocol

In order to make sharing acoustical attributes easier, as of version 1.6 of MusicIP Mixer, we've included support for an experimental mip protocol. This lets you create URLs which are handled by MusicIP Mixer to perform acoustical "magic." Some examples will probably make this clearer.

To create a mix: mip://mix?mmdata=AgEALsh6....X5oLZgfw=&style=138

To import playlist 4135 from FIQL: mip://import?fiql=4135

To make this work, you will need to enable the MIP protocol on your system. To do this, either use the Power Tools/MIP URLs/Register Scheme menu, or pass -mip on the command line when you start MusicIP Mixer. If you want to remove the protocol, use the Deregister Scheme menu (only available after it's been registered), or pass -demip on the command line.

Info on the command line is here: http://www.musicip.com/mixer/commandline.jsp

The first time you use a mip: link, your browser may ask you to confirm you want to proceed.

You can create mip://mix URLs if you have Power Tools enabled, and have passed -mip. Just select any mix, and use "Power Tools/MIP URLs/Generate Mix URL" to get a URL representing the current mix.

Using http: for mip URLs

Because mip: URLs are not always convenient (for instance, if you IM them, they are not clickable, and if the user does not have the Mixer setup, then they will simply fail), we've created an http wrapper. If you want to include mip protocols in places where an http prefix would be desirable, you can use our MIP redirector:

http://scripts.musicip.com/mip.jsp?import?fiql=4394

This is functionally identical to mip:import?fiql=4394

If you want to use a link which will be more useful to people who may not have MusicIP Mixer installed, or the protocol enabled, use the following form:

http://scripts.musicip.com/mipinfo.jsp?import?fiql=123

This will go to a page which has the actual clickable mip link, and includes instructions for downloading the mixer and registering the protocol. The downside is this is two clicks for MIP Mixer users. The upside is that a quick GreaseMonkey script could automatically convert this form to the mip.jsp form for Firefox users.

Using files and mime types for MIP URLs

Another alternative is to embed your MIP URLs inside a file. Create a file with the .mipcmd extension. When such a file is passed to the mixer (or double-clicked on if you have registered the file extension), the mixer will read the first line and process it as if it were a MIP URL.

This also lets potentially large MIP URLs show up as relatively small ones.

If you know how to configure mime types for your browser, this could be made to launch the mixer automatically.