[crni]

UPDATED - v6

IMPORTANT:
~~~~~~~~~~
Since Samurize v1.55 instance names are case sensitive
so instance name has to be exactly like it says : cdcovers
(all small captions).Also now there is instance manager
avaliable in your samurize folder (InstanceManager.exe )
I strongly suggest you use that app to create and
manipulate instances.










As always read the readme file carefully :

CDCovers v6 (for any player supported by samurize)


Author: Crni	Mail: [email]crni@hi.htnet.hr[/email]
    URL : http://free-st.htnet.hr/crni/


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DO NOT modify and redistribute this skin or any images
that are part of the skin. DO IT for personal use ONLY.
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Changelog:
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	v6 - 'Shake it like a polaroid picture' :)

	v5 - Added more substyles to BOXED style.

	v4 - Changed the way Synergy skin expand/collapse behave.	
   If manually expanded config will now stay that way until
   manually colapsed again.

	v3 - Added more Synergy substyles and made it automatically switched.
   I recomend that you delete all files located in :
   '~\samurize\configs\CDCovers\' folder and then extract new files.

	v2 - As of Samurize v1.50 NO scripts are required to switch configs
      so you MUST have latest Samurize v1.50 or automatically 
   switching configs wont work.
   All paths are relative so config should work no matter what's 
   your default Samurize installation folder.

	v1 - Initial release



Important:
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	- Config search for :

   '~ Samurize\Skins\CDCovers\Skins\CDCovers\NOcover.png' by default

   and based on state of the cover switches configs.
   You MUST edit config and set that image to be your NOcover image.
   Go to : '~ Samurize\plugins\AdvancedMediaPlayerInfo.opt' ,
   open it with notepad and set this line : 

not_available = C:\Program Files\Samurize\Skins\CDCovers\NOcover.png 

   (or you can change it with plugin dialog box in config editor)
   	 
     
Installation:
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	1.Unpack in your samurize folder
	2.Create cdcovers instance :

   Start > Run : "C:\Program Files\Samurize\Client.exe" "i=CDCovers"

	3.Right click on tray icon and load one of the three (4)
   config files :

  'CDCovers.ini'        GUiPod Style 
  'CDCoversBOX.ini'        BOXED 
  'CDCoversSynergyL' or 'CDCoversSynergyR'	Synergy style 
  'CDCoversPolaroid'     	 Polaroid style
    

	
Skin info:
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	GUiPod Style	- on desktop only when player is active

	BOXED    - always on desktop.Click on the left edge to 
       open/close BOX .
	Synergy style  - on desktop only when player is active.
       Click on Right edge to expand/collapse.
       When in 'Cover only' mode click on Left edge 
       to change expand orientation (click once on the 
       left edge and then use right edge to expand/collapse).
       If no cover is found skin will switch to 'NO Cover' 
       mode and stay like that.
	Polaroid Style	- always on desktop.'Undeveloped' polaroid image 
       is displayed when no cover is found;)

Note:
~~~~~

	Both BOXED abd Synergy styles will collapse after 20s to 
	'Cover only'mode and expand again on song change 
	(unless manually expanded - in that case config will now stay that
	way until manually colapsed again).

	
	
Visuals info:
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	Skin uses 'AdvancedMediaPlayerInfo.dll' and 'SpectrumVis.dll'
	located in Samurize plugins folder to display
	cover art on desktop and visuals.
	Samurize install specific plugin in every player
	plugins folder upon installation.
	If skin doesn't work for some player,reinstall
	Samurize and/or that player to make sure that
	all plugins are detected.
	For more info on plugins read 'SpectrumReadme.txt'
	located in Samurize folder.

	Important:
	~~~~~~~~~~
	- You MUST enable use of this plugin in
   players preferences.

As always get it from my HOMEPAGE

[spngbb]

This is wicked. Thanks so much

[Seph]

Very nice, smile, you're in the news CRNI

[bunkka]

wow i was dieing for you to finish, and now here it is. amazing. you have a great imagination. keep up the good work crni. :canadian:


-bunkka

[dappleyard]

I read the readme file, and I don't understand where it gets the images from. Do I have to download them myself, or are they pulled from the internet? Could someone clarify for me?

[zenzen]

Nice I think that I'll reinstall my Library.... (Y)
And I think I'll need to find all my cover..... <_<

[Pe8er]

Very good, not to say GREAT idea, crni! I love it. But please....clarify this for me...it doesn't support iTunes? :cry: Friggin' Apple, they made such a stupid mp3 player :6

@zenzen: I think Samurize gets covers from the Internet

[bunkka]

umm ya how do i get the cd cover to show, is it only for like foobar and winamp [ cdcover support ] everything else is fine, just when i click in the center for the light show, my trillian connection manager shows up instead. any ideas?


[edit]oops ya iforgot itunes is soo :canadian: that it doesn't support vis.[/edit]
but i still get the same thing with winamp.

[ont]

someone know of a quick way to convert all my jpgs to pngs ? they are all in diffrent folders, thats makin things hard ....

[realitybath]

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  - Skin search for 'folder.png' in currently playing song folder,
  so you must convert you CD covers images to png format
  ( Samurize DOES NOT support any other ).

that means you need to get your own cover art (ie. manual internet/another automatic prog. ie. musicmatch)

Quote

    Note:
    ~~~~~
- Samurize team has announced jpg to png conversion 'on the fly'
  and fetching cover from internet by default for next Samurize
  release. When that happens I'll update this config.

 

that means you need to wait for the next samurize (the program) for it to fetch it automatically.

just for the posts that were wondering.

[bunkka]

[edit] deng [/edit]

[ont]

its not the problem to convert (as of the action of converting) but that they are spilled through my entire collectin. see first cover is in like ../musik/muse/origin of symetrie/folder.jpg and another one is in /musik/50 cent/get rich or die tryin'/folder.jpg. I don't feel like opening every single folder and convert the picture by hand, so an automation tool thats what I'm asking for. but anywayz big thx n respect for wanting to convert them for me :shy:

[bunkka]

wait how do i install cover art? where do i put it? :canadian: :canadian:

[Seph]

I think you need to attach it to the ID3 Tag...

[crni]

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Originally posted by Peter
Very good, not to say GREAT idea, crni! I love it. But please....clarify this for me...it doesn't support iTunes?  Friggin' Apple, they made such a stupid mp3 player

@zenzen: I think Samurize gets covers from the Internet

I dont have iTunes but according to SpectrumReadme.txt iTunes doesn't support visuals only :

iTunes
------
The info plugin file is iTunesSamurizeInfo.dll, it should already be in
the "plug-ins" subdirectory of your iTunes installation. Although it is
a visual plugin, it does not need to be active to serve the data to
Samurize. In fact, the visualizer part is non-functional.

Cover art is drawn through AdvancedMediaInfo plugin so it should work just fine...
(let me know if does)


According to Samurize team next release will handle things differently.
It will allow for all covers to be in one folder and will display covers based on album tag and cover image filename.It will also convert jpg image to temp.png
dynamically allowing to display that png image as cover (similar to weather script)
...

[ont]

Quote

Skin search for 'folder.png' in currently playing song folder

download pic, save as folder.png in the folder where the song it should display to is.

[crni]

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Originally posted by bunkka@Feb 8 2004, 07:09 PM
wait how do i install cover art? where do i put it? :canadian:  :canadian:

Place cover image in your music folder convert it to png format and rename it to 'folder.png' .You should organize your albums into folders and repeat precedure for every album you have...

[Shiggy]

Yay it's working.
Freaky deaky fantastic. Looks sooo beautiful.
Great job :rock:

[siliconbauhaus]

awesome as always....thanks crni (Y)

[Ghostwalker]

With this new samurize it might be a good thing to include a tray icon with the widgets just a thought