Longhorn Alternative for iTunes 5
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cool, any way to have a normal menu instead of the itunes logo?
Also, the area right underneath the title bar did not seem to skin properly, was still the default color. any idea why? I have only been using Mplugin for a few days, so I may have made a mistake but wouldnt know where to start looking. Thanks in advance 
if you want the normal menu, just enable the menubar in the settings
Nope - that doesn't work anymore because the position of the normal menu is inside the titlebar.if you want the normal menu, just enable the menubar in the settings
@DarKobra: Hmm... skin bug? Seeing as how this version of MPlugin is still very new, maybe it would be best to wait a few days to see what localhost says. I know for sure that starting iTunes in MiniPlayer mode (or having the EQ panel open) will screw up the loading of skins.
@gtn: you are awesome. I just switched from iTunes4.9 to 5.0.1.4 yesterday and was bummed to lose LhA. Now it's out and I'm ecstatic to get it already. Keep up the great work.
i meant disable "hide menu" then youll have the normal menu back.. same thing differnt name
Yea, im not sure. Most of the skin works, and looks cool. How about a screenie....
It seems like the background file is missing.
it looks great, many thanks!
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the main window looks just as it should and everything is running smoothly 
. i don't use the equalizer, so i could care less about that . but, i am hoping for a future update with a mini player. again, this is nice work, thank you very much for making this 
. (makes me sad that Enhanced had to take down the VS, then i could completely match 
)
... Most of the skin works, and looks cool. How about a screenie....
... It seems like the background file is missing.....
I really don't know - it all works fine on my computer :slant:
Check the extended folder, make sure you have the images iTunes_388, 390, 397 & 399.
Try starting iTunes maximised/non-maximised.
@Everyone: If the skin works fine for you, leave a quick comment to let me know.
If it has the error DarKobra has brought upp, leave a message as well.
Cheers
Yay another Longhornish skin released on mac emulation forum! :thumbsup:
works perfect for me, nice jorb.
thanks for getting rid of the little arrow on the albumart top bar, that thing was an unnecessary 'feature' added to later itunes releases.
I did prefer the solid selected header item highlight that the older version of the skin used, to the small line highlight this one uses. (easy for the user to change to suit taste anyways, so no worries)
@pe8er, it goes really well with some mac themes with a little tweaking (ie. good grey)
Very smooth work gtn!! Seems to be skinning perfectly here and I'm glad you went with borderless sides as it looks great with WindowFX shadow.
Gonna give it a spin, loved Lha on iTunes 4.x but was recently getting used to a slightly modified default skin (0px, caption and menu removed).
Looks sweet though!
regardless of its eqwindow and miniplayer being messed up its still beats default. now someone needs to make an allivium magnite skin and quick lol. great job gtn for quickly releasing your skin for the new multi-plugin.
@gtn , the skin is ok when resized manually,
When it is maximised by double clicking on the titlebar , the itunes changes as darkcobra showed. :
what about the mini player? i mostly have it in miniplayer mode, (cause i use an itunes widget for konfab.) but other than that and the maximize issue, its sweet!
@DarKobra/Kavin/TDASSA: Double-click maximize works fine on my computer...
Try dumping the skin resources and check the Developer Template's Extended folder. You should find:
- iTunes_388 & iTunes_390 = top & bottom bar (default window)
- iTunes_397 & iTunes_399 = same as above (used for maximized windows)
Let me know if you find any different.
@j227: MiniPlayer seems to be a no-go zone. If you start in MiniPlayer mode (i.e. it was in minimode when you closed it), when you next start iTunes, some skin images will fail to load. As a result, both mini & normal mode will fail to fully skin.
Maybe I'll make a matching AveTunes skin?
aaaaah, beautiful. kavin was correct, when double-click maximing, the errors occur. manual resize fixed it. now it looks nice and matches my theme well ;D
Any way to possibly fix this? I assume its not with the skin, rather with how mplugin applies the skin upon a window-size change... who knows.
@DarKobra/TDASSA: Real sorry guys, but I have no answer for this.
Double-click maximize works beautifully for me.
Maximised top/bottom bar skinning is controlled by images iTunes_397 & 399.
In my skin 397 & 399 should be identical to iTunes_388 & 390.
Can either of you dump a developers template and tell me what you see for these 4 images?
well here it's 398 and 400. the maximized images load dynamically when iTunes is maximized, so this number could vary from time to time. same applies to the mini mode background, and any image after 390.
In the next version, I will make it load the background images separately, without being tied to their loading order.
btw, does anyone have a problem with a non-maximized window?
I need to make sure the normal background is always 388 and 390. otherwise I have to load it separately too.
@gtn , The images arent identical :S
@localhost , im not havin any problems with non-maximized windows till now.
@gtn: the skin works perfectly for me; absolutely no errors, ever.
@localhost: The main window is always loading correct for me, maximized or not. My guess is that mPlugin and iTunes are conflicting on certain machines.
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