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Showing music fanart when in fullscreen mode - TheEvilHammer - 2012-05-20

I would like the following behavior when playing music in fullscreen mode:
  • If fanart exists for the currently playing artist, show the fanart instead of the visualization.
  • Otherwise, show the current visualization.
Is this possible with either the skin options or by modifying the XML files?

RE: Showing music fanart when in fullscreen mode - mad-max - 2012-05-20

Check my signature...my MOD has that capability...

cheers,
mad-max

RE: Showing music fanart when in fullscreen mode - TheEvilHammer - 2012-05-23

Meh, I don't really want to mess around with an entire mod. I just want this one small change. I've tried editing MusicVisualisation.xml myself but I can't get the fanart to show up. Even if I remove the entire <control> section for the visualization, it still appears in fullscreen mode. Any ideas?

RE: Showing music fanart when in fullscreen mode - Jezz_X - 2012-05-24

Open up MusicVisualisation.xml and below this
PHP Code:
        <control type="visualisation" id="2">
            <!-- FIX ME Music Visualization needs to have an id of 2 in this window to be able to lock or change preset -->
            <description>visualisation</description>
            <posx>0</posx>
            <posy>0</posy>
            <width>1280</width>
            <height>720</height>
        </control> 
add this
PHP Code:
        <control type="image">
            <description>Fanart Image for Artist</description>
            <posx>0</posx>
            <posy>0</posy>
            <width>1280</width>
            <height>720</height>
            <texture background="true">$INFO[MusicPlayer.Property(Fanart_Image)]</texture>
            <colordiffuse>AAFFFFFF</colordiffuse>
            <visible>!IsEmpty(MusicPlayer.Property(Fanart_Image))</visible>
            <fadetime>600</fadetime>
        </control> 
if you dont want the visualisation to show through as well then remove this line
PHP Code:
<colordiffuse>AAFFFFFF</colordiffuse> 


RE: Showing music fanart when in fullscreen mode - pkscout - 2012-05-24

(2012-05-23, 23:30)TheEvilHammer Wrote: Meh, I don't really want to mess around with an entire mod. I just want this one small change. I've tried editing MusicVisualisation.xml myself but I can't get the fanart to show up. Even if I remove the entire <control> section for the visualization, it still appears in fullscreen mode. Any ideas?

In that case take a look at the Artist Slideshow addon. Mad-max's mod includes support for that (along with other things), but the actual changes needed just for Artist Slideshow are pretty small (and explained on the wiki page for the addon).