[RELEASE] Artist Slideshow 1.3.0 addon (with skin and addon integration)

(2012-04-18 19:41)pkscuot Wrote:  Having said all that, ronie (the original author) did include an option to have Artist Slideshow keep running even if the music stopped. When I updated the documentation I removed reference to that, as I couldn't figure out a use case that made any sense for that.

skins can run the script at startup with the daemon option.
that way, skins can add a slideshow to (for example) the homescreen.

without the daemon option, the user would first have to switch to the visualization screen to trigger the script.

(2012-05-01 23:24)ronie Wrote:  

(2012-04-18 19:41)pkscuot Wrote:  Having said all that, ronie (the original author) did include an option to have Artist Slideshow keep running even if the music stopped. When I updated the documentation I removed reference to that, as I couldn't figure out a use case that made any sense for that.

skins can run the script at startup with the daemon option.
that way, skins can add a slideshow to (for example) the homescreen.

without the daemon option, the user would first have to switch to the visualization screen to trigger the script.

Ah, good point. While I'm updating the language files I'll do some work on the wiki page as well.

some questions: i´m starting the script with an onload in musicoverlay.xml at the moment. does that have any disadvantages compared to a startup launch with daemon parameter set to true?
EDIT: solved the other one.

(2012-05-05 01:37)phil65 Wrote:  i´m starting the script with an onload in musicoverlay.xml at the moment. does that have any disadvantages compared to a startup launch with daemon parameter set to true?

It shouldn't really matter either way. If you load it at startup your skin could be modified to show the slideshow on other screens. That's about it.

(2012-05-05 16:26)pkscuot Wrote:  

(2012-05-05 01:37)phil65 Wrote:  i´m starting the script with an onload in musicoverlay.xml at the moment. does that have any disadvantages compared to a startup launch with daemon parameter set to true?

It shouldn't really matter either way. If you load it at startup your skin could be modified to show the slideshow on other screens. That's about it.

never had problems without daemon mode... worked flawlessly for slideshow on home screen at least.

i just love this addon

This add on is fantastic - Great work really really great -

Question,

I have a local band which I have loaded in my library and want to use images for their music. I created extrafanart folder and loaded the images there but i get the not found banners flying around. My settings say use local art first. Is there anything else i need to do? do i need a .nfo file for this to work?

Many thanks in advance

(2012-05-08 18:36)dugan26 Wrote:  This add on is fantastic - Great work really really great -

Question,

I have a local band which I have loaded in my library and want to use images for their music. I created extrafanart folder and loaded the images there but i get the not found banners flying around. My settings say use local art first. Is there anything else i need to do? do i need a .nfo file for this to work?

Many thanks in advance

This maybe due to the fact that most skins expect you to have just 1 root music folder. And you must set the path in the skin settings page (mostly called "music path" setting) for it to work. I Ran into this little issue myself as I have 2 music folders on different hard drives. To get around this, One must make extra folders in 1 of the root audio folders. And then make a "extrafanart" folder for that artist inside it. You don't need to add the music files themselves. Just have the artist folder and the "extrafanart" with some images inside and then the addon will pick this up.

I only have 1 music folder -

The local band is inside that folder and categorized same as any other band and inside the local band is a folder called extrafanart with images inside it.

example:

X:\Music\LocalBand

Inside the LocalBand folder there is an album folder with all the mp3 tracks and inside this same LocalBand folder there is another folder called extrafanart

So when you open LocalBand up there are two folders
1. Album Name
2. extrafanart

Is this correct?

Yes.

Also make sure that your mp3's files are ID3 tagged with the same name as the artist folder name. IE:

x:\Music\Florence And The Machine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
x:\Music\Florence And The Machine\extrafanart\random-image-name-1.jpg
x:\Music\Florence And The Machine\extrafanart\random-image-name-2.jpg
x:\Music\Florence And The Machine\extrafanart\random-image-name-3.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
x:\Music\Florence And The Machine\Lungs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
x:\Music\Florence And The Machine\Lungs\Rabbit Heart.mp3

Make sure your MP3's (or what ever music file format you are using) looks something like this




And most important. Make sure you have the "Path" set in your skin.