[reaven]

because pictures are better than words

MOD With Visualization set


MOD With Visualization set to none(fanart slideshow support)










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This MOD was combine with a few other things: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=53242

[hikaricore]

That's pretty sweet. Gonna share? ^_^

[reaven]

That's pretty sweet. Gonna share? ^_^

Thanks
I will post the .xml tomorrow

[Roborob]

Thanks
I will post the .xml tomorrow

Looks very nice. Waiting for your post

[reaven]

code add it

Thanks!!


if someone wants to add star rating or another thing, or have a suggestion.

I think I will make the time font bigger and/or change the font

[Roborob]

code add it

Thanks!!


if someone wants to add star rating or another thing, or have a suggestion.

I think I will make the time font bigger and/or change the font

Is it possible to show artist fanart in the back, and leave the visuallisations ? that would be very nice.

[reaven]

I could but I dont know if is possible to grab fanart in Current playing music with MusicPlayer.(fanart) for example...


There could be a way but implies a lot of code since you need a line of code for each artist to make match and show a fanart in response, and since almost everyone has a big music collection this could be a very daunting task.

like and this is from memory and havent test this yet.

Code:

<control type="image">    
<description>artist fanart</description>    
<posx></posx>    
<posy></posy>    
<width>1280</width>    
<height>720</height>    
<texture>thumbs/jet_fanart.png</texture>    
<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>  
<visible>Player.HasAudio + substring(MusicPlayer.Artist,Jet )</visible>    
</control>

[reaven]

Info order and remaining time color test


Dont like it after test it.

[ronie]

Bugs:
Sometime the cover image overlay dont fit exactly the cover image, i dont know how to resolve this, have the same problem with another mod of mine, is the implementation of the glass image overlay like here, even though the sizes are the same sometimes with some covers they get uneven I dont know if this happen because of the size of some covers. if someone from the developers want to give me a hand or a tip is welcome.

Not all covers have the exact same aspect ratio, so you'll need to use <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio> to make them all the same size:

Code:

<control type="image">
     <description>Cover image</description>
     <posy>-150</posy>
     <width>270</width>
     <height>270</height>
     <texture diffuse="thumbs/cdcover_mask.png">$INFO[MusicPlayer.Cover]</texture>
     <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
</control>
<control type="image">
     <description>Cover image overlay</description>
     <width>270</width>
     <height>270</height>
     <posy>-150</posy>
     <texture>home/nowplaying_overlay.png</texture>
     <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
</control>

[reaven]

I am sure I already try that but will try it again...

Thanks

[reaven]

*change the info order
*make a gradient shadow for the info bg to make it more readable.
*add the whole info and cover to the open/close animation group

*artist/band fanart support on visualization screen when visualization is off

[reaven]

Is it possible to show artist fanart in the back, and leave the visuallisations ? that would be very nice.

support add it but is one or the other(visualization or fanart slideshow) I try to put both at the same time and it doesnt look right..

[reaven]

My other idea for this is making something like VH1 Pop-up video with trivias and fun facts about the artist/band, you know something else to see instead of an screen with only the album cover.

It would be great if the trivia, questions and/or funfacts can be scrape from a site that way anyone could cooperate and add more content.

[Roborob]

Wow Realy cool fanart support !
That is what i was waiting for !!

[Roborob]

I did everything you discriped in the beginning of your post. But I get no fanart slideshow. I Watched the artistname curefully but still no fanart showing. I use the latest SVN of XBMC and latest Auriga, any suggestions what could be wrong ?.

Screenshots looks amazing by the way