"cdArt" concept - current cdImage with artist fanart support in music visualizations

reaven · 2009-06-21 15:36

Montellese Wrote:I use Album Art Downloader which is a very nice tool.

And btw nice idea for this mod. Hope there will be more images for this mod soon.

And I hope to receive images from you guys too, just post them here and I will post it to the gallery.

Viking · 2009-06-21 16:07

Cant make this to work *sigh*. Either fanart slide or cd art doesnt show up.

Here i my set up:

aeon auriga/media/backdrops/artist_fanart/whitesnake/restless heart.jpg (cdart) and 2 whitesnake.jpg (fanart)

First I named folder & jpgs after album name in Library mode but with no luck and after that changed whitesnake (foldername) to WHITESNAKE,Whitesnake,whitesnake same tried the same with restless Heart.

What do I do wrong? Frown

I have the latest Auriga and XBMC win32...

reaven · 2009-06-21 16:19

first the cd art need to be .png with no background that means restless heart.png after you edit it the art.

structure would be like

Aeon/media/backdrops/artist_fanart/<artist/band name>/

files inside <artist/band name folder>

cd.png
fanart images whatever name/whatever extension(.jpg, .jpeg, .png, ......)

reaven · 2009-06-21 16:28

Here it is..

[Image: RestlessHeart.png]

Viking · 2009-06-21 16:33

wow thanks Raven...I´ll will try it right away Smile

reaven · 2009-06-21 16:44

if someone knows a command that can get the path to the currently playing song/album please by all means post it .........!!!

**Montellese** · 2009-06-21 17:24

reaven Wrote:with music playing from the Home screen press menu !

Which menu? The one popping up when pressing "S" like in this screenshot?

As you can see in the background of the screenshot music is playing. I have also activated the "Home Visualizer" option in the menu but nothing happens. Do I need another mod to get this working?

reaven · 2009-06-21 17:54

Montellese Wrote:Which menu? The one popping up when pressing "S" like in this screenshot?

As you can see in the background of the screenshot music is playing. I have also activated the "Home Visualizer" option in the menu but nothing happens. Do I need another mod to get this working?

from there press back

dyt72 · 2009-06-21 18:13

Hi, i have a problem, all works fine but i see the cd art as one of the slideshow fantart too Confused

any clue.

reaven · 2009-06-21 18:34

Quote:Hi, i have a problem, all works fine but i see the cd art as one of the slideshow fantart too any clue.

yep because is in the same folder as the fanart!

you can do 3 things
1. Edit the code to only display one static fanart and loose the slideshow
2. make another folder for the cdArt and put all the cdArts there but if you have one or more albums named the same you will have problems
3. make a subfolder inside the artist/band folder and put the cdArt there this is the code to edit

Code:

<control type="image">

            <description>Cd overlay</description>

            <width>270</width>

            <height>228</height>

            <posx>112</posx>

            <posy>-143</posy>

            <texture diffuse="home/disc_mask.png">[color=Red]backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist][/color]/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album].png</texture>

            <!--<texture>home/cd_overlay.png</texture>-->

            <aspectratio align="bottom">keep</aspectratio>

        </control>

the part in red is the path to the artist/band folder just add another folder and add the name to the path like this

Code:

backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]/<new_folder_name>

reaven Skilled Skinner Posts: 1,101 Joined: May 2009 Reputation: 20	2009-06-21 15:36 Post: #11 Montellese Wrote:I use Album Art Downloader which is a very nice tool. And btw nice idea for this mod. Hope there will be more images for this mod soon. And I hope to receive images from you guys too, just post them here and I will post it to the gallery. clearArt Concept Creator cdArt Concept Creator BDRip RSS Scene Releases
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reaven Skilled Skinner Posts: 1,101 Joined: May 2009 Reputation: 20	2009-06-21 16:28 Post: #14 Here it is.. clearArt Concept Creator cdArt Concept Creator BDRip RSS Scene Releases
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Viking Member Posts: 61 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Sweden/Skellefteå	2009-06-21 16:33 Post: #15 wow thanks Raven...I´ll will try it right away
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reaven Skilled Skinner Posts: 1,101 Joined: May 2009 Reputation: 20	2009-06-21 16:44 Post: #16 if someone knows a command that can get the path to the currently playing song/album please by all means post it .........!!! clearArt Concept Creator cdArt Concept Creator BDRip RSS Scene Releases
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dyt72 Member Posts: 68 Joined: Mar 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Spain	2009-06-21 18:13 Post: #19 Hi, i have a problem, all works fine but i see the cd art as one of the slideshow fantart too any clue.
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