2010-05-24, 17:45
Last Updated: 5/24/2010
Note to the mods. This is a continuation of the old music visualization mod thread started by dfmos. This while based on his mod, is significantly different. The old thread has a lot of broken links and I'm unable to update the front page, so I thought a new thread may help people find this. If you think it unwarranted or too redundant, you can feel free to merge them back.
Screen Shots
Description:
Well, the screen shots are pretty self explanatory. It shows the fanart for the band playing in the background when the visualization is off. Provides reviews of the album on the bottom right, Weather and Time/Date are large in the top corners for easy viewing from across the room. RSS feed scrolls at top. Time Elapsed and duration are laid over the album art with a progress bar and the Next track preview text in the bottom left corner. Albums after 1985 will show an animated CD, tracks before that date display a spinning vinyl record.
Install:
Extract (use winrar, 7zip etc) the images to //xbmc/skins/confluence
When it asks to overwrite, say yes. Don't forget to make a backup of your skin directory if you want to revert it back.
Download:
MusicVis_Enhanced 5-24-10.rar
To Do:
Some albums have no description text, and I'd like to display something there if that data doesn't exist. I can't see a way to toggle visibility based on the existance of a value in MusicPlayer.Property(Album_Description). If anyone has any ideas, it's starting at line 326 of MuisicVisualization.xml in the 720p folder. Tips, ideas and suggestions are welcome.
Credits:
dfmos for the original mod
DannyBres for sharing his customization
pkellum & spec_8472 for sharing the vinyl artwork
Edit: Fonts need changing in latest SVN
Note to the mods. This is a continuation of the old music visualization mod thread started by dfmos. This while based on his mod, is significantly different. The old thread has a lot of broken links and I'm unable to update the front page, so I thought a new thread may help people find this. If you think it unwarranted or too redundant, you can feel free to merge them back.
Screen Shots
Description:
Well, the screen shots are pretty self explanatory. It shows the fanart for the band playing in the background when the visualization is off. Provides reviews of the album on the bottom right, Weather and Time/Date are large in the top corners for easy viewing from across the room. RSS feed scrolls at top. Time Elapsed and duration are laid over the album art with a progress bar and the Next track preview text in the bottom left corner. Albums after 1985 will show an animated CD, tracks before that date display a spinning vinyl record.
Install:
Extract (use winrar, 7zip etc) the images to //xbmc/skins/confluence
When it asks to overwrite, say yes. Don't forget to make a backup of your skin directory if you want to revert it back.
Download:
MusicVis_Enhanced 5-24-10.rar
To Do:
Some albums have no description text, and I'd like to display something there if that data doesn't exist. I can't see a way to toggle visibility based on the existance of a value in MusicPlayer.Property(Album_Description). If anyone has any ideas, it's starting at line 326 of MuisicVisualization.xml in the 720p folder. Tips, ideas and suggestions are welcome.
Credits:
dfmos for the original mod
DannyBres for sharing his customization
pkellum & spec_8472 for sharing the vinyl artwork
Edit: Fonts need changing in latest SVN