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

[reaven]

This new "cdArt" concept displays an animation of the currently playing CD (Compact Disc) image spinning, with music artist fanart slideshow support in the music visualization screen when visualizations is set to off.

Few YouTube videos examples that show this spin animation effect in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7QSRQc-pbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyuRsIsbAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7zy14OM6Y

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/cd_art.png
NEW! Fixed code for everyone that could not make this work before, and also added:
Spinning cdArt code
Fallback image if there is no cdArt for the playing album, (you need XBMC SVN biold r21336 or later)
Everything in one pack download (just replace/merge)
Progress bar behind timer (just the size of the 4 digits, if you want it other place or size just play with the progressbar control in musicVisualization.xml)

* Help is needed to those who want to use the mod to share and make the cdArt images, please also consider modding other skins for this.
* The cdArt CD images need to be in .png format without background and at least 500x500 pixel resolution with a clean round boarder.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot004-3.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot001-16.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot000-22.jpg


cdArt avaliable
You can download and post cdArts HERE (http://www.xbmcstuff.com/?x=11)

Downloads

**Remember to backup your Font.xml and MusicVisualisation.xml before replacing, just in case**
Everything you need to mod Aeon: HERE (http://rapidshare.com/files/252938653/cdArt_MOD_fix.rar) (just replace/merge, see the readme files inside the folders for instructions)

README! Everything is include in the download to this MOD to work, the following code below is only in case you do not want to replace your Font.xml and just want to add the part needed which is in red:

<!-- OSD -->

<font>
<name>Font_OSDSeek</name>
<filename>aeon_settings.ttf</filename>
<size>18</size>
</font>

<font>
<name>Font_OSDOptions</name>
<filename>aeon_title.ttf</filename>
<size>16</size>
</font>

<font>
<name>Font_OSDCodecInfo</name>
<filename>aeon_settings.ttf</filename>
<size>22</size>
</font>

<font>
<name>Font_OSDMusicArtist</name>
<filename>aeon_settings.ttf</filename>
<size>24</size>
</font>

<font>
<name>Font_OSDMusicTitle</name>
<filename>aeon_settings.ttf</filename>
<size>38</size>
</font>

<!-- Extra Font for music MOD -->
<font>
<name>Font_bigtime</name>
<filename>aeon_main.ttf</filename>
<size>85</size>
</font>

<!-- VirtualOSD -->

[ccMatrix]

Cool idea. Looks really nice. Is there any webpage to get good CD images?

[freezy]

Cool idea. Looks really nice. Is there any webpage to get good CD images?

http://cdcovers.cc/ I guess.

[scrolling]

This site has high quality album artwork.

http://www.albumartexchange.com/

[reaven]

http://www.freecovers.net/browse/music_cd/4.a.html

[Montellese]

I use Album Art Downloader (http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art) which is a very nice tool.

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

[z][ggy]

yeah pretty impressed here too :) with the audio cd art spin? lol

[Montellese]

Ok this may be a bit embarrassing but I can't find my way to the music visualization screen anymore. Have I gone blind or something? I haven't used it for a while but I have already used it in the past and now I just can't find it anymore.
Would be glad if someone could point me into the right direction.

[ronie]

This looks very very cool !
Can't wait to give it a spin. ;-)

[reaven]

Ok this may be a bit embarrassing but I can't find my way to the music visualization screen anymore. Have I gone blind or something? I haven't used it for a while but I have already used it in the past and now I just can't find it anymore.
Would be glad if someone could point me into the right direction.

with music playing from the Home screen press menu !

[reaven]

I use Album Art Downloader (http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art) 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]

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? :sniffle:

I have the latest Auriga and XBMC win32...

[reaven]

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]

Here it is..

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/cdArt/RestlessHeart.png

[Viking]

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

[reaven]

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

[Montellese]

with music playing from the Home screen press menu !

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

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7594/musicvisualization.th.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/musicvisualization.jpg/)

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]

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

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7594/musicvisualization.th.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/musicvisualization.jpg/)

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]

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

[reaven]

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

[natew]

This site has high quality album artwork.

http://www.albumartexchange.com/
:shocked:

[reaven]

:shocked:

but in that page there any cd art at all, just covers !!

[reaven]

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/cdArt/greenday-21centurybrakdown.png

theres more on the gallery

[Montellese]

from there press back

Then I only get
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2977/musicvisualization2.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/i/musicvisualization2.jpg/)
which still has the Aeon menu and no artist fanart and all the OSD information isn't there either which leads me to the conclusion that I'm either totally stupid on this one :oo: or I'm missing some mod/tweak ???

Btw these are the ones I did for testing:

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6948/breakaway.th.png (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/breakaway.png/)
Kelly Clarkson - My December: http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8812/mydecember.th.png (http://img269.imageshack.us/i/mydecember.png/)
Kelly Clarkson - Thankful: http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1325/thankful.th.png (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/thankful.png/)

[Viking]

Reaven...still cant make it work :/ (I must be dumb) plz could you do a post with your Aeon Auriga + mod package....plzzz :rolleyes:

[reaven]

am not at home but my version of auriga is the one before the current one(june 8,09) and my version of XBMC is RC1 so its related to something else.

whats exactly your problem now Viking ?


and Montellese your problem is you can get to the Visualisation screen ? if its enable under settings your suppose to get there pressing menu or back from the Home screen in my case on a Mac I can accessed pressing back or menu because is the same button.

http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Music

*weird it is Visualization or Visualisation ? the xml filename is MusicVisualisation but in the wiki said Visualization.

[Viking]

am not at home but my version of auriga is the one before the current one(june 8,09)

and if you have the most current version of XBMC it suppose to work

But when your back home plz upload your working package :rolleyes:

edit: my problem is both no cd art and no fanart is working for me..

[reaven]

and what you see at least the visualisation ?

[reaven]

Montellese:

http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Visualizations

[Viking]

when I set visualization to off I only get after a while dimmed window and no fanart...When I set it to on I see only cover but not that one with cd picture mod :sniffle:

[reaven]

you set the visualization to "none" via the OSD in the visualization screen. you get fanart when set the visualization to none no to off..

and you said you can see the cdart but the incorrect one

this is the visualization screen when set to other than none, this is from another mod before i add the cdArt

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot000-7.jpg

[Viking]

Sorry I wrote missleading, offcaurse I set visualization to "none" in music settings but nothing happens...what do I set in osd settings? though I have tried everything there..sorry if Im a pain in the as...:sad:

[reaven]

not at all, I made this to share it !!

In the OSD you can set the visualisation to none, if nothing show up check your folders names because its not related to Aeon version because you can see the vusualisation youre only missing the fanart and cd so its mod related.

[Viking]

Strange but I cant set it to none there only to minimise/maximise topbar and lowbar toggletime/duration to on or off and toggle osdbar text to on or off

[reaven]

you are a little lost then, you are refering to the OSD position on the customization screen in settings I will post more info and a few screenshots of the settings when I get home meanwhile see these sites.

The OSD is on the actual visualization screen

http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Music
http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Visualizations

[reaven]

this is my Aeon Auriga version
<skin>
<defaultresolution>720p</defaultresolution>
<defaultresolutionwide>720p</defaultresolutionwide>
<version>2.1</version>
<effectslowdown>1</effectslowdown>
<zoom>1.0</zoom>

<credits>
<skinname>Aeon</skinname>
<name>by Duncan Harris</name>
</credits>
</skin>

[reaven]

Visual References

OSD just to turn off or on the info and I think move the location
the bottom one need to be turn OFF
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot004-2.jpg

one of two way to turning visualisation set to none
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot003.jpg

the other way via OSD in visualisation screen (pressign the button that look like an eye)
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot002-7.jpg

and hopefully you get this
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot005.jpg

in my Mac and with the mac remote I press menu/back button is the same one in the remote, from the Home screen and I get to the visualisation screen

[ronie]

hi reaven, i've tried your mod with Transparency! (sorry i'm not using Aeon) and i've added some animations to really top it off !!!
check: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyuRsIsbAE

let me know if you like it and i'll send the code your way.

[reaven]

WOW can you send me the code?

[reaven]

never mind, I already made my own but although it looks cool I think its too much going on there but again looks cool as hell

I add stop spin when on pause and get hidden animation when music end .

[z][ggy]

Reaven fantastic work mate :)

[reaven]

thanks !

[Ninjamawwe]

Could you please post the spinner code? I would like to try it out.

[ronie]

never mind, I already made my own but although it looks cool I think its too much going on there but again looks cool as hell

as with everything, some will like it, some won't.

I add stop spin when on pause and get hidden animation when music end .

cool, i didn't go that far, but certainly like the idea. it would be extra nice if i could get the cd slide back in the cover at the end of the song.

anyway, keep up the good work!

[Montellese]

aand Montellese your problem is you can get to the Visualisation screen ? if its enable under settings your suppose to get there pressing menu or back from the Home screen in my case on a Mac I can accessed pressing back or menu because is the same button.

http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Music

*weird it is Visualization or Visualisation ? the xml filename is MusicVisualisation but in the wiki said Visualization.

I finally managed to get to see the Visualization (it is with a Z not an S) screen but only by enabling to show it as a "Screensaver" (instead of a image slideshow or something) and this is how it looks:
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7594/musicvisualization.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/i/musicvisualization.jpg/) http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2977/musicvisualization2.th.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/i/musicvisualization2.jpg/)
Nevermind about the visualization in the background. XBMC wouldn't show the whole screen as a screensaver if I set the Visualization style to None. Why do I still get that progress bar at the bottom overlapping all the information?
I guess the bad positioning of the rest of the information (mainly the song name) is because I use a 16:10 screen resolution right?

Btw thanks for the links to the Wiki but they are of no use to me because I don't use an XBox remote so the buttons described there aren't the same as on my remote. I will keep looking for the visualization screen.

[reaven]

it would be extra nice if i could get the cd slide back in the cover at the end of the song.
just add <!Player.Playing> to the condition in the close animation

as with everything, some will like it, some won't.
What I didn't get is that sometimes the cd wont run smoothly do you add some kind of easing to the rotate code to make it run smooth or is just my LAN speed ? can you post at least the <animation type="rotate" .......> part

it is with a Z not an S
In auriga the .xml is with an S

is because I use a 16:10 screen resolution right?

maybe, yeah mine is 1280x720 16:9

Why do I still get that progress bar at the bottom overlapping all the information?

I explain that in a few post back in the Visual References you have to turn off the bottom bar, under settings->customization->OSD click on the bottom bar to toggle on or off.

what you use to run XBMC which OS ?

those screenshots are yours ? so I suppos eyou finally get to the visualization screen.
you are missing adding the font to the font.xml and the background_shade so the text can be readable on white background all of that is on the first post.

[Montellese]

In auriga the .xml is with an S
Yeah and in "Home Visualiser" it's an S as well but it's wrong.

I explain that in a few post back in the Visual References you have to turn off the bottom bar, under settings->customization->OSD click on the bottom bar to toggle on or off.
Ah ok I didn't really understand at first what you wrote back then but now I get it.

what you use to run XBMC which OS ?
I use WinXP and get the latest XBMC versions with XBMCUpdater.

those screenshots are yours ? so I suppos eyou finally get to the visualization screen.
Well I got it but only as a Screensaver. I still have no clue how to access it manually.

you are missing adding the font to the font.xml and the background_shade so the text can be readable on white background all of that is on the first post.
Yeah I was planning on doing this but didn't find the time yet.

[ronie]

just add <!Player.Playing> to the condition in the close animation

cheers, i'll see what i does.

What I didn't get is that sometimes the cd wont run smoothly do you add some kind of easing to the rotate code to make it run smooth or is just my LAN speed ? can you post at least the <animation type="rotate" .......> part

It could be you took a different approach, this is what i'm using:


<animation type="WindowOpen" reversible="false" condition="Window.IsActive(2006)">
<effect type="slide" start="0,0" end="0,0" time="3000" />
<effect type="slide" start="0,0" end="85,0" delay="3000" time="3000" />
<effect type="rotate" center="120,84" start="0" end="-21600" delay="6500" time="300000" />
</animation>

this will make the cd spin for five minutes, if you need a longer time, just increase the time value and the angle value accordingly.

[reaven]

mine spin as long as the cd is playing and stop for a moment if you paused but continue when the pause is release.

sorry for the mess in the code am currently constantly testing
<control type="image">
<description>Cd overlay</description>
<animation effect="slide" start="-118" end="0" time="700" tween="cubic" easing="out" delay="1000">WindowOpen</animation>

<animation type="WindowClose">
<effect type="slide" start="0" end="-114" time="700" tween="cubic" easing="in" delay="0"/>
<effect type="fade" start="100" end="0" time="1300"/>
<condition type="!Player.Playing"/>
</animation>
<animation effect="rotate" end="-360" center="auto" time="2000" loop="true" reversible="false" condition="!Player.Paused">Conditional</animation>
<width>270</width>
<height>228</height>
<posx>175</posx><!-- 112 -->
<posy>-143</posy><!-- -143 -->
<!--<texture diffuse="home/disc_mask.png">-->
<texture>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]/cd/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album].png</texture>
<aspectratio align="bottom">keep</aspectratio>
</control>

[Montellese]

Woot I just found out how to access the Music Visualization screen manually by accident. I have to press "Tab" like when having paused a movie and browsing through the menus to get back to the movie screen.

Now the only issue left is the CDs showing up as fanart but you already described a solution for this as well. I will check that out.

Btw I found some strange thing with the Cover and the CD. In some cases the part cut out of the cover at the right side reappears behind the center whole of the CD image which is transparent like in this screen (in the red "Circle"):
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7594/musicvisualization.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/i/musicvisualization.jpg/)

[Montellese]

I got a suggestion:

Could it be done that if there is no Artist/Band fanart available that it just shows the backdrops defined for the music section in the slide show?

[reaven]

I got a suggestion:

Could it be done that if there is no Artist/Band fanart available that it just shows the backdrops defined for the music section in the slide show?

maybe I will try that later and also add a generic cd if there is no cdArt

BTW you cd cutout is wrong, thats why it shows like that, here is a new one

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/cdArt/Thankful.png

[reaven]

ok here is a video of mine with a different spin :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7QSRQc-pbA

[ronie]

mine spin as long as the cd is playing and stop for a moment if you paused but continue when the pause is release.

sorry for the mess in the code am currently constantly testing
<control type="image">
<description>Cd overlay</description>
<animation effect="slide" start="-118" end="0" time="700" tween="cubic" easing="out" delay="1000">WindowOpen</animation>

<animation type="WindowClose">
<effect type="slide" start="0" end="-114" time="700" tween="cubic" easing="in" delay="0"/>
<effect type="fade" start="100" end="0" time="1300"/>
<condition type="!Player.Playing"/>
</animation>
<animation effect="rotate" end="-360" center="auto" time="2000" loop="true" reversible="false" condition="!Player.Paused">Conditional</animation>
<width>270</width>
<height>228</height>
<posx>175</posx><!-- 112 -->
<posy>-143</posy><!-- -143 -->
<!--<texture diffuse="home/disc_mask.png">-->
<texture>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]/cd/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album].png</texture>
<aspectratio align="bottom">keep</aspectratio>
</control>

great, i couldn't find anywhere if 'loop' was supported in animations, so this is just what i was looking for. i'll play with it some more over the next couple of days.

[reaven]

great, i couldn't find anywhere if 'loop' was supported in animations,
me neither, there was nothing in the wiki i just put the word loop there = true and viola it works !! but it need some fine tuning

[Montellese]

maybe I will try that later and also add a generic cd if there is no cdArt
Yeah that would be nice.

BTW you cd cutout is wrong, thats why it shows like that, here is a new one[/QUOTE]

Oh you're right. Well my Photoshop skills aren't the best and I made them in a bit of a hurry. Thanks for pointing it out. I will try it when I get home in about 8 hours after work and report back.

I will also create some new cdArts then. Is it possible for other people to upload their cdArts to that gallery of yours? I think it would be very nice if we'd have a gallery where everyone can upload their cdArt.

And btw nice cd spinning. Can't wait to get that.

[reaven]

you can post it here and then I upload them to the gallery, I have already more than 50 I will upload them to the gallery as soon as I edit them.

[theophile]

Don't know if this is consistent with what you have in mind, but here's something:

http://monopedilos.com/mediagallery/mediaobjects/disp/e/e_abbey_road_lp.png

[luppolo]

hi
this magnificent mod is ok for Aeon SVN also?

[theophile]

Do we have spinning code available yet or is it still being tested?

[reaven]

Do we have spinning code available yet or is it still being tested?

is still been tested.


is that an LP ?

[ronie]

is that an LP ?

me thinks it's an apple.

[theophile]

is still been tested.
OK. I'm using the code you posted earlier in the thread. It's actually working pretty good, only problem is that the cdart appears on a layer above the cover art. But the spinning looks real good.

is that an LP ?

It is. It's the A side of Abbey Road. The Apple image should be immediately recognizable as The Beatles' record label. I decided to replicate the LP rather than the CD because my Abbey Road album is actually an LP rip. Since it worked out pretty good, I've been making LP clones for all my older albums that were originally released on vinyl. With the spinning code, it actually looks extremely good since the spinning image rotates at a rate close to 33.3 RPM, which is how the original LPs would have looked while playing.

I'm not a skinner, but I've considered playing around with the code to see if I could get the record to slide out of the album jacket and onto a turntable. Anyway, if others are interested in the LPs, I'll post more as I make them.

[reaven]

OK. I'm using the code you posted earlier in the thread. It's actually working pretty good, only problem is that the cdart appears on a layer above the cover art. But the spinning looks real good.
that why I said its been tested, but that can be fix by moving the code above the cover code.

It is. It's the A side of Abbey Road. The Apple image should be immediately recognizable as The Beatles' record label. I decided to replicate the LP rather than the CD because my Abbey Road album is actually an LP rip.

the problem would be that the background shade is black, I can post a white shade if you want to but that would implies changing the font color of all the elements of the cd info.

With the spinning code, it actually looks extremely good since the spinning image rotates at a rate close to 33.3 RPM, which is how the original LPs would have looked while playing.

hahaha, do you imagine the animation rotating at 250rpm, I code it that slow so you can view the cdArt if it wasn't for that there wont be any point in using the real cd art.


---------
I almost have 70 cdArt edited ready to upload

[Montellese]

I downloaded the fixed version of the cdArt you posted earlier but I still get the same problem. That rounded shape isn't cut out correctly from the cover where the cdArt is transparent. This happens for all the cdArts I created. Maybe I cut out too much of the center circle again :-/
Maybe you can double check them before uploading them to your gallery:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9995/backtobedlam.th.png (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=backtobedlam.png) http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5783/itistimeforaloverevolut.th.png (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=itistimeforaloverevolut.png) http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4904/reanimation.th.png (http://img31.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reanimation.png) http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7734/hybridtheory.th.png (http://img44.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hybridtheory.png) http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9258/liveintexas.th.png (http://img196.imageshack.us/my.php?image=liveintexas.png) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6444/meteora.th.png (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meteora.png)

[reaven]

the only one from there that I already have in the gallery is james blunt-back to bedlam, you can check the gallery too before make them so you dont make it again..

I will look into the center cut again but most of the time is because the center is cut too big and the mask dont cover it.

also it would be better if you make them at least 400x400 that way you save space and anyway the cdArt would be resize to 270

[theophile]

the problem would be that the background shade is black, I can post a white shade if you want to but that would implies changing the font color of all the elements of the cd info.
Actually, it looks fine as-is. I made a video showing a couple in action. Lemme know what you think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7zy14OM6Y

[reaven]

it looks nice, the disc its just too much to the right thought but nice.

[Montellese]

the only one from there that I already have in the gallery is james blunt-back to bedlam, you can check the gallery too before make them so you dont make it again..

I will look into the center cut again but most of the time is because the center is cut too big and the mask dont cover it.

also it would be better if you make them at least 400x400 that way you save space and anyway the cdArt would be resize to 270

I checked your gallery but as the images don't have a title which tells me something about Artist/Band and Album title it isn't very obvious what is already there and what isn't.

Ah then I misunderstood that. I thought the cdArt should be 400x400 or bigger, that's why I made them that big. But I can resize them as soon as I get back home.

[reaven]

every cdArt is named like this " artist/band name - album name " is easier if you use the RSS feed http://feed93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/cdArt/feed.rss

you can use any size you want but is would be lost HDD space since the usable size is 270 i said 400 so the quality is not lost and you get the best image quality dont matter if 720p or 1080p.

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71 album upload so far!

[joebrady]

What program are you using to create these disc images, and do you have any type of template that others could use to just drop a disc image onto and have the correct cutouts and tranparency?

[Montellese]

I just load the images in Photoshop, switch to Mask mode, get a circle brush with black color, tweak it's radius so it fits the size of the CD and apply it onto it. Then I switch the color to white, adjust the radius so it fits the cutout hole in the center of the CD and apply it.
Then I switch back to normal mode and everything except the CD is marked so I can just press Delete and I'm left with the CD only. Then maybe crop the image so that there is no free space around it and resize it a bit.

But I don't really have a template. Always takes me a minute to adjust the radius so it really fits the CD image I got.

[reaven]

Wow.

1. new transparent document 400 x 400
2. open the cd image resize it to fit in the new document
3. use the elliptical marquee tool (with shift pressed)to make a perfect circle on the cd and then in the menu select - > inverse, deleted (sometimes the magic wand works to select the outside, but leave the corners dirty and with noise).
4. the same step 3 for the center (dont cut too much)
5. menu image -> trim (enter)
6. save as .png (artist/band - album name.png)

[reaven]

163 cdArt ready and uploaded to the gallery !

[Batemann]

Just got this working. This is fun. ;-)
Really waiting for the spinning, that would be super. And a default fallback icon... I have 1500 albums, and I'm not gonna make art for all of them. ;-) )

[Batemann]

Also a fallback fanart folder would be nice, which can be filled with the same backdrops of the home menu cycle for example.

[ronie]

Just got this working. This is fun. ;-)
Really waiting for the spinning, that would be super. And a default fallback icon... I have 1500 albums, and I'm not gonna make art for all of them. ;-) )

Here's an option for fallback, just display a fallback cd image below the other one.
If no cdArt is available, only the fallback image will be visible.

<control type="image">
<description>fallback Cd art image</description>
<width>200</width>
<height>200</height>
<posx>35</posx>
<posy>-16</posy>
<texture diffuse="disc_mask.png">fallback-disc.png</texture>
<aspectratio align="bottom">keep</aspectratio>
<include>cdart-animation</include>
</control>
<control type="image">
<description>Cd art image</description>
<width>200</width>
<height>200</height>
<posx>35</posx>
<posy>-16</posy>
<texture diffuse="disc_mask.png">$INFO[Skin.String(Music_Folder_Path)]$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]\$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album]\cdart.png</texture>
<aspectratio align="bottom">keep</aspectratio>
<include>cdart-animation</include>
</control>

[reaven]

I have 1500 albums, and I'm not gonna make art for all of them. ;-) )

ahhhhhhhh, I just did! where you think almost all the images in the gallery came from, at least the ones I found ?

[reaven]

Here's an option for fallback, just display a fallback cd image below the other one.
If no cdArt is available, only the fallback image will be visible.

you mean fallback like the fallback image will always be there only visible if the image above it dont exist right ? if the image above exist it will cover the fallback image.

I already implement that but with the spinning, having a default cd spinning behind the cdArt in case there is no cdArt avaliable.

no fallback like the image will only appear when need it .

will <texture fallback= works ?

[ronie]

you mean fallback like the fallback image will always be there only visible if the image above it dont exist right ? if the image above exist it will cover the fallback image.

I already implement that but with the spinning, having a default cd spinning behind the cdArt in case there is no cdArt avaliable.

That's what i meant. The fallback image will always be there (and spinning), but will be covered by the cdArt image if available.

no fallback like the image will only appear when need it .

will <texture fallback= works ?

Nope, not currently possible, but there's a feature request for it on trac: http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/6776

[reaven]

I was also thinking in moving all cdArts to one folder, is a paint moving each one individually to each artist folder...

something like moving all to folder <cdarts> and call them with cdarts/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]-$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album].png


BTW
does this $INFO[Skin.String(Music_Folder_Path)] works that take you to your music folder?

where you set the string ?

[ronie]

I was also thinking in moving all cdArts to one folder, is a paint moving each one individually to each artist folder...

something like moving all to folder <cdarts> and call them with cdarts/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]-$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album].png


BTW
does this $INFO[Skin.String(Music_Folder_Path)] works that take you to your music folder?

where you set the string ?

It's a custom skin setting. it allows users to specify the path to their music folder.
To use it, you would have add it to the 'Advanced - Extended Aeon Options' Section.

Personally, i don't like having to create an entirely new directory structure somewhere for each and every new mod.
IMO it's better to store all the images in the already existing folders of your music directory. So just put an cdart.png in the album folder and the skin will pick it up.

Of course things will get a lot easier if your request to make the path available to the player get implemented in xbmc.


btw, thanx for your animation code, i've extended it a bit to speed up spinning on Forward and reverse spinning on Reverse.

[reaven]

thanx for your animation code, i've extended it a bit to speed up spinning on Forward and reverse spinning on Reverse.

hahaha, this have no end, does it ?

you add another animation control with a faster speed and a visible tag on FF and on RW

[ronie]

hahaha, this have no end, does it ?

you add another animation control with a faster speed and a visible tag on FF and on RW

yes, i like playing around with it. ;-)
it will spin faster on forward and increases speed when you select forward2x, forward4x, forward8x.... it spins like a madman when you reach forward32x :-)

i've also modified the 'pause' animation to gently slow down to a stop, instead of instantly stop spinning.

[reaven]

gently slow down to a stop, instead of instantly stop spinning
can you post your code, it would be great to paused in the actual position rather than paused at start position.

[ronie]

can you post your code, it would be great to paused in the actual position rather than paused at start position.

the trick is to keep the cd spinning all the time, but add a spin in the opposite direction on pause.


<animation type="WindowOpen">
<effect type="slide" end="95" tween="cubic" easing="out" delay="1000" time="2000" />
</animation>

<animation effect="rotate" end="-360" center="auto" time="5000" loop="true" reversible="false" condition="true">Conditional</animation>

<animation effect="rotate" end="360" center="auto" time="5000" loop="true" reversible="false" condition="Player.Paused">Conditional</animation>
<animation effect="rotate" end="-28" center="auto" time="500" reversible="false" condition="Player.Paused">Conditional</animation>
<animation effect="rotate" end="-15" center="auto" time="500" delay="500" reversible="false" condition="Player.Paused">Conditional</animation>
<animation effect="rotate" end="-3" center="auto" time="250" delay="1000" reversible="false" condition="Player.Paused">Conditional</animation>


now you improve my code ;-)

[Montellese]

Personally, i don't like having to create an entirely new directory structure somewhere for each and every new mod.
IMO it's better to store all the images in the already existing folders of your music directory. So just put an cdart.png in the album folder and the skin will pick it up.

Yeah that would be nice. Would make things much easier. ATM I have to create new folders for every band/artist again. Not a big deal but reading the cdArt from the folder containing the songs itself would make things a lot easier. Maybe introduce a name convention like cdArt.png or something like that.

But as I'm no skinner/modder I don't know if that's easily possible. But extrathumbs for movies can be shown as well although they don't really belong to XBMC itself. So I figure it should be possible.

[meanstreak]

Fantastic addition ....... if it worked for me :(

so what with the limitations on adding a network share both directly into guisettings or the aeon advanced setting; am I right to presume that everyone using this mod has either all their music files local to their htpc/xbox/pc or have they recreated their artist_name structure again in a local location?

'cos for me I couldn't even get my head around recreating the 10000 albums directory structure again.


if anyone has successfully managed to modify the guisettings and put in a smb location in the path please please let me know


tnx

Brent

[joebrady]

That is my understanding yes.

From the wiki, this refers to the 'imagepath' attribute of the MulitImage control:

Specifies the path containing the images to use for the slideshow. XBMC will first look inside the compressed Textures.xpr file for images, and then will look in the actual folder. The path is relative to the media/ folder if it is not specified completely. It must be a local path (ie on the local harddisk) for speed purposes.

[reaven]

yes this is a temporary solution until they add music fanart support to XBMC, anyway I doubt you listen to the 1000 albums just add support to the albums you listen more, thats what I did I just add fanart to the like 15 most listen albums.

I have try to do what ronie did but I cant and try to add the path directly in code without the use of the advanced settings and nothing I dont know if what is in the wiki about having the images locally have anything to do because all my media is in a server.

[reaven]

hey ronie can you send me your advancedsettings.xml to see what and where you add this.

[ronie]

hey ronie can you send me your advancedsettings.xml to see what and where you add this.

you mean guisettings.xml ?

this is the relevant line:
<setting type="string" name="Transparency!.music_folder_path">/home/xbmc/Media/Music/</setting>

if you store your music on a network drive, it should be something like this:
<setting type="string" name="Transparency!.music_folder_path">smb://Servername/Media/Music/</setting>

[reaven]

It's a custom skin setting. it allows users to specify the path to their music folder.
To use it, you would have add it to the 'Advanced - Extended Aeon Options' Section.

lol, sorry I though you were talking about the advancedsettings.xml


do you have your media in a server or smb share ? if so have you experience any problems loading fanart or cdArt in the music library ?

[jtap06]

Great mod! However, is the artist/band fanart supposed to fade? I am not getting any sort of fade on change.

[jtap06]

Nevermind ^, I guess I am having the same problem I am having with my home backdrops. They only fade about 25% of the time.

If any one knows of a solution I would be very grateful!

[reaven]

if you have more than one fanart for the artist its suppose to fade

[reaven]

you mean guisettings.xml ?

this is the relevant line:
<setting type="string" name="Transparency!.music_folder_path">/home/xbmc/Media/Music/</setting>

if you store your music on a network drive, it should be something like this:
<setting type="string" name="Transparency!.music_folder_path">smb://Servername/Media/Music/</setting>

in which node ? <mymusic>, <musicfiles>, <musiclibrary>, <musicplayer>, ect...

ok.. in <skinsettings> !

[reaven]

ok I have the path ok.. but its not loading anything I put a label in the screen to see if the path is there and it is but no fanart loading is this have anything to with the fact that it's in a smb share and the control calling is a multiimage ?

[jtap06]

Is there anyway this mod can be used with the Pictures section? For instance, when in a slideshow, pressing "I" on the keyboard looks pretty blah right now.

[ronie]

ok I have the path ok.. but its not loading anything I put a label in the screen to see if the path is there and it is but no fanart loading is this have anything to with the fact that it's in a smb share and the control calling is a multiimage ?

hard to tell, post your multiimage control and whatever you've added to guisettings.xml,
and i'll have a look.

[reaven]

is yours on a smb share ?

<control type="multiimage">
<description>artist slideshow</description>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>-</posy>
<width>1280</width>
<height>720</height>
<visible>true</visible>
<imagepath>$INFO[Skin.String(cdart_path)]/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath>
<!-- <imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath> -->
<timeperimage>4000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>2000</fadetime>
<pauseatend>4000</pauseatend>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<loop>yes</loop>
<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>
<visible>Player.HasAudio + !Visualisation.Enabled</visible>
</control>

<setting type="string" name="Aeon Auriga.cdart_path">smb://MEDIASERVER/Music</setting>

there was also this, was set to false by default i tried both ways true and false
<setting type="bool" name="Aeon Auriga.cdart_path">true</setting>

[ronie]

is yours on a smb share ?

nope my media is local, but i could test it with a smb share later today.

<control type="multiimage">
<description>artist slideshow</description>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>-</posy>
<width>1280</width>
<height>720</height>
<visible>true</visible>
<imagepath>$INFO[Skin.String(cdart_path)]/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath>
<!-- <imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath> -->
<timeperimage>4000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>2000</fadetime>
<pauseatend>4000</pauseatend>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<loop>yes</loop>
<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>
<visible>Player.HasAudio + !Visualisation.Enabled</visible>
</control>

remove the slash and put it at the end:
$INFO[Skin.String(cdart_path)]$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]/</imagepath>


<setting type="string" name="Aeon Auriga.cdart_path">smb://MEDIASERVER/Music</setting>

there should be a slash at the end:
<setting type="string" name="Aeon Auriga.cdart_path">smb://MEDIASERVER/Music/</setting>


there was also this, was set to false by default i tried both ways true and false
<setting type="bool" name="Aeon Auriga.cdart_path">true</setting>

remove this line completely, it's a duplicate of the previous one and can only cause errors.

[reaven]

I have already done all that before post I post it here.

remove the slash and put it at the end:
$INFO[Skin.String(cdart_path)]$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]/</imagepath>
if you see the line comment it after that one it doesnt have the slash at the end and that line works.

there should be a slash at the end:
<setting type="string" name="Aeon Auriga.cdart_path">smb://MEDIASERVER/Music/</setting>
already tried but it make no sense because one slash at the end plus the one in the multiimage control it would make something like this smb://MEDIASERVER/Music//Akon/
*Akon is a random artist example

also the real slash on the smb share are back slash no forwardslash if you see in the sources.xml, but that would conflict with the forward slash of the artist path. anyway i tried both ways, if could test ti that would be great.
Thanks

[ronie]

I have already done all that before post I post it here.


if you see the line comment it after that one it doesnt have the slash at the end and that line works.


already tried but it make no sense because one slash at the end plus the one in the multiimage control it would make something like this smb://MEDIASERVER/Music//Akon/
*Akon is a random artist example

also the real slash on the smb share are back slash no forwardslash if you see in the sources.xml, but that would conflict with the forward slash of the artist path. anyway i tried both ways, if could test ti that would be great.
Thanks

never mind the slashes, it turns out the multiimage control only works with local drives:
MultiImage Control (http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=MultiImage_Control)
- imagepath: It must be a local path (ie on the local harddisk) for speed purposes.

[reaven]

yeah I know that but the image control isn't working either and I try both.

[reaven]

cdArt pack: up to 150 ready to use cdArts

added to the first page !!

[Reginald]

Thank you for the awesome mod, I am having an issue where the CD Art is showing up as Fanart, not sure if I missed something stupid here. My CD Art is album name.png and the Fanart is Artist Name.jpg.

[reaven]

Thank you for the awesome mod, I am having an issue where the CD Art is showing up as Fanart, not sure if I missed something stupid here. My CD Art is album name.png and the Fanart is Artist Name.jpg.

you dont miss anything I have to fix that, the problem is the path to the fanart folder is the same where the cdArt is, you can create a folder name <cd> for example inside the artist folder and edit the path of the cdArt in MusicVisualisation.xml

[Reginald]

Thanks for the info!

[Viking]

Raven Im sorry but im still lost with this :sniffle:

Plzz cant you host some where and ad your modded Auriga pack?? Im begging you...:grin:

EDIT: DONT BOTHER, I GOT IT WORKING NOW WEEEEIIIIII :)

[z][ggy]

got it working but is it me or is the spinning part not done yet?

[reaven]

NEW fix code for everyone that cant make this work and also add:

*spinning cdArt code.
*fallback image if there is no cdArt for the playing album.(you'll need svn r21336 or up)
*everything in one pack download (just replace/merge)
*progress bar behind timer (just the size of the 4 digits, if you want it other place or size just play with the progressbar control in musicVisualization.xml)

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/screenshot004-3.jpg

[z][ggy]

fantastic mate you have explained the fanart with the "readme" file but not where to put the cdarts and the naming of them :)

[reaven]

[ggy;364528']fantastic mate you have explained the fanart with the "readme" file but not where to put the cdarts and the naming of them :)

upsss !! :shocked:

sorry I will fix it immediately.

thanks a lot z][ggy
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I already post the new pack here and in the first page!

Fix, missing folder and readme.txt

cdArt MOD pack (http://rapidshare.com/files/252938653/cdArt_MOD_fix.rar)

[z][ggy]

upsss !! :shocked:

sorry I will fix it immediately.

thanks a lot z][ggy
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I already post the new pack here and in the first page!

Fix, missing folder and readme.txt

cdArt MOD pack (http://rapidshare.com/files/252938653/cdArt_MOD_fix.rar)

hehe np mate btw awsome work :)

[reaven]

hehe np mate btw awsome work

Thanks !

[z][ggy]

Tested and fully working awsome :)

[reaven]

[ggy;364567']Tested and fully working awsome :)

really glad to hear :nod:

[z][ggy]

ok lol i know plenty of places to get the art but how do i get the outside edge transparent lol as just got a cover opened it in ms paint saved as a *.png and it works fine apart from the square edge lol

[reaven]

[ggy;364572']ok lol i know plenty of places to get the art but how do i get the outside edge transparent lol as just got a cover opened it in ms paint saved as a *.png and it works fine apart from the square edge lol

you need photoshop or another graphics application and with circular selection tool select a perfect circle around the cd when you got it press select and inverse and it will select all that is not the cd and press delete, there you have the perfect round cdArt then you pass that to a new transparent document at least 500x500 and resize the cdArt, cut the center, trim the document so the border of the cd touch the border of the document/canvas and save it as .png

this instructions are more for photoshop than any other

you need an app. to make them ?

[Batemann]

HI Reaven.
I Got It working, mostly. The Default cd-art image (for when there is no cd art available) is not coming up. And since I Have a rather large music collection, that what i'll be using mostly. I Copied all of your folders and files over my Aeon install. Is there something wrong?

[z][ggy]

you need photoshop or another graphics application and with circular selection tool select a perfect circle around the cd when you got it press select and inverse and it will select all that is not the cd and press delete, there you have the perfect round cdArt then you pass that to a new transparent document at least 500x500 and resize the cdArt, cut the center, trim the document so the border of the cd touch the border of the document/canvas and save it as .png

this instructions are more for photoshop than any other

you need an app. to make them ?

you make it sound simple lol i'll have to try and get photoshop and give it a whirl :P

[reaven]

HI Reaven.
I Got It working, mostly. The Default cd-art image (for when there is no cd art available) is not coming up. And since I Have a rather large music collection, that what i'll be using mostly. I Copied all of your folders and files over my Aeon install. Is there something wrong?

maybe this part from the first page
*fallback image if there is no cdArt for the playing album.(you'll need svn r21336 or up)

[joebrady]

You can also do roughly the same with a free program called Gimp.

[reaven]

I know but I never used Gimp before so I dont know the steps

[theophile]

I use the GIMP for all mine. I use the circular selection tool and force a 1:1 aspect ratio to make a perfectly circular selection. Then I just drag the boundaries until it encompasses the CD. Then I crop to selection and repeat for the center hole, only cutting the selection instead of cropping. Then I resize and save to png. Easy.

[ronie]

I'm using the same method in Gimp, but i take one extra step:
select the center part of the cd and select 'color to alpha'

this will make the center part of the disk transparent, instead of the white background shining through.

before and after:
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/roniez/workz/cd-center.jpg

[reaven]

hahaha, common man you always !!

that looks terrific .

[joebrady]

I've been looking at templates, haven't found one yet, but it seems you should be able to make a template of those cuts outs and just import a cd cover image onto them, line it up a bit if it's needed and save.

[reaven]

but why need a template ? its just cut out the outside to make it round, the center and save it as .png

[ronie]

reaven, just wondering, didn't you use a texture diffuse in one of the previous versions?
if you use a diffuse overlay in the skin then there would be no need to make all those cd images transparent.

something like this:
<texture diffuse="home/disc_mask.png" fallback="backdrops/artist_fanart/default/default.png">backdrops/artist_fanart/cd/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]-$INFO[MusicPlayer.Album].png</texture>

[reaven]

yes, I was using a different texture diffuse before the spinning was a half disc mask. I will make a full disc mask to test the only problem would be the center.

too sad the fallback wont work on multiimage controls I was trying to make a fallback of the fanart to display the music menu backdrop folder in case there is no fanart but without avail.

I'm working at the same time with my other mod clearArt (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51705), am adding a few things and fixing others.

[Gamester17]

@reaven, how about always using a fallback image or a standard 'blank' CD for when cdArt does not exist? ???
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33485

That way one would always get to have a spinning CD animation even is there is no cdArt for every album :nod:

[z][ggy]

@reaven, how about always using a fallback image or a standard 'blank' CD for when cdArt does not exist? ???
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33485

That way one would always get to have a spinning CD animation even is there is no cdArt for every album :nod:

the mod does have a fallback cd.art and works as you have suggested lol :P

[dyt72]

@reaven, how about always using a fallback image or a standard 'blank' CD for when cdArt does not exist? ???
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33485

That way one would always get to have a spinning CD animation even is there is no cdArt for every album :nod:

Theres's a standard cd implemented already, works perfect.

[reaven]

Theres's a standard cd implemented already, works perfect.
Hope you add this mod to your mod, and i'll have all in one :laugh:

add what to what ?

[dyt72]

sorry first for my poor english, and for my silly mistake, i thought that Gamester17 was Hitcher...
I use Hitcher full skin mod and i would like that your mod will be added.

sorry again :blush:

[FernFerret]

At first I brushed over this mod, as i dont use xbmc that much for music, but after reading the topic I am VERY impressed, i have a lot of work to do tonight updateing my Aeon...

Thanks for your awesome work!

--FF

[reaven]

At first I brushed over this mod, as i dont use xbmc that much for music, but after reading the topic I am VERY impressed, i have a lot of work to do tonight updateing my Aeon...

Thanks for your awesome work!

--FF

you welcome!:cool:

sorry first for my poor english, and for my silly mistake, i thought that Gamester17 was Hitcher...
I use Hitcher full skin mod and i would like that your mod will be added.

sorry again

jaja, No te preocupes es que no habia entendido a que te referias.

[olafg]

I don't what is wrong but I'm not getting the border between the names as in the screenshot on page 1¨

http://dznr.org/mor9

[reaven]

you mean the line between artist and album ?

if so, I take it out.
BTW why is your cdArt so small and your cover so big in comparison, mine are fine ? is your resolution 1920x1080 ?

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what I really still dont like its the default fallback cdArt, did someone have a better one ?

[olafg]

Yes, I mean between artist and album. Also, I'm not getting the fallback to work. Where can I get the latest svn build for mac?(precompiled)

I just tested by taking a high-res icon set for Mac, exporting the CD icon to png and assigned it to album, looks great, but the spinning is a bit uneven, but other than that, good:D

[joebrady]

google 'xbmc nightly builds'

[olafg]

Ahh, that's why I didn't find it when googling svn builds:)

btw, I've replaced the deafult cd with this:

http://dznr.org/dda4

[z][ggy]

looks a bit on the small side mate but saying that i can't even make the art with either photo shop or gimp lol

[ronie]

what I really still dont like its the default fallback cdArt, did someone have a better one ?

this is the one i'm using in Transparency!, take it if you like:

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/roniez/workz/disc.png

and the diffuse overlay i use:

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/roniez/workz/disc_mask.png

[joebrady]

I like the Guns N Roses one from Reaven's frist post, with all the scratches on it.

[jtap06]

Is there anyway to add this mod to the pictures slideshow function? I tried editing the SlideShow.xml but to no avail.

[reaven]

this is the one i'm using in Transparency!, take it if you like:

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/roniez/workz/disc.png

and the diffuse overlay i use:

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/roniez/workz/disc_mask.png

So the diffuse disc mask works fine, I was worried about the border.

I like the Guns N Roses one from Reaven's frist post, with all the scratches on it.

thats the original cdArt for that album.

Is there anyway to add this mod to the pictures slideshow function? I tried editing the SlideShow.xml but to no avail.

I really dont know I dont have a single picture in XBMC I dont use it for that, but anything is possible.

btw, I've replaced the deafult cd with this:
small as hell, but hey if you like it enjoy it.


Yes, I mean between artist and album. Also, I'm not getting the fallback to work. Where can I get the latest svn build for mac?(precompiled)
http://www.sshcs.com/xbmc/

[olafg]

Yeah, I know it's small(that's what she said, lol) but I couldn't find a Vinyl of good quality that in a suitable size:(

[reaven]

sorry double post

[reaven]

Yeah, I know it's small(that's what she said, lol) but I couldn't find a Vinyl of good quality that in a suitable size:(

really ?

image 1
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/record.png

image 2 (too big to post it)
http://cgb-1.de/blogpix/2008-10/vinyl_singles.jpg

[olafg]

Hmm, seems that it gets resized...

becuase the icon I had was 512x512px this one is even bigger but it turns out just as small...

[reaven]

it suppose to get resize, but or your album cover is too big or your cdArt is too small ! and I really dont know why because it seems nobody else have this problem.

you never told me what your resolution 1080p or 720p

[olafg]

I'm running 720p most of the time(testing). Album covers are from 500x to 1500x but they resize fine, no problem with that. it's cdart that is messing up

[reaven]

weird that also my resolution I really dont know why is doing that !

[z][ggy]

Could a nice person explain step by step how to get standard cdarts to work using "gimp" lol can't seem to get it right lol

[joebrady]

Just how I do it:

Open Gimp
Open the picture of the cd you want to work with.
Go to Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel
Select the Ellipse Select Tool, and make a selection around the outside of the cd as shown.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6130/gimpcdcutout1.jpg (http://img238.imageshack.us/i/gimpcdcutout1.jpg/)http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/gimpcdcutout1.jpg/1/w1152.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img238/gimpcdcutout1.jpg/1/)
Click Select>Invert (or just hit CTRL+I)
Click Cut (or hit CTRL+X)
Then select the inside of the cd the same way and cut it out.
Click off the image
Go to Image>AutoScale
Go to Image>Scale Image and set it to 500X500 pixels.
You should be left with this.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9963/gimpcdcutout2.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/i/gimpcdcutout2.jpg/)http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/gimpcdcutout2.jpg/1/w1152.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img244/gimpcdcutout2.jpg/1/)

[olafg]

Is there a way to get fallback on fanart too?

[reaven]

Then select the inside of the cd the same way and cut it out.
you cut too much, you should left the center transparent plastic.

Is there a way to get fallback on fanart too?
no that I know, but if you have other pictures in the root artist_fanart folder I mean directly in the artist_fanart folder(no in artist/band folder) if you have a picture or pictures there like general pictures and the media player dont find fanart in the individual folder it will load pictures from there

[joebrady]

you cut too much, you should left the center transparent plastic.

You're right, I was just doing a quick one for an example. :;):

[z][ggy]

@ joebrady cheers mate not had chance to try it yet as been busy and now on nights but i'll give it a go :)

[reaven]

[ggy;366160']@ joebrady cheers mate not had chance to try it yet as been busy and now on nights but i'll give it a go :)

did you try it?

[reaven]

if you have any suggestion please post it!

[joebrady]

Just personal preference, but I miss the line between the Artist and Album.

Can others add the cd art that they've made to your pack?

Where'd you get the Pink Floyd background?

[reaven]

Where'd you get the Pink Floyd background?
on the net.

Can others add the cd art that they've made to your pack?
not to my gallery directly but if you post the cdArt I can add it or add it to the pack yourself and post the .zip and I can edit the post or you can send me the .zip

Just personal preference, but I miss the line between the Artist and Album.
I remove it . you can add it if you want i think is in the media/home folder its call nowplayinginfo.png or something like that

[z][ggy]

did you try it?

not yet mate just not had chance but i will sunday when i'm off nights :;):

[efty.edge]

Hi,

first this is a great Mod. Thanx for that. A few posts earlier someone requested to store all the cdart not in one folder. It makes sence to use the current directory structure like \ARTIST\ALBUM\CD1 and store the cdart.png in CD1. :rolleyes:

It is really much easier to manage ...

So, can you please tell me when it will be possible, or what can i do to make it possible. :nod:

Thanx in advance.

Efty

[Ram2000]

Love the animation great work yet again however i have far two many albums and don't have the time to create folders for each one for the background image I agree with the above post by efty.
this is I believe how the movies and Tv art work ?
That aside I was wondering if there might be a way to have just one folder for background images IE no matter what im playing it will scroll through a specific folder maybe even with changeable time to display and fading ?
thanks again for all your hard work its guys like you that keep all this stuff interesting for the guys like me who can just manage to cut and past...

[reaven]

there is no way that i Know that you can load the fanart/images from the original album folder unless you have your music local in the same HDD XBMC is thats why this is like it is.

its in the wiki ? "only locally stored images for now..."

[efty.edge]

@reaven

Hi,

i think you are right, but under Setting/Music/Files XBMC scan Network Shares for thumbs like folder.jpg. Why isnt it possible to do so for the cdart.png on an network Share and copy it locally!?

Efty

[ronie]

@reaven: i just found out if you use the largeimage control you can load an image from a smb drive. so i could work for the cdart.png images.

however, it's not possible for fanart slideshows...you can't load multiple images using the multiimage control from a network drive (seems to be some kinda speed issue, so it's not supported by xbmc).
loading a single fanart image on the other hand would be no problem.

[efty.edge]

@ronie

Wow, does it mean that is it possible to use a cdart.png in an album folder on an smb share!? :grin: Nice to hear ...

If you are right - i'll be your biggest fan. :nod:

Efty

[reaven]

@reaven: i just found out if you use the largeimage control you can load an image from a smb drive. so i could work for the cdart.png images.

however, it's not possible for fanart slideshows...you can't load multiple images using the multiimage control from a network drive (seems to be some kinda speed issue, so it's not supported by xbmc).
loading a single fanart image on the other hand would be no problem.

I will test it then, you said change the control form image to largeimage then.

[struisje]

Awesome mod,
thanks a lot.
I changed a few things for my htpc

- Removed the top bar with the codec information
- Made sure the backdrops fill the screen completely
- Removed the curve from artist, album, title information, removed remaining time.
- Lowered track title and number to the botttom of the album cover
- changed font sizes to make it more readable on my screen.

If anyone is interested in the modified xml file, just send me a pm and i will send it to you

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7373/screenshot000amp.jpg

[reaven]

Awesome mod,
thanks a lot.
I changed a few things for my htpc
lol, am glad you at least use it.

[panzaeron]

Nice mod, I like it :grin:
to support this mod, i have made some cdart for the gallery to all AC/DC and Metallica fans:

Metallica and AC/DC CDArt (http://ul.to/2ngnou)

[reaven]

Thanks

[struisje]

Nice mod, I like it :grin:
to support this mod, i have made some cdart for the gallery to all AC/DC and Metallica fans:

Metallica and AC/DC CDArt (http://ul.to/2ngnou)

How do you get the AC/DC fanart to show up?
I can't use a slash in the foldername (windows) so I can only name it AC-DC or ACDC...

[joebrady]

The ID3 tag of your music needs to be in the same format as your foldername I believe. (i.e. - whatever XBMC shows as the artist name needs to be the same as the folder name)

I ran into that same problem w/ AC/DC

[reaven]

yep to have to change it to AC DC or ACDC or AC-DC or AC_DC well you get the idea anything thats not an illegal filename character.

[Ram2000]

there is no way that i Know that you can load the fanart/images from the original album folder unless you have your music local in the same HDD XBMC is thats why this is like it is.

its in the wiki ? "only locally stored images for now..."

I think you misunderstood what i was aiming for (apart from them being in the same folder as the music)
I noticed while messing around getting this to work that if I had a few pics in the folder no matter what the name it displays them.
And the thought sprung to mind I could have my family pictures scrolling through as the music played.
I would not like to have to copy all the pictures into each separate artist folder though this would be a work around for the desired effect,
so was wondering if maybe there was some way of just having a background folder option maybe with on/off
like in the menu screens where you can pick one or a folder.
I must admit I have been lazy with this and just changed the default to the LP pic posted and only added a few of the actual pics for the cds...
but still love the effect and appriciate the effort your putting into all your great mods.

[reaven]

I noticed while messing around getting this to work that if I had a few pics in the folder no matter what the name it displays them.
that's write on one of the readme inside the cdArt pack MOD, since its an slideshow the names doesnt matter it will display all the images in the folder specified.
the multiimages control doesnt work for images store on a remote HDD or smb://share, just the largeimage control work for that but the slideshow wont work you have to specified only one image like fanart.jpg for example.

for your family slideshow to work you need to have those images locally, and specified the folder in the .xml
<control type="multiimage">
<description>artist slideshow</description>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>-</posy>
<width>1280</width>
<height>720</height>
<imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath><!--edit this to point to your local images folder-->
<timeperimage>4000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>2000</fadetime>
<pauseatend>4000</pauseatend>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<loop>yes</loop>
<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>
<visible>!Visualisation.Enabled + Player.HasAudio</visible>
</control>

[Ram2000]

Ok I think I'm getting somewhere YEAH!
I changed
<imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath>
To
<imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/Random</imagepath>
And created a random folder in that path and dropped a few pictures in there as a test this works great BUT..... Always a but.
I'm sorry i would be lying if i said I have any idea how all this works you are a genius to figure all this stuff out.
The but is My pictures are not full screen even though they are HD Pictures any Ideas most welcome.
thanks in advance.

Ohh i guess its this line

<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>

but what do I change that to to fit to screen ?

thanks again.

[joebrady]

you could just change

<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>

to

<aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>

this will just stretch the pictures to fit your screen, so you may get distorted pictures.

[Ram2000]

And that joebrady is why you are a Team-XBMC QA Specialist works a treat Thankyou.

Dont get me wrong reaven I love your concept and given the time and patience one day I might go through all my 1000+ albums and add the correct BG but until then this is GREAT.
I have added a few of your cool cds to my most listened to please keep up the great work.

[reaven]

there is one that doesnt distort images its scale or stretch ? dont remember

[ronie]

<aspectratio>scale</aspectratio>

[Imaginos]

Name : Queen-A Kind Of Magic.png
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1753/queenakindofmagic.png

Name : Queen-Innuendo.png
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4813/queeninnuendo.png

Name : Iron Maiden-Brave New World.png
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3117/ironmaidenbravenewworld.png

Name : Rhapsody of Fire-Dawn of Victory.png
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1631/rhapsodyoffiredawnofvic.png

Name : Rhapsody of Fire-Legendary Tales.png
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8240/rhapsodyoffirelegendary.png

Name : Rhapsody of Fire-Power of the Dragonflame.png
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8004/rhapsodyoffirepowerofth.png

[Imaginos]

Name : Rhapsody of Fire-Symphony of Enchanted Lands.png
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5097/rhapsodyoffiresymphonyo.png

Name : Within Temptation-Mother Earth.png
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5933/withintemptationmothere.png

Name : Within Temptation-The Silent Force.png
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2494/withintemptationthesile.png

[reaven]

WOW, thanks Imaginos

[reaven]

gallery updated!

[Ram2000]

ok Its give back time not sure if these are right but look ok on mine so going to share them with you guys...

Elton John - Greatest Hits (1970-2002) CD1

Elton John - Greatest Hits (1970-2002) CD2

Elton John - Greatest Hits (1970-2002) CD3

Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down - Greatest Hits 82-92

REM - Singles Collected

The Boomtown Rats - Best Of

Am I giving away My age here LoL

All on http://www.xbmcstuff.com/

[Ram2000]

Couple more I do have loads I can do its just finding the time.

The Clash - London Calling CD1

The Clash - London Calling CD2

on http://www.xbmcstuff.com/

[joebrady]

Same here, just finding time. I hope to get all the Pink Floyd albums done soon. I'll post when I actually get a nice collection.

[reaven]

thanks a lot Ram2000
hope to see those soon joebrady

[reaven]

Gallery updated !

[efty.edge]

Hello out there,

today i tried to use an cdart.png in the album folder. nothing happend. So can anyone please tell if it might be possible or what can i do to make it possible.

Thanx.

Efty

[joebrady]

Have you read through the first post completely?

[Ram2000]

a couple more

7 Inch Heroes CD1

7 Inch Heroes CD2

Artic Monkeys - Favourite worst nightmare.png

on http://www.xbmcstuff.com/

Was just browsing the Lib and would like to suggest to anyone doing this not to bother with the silver disks with writing on Dont see the Point IMO.

@Efty
First question i guess would be are you getting anything IE the animations ? at least then you know the mods working
I had trouble getting this right myself you need to make sure you are naming the files exactly the same.

[GrinRoth]

Sorry.
Wanted to post my additions but cannot link from picasa.
Will edit later...

[Ram2000]

CLASSIC
Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds-2009 CD1
Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds-2009 CD2
meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

on http://www.xbmcstuff.com/

[Ram2000]

Ok I think I'm getting somewhere YEAH!
I changed
<imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath>
To
<imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/Random</imagepath>

Just so I kn ow im not going nuts would doing this change effect the cds from loading if added a few and only seem to be able to get the default one to work..
thanks again.

[joebrady]

Have you created that folder and put something in it?

[Ram2000]

Have you created that folder and put something in it?

My fanart (random pics) is working fine just thought I would add the cds I have uploaded to my own collection but cant get any of them to spin up all I get is the default cd

Would I still need to create the folders for the cds to play I was under the impression it got them from the cd folder ?

[joebrady]

My fanart (random pics) is working fine just thought I would add the cds I have uploaded to my own collection but cant get any of them to spin up all I get is the default cd

Would I still need to create the folders for the cds to play I was under the impression it got them from the cd folder ?

If you put cd images in that folder, they will just show where the fanart (your random pics) are. There is a different folder for the cd art images.

[Ram2000]

If you put cd images in that folder, they will just show where the fanart (your random pics) are. There is a different folder for the cd art images.

Ok your confusing me now easy to do hehe

I have a folder in artist_fanart called random this is where my backdrops point to and that is working nicely.
However i am now trying to add the spining cd to some of my albums I have copied the picture into
artist_fanart/cd/Jeff Wayne-The War Of The Worlds CD1
but all i am getting is the default spinning which made me think maybe changing that line for the backdrop
has stopped it looking for the the cd art.

[joebrady]

Ok your confusing me now easy to do hehe

I have a folder in artist_fanart called random this is where my backdrops point to and that is working nicely.
However i am now trying to add the spining cd to some of my albums I have copied the picture into

but all i am getting is the default spinning which made me think maybe changing that line for the backdrop
has stopped it looking for the the cd art.

Oh, I thought you were putting your cd images in that folder you mentioned. Got it now. I'm not positive, but I don't think that chage should affect the cd images. My guess would be that there is something slightly off with the name.

[reaven]

but all i am getting is the default spinning which made me think maybe changing that line for the backdrop
has stopped it looking for the the cd art.
completely different controls, unless you change the cdArt control too.
you have to match the artists/band name-album name.png exactly as XBMC shows when you play the album (thats the best way to make a perfect match)

* I am changing the code so the fanart and the cdArt can be load from the actual music folder, mine its already working that way at least the fanart BUT
-you loose fanart slideshow (just one fanart per album or per artist)
-if you are like me all my tracks have perfect tags but the folder names, many of them at album level dont have the exact name of the album that can cause a paint in the @$$ editing a large music collection.

but I will be releasing the code soon. am working on other projects at the same time.

[reaven]

hey JoeBrady those are nice I would be uploading them to the gallery and making another pack to download all of the cdArt at the moment !!!

[Ram2000]

completely different controls, unless you change the cdArt control too.
you have to match the artists/band name-album name.png exactly as XBMC shows when you play the album (thats the best way to make a perfect match)

* I am changing the code so the fanart and the cdArt can be load from the actual music folder, mine its already working that way at least the fanart BUT
-you loose fanart slideshow (just one fanart per album or per artist)
-if you are like me all my tracks have perfect tags but the folder names, many of them at album level dont have the exact name of the album that can cause a paint in the @$$ editing a large music collection.

but I will be releasing the code soon. am working on other projects at the same time.

I haven't changed anything else apart from what you suggested. However if your working on the code for it to load from the Music folder i will just wait for that.
I wonder if its anything to do with my file structure EI

Music/My Albums/Meatloaf/Bat Out Of Hell/01 Bat Out of Hell.mp3

with the Cd named Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell.png in the cd folder I have tried this with a few now but cant get any to spin up.

thanks yet again ill wait for the updated code.

[reaven]

is not the name of the artist/band and album on the file structure is the name that XBMC report that maybe both are the same.

the cd folder goes in Aeon Auriga/media/backdrops/artist_fanart/cd/

[joebrady]

I haven't changed anything else apart from what you suggested. However if your working on the code for it to load from the Music folder i will just wait for that.
I wonder if its anything to do with my file structure EI

Music/My Albums/Meatloaf/Bat Out Of Hell/01 Bat Out of Hell.mp3

with the Cd named Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell.png in the cd folder I have tried this with a few now but cant get any to spin up.

thanks yet again ill wait for the updated code.

Are you seeing the cd image you created? If it's just not spinning, you probably need to update your version of XBMC. (see first post)

edit: nevermind, I was thinking of the fallback image that neede a newer version.

[Ram2000]

the default CD is spinning fine and starnge thing is I did get this to work for a few before i had my random backdrop idea...

[reaven]

why you dont download the MOD again to see if was something you mess when edit the .xml.

[Ram2000]

It seems to be something to do with the naming got a few working ok now I tried going back to the fnaart method.
however I have for instance a folder named Meatloaf it has about 10 albums in there but the fanart only shows up for the first one.
I know this wont be an issue if you do the code to work from the album folder, just a thought of my own
If you do that code it would mean that you dont need to copy the fanart/cd folder to each different skin.
more cds coming tonight.

[reaven]

It seems to be something to do with the naming got a few working ok now I tried going back to the fnaart method.
however I have for instance a folder named Meatloaf it has about 10 albums in there but the fanart only shows up for the first one.
I know this wont be an issue if you do the code to work from the album folder, just a thought of my own
If you do that code it would mean that you dont need to copy the fanart/cd folder to each different skin.
more cds coming tonight.

if you read a few posts back I said the cons of that method you will only get one fanart the multiimage control can't be use this is if your music is in a remote share, if your music is local where XBMC is then you will have no problem.

[reaven]

gallery updated !

Thanks Joebrady, I have to tags all your album as [Pink Floyd Collection (Joebrady) (http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/?start=all&mediafilter=all&action=tags&current=Pink+Floyd+Collection(Joebrady))] because none of them include the artist just the year and album name.

I have to make a pack later on, so it can be download.

[joebrady]

I'll make sure to add the Artist-Album in the filename for anymore I do. I've got quite a few raw images ready for editing.:;):

Also, looks like I duplicated the one you already had for Dark Side of the Moon...oops.

[reaven]

yeak I know doesnt matter i delete mine!

[Ram2000]

need some kinda of search to help stop duplicates maybe.
I understand the cons but I think the pros far out way the cons on this one, Esp for me as all my music is local to my XBMC media center.

Genesis-1991 We Can't Dance

Top Gear - sub zero driving anthems cd1

Top Gear - sub zero driving anthems cd2

UB40 - The Platinum Collection 3CD 2003 Cd1

UB40 - The Platinum Collection 3CD 2003 Cd2

UB40 - The Platinum Collection 3CD 2003 Cd3

on http://www.xbmcstuff.com/

Just a thought but maybe a high graphics warning on the first post Or even remove the pictures from the post once added ?

[reaven]

gallery updated !

remember that's just a picture hosting site, I wont be adding any search function because its impossible and tag each one it would be a pain !!

just browse the gallery, its easier to use the RSS view (http://feed93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/cdArt/feed.rss) directly at least in Firefox

like this
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/reavenm/sample.jpg

the page contains all cdart in one page.
you can easily view the filename and the art and download if you want

[joebrady]

What we really need is to be able to put these on a site that XBMC can scrape...

[reaven]

there isn't any site to scrape music from, at least open source that you can upload content that I'm aware of.

and for something like that to happen this have to be ported to other skins so more people get interested !

[joebrady]

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1425739

An image I've just added to Discogs, which is already a scraper in XBMC. So we have a site to add them to (I had to take my 500X500 down to 400X400 to upload), and we already have a scraper. We just need someone who is good w/ scrapers to edit it to find these images.:nod:

[reaven]

mhh, interesting indeed !

[ronie]

there isn't any site to scrape music from, at least open source that you can upload content that I'm aware of.

there is one, htbackdrops.com
that's where the xbmc scrapers get their fanart images from.

you can always send a PM to nuzecast (xbmc forum member and owner of htbackdrops.com) if he's willing to host the cdart images.

[Ram2000]

Has anyone got this working with Various artist albums or with albums with Two CDs I seem to be able to get it working with artist and name IE
All About Eve-Scarlet and Other Stories
but not with anything with two cds or varios artists IE
/Top Gear/sub zero driving anthems/CD1/ with image as Top Gear-sub zero driving anthems cd1.png ...
Does this read the Folder names or the MP3s ID Tags ?

[Imaginos]

FYI, I intend to host cdArts on my xbmcstuff :)

[reaven]

Has anyone got this working with Various artist albums or with albums with Two CDs I seem to be able to get it working with artist and name IE
All About Eve-Scarlet and Other Stories
but not with anything with two cds or varios artists IE
/Top Gear/sub zero driving anthems/CD1/ with image as Top Gear-sub zero driving anthems cd1.png ...
Does this read the Folder names or the MP3s ID Tags ?

This only read the artist/band name and the album name from the tag, if albums with 2 cd's or more have the same album name and doesnt have anything to identify which one is like ex. album name disc 1 in the album name tag it would use the same cdArt.

FYI, I intend to host cdArts on my xbmcstuff

wow, great ! I hope you have a lot of storage because in terms of music libraries tend to be huge compare to TV Shows for example.

the perfect thing would be if XBMC could have a way to read the cdArt form a tag like album art tag, back cover art and cdArt I know you can add this tag to the album as media art the same for back cover art, inlay art, ect.. but I dont know if XBMC could read the tag. I have been reading the ID3 tag info and couldn't find anything about this other tags it only supply info for the album art thats it !

[Ram2000]

Thats where I was going wrong I thought it was just going by the folder names didnt relise it was reading the M3us DOH! looking through most of mine are emptyARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.....
thats it all working nice for me now whats next :p

[reaven]

lol, glad you sorted out !

[Imaginos]

I currently can host 990Mo and limited to 600Gb of upload by month
It shall be a good start

[reaven]

I currently can host 990Mo and limited to 600Gb of upload by month
It shall be a good start

ehh, that should do it ! :eek:

[Imaginos]

A suggestion :
in musicvisualisation.xml

within your control <description>artist slideshow</description>, add
<include>Animation_BackgroundFade</include>
it creates a nice fade effects between artists fanarts !
so the control is :
<!--artist slideshow if fanart exist in define folder-->

<control type="multiimage">
<description>artist slideshow</description>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>-</posy>
<width>1280</width>
<height>720</height>
<imagepath>backdrops/artist_fanart/$INFO[MusicPlayer.Artist]</imagepath>
<timeperimage>4000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>2000</fadetime>
<pauseatend>4000</pauseatend>
<randomize>true</randomize>
<loop>yes</loop>
<aspectratio>keep</aspectratio>
<include>Animation_BackgroundFade</include>
<visible>!Visualisation.Enabled + Player.HasAudio</visible>
</control>

<!-- end artist slideshow -->

it is the include normaly used in the home page

[reaven]

within your control <description>artist slideshow</description>, add
<include>Animation_BackgroundFade</include>
it creates a nice fade effects between artists fanarts !
nice one, my own xml dont have slideshow anymore I'm pulling the fanart from the remote music folder so I cant use <multiimage control> so I'm only able to use one single image.

I will be posting the xml soon for anyone that doesnt want to create a new folder for each artist that want support for. for the others that have the music folder locally just replace "path" in the <imagepath> path </imagepath>tag with the music path (just works if its local, NO SMB shares)

[Imaginos]

I like the idea of having a folder by artist
it takes some time to fill, but the result is terrible :)

[Ram2000]

A couple more for you

Top Gear Anthems CD1

Top Gear Anthems CD2


on http://www.xbmcstuff.com/

[reaven]

gallery updated !

[jrick]

Hi,

I've posted my cdarts on photobucket here : cdart feed (http://feed778.photobucket.com/albums/yy67/cdart/cdart/feed.rss).

[theophile]

Do we have anything better than photobucket yet? I've got about 60 or so I've done that I can contribute.

[reaven]

Do we have anything better than photobucket yet? I've got about 60 or so I've done that I can contribute.

soon it would be host here (http://www.xbmcstuff.com/)
you can post it here and we can take it from there.

[theophile]

Okay, here is a gallery of mine:

http://monopedilos.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=57

[theophile]

reaven,

Could you detail the changes made to font.xml? I'm installing this on Hitcher's mod and don't want to replace his modded font file. Thanks!

[reaven]

did you read the first post ?

[theophile]

did you read the first post ?

lol, not carefully enough! :no:

[reaven]

lol, thats happen !

[azido]

Is There Anybody Out There? 1


Is There Anybody Out There? 2


Echoes 1


Echoes 2



Whew...done.

..nice to see another pink floyd addict out there :;):

[flipped cracker]

haven't seen any new cdart images lately. here's my gallery of the ones i've done so far.

http://flippedcracker.net/cdart/v/album/

[reaven]

we are in the middle of transfer all the old ones and newer ones to a webpage: xbmcstuff.com