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Text at top of player window in .35 is now too small
HPBEME:
Hello HaWi,
When I first released the skin, I attached a zip file to my 1st post that anyone could download. I wanted to make it available to more folks than just those viewing the thread, so I moved it to the accessory page. Per Bob in post #35 of thread: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,128460.0.html:
--- Quote from: bob on February 11, 2021, 09:24:18 am ---The automated install method only works on windows at this time. For Mac,
you can download the skin from the accessories page then unzip it into
~/Library/Application\ Support\J\ River\Media\ Center\ 27/Skins/Standard\ View/
It should be in a folder of it's own, if you use the zip file from the accessories page, create the folder
Dream\ in\ Blue
under Standard\ View and unzip into there.
--- End quote ---
Since I have a windows machine, the MJP auto-installs. But I see your problem - when you save the file from the accessories page, it saves it as an .MJP, not a zip... so how does one unzip an MJP file? I don't know. I tried to change the extension to zip, but no luck there. Hopefully Bill/Bob/others will weigh-in and explain what you need to do to get it onto your Mac. I wish I could offer some actual help, but I did at least confirm the issue you are having.
HPBEME:
--- Quote from: billF on March 02, 2021, 07:22:53 pm ---The Options font choice is: English, Helvetica, Regular, 18.
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18 points... that is some mighty large font, Bill! Good to know that font size affects that image height... thanks for confirming it.
--- Quote ---Now that I know more, I'll go back and try some of your "built in" options for these things.
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That's great to hear! Please let everyone know how that goes - on this thread and the original skin announcement thread too https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,128460.0.html
--- Quote ---I would really like a larger and lighter "back" and "forward" buttons in that same tab row but ended up surmising that they are controlled by MC27 not by the skin code and can't be user changed.
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That is correct... those are not a user-controllable images.
HaWi:
--- Quote from: HPBEME on March 02, 2021, 10:03:05 pm ---Hello HaWi,
When I first released the skin, I attached a zip file to my 1st post that anyone could download. I wanted to make it available to more folks than just those viewing the thread, so I moved it to the accessory page. Per Bob in post #35 of thread: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,128460.0.html:
Since I have a windows machine, the MJP auto-installs. But I see your problem - when you save the file from the accessories page, it saves it as an .MJP, not a zip... so how does one unzip an MJP file? I don't know. I tried to change the extension to zip, but no luck there. Hopefully Bill/Bob/others will weigh-in and explain what you need to do to get it onto your Mac. I wish I could offer some actual help, but I did at least confirm the issue you are having.
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Thank you HPBEME, I figured it out. Opening the .mjp file in an editor reveals a URL from which the .zip file can be downloaded. This .zip file contains the actual skin.
HPBEME:
I am so glad you figured it out. Hopefully your solution here will help others similarly stymied.
I have to say though, this is a rather non-obvious way for Mac users to get and then manually install skins that are not pre-loaded with MC. This procedure/solution should be provided in such a way that all Mac (and Linux?) users cannot help but see it vs. being buried here in some random forum thread. Perhaps Bob can update the Accessories page to have 2 links... one for windows that auto-installs via MJP file, the other link downloads a zip directly for manual Mac/Linux installs. The explanation for why there are 2 links could be stated prominently at the top of the Accessory Page for skins.
For an inexperienced and/or non-tech savvy user to realize that maybe they should try opening the MJP file with a text editor seems highly unlikely. They then of course must notice the URL within it and conclude that if they copy/paste that into a browser, it will take them to the skin's zip file... and of course, the zip file is NOT the name of the skin, but a generic number! And after all of that, you can now finally manually install it by navigating to the correct location and following the instructions Bob previously provided.
You know what? I changed my mind... the best solution is to create an auto-installer that works for Mac/Linux!
HaWi:
--- Quote from: HPBEME on March 03, 2021, 11:52:43 am ---I am so glad you figured it out. Hopefully your solution here will help others similarly stymied.
I have to say though, this is a rather non-obvious way for Mac users to get and then manually install skins that are not pre-loaded with MC. This procedure/solution should be provided in such a way that all Mac (and Linux?) users cannot help but see it vs. being buried here in some random forum thread. Perhaps Bob can update the Accessories page to have 2 links... one for windows that auto-installs via MJP file, the other link downloads a zip directly for manual Mac/Linux installs. The explanation for why there are 2 links could be stated prominently at the top of the Accessory Page for skins.
For an inexperienced and/or non-tech savvy user to realize that maybe they should try opening the MJP file with a text editor seems highly unlikely. They then of course must notice the URL within it and conclude that if they copy/paste that into a browser, it will take them to the skin's zip file... and of course, the zip file is NOT the name of the skin, but a generic number! And after all of that, you can now finally manually install it by navigating to the correct location and following the instructions Bob previously provided.
You know what? I changed my mind... the best solution is to create an auto-installer that works for Mac/Linux!
--- End quote ---
Completely agree with you. To get the skin properly into the Linux version on my Pi, in addition to doing the URL/download thingy, I also had to find where the skins are kept (/usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 27/Skins/Standard\ View) and then change permissions because it's a root owned folder. That's a bit convoluted in my mind.
EDIT: of course, I got the path wrong...
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