Topic: PlayingNow Skins Library Thread. (Read 17653 times)

Marko · « **on:** October 18, 2003, 04:07:57 pm »

New thread now running here.....

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=18393

JeffB · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2003, 07:46:03 pm »

...links deleted...

This was made using some of the graphics in the Hairstyle directory.

lOth · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2003, 06:19:37 am »

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You can take a look at the "Now Playing" section of my website ([banned]) to see the info I am blogging there. If anyone wants the ASP code needed to do it, I'll post it.

Very nice. I wouldn't ming toying with the code. Actually, I would also be interested in the one you use to display random pictures on the right.

Doof · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2003, 11:24:42 am »

You can see mine in my signature...

Download link is here.

lOth · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2003, 10:41:12 pm »

Mine is a rework of Doof's PixOs:

As you can see, it is meant to fit my own PixOs-inspired hairstyle skin. Although I'm now quite happy with the way it looks, there are a few drawbacks:

_ timetostay=9999999 so that it's always on. The problem then is the huge pop-up when not in hairstyle mode (Rhino: in that respect it would be great if we could select the modes in which the plug-in is enabled, e.g. in the PlayingNow.ini something like EnablePopup=hairstyle (or MegaMe, or MiniMe, etc.)

_ it will only fit my hairstyle skin in 1024x768. For other resolutions, both the playingnow skin config.ini and the hairstyle skin main.xml needs to be reworked.

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2003, 12:39:48 am »

Quote from: lOth on October 20, 2003, 10:41:12 pm

(Rhino: in that respect it would be great if we could select the modes in which the plug-in is enabled, e.g. in the PlayingNow.ini something like EnablePopup=hairstyle (or MegaMe, or MiniMe, etc.)

If you can persuade J River to add a facility to get that information then I will add it.

ph_bradley · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2003, 08:08:10 am »

here's mine, suggestions welcome...
if anybody wants it, just ask and i will zip it up and find some server space for it.

what files do i need to zip up? just the directory with this skin in it?

Marko · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2003, 06:39:34 am »

Quote from: ph_bradley on October 22, 2003, 08:08:10 am

here's mine, suggestions welcome...

It's ok is that. Only downside I see is that the ratings are a bit hard to make out.
....

Quote from: ph_bradley on October 22, 2003, 08:08:10 am

what files do i need to zip up? just the directory with this skin in it?

Yup. So long as the background, the .ini file and any other sound or image files referenced are all in there.

Drowbe, nice m8. Ratings that aren't stars too, 10/10 for originality:)

Deivit · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2003, 03:43:59 pm »

Drowbe,

Just to tell you that I like your skin very much. I've made some small modifications to it and it's now my default

Thank you!

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Listening to: 'Take Care' from 'Summer Sun' by 'Yo La Tengo' on Media Center 9.1

Doof · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2003, 12:21:22 pm »

Drowbe> Have you thought about doing a MEGA-ME and mini-me skin with that look? It's pretty nice.

Oh, and since mine is no longer in my signature, here's a screenshot:

Download link is here.

Deivit · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2003, 01:00:00 pm »

Quote from: Drowbe on October 23, 2003, 04:01:25 pm

Quote from: Deivit on October 23, 2003, 03:43:59 pm
Just to tell you that I like your skin very much. I've made some small modifications to it and it's now my default

Fantastic to hear! As you probably found, I included the Photoshop PSD and Firework MX PNG files in the resources directory for that very reason. I'd love to see your version...

--Thomas

Well... actually I just changed the position of some things and almost did not touch the background design (Honestly, I simply would not know how to do it

). I also put the stars instead of the balls for rating.

Here's a screenshot of how it looks like.

Thanks again for sharing your design, Thomas.

Take care,

Doof · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2003, 03:48:50 pm »

From what I understand, there's no way to disable the partial transparency of the list area in Hairstyle.

lOth · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2003, 04:22:01 pm »

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From what I understand, there's no way to disable the partial transparency of the list area in Hairstyle.

After much experimenting this is my understanding as well. Unfortunately.

crowfan · « **Reply #13 on:** October 24, 2003, 08:23:31 pm »

Sorry to be so daft, but how do you change the skin? I downloaded the folder but don't know how to make it change!!

Thanks,

crow

crowfan · « **Reply #14 on:** October 24, 2003, 11:16:09 pm »

Excellent, Thank you

Incidentally, it was your skin I downloaded...nice work!

crow

milehigh · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2003, 09:32:02 am »

Hey drowbe - have you updated your skin for v1.2?

milehigh · « **Reply #16 on:** October 31, 2003, 01:53:35 am »

Hey Drowbe,

Your screenshot looks great - I don't know much about programing but you managed to incorporate everything that I wanted for this skin to a tee!!!! One problem though - I downloaded it and unzipped to the skins directory - once I changed to the [banned] skin - I got the following error message: Could not save the image to the file "C:\Program Files\J River\PlayingNow 1.2\Skins\[banned]\PlayingNow.jpg

I changed the config file (under the general section) to the following - which is the path where I would guess most people have this since this is the default directory for playing now:

SaveToFile=C:\Program Files\James Dickson\PlayingNow 1.2\Skins\[banned]\PlayingNow.jpg

Thanks again. Looks great!

milehigh · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2003, 02:05:38 am »

Drowbe,

One more quick question - how could I change the color of the RATED songs - I would like to make the dots for the songs that are rated to stand out a little bit more (probably a darker blue) - I tried to edit the PNG files for the ratings but that didn't seem to make a difference?

And I guess since I have looked at it a bit - what would you think of moving the current playing songs rating to the block that has all the current song information - i.e. in the light blue box - under the time? If I can figure out how to do this I might give it a shot. Thanks again.

milehigh · « **Reply #18 on:** October 31, 2003, 02:11:03 am »

okay - sorry to keep posting sporadically - actually changing the color did work - I had to change the skin and then come back....

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #19 on:** October 31, 2003, 02:30:56 am »

That's because PN only checks to see if the Config.INI has changed and if it has then reload the skin. It doesn't check any of the ancilliary files as that would slow it down.

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #20 on:** October 31, 2003, 03:58:52 am »

Quote from: Drowbe on October 31, 2003, 02:46:23 am

RhinoBanga's plugin made it really easy to put these things together...I give him most of the credit. I do Interface Design for a living, so I'd better be able to come up with a decent skin...

I've been toying with the idea of allowing you to provide a grayscale bitmap as the alpha blending mask (as opposed to nominating a colour) to make a transparent background. Would that help with your rounded edges issue

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Yeah, forgot to mention that you need to validate the directories. I install all of my plugins under the J River directory so they are easier for me to find. I wonder if ".\PlayingNow.jpg" would work...?

No, it requires a absolute path as it made more sense that you'd want to know exactly where to save the image.

jiistme · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2003, 10:28:21 am »

I would just like to say to whomever wrote Playing Now that I think it is the most useful plug-in I have downloaded to date (and I am using an older version, I can't wait to see v1.2). Thanks for the time and effort.

Jiistme

"Believe it or not I'm walking on air
I Never thought I could feel so free
Flyin' away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be? Believe it or not it's just me."
(Theme from Greatest American Hero)

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2003, 12:14:35 pm »

Thank you.

Two Wire · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2003, 08:32:39 pm »

Can Playing Now be automated, or locked, to follow the size and position of the Action Window?

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #24 on:** November 03, 2003, 12:20:57 am »

No, because the point of it is that you use it when MC is minimised/in the background.

TimB · « **Reply #25 on:** November 03, 2003, 10:08:56 am »

Nice skin Drowbe, using it now for my display skin!

-=Tim=-

nila · « **Reply #26 on:** November 04, 2003, 03:02:33 am »

Thanks for the resources file too - I just loaded them up in photoshop and just tweaked the 'Hue' to give me some nice alternate colour versions of your skin.

Love the skins - they really add to a great plugin

ph_bradley · « **Reply #27 on:** November 06, 2003, 03:20:41 am »

yay! first skin to use vertical ratings. Here is a pic. If worth posting (i.e. someone asks) i will post it up on some server space.
This one's called Angular

hit_ny · « **Reply #28 on:** November 06, 2003, 04:57:57 am »

Wow drwobe...thats a neat skin..

i have a req though..

would it be possible to have a longer version of that skin, since tracks names tend to get cut off..

i tried resizing to 160% lenghtwise but it distorts the graphics.

LonWar · « **Reply #29 on:** November 06, 2003, 07:48:47 am »

Quote from: ph_bradley on November 06, 2003, 03:20:41 am

yay! first skin to use vertical ratings. Here is a pic. If worth posting (i.e. someone asks) i will post it up on some server space.
This one's called Angular

That's cool.... If you don't mind posting it. I would like to have it.

Thanks,

ph_bradley · « **Reply #30 on:** November 06, 2003, 10:12:58 am »

sure mate - here ya go:
right-click, use save target as, once downloaded rename the file extension to.zip

I'm sorry about the whole renaming shables, but i am on a free host and so cant host .rar, .zip, etc etc.

<edit - link fixed, works fine for me>

LonWar · « **Reply #31 on:** November 06, 2003, 10:18:27 am »

hmm There seems to be a problem. When I click on the link:

Forbidden Content Detected
The page or file you were trying to access is not permitted or violates usage policy guidelines.

If you have any questions why you are receiving this message, please contact support services at support@u69.us or submit a support ticket.

LonWar · « **Reply #32 on:** November 07, 2003, 07:28:47 am »

I tried save as and saving it as .zip.

When I open it it says it's not a valid archieve...

Oh well, thanks anyway.

ph_bradley · « **Reply #33 on:** November 08, 2003, 02:07:18 am »

if you give me your email address i will email it to you - its very small.
If you dont want to post it here, email it to me at ph_bradley (at) hotmail dot com

LonWar · « **Reply #34 on:** November 08, 2003, 07:45:26 am »

Email sent..

Thanks,

ph_bradley · « **Reply #35 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:19:16 am »

i was messing about earlier with the TransparentBackgrounds new function. Here's what came of it:

hakuin · « **Reply #36 on:** November 10, 2003, 08:55:57 pm »

Hi,
I am using latest version of Playing Now with a modified version of the Blue Steel playing now skin. When the popup is fading out, all the function in MC 9.1.300 lock-up...and then when the popup has disappeared, all the things i clicked and keys i hit are executed. This is obviously really annoying and something I would like to stop. Any ideas? The values I have set for show/stay/hide are as follows:

[General]
Background=.\Background.jpg
TimeToShow=100
TimeToStay=8000
TimeToHide=5000
Blend=True
Transparency=255
Position=635,535

thanks,
Lee

Marko · « **Reply #37 on:** November 11, 2003, 02:58:21 am »

TimeToHide=5000 seems way to high to me.

Try dropping that to something like the default 750 and see how you go then.

-marko.

hakuin · « **Reply #38 on:** November 11, 2003, 08:11:22 am »

Quote from: Marko on November 11, 2003, 02:58:21 am

TimeToHide=5000 seems way to high to me.

Try dropping that to something like the default 750 and see how you go then.

-marko.

Seems to be better now, thanks.

LonWar · « **Reply #39 on:** November 11, 2003, 10:29:46 am »

Hi Marko, That's a really cool pop up. Now what would be awesome would be if the middle was a little lighter grey then the top and bottom... It would match the Blue Steel skin quite well.

I gave it a shot, But I am pretty useless at it.

Marko · « **Reply #40 on:** November 11, 2003, 03:59:17 pm »

Like this?

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #41 on:** November 11, 2003, 04:06:49 pm »

ROTFL ... I just noticed the gfx in the bottom right of the middle pane!

Fame at last

lOth · « **Reply #42 on:** November 11, 2003, 05:21:44 pm »

I've plundered Drowbe's work on the [banned] playing now and JC's great brushed metal skins. I mixed them together and here is the result:

You can get it here http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/BrushedMetal.zip

LonWar · « **Reply #43 on:** November 11, 2003, 07:29:54 pm »

Quote from: Marko on November 11, 2003, 03:59:17 pm

Like this?

Ya, that's pretty much it.
I'm still playing around with it....

Is there anytype of instructions on how to edit it...

What I want to do, is instead of having ratings (I never used them) have a small album art displayed in the Previous and next. (If possible)
And around were the graphic is, have some album info ie, year and such.

So is that possible, And how hard would it be for a newby?

nila · « **Reply #44 on:** November 12, 2003, 06:06:45 am »

Yeah,
VERY nice plundering.
I Love drowbe's cause of the layout - it's perfect for my use - seeing other skins with the same layout is nice

I've tweaked his myself by making different colour versions of it - I have green, red, yellow etc

It's great!

lOth · « **Reply #45 on:** November 12, 2003, 06:48:21 am »

I've actually also modified JC's mega-me (this time plundering the blue steel skin...). It matches the PN well. Here is a screenshot:

You can download it here : http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/brushedmetal246b.zip

(If anyone can tell me how to make a skin install file, I'll gladly replace the zip...)

JaWe · « **Reply #46 on:** November 12, 2003, 09:15:32 am »

Quote from: lOth on November 12, 2003, 06:48:21 am

You can download it here : http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/brushedmetal246b.zip

That link doesn't work..

lOth · « **Reply #47 on:** November 12, 2003, 10:19:58 am »

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That link doesn't work..

Fixed.

Here it is again:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/BrushedMetal246b.zip

Marko · « **Reply #48 on:** November 12, 2003, 11:23:33 am »

my "brushed meatal" mod looks like so...

like it? right click below > save target as...
leave the name the same and pop it in the skin dir.

Playerbar_Display.bmp

-marko.

lOth · « **Reply #49 on:** November 13, 2003, 02:14:00 pm »

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Quote from: lOth on October 20, 2003, 11:41:12 PM
(Rhino: in that respect it would be great if we could select the modes in which the plug-in is enabled, e.g. in the PlayingNow.ini something like EnablePopup=hairstyle (or MegaMe, or MiniMe, etc.)

Rhino answered:

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If you can persuade J River to add a facility to get that information then I will add it.

Is it still not possible? Actually, what I would really like to do would be something like:

megamepopup=skin
hairstylepopup=bigskin

If the facility has not been implemented yet, where is the appropriate place to put a thread to request it?

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