Post by: RhinoBanga on April 13, 2002, 07:01:18 am
Personally I use MJ for playing albums only and this plugin is designed so I can see the artwork and tracks for an artist on one easy to use page.
Double clicking on an album will show the tracks and automatically play the album.
The treeview on the left shows which "complete" albums are in the database (a complete album is one that has the same external image for every track - internal images are not supported yet).
It also has a tracks detail view so you can see which albums still need to be tagged.
This list is also exportable.
The screenshots are big (around 200k each) as I work at 1280x1024:
http://www.jda-ltd.com/MJAlbumView/ScreenMain.jpg
http://www.jda-ltd.com/MJAlbumView/ScreenTracks.jpg
The plugin will be free and I should have a usable version in the next day or so.
If you have any enhancements/questions then post a msg on this thread or drop me an email at jamie@jda-ltd.com
Rhino.
Post by: Marty3d on April 13, 2002, 07:13:28 am
One thought though...don't forget to make the images automatically resizeable (percentable) so that they are not dependable of the view size... (one thing I miss with the track info pages...)
Post by: RhinoBanga on April 13, 2002, 07:21:10 am
The thumbnails area will autofit the images based on the available width on the screen.
Rhino.
Post by: Nikolay on April 13, 2002, 07:55:43 am
This is very cool! Great job.
Let us know it if you need any additional functionality in the MJ Automation.
Nikolay
Post by: RhinoBanga on April 13, 2002, 07:59:58 am
Thanks for the offer
There's loads I could do with to help me and some issues I've hit (which I'm sure it's just down to my misunderstandings).
So shall we take this offline or shall I post my issues/questions here?
My email addy is jamie@jda-ltd.com
Rhino.
Post by: Dave on April 13, 2002, 10:08:38 am
Post by: RhinoBanga on April 13, 2002, 10:23:40 am
Rhino.
Post by: KingSparta on April 13, 2002, 10:32:59 am
Yes It Is Mark Thinks To Himself As He Sits In A Small Dark Room On the Noth Side Of His Home With His Eyes Bulging And Mis Mouth Opened Wide.
Now Playing: Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin.mp3
Post by: Dave on April 13, 2002, 10:34:42 am
Post by: lise on April 13, 2002, 02:19:34 pm
This is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing. Between this and ZRocker's mini-me skin,
"Heaven,
I'm in Heaven".
Post by: veken on April 13, 2002, 04:31:34 pm
just yesterday i was thinking how great it would be if mj handled albums better and showed the images etc.. just like how you've done it.
Great Job. I can't wait to try it.
Veken
Post by: sekim on April 13, 2002, 05:04:08 pm
Post by: Matt on April 13, 2002, 06:43:53 pm
Like Nikolay said, just let us know if you have any questions or feature requests. (matt @ jriver.com)
Keep up the great work!
-Matt
Post by: Blaine on April 14, 2002, 02:00:38 am
This is just what I would love to have. I am always transfering my vinyl over to CD and then making *.wma's for MJ. Would love to have the entire album (some day lyrics, too) on the computer.
I am a programmer, could you point me in the direction of the documentation that you worked with to set this view up. I think I might like to tackle the lyrics view myself in the future (after the kitchen cabinets are done).
Blaine
Post by: RhinoBanga on April 14, 2002, 02:19:32 am
Use the interact/developers zone link on the menu.
Alternatively go here: http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/developers.html
Mind you I have had some thought on that myself.
In the album view tab where the track image is displayed, bottom right under the tab "External Image", I was thinking about adding a notes and lyrics tab there and as the track is played change these items accordingly.
Rhino.