Post by: Gatobrit on April 02, 2002, 05:01:12 am
Post by: Doof on April 02, 2002, 05:28:51 am
1. Let the image display as it will. This, as you've seen, will screw up a lot of Track Info templates.
2. Force the image to a certain size. This will work well with images that are bigger than that set size, but images that are smaller will look like crap.
3. Use a script that forces large images to fit a certain size, but leave small images alone. This is, in my opinion, the best solution as it won't mess up Track Info's and it won't make smaller images look like crap.
Currently, there are only two Track Info templates that do #3. They are both (I'm about to toot my own horn here) created by me. Actually, they're just the DJ and Dreamstate templates provided by JRiver that I modified slightly. I'll give the script to anybody who wants it. In my opinion, everybody creating TrackInfos that uses coverart should use it in order to keep the nice and neat appearance of the template. Dreamstate looks really bad when confronted with a large cover art image, for instance.
You can download the templates if you like.
http://doof.webryders.com/MJ/Downloads/TrackInfos/MDJ.mjp
http://doof.webryders.com/MJ/Downloads/TrackInfos/MDS.mjp
Post by: sekim on April 02, 2002, 05:31:32 am
If you open an image in MS paint you can change the attributes. Check one of the images that does work for you and change the offending ones to that size. This program is on just about every windows machine there is. If you had a different graphics program you should also be able to do it in one of them. I happen to have Photoshop Elements, but I think the free irfanview will do this also. See thread Top Secret, Scronch put a link to it.
Post by: Gatobrit on April 02, 2002, 05:42:57 am
MachineHead - Yeah, I can examine each image and the change the ones that are screwed up. It seems to me that some kind of programatic solution (like Doof's) is preferrable.
Post by: Doof on April 02, 2002, 05:53:10 am
http://doof.webryders.com/MJ/Downloads/Vis/CoverArt.mjv
You'll have to right click on that URL and select Save Target As... or whatever works for your browser. For me, it just displays the contents of the .mjv (I haven't made a .mjp for it yet).
Post by: Gatobrit on April 02, 2002, 06:07:46 am
Post by: Doof on April 02, 2002, 06:47:54 am
Well, just do this. Open Visualization Studio, start a new Vis, and then insert Image. That's all it is, really. Maybe there's just something your system doesn't like about my download.
Post by: Gatobrit on April 02, 2002, 06:55:41 am
Thanks for your help!
Post by: sekim on April 02, 2002, 07:56:34 am
It looks like your templates are misnamed. I tried the .MDS one and it comes up as a DJ template. May want to check for yourself.
Post by: Gatobrit on April 02, 2002, 08:03:02 am
Is there anything you can do about it?
Post by: Doof on April 02, 2002, 09:05:14 am
MachineHead> Okay, I know what's going on, but I don't know why. Apparently MJ is installing the package into "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\Visualizations\Track Info\Modified DJ\Modified DJ" instead of just "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\Visualizations\Track Info\Modified DJ" (same for Modified Dreamstate). If you move all the files up one level, it should work. If something different is happening for you, let me know.
Post by: sekim on April 02, 2002, 09:49:36 am
That seemed to do the trick. Now it shows up as Modified Dreamstate.
Post by: Gatobrit on April 02, 2002, 10:58:10 am