HTPC Fullscreen panels, to show of Album and Artist art Options

[ojdo]

News
2008-10-23: Added htpc10.v1.0
2008-09-16: Added htpc9.v1.1

How to use (generally)
Setup a layout in columns ui like the following one:

CODE

Vertical splitter
+- Track display [or trackinfo_mod panel]
\- Columns playlist [hidden]

The hidden columns playlist makes keyboard shortcuts work.

How to set coverPath and artistPath
htpc1 - htpc7 were written in times of panels_ui where user variables could been set globally. If those configs are used with trackinfo_mod, artistPath and coverPath must been set manually in the top lines (i.e. in the "// Globals" section) of the trackinfo_mod code for example like this:

CODE

$puts(coverPath,$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,folder.jpg))
$puts(artistPath,$replace(%path%,$directory(%path%,1)\%filename_ext%,folder.jpg))

htpc1

• Uses font Gentium
• Stretches artist picture to panel size

Track display code and pictures (copy to images\htpc1\ in your fb2k directory):
 htpc1.zip ( 235.5K ) Number of downloads: 666



htpc4

• Shows album cover and artist pic (uses user globals)
• easy usage: just use the code below; no additional images required
• quite resolution independent; album art size easily modifiable

Download: code for
 htpc4.txt ( 4.17K ) Number of downloads: 399
v1.0 (compatible only with panels_ui due to $eval)
 htpc4.v1.1.txt ( 4.51K ) Number of downloads: 444
v1.1 (compatible with trackinfo_mod, modifications by scienceguy8m)


htpc6

• Easy installation: Only copy code below
• Uses artistPath and coverPath
• Very well structured code (good for personal modifications), easy to adapt to other resolutions (if necessary at all)
• Font used: Big Noodle Titling
• Progress bar around album art

Download: panels_ui track display code (needs editing to be compatible with trackinfo_mod)
 htpc6.txt ( 8.29K ) Number of downloads: 496



htpc7

• Credits go to Cyex for his CD cover picture
• Playback buttons (pause on cover, next and previous track on left/right)
• Small scpl panel on the cover can be activated for quick browsing in the current playlist (==> only usable for mouse)
• When hotness is used, the cover glows to indicate hot tracks
• Quite resolution independent (horizon position and text sizes must be tweaked a bit in the configuration part to look good)

Track display and SCPL codes, pictures and installation notices (readme.txt):
 htpc7.zip ( 255.29K ) Number of downloads: 837




htpc9

• Compatible with foo_uie_trackinfo_mod and panels_ui track display
• Intended for fullscreen use but automatically scales very well also to small size (refer to screenshot #3).
• Well structured configuration section at top for changing stuff like picture paths or colors.
• Album art "glows" dependent on a user-selectable value. I use it in combination with hotness, but also rating or any other ordinal size can be used, too.
• Artist art at the beginning and end of track

Download: trackinfo_mod code and pictures (put those into a folder images/htpc9 in your foobar2000 installation folder):
 htpc9.v1.1.zip ( 81.5K ) Number of downloads: 414




htpc10

• Cover image with glow, optional additional artist picture support
• Text in symbol line shows play count, album and release date periodically
• Rating (star) and mood/energy (sun) symbols. Can easily modified to visualise other values.
• Playback order symbols (only with foo_cwb_hooks)

Download: trackinfo_mod code and pictures (put those into a folder named images/htpc10 in your foobar2000 installation folder):
 htpc10.v1.0.zip ( 155K ) Number of downloads: 703


This post has been edited by ojdo: Oct 23 2008, 16:43