Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
BTW: Can your plugin display icons with more than 2 colors? If so, I might be able to produce something somewhat more legible at 9x11... Theoretically the SB2/3 have 4 shades of grey. But I'd like to keep the plugin as compatible as possible with older players. I tried to simply resample the images down to 9x11, but the result wasn't very convincing :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
mherger Wrote: > > > Thanks for the design! But there's one important point: the resolution > of > these images (as of those on my web page where you might have taken the > > measure) is double the one of the player. When scaled down to the real > > size of 9x11 pixels they aren't recognizable any more. Doh! 9x11... that =is= tiny. You guessed correctly, I pulled the size from the icons on your site. Oh well. Thanks for the feedback Micheal! BTW: Can your plugin display icons with more than 2 colors? If so, I might be able to produce something somewhat more legible at 9x11... -- Yannzola Yannzola's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=874 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I have a difficult time deciphering the current shuffle/repeat icons from a distance... and put these together as an alternative. Opinions? Thanks for the design! But there's one important point: the resolution of these images (as of those on my web page where you might have taken the measure) is double the one of the player. When scaled down to the real size of 9x11 pixels they aren't recognizable any more. There's too much detail to be represented with the given resolution. BUT: I like them non the less. In fact I've recently been playing around with the original icons as I wanted to use them for the SlimRemote - and did not like them. I might have a try at using yours in that other app ;-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Patrick Dixon Wrote: > I think it would be even better if 'Repeat Off' and 'Shuffle Off' were > just blank; the abscence of an icon is easier to see than any of the > detail. I =totally= agree.. but thought there might be a technical reason why some image had to be displayed. I suppose a blank image would work in that case? Other than that, what do you think of the icons themselves? Do they offer an improvement in terms of legibility or not? I think they do, but I'd like your opinion(s). -- Yannzola Yannzola's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=874 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I think it would be even better if 'Repeat Off' and 'Shuffle Off' were just blank; the abscence of an icon is easier to see than any of the detail. This is optionally possible from the plugins settings (don't use the "show always" options). -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I think it would be even better if 'Repeat Off' and 'Shuffle Off' were just blank; the abscence of an icon is easier to see than any of the detail. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I have a difficult time deciphering the current shuffle/repeat icons from a distance... and put these together as an alternative. Opinions? +---+ |Filename: shuffle_tracks.gif | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1125| +---+ -- Yannzola Yannzola's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=874 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Yes, I can reproduce it at will. Confirmed - for 6.5. InfoFormat moved to a new module. Consider 6.5 to be experimental ;-). -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Hi Michael, Yes, I can reproduce it at will. Listening to : (#2 - 431/16679) Groove Salad: a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves. [SomaFM] MusicInfo Settings: Top Left: CURRTIME Top Right: PLAYTIME Bottom Left: TRACKNUM.ARTIST.TITLE Bottom Right: Nothing Show Icons: Top Right Display Playlist Name for Radio Stations: Off Screen Saver - Now Playing; MusicInfoScr 30 seconds after play when the screensaver kicks in, the plugin crashes with the error I posted earlier. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Crash in musicInfoScr w/svn 5259 (trunk) w/ShoutCast: Undefined subroutine &Slim::Music::Info::infoFormat called at C:/Program Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 549. Can you reproduce this? And what version is the plugin? I'm listening to Shoutcast streams all day long while using the screensaver. I'd say MusicInfoSCR isn't ready for 6.5 :-) Looks like a "use" line might be required since infoFormat is still used: Thank. I'll check this. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Crash in musicInfoScr w/svn 5259 (trunk) w/ShoutCast: Undefined subroutine &Slim::Music::Info::infoFormat called at C:/Program Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 549. Looks like a "use" line might be required since infoFormat is still used: --- package Plugins::MusicInfoSCR; +use Slim::Music::Info::infoFormat; use Slim::Utils::Strings qw (string); use vars qw($VERSION); --- Works for me. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
No, currently not. Does your use of currently imply it might in future? :) I knew I should not have used it :-). But a simple "No" was too short. No, it's not possible. I only added the "currently" because slimserver is a very dynamic project - I can't tell where it will be in a year. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
> No, currently not. Does your use of currently imply it might in future? :) Richard ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Is it possible to get the top row of text to scroll? No, currently not. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Is it possible to get the top row of text to scroll? Thanks Richard ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
> circumstances... What you could do is disable and re-enable the plugin in > the plugins section to get it initialized. Or switch the language to eg. > chinese and back :-). Or, worst case, restart the slimserver (shouldn't be > necessary with the workarounds). Thanks. Switching languages fixed it. Richard ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I added a new format "Artist (Album)" as per these instructions, as I'd like to see this on the top row and have the track title on the bottom row. However, it doesn't show up in the drop down list on the plugins page for each player. What have I missed? There is a problem with this, I know. Problem is that the settings are only initialized when the plugin is so. And under some other circumstances... What you could do is disable and re-enable the plugin in the plugins section to get it initialized. Or switch the language to eg. chinese and back :-). Or, worst case, restart the slimserver (shouldn't be necessary with the workarounds). I'll have to think about a better solution than this. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Hi, I've been messing around with this for the last couple of days and it looks really useful. Now I've got a question: Taken from the website - "The available Strings can be defined in "Server Settings/Formatting/Title Format" where you can add new definitions, too, if you want to." I added a new format "Artist (Album)" as per these instructions, as I'd like to see this on the top row and have the track title on the bottom row. However, it doesn't show up in the drop down list on the plugins page for each player. What have I missed? (WinXP SP2 + Squeezebox2 + 6.2.1 nightly from 2005-11-13) Thanks for any help. Richard ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
This is a bit embarassing but yes. On the PC, I went to the listing of MusicInfoSCR.pm copied into clipboard, then pasted into wordpad and transferred it my Linkstation. All other plugins I downloaded, I downloaded using normal download -- click on a link and download window appears to open or save -- but for MusicInfoSCR.pm it just showed the listing of the plugin. You could always hit the right mouse button to "Save target as..." the file. Since I didn't know about wget, I resorted to copy & paste method. Now you know it. It's quite usefull :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Michael, This is a bit embarassing but yes. On the PC, I went to the listing of MusicInfoSCR.pm copied into clipboard, then pasted into wordpad and transferred it my Linkstation. All other plugins I downloaded, I downloaded using normal download -- click on a link and download window appears to open or save -- but for MusicInfoSCR.pm it just showed the listing of the plugin. Since I didn't know about wget, I resorted to copy & paste method. Ken -- slimjim slimjim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I didn't know about "wget" (I am a Linux novice). After I used that to get the files, it works correctly now. Thank you for your help. How did you download the first version? Did you open it in Wordpad by chance? -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Michael, I didn't know about "wget" (I am a Linux novice). After I used that to get the files, it works correctly now. Thank you for your help. Ken -- slimjim slimjim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
I got the following debug messages: 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2848 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "rtf1\" [..] 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2922 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "fswiss\" This is most interesting, especially that last line - it knows where it comes from :-) Seriously: it looks as if the file was saved as RTF or some other format, but not a plain text file. Could you please try to download it again directly to the folder (something like "wget http://www.herger.net/_data/MusicInfoSCR.pm";). -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Michael, I got the following debug messages: 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2848 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "rtf1\" 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2869 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "ansi\" 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2883 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "ansicpg1252\" 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2895 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "deff0\" 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2910 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "f0\" 2005-11-16 06:32:54.2922 Backslash found where operator expected at /mnt/slimserver/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 1, near "fswiss\" Ken -- slimjim slimjim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
After installing the MusicInfoSCR into /mnt/slimserver/Plugins directory on the LinkStation, I tried looking for configuration settings on the web interface but couldn't find it on the server settings nor player settings. I am not sure if I need to install It's in the player settings' plugins section. If you can't see it neither there nor in the plugins list of the server settings, start slimserver with the -d_plugins parameter. It should give you a reason for the failure (though I can't imagine one). MHCPAN -- I think it is only for Windows. You're right, it's Windows only. And the plugin doesn't need any of these modules. Another strange thing is that of the two Squeezebox3, one of them shows the MusicInfoSCR display, not the other. Both have firmware 28. Slimserver version is 6.2.1-5719-Linux-EN. This at least tells us that it's working :-). But then I do not understand your first question: how does it display if you didn't activate it? -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Michael, After installing the MusicInfoSCR into /mnt/slimserver/Plugins directory on the LinkStation, I tried looking for configuration settings on the web interface but couldn't find it on the server settings nor player settings. I am not sure if I need to install MHCPAN -- I think it is only for Windows. Another strange thing is that of the two Squeezebox3, one of them shows the MusicInfoSCR display, not the other. Both have firmware 28. Slimserver version is 6.2.1-5719-Linux-EN. Ken -- slimjim slimjim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17590 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
1) with progressbar selected for top right, and icons set for top right, show always, the bar and icons overlap This was a caching issue. Once the button's state change and the bitmap is re-calculated the display should be fine. 2) with a side vis, the progressbar ends the column before the icons. It might be nice to have even one pixel separation if possible. Done. I added even two pixels. It's looking better now. actually, turning the icons off then back on seems to avoid problem 1, but then for the wide case 2 still applies. Hitting one of the shuffle/repeat buttons would also have done the trick. It was a caching issue: I'm now checking the displayWidth as well. For the icons selection pulldown, something like "no" or "do not show" might be more clear than a blank This was easy enough :-). Thanks for all the feedback! The latest version 2.01 is available from my site. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
> 2) with a side vis, the progressbar ends the column before the icons. > It might be nice to have even one pixel separation if possible. What's the vis?!? I don't understand (and my dictionary does not offer any help). I guess kdf means if the visualizer on the right side is turned on. Thanks, this might be it. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
Hi Michael > > 2) with a side vis, the progressbar ends the column before the icons. > > It might be nice to have even one pixel separation if possible. > > What's the vis?!? I don't understand (and my dictionary does not offer > any > help). I guess kdf means if the visualizer on the right side is turned on. Felix -- fcm4711 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
1) with progressbar selected for top right, and icons set for top right, show always, the bar and icons overlap Yeah, and if the part left of the icon is too long, it will do so, too. :-( 2) with a side vis, the progressbar ends the column before the icons. It might be nice to have even one pixel separation if possible. What's the vis?!? I don't understand (and my dictionary does not offer any help). actually, turning the icons off then back on seems to avoid problem 1, Thanks might help, thanks! For the icons selection pulldown, something like "no" or "do not show" might be more clear than a blank (which barely has any height in firefox. This should be simple enough. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: [Announce] MusicInfoSCR screensaver updated
nice stuff Michael. A couple things I've noticed after downloading today both with the suffle/repeat icons: 1) with progressbar selected for top right, and icons set for top right, show always, the bar and icons overlap 2) with a side vis, the progressbar ends the column before the icons. It might be nice to have even one pixel separation if possible. actually, turning the icons off then back on seems to avoid problem 1, but then for the wide case 2 still applies. top left choices both look great. For the icons selection pulldown, something like "no" or "do not show" might be more clear than a blank (which barely has any height in firefox. -- kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
