Thread: Browse by Cover (Coverflow) - Updated 11/8/07

well seems that the object is not registered, probably you need a dll or, you need to register the dll and dont move it, to me looks like the CDDBControl.dll.

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

well seems that the object is not registered, probably you need a dll or, you need to register the dll and dont move it, to me looks like the CDDBControl.dll.

Spot on.

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

well seems that the object is not registered, probably you need a dll or, you need to register the dll and dont move it, to me looks like the CDDBControl.dll.

Doh,that was it.

So how do i edit these xml's so all my stuff is just in 1 xml?,i'm not really interested in the genre's.

Originally Posted by Griff1

Doh,that was it.

So how do i edit these xml's so all my stuff is just in 1 xml?,i'm not really interested in the genre's.

Open the first in notepad

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <artworkinfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Nia\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
    </artworkinfo>

then open the next,

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <artworkinfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\DFA\DFA Compilation #2 Disc 1\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\DFA\DFA Compilation #2 Disc 2\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Erykah Badu\Baduizm\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Gilles Peterson\Gilles Peterson in Brazil Disc 1\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
    </artworkinfo>

copy and paste from the lines

<albuminfo>
.
.
.
.
</albuminfo>

to after the last

</albuminfo>


so it looks like

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <artworkinfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Nia\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\DFA\DFA Compilation #2 Disc 1\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\DFA\DFA Compilation #2 Disc 2\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Erykah Badu\Baduizm\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>5</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Gilles Peterson\Gilles Peterson in Brazil Disc 1\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
 
    </artworkinfo>

and change all the

<genre>4</genre>

to be the same

ie final version

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <artworkinfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Nia\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\DFA\DFA Compilation #2 Disc 1\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\DFA\DFA Compilation #2 Disc 2\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Erykah Badu\Baduizm\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
        <albuminfo>
            <artLocation>\folder.jpg</artLocation>
            <genre>4</genre>
            <artist>Unkown</artist>
            <album>Unknown</album>
            <folder>M:\MP3 Other\Gilles Peterson\Gilles Peterson in Brazil Disc 1\</folder>
        </albuminfo>
 
    </artworkinfo>

Although I think I'm going to do a little program to make a similar XML, but using the artists first letter as each genre so I have an aphabetical list (plus numbers of course)


And I think I'll have it pick up any jpg rather than just folder (assuming that folder.jpg isn't hardcoded into the flash

oops i forgot to include the cddb dll. You need that for the builder to work. Just click on register.bat.
Post #1 is updated with the zip of it.

Originally Posted by Enforcer

Although I think I'm going to do a little program to make a similar XML, but using the artists first letter as each genre so I have an aphabetical list (plus numbers of course)


And I think I'll have it pick up any jpg rather than just folder (assuming that folder.jpg isn't hardcoded into the flash

Great! I hope you don't mind sharing your modifications when you are done

Thanks Enforcer,that worked a treat.

Anyone got a copy of their genre.txt file they could post?


OK, this is just a tester for ya, and it's built around my file structure.

What it does is compile an XML that will work with coverbrowser, but do it alphabetically by the first letter of the artist, assuming your folders start with the artist name. ie Madness - Complete Madness

it will collate only those folders which have mp3's in and a jpg file. it will use the first jpg it finds as the cover art.


Extract the exe to the XML folder with coverflow.

it is assumed (at the moment) that you have put coverflow in a skin folder such that


Road Runner\skins\<skin name>\coverflow\XML


try it out and let me know. (it is pretty rough and not a lot of error checking at present)



Oh, it gets the music path from rr.ini.


Zip file removed as newer version later on in thread (with error checking).



E.

Possible bug.

It seems if there is a albuminfo10.xml, it does not get selected. The contents of albuminfo1.xml are used.