CoverFlow + RR = Coverjuke

**ws6vert** · 02-27-2009, 07:36 PM

After having a discussion with another member on the forums, I see the need to rewrite a certain portion of the script.

Here is the issue:
RR does not immediately grab a window to embed it, it takes anywhere from half a second to 2 seconds depending on the speed of the system. This causes a problem with the script because the script sizes coverjuke based on the size of the embedder window. I will rewrite the code to wait on RR to embed the container window that way it will properly resize coverjuke.

So, if others are seeing that coverjuke opens too big sometimes, this is most likely the issue. I will be working on the code, and hopefully it wont be too long before I can get the update.

**ws6vert** · 02-28-2009, 10:40 AM

Version 1.2 has been attached. See first post!

If upgrading from version 1.1:
-Replace version 1.1.exe with "Coverjuke Embedder V1.2.exe".
-Change your COVERJUKE command in the execTBL to:

Code:

"COVERJUKE","LOAD;coverjuke.skin;!AutoIT v3 Gui;$PluginsPath$CJ Embedder V1.2.exe;CJ Embedder"

And that's it!
I strongly suggest udating to this version, as it is faster, and more stable than the last version. This version will wait for RR to embed the container window before executing the rest of the script. This solves the problem with coverjuke sizing improperly.

Enjoy!

**EL CAMINO** · 02-28-2009, 12:08 PM

Code:

"COVERJUKE","LOAD;coverjuke.skin;Browsing By Cover;$PluginsPath$CJ Embedder V1.2.exe;CJ Embedder"

f voice is enabled, will say "Browsing By Cover", instead of "!AutoIT v3 Gui" iwith the above code.

use voice=true in rr.ini to test, some people use voice = true, including myself.

**GizmoQ** · 02-28-2009, 01:42 PM

WOW! 1.2 is much improved! Thanks for the time to get this working, looks great, runs super fast, and the RR integration is outstanding.

Now all we need is multiple folders.

**dotcom1** · 02-28-2009, 01:56 PM

+1

**toxic000** · 02-28-2009, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by ws6vert

Toxic, how is your music directory set-up? Can you set a top-level folder for all albums?
ex: C:\My Documents\My Music

Your v1.2 looks really good. Embeding with correct resizing goes perfect!
My Album Folder is

D:\Music (all inside with *mp3, *wma, ..., on end)

In Coverjuke but, i want only see my Music Albums. Because in D:\Music lies also the \eBooks Folder- that the reason for use multiple Folders.

Originally Posted by ws6vert

Word of caution, Coverjuke does not resize the window that allows you to select the folder. So it will probably look extremely weird inside of RR.

For this, you can change in your skin.ini:

The result in my skin:

**kbreeden** · 02-28-2009, 03:32 PM

Thanks for putting this together, WS6vert.

I'm having a problem. I have followed the instructions carefully. Coverjuke works fine outside of RR. I have assigned a button in RR (DFX skin) with the command "COVERJUKE" ; however, when I hit the button the Coverjuke skin loads but coverjuke.exe does not execute (nothing but the skin on screen and coverjuke.exe does not show up in task manager). Any ideas?

**treetop777** · 02-28-2009, 04:10 PM

That also had me baffled for a minute. I installed the program to RideRunner\plugins\ but the lines you add to skin.ini calls for coverjuke to be in c:\program files\

Check that and see..

**ws6vert** · 02-28-2009, 11:01 PM

El Camino:
Thats a great Idea, I will make that change. I have never worked with RR's speaking capabilities, I just assumed that RR needed the class name in order to embed the window!

Toxic:
Excellent Find!! I will try to work this into the readME. Others that want to be able to open multiple folders in Coverjuke please refer to Toxic's post. I will also search through Coverjuke's key commands to see if there is a way to bring up that window after the covers have loaded.

kbreeden:
The script needs to know where coverjuke is installed on your computer. It can be anywhere, you just need to set the variable "CJ_DirPath" to the folder that contains the coverjuke.exe. I tried to set up the ReadMe, execTBL, and skin with the default paths.

**toxic000** · 03-01-2009, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by ws6vert

Toxic:
Excellent Find!! I will try to work this into the readME. Others that want to be able to open multiple folders in Coverjuke please refer to Toxic's post. I will also search through Coverjuke's key commands to see if there is a way to bring up that window after the covers have loaded.

Change to a other Folder at runtime would be excellent.

Second Way:
I think, it would go well with RR Commands like writetofile or addtofile or better saveto"skin".
Like the savetoskin command, it would be the best:
change in RR a folder, press the coverjuke button, and a saveto"Coverjuke.ini" Command set the new folder in the ini File and restart simple Coverjuke.
With that, its no need for multiple Folders, because its the better way to load the Covers (Speed of Coverjuke with less folders).
For this way, BlueZX3 can may help us? If he can write a command, with the same functions like Savetoskin, only for a other ini File...