Thread: CoverMess 0720 - Bug fix update

Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh

It only put 3 or 4 folders in my XML file.
I know I've only got a few dozen folder.jpg files throughout my whole collection, but it only seemed to graba few dirs.

Can the script be made to look for any *.jpg? I know a few also say Album.jpg, front.jpg, etc.

Thunders script didn't work for me either, hopefully he is coming up with v2

If I had time , I could code something up, but I'm a little bit swamped...

Right now covermess will only display a folder.jpg. If you specify a folder in your xml file that doesn't have a folder.jpg, a blank cd cover with the folder name will appear and work normally. I plan on adding support for custom jpg names, just not sure how to do right now.

Originally Posted by Blue ZX3

Sound more like you just a mess everywhere..hehe

It will work with what ya got, you'll just have a lot stuffed under the '<Unknown xx >' listing is all...

Cool, I'm going to clean up and tag some files for test purposes and start messing around with it.

Perhaps cause I have dirs that have subdirs that have subdirs, and none are actual albums yet.

eg/ E:/Music/Electronic/Chemical Brothers/Chemical Brothers - Come With Us/ *files*
within that final folder I have the MP3s (and sometimes the folder.jpg).

Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh

lol.
Can the script be made to still list directories that have NO suitable graphic, and instead, simply list the Title of the Album/Directory on the CD Cover.

That way, you wont prevent access to folders without album art, it just wont look as nice. You can also fix it when you know what doesnt have art, rather than it simply not appearing.

The swf can do this, see my response a couple of posts above, thunders script seems to be buggy, but a script can be made to do this.

My idea of this browser was mostly for a gee wiz, that's cool, kinda thing, I don't think , at least right now, it's good for throwing to many albums at it at once, maybe like 20 at a time. One could setup a button to launch 20 of there fav rock/disco/hip hop or what ever group of cd's to show off how cool a carpc can get..

Anyone try the new scalable and reloadlist version of covermess? Are these issues now resolved?

Originally Posted by EL CAMINO

i dont use the regular RR browser(Boring), i use my own, why not just have a "RELOAD" command, that way, just the xml can be updated, and then "RELOAD" will pick up the new data, building the xml is not a problem at all.

A 'RELOAD' or refresh button on the screen that would essentially reread the xml file and rescatter the cd's, yes that's a good idea, will do that soon...

well its working for me , hit play on a cover the playlist populates and the tag updates straight away, but i also have a hidden playlist in cdmess skin . and the album cdmess image now fits my defined area i can see the album name clearly under the image
i don't know if its the flash file or not but i also get a short playlist in the top left corner, i can see the 1st 2 tracks of the selected album.

love your list of ideas for the progression of this app, well done

Ideas:
1) Press play when front art is displayed = play/add all on CD.
2) When on reverse side (track list), if no songs are highlighted, pressing play = play/add all on CD.
3) When on reverse side. Press a track title to highlight it. Press a highlighted track to unhilghlight. Pressing play will only play/add highlighted songs.
4) Add a Select/Unselect All button to the flip side, to remove all highlighting.

Originally Posted by Sonicxtacy02

do you have a playlist (hidden or not) on the screen? That should solve it

Yeah I do, I have a DL instead of a PL. Is this OK?