CoverFlow + RR = Coverjuke - Page 3

kbreeden · 03-01-2009, 08:33 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ws6vert

El Camino:

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.

I was very careful to install to the defaults as specified in the readme. Coverjuke.exe and cover.exe are in c:\Program Files\coverJuke. CJEmbedder and CJSend are in c:\Program Files\Road Runner\Plugins. I have added the appropriate lines to exectbl.ini and skin.ini. I am using the 11/2/07 version of RR. Do I need a newer version of RR? Do I need to register any DLLs? Any other thoughts?

carputer1 · 03-01-2009, 09:37 AM

in your skin.ini setting don't add coverjuke.exe , just point to the folder its in

kbreeden · 03-01-2009, 10:38 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by carputer1

in your skin.ini setting don't add coverjuke.exe , just point to the folder its in

Thanks, carputer. I went ahead and confirmed that I had not added the filename to the path. I followed the readme very carefully, so I can't imagine what might be going on.

carputer1 · 03-01-2009, 10:45 AM

well this is how i have just in case

skin.ini

CJ_DirPath=C:\Program Files\Road Runner\Plugins\Coverjuke

exectbl.ini

"COVERJUKE","LOAD;coverjuke.skin;Browse by cover;$PluginsPath$Coverjuke\CJ Embedder V1.2.exe;CJ Embedder"

Valheru · 03-01-2009, 10:49 AM

nice work on this ws6vert ...

btw - the skin files used in your download (as supplied by El-C) are from the TEKNIK2 skin, as created by me ... but feel free to use them as you need.

ws6vert · 03-01-2009, 09:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Valheru

nice work on this ws6vert ...

btw - the skin files used in your download (as supplied by El-C) are from the TEKNIK2 skin, as created by me ... but feel free to use them as you need.

Thanks Val, I will add you to the accolades of the readMe.

kbreeden, if you are still having problems, PM me.

l1nk · 03-03-2009, 03:51 PM

Hello ws6vert. I really like your hard work on this thing. I've used the flash version of coverflow for long time but always had a lot of patience while scrolling albums because flash is an heavy thing for my carputer!!
The coverjuke plays really nice and I really like the pictures you posted here :http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/1291590-post50.html.
As I'm using your same skin (elite), is there any chances to get the full package for elite lite?
I've just installed the version attached to the first post on this thread; it seems to work fine, I only have a delay on coverjuke start and really don't like teknik2 skin inside the elite! Thanks in advance.

ws6vert · 03-03-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by l1nk

Hello ws6vert. I really like your hard work on this thing. I've used the flash version of coverflow for long time but always had a lot of patience while scrolling albums because flash is an heavy thing for my carputer!!
The coverjuke plays really nice and I really like the pictures you posted here :http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/1291590-post50.html.
As I'm using your same skin (elite), is there any chances to get the full package for elite lite?
I've just installed the version attached to the first post on this thread; it seems to work fine, I only have a delay on coverjuke start and really don't like teknik2 skin inside the elite! Thanks in advance.

I will send you a PM later in the night with my skin files. they are a little rough though, I am not a skinner.

l1nk · 03-03-2009, 06:22 PM

Many thanks! In the meantime I made some changes to the skin and reverted to the previous visual style version (the one based on skinbedder help, but no more skinbedder thanks to your work on scripts!).

I'm testing to reach a good result but still have the initial delay on loading coverjuke. It takes about 10 seconds to load and position in the right way. Don't know if there's something wrong or simply depends on my carputer (atom 330 based Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard). Please take a look to this video (made with my logitech quickcam connected to my other computer):

elite coverjuke

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You need to upgrade your Flash Player

Are these delays and flickering (don't know if it's the right term!) normal during loading coverjuke?

kimnach · 03-03-2009, 10:45 PM

i am having a bit of a problem here, and not yet being very familiar with skinning, i'm sure it's an obvious problem. coverjuke (and cover.exe) are in the default path.

my carputer still sits here in my basement and i occassionally tinker with it. i recently found coverjuke and gave it (v1.2) a go tonight. it works standalone--pretty neat--and i will just use the default skin in dfx4.

using skineditor (0.71), i thought the easy mod would to just change the main menu "music" button (B02 to execute the command "coverjuke").

coverjuke does launch, but all i get is a bordered window with the default coverjuke controls and my windows desktop showing through. skintool indicates that on pressing the button the embedder executes ("LOAD;coverjuke.skin;!AutoIT v3 Gui;C:\Program Files\RideRunner\Plugins\CJ Embedder V1.2.exe;CJ Embedder"). what have i obviously missed?

thanks much.

ws6vert · 03-04-2009, 01:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by l1nk

Many thanks! In the meantime I made some changes to the skin and reverted to the previous visual style version (the one based on skinbedder help, but no more skinbedder thanks to your work on scripts!).

I'm testing to reach a good result but still have the initial delay on loading coverjuke. It takes about 10 seconds to load and position in the right way. Don't know if there's something wrong or simply depends on my carputer (atom 330 based Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard). Please take a look to this video (made with my logitech quickcam connected to my other computer):

elite coverjuke

Close

You need to upgrade your Flash Player

Are these delays and flickering (don't know if it's the right term!) normal during loading coverjuke?

I can't be exactly sure when answering this question, but I would have to say that it's probably the speed of your system. What you can do to speed things up is run coverjuke when you start roadrunner. The embedder will look to see if it is open then grab it and embed it. This will allow time for it to open and load your album covers before you can navigate to the coverjuke screen, which will make embedding nearly instant.

Does that make sense? And the "flickering" is normal when embedding. The script actually grabs coverjuke, then minimizes it, makes some calculations on where to put the window, then maximizes it again. It has to do all these things after coverjuke has started though. I will look into trying to make it flicker less by hiding the window until it is maximized. Maybe V1.3 in the future.

ws6vert · 03-04-2009, 01:12 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by kimnach

i am having a bit of a problem here, and not yet being very familiar with skinning, i'm sure it's an obvious problem. coverjuke (and cover.exe) are in the default path.

my carputer still sits here in my basement and i occassionally tinker with it. i recently found coverjuke and gave it (v1.2) a go tonight. it works standalone--pretty neat--and i will just use the default skin in dfx4.

using skineditor (0.71), i thought the easy mod would to just change the main menu "music" button (B02 to execute the command "coverjuke").

coverjuke does launch, but all i get is a bordered window with the default coverjuke controls and my windows desktop showing through. skintool indicates that on pressing the button the embedder executes ("LOAD;coverjuke.skin;!AutoIT v3 Gui;C:\Program Files\RideRunner\Plugins\CJ Embedder V1.2.exe;CJ Embedder"). what have i obviously missed?

thanks much.

Kimnach,
Do you see the application "coverjuke" start, as shown in the video above? Or do you just see the coverjuke embedder application start?

Also, do you have "CJ_DirPath" defined in your skin.ini?

l1nk · 03-04-2009, 02:12 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ws6vert

I can't be exactly sure when answering this question, but I would have to say that it's probably the speed of your system. What you can do to speed things up is run coverjuke when you start roadrunner. The embedder will look to see if it is open then grab it and embed it. This will allow time for it to open and load your album covers before you can navigate to the coverjuke screen, which will make embedding nearly instant.

Does that make sense? And the "flickering" is normal when embedding. The script actually grabs coverjuke, then minimizes it, makes some calculations on where to put the window, then maximizes it again. It has to do all these things after coverjuke has started though. I will look into trying to make it flicker less by hiding the window until it is maximized. Maybe V1.3 in the future.

I'll try your suggestion tonight. Looking forward for your PM on elite skin. Thanks alot

kbreeden · 03-04-2009, 05:36 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by kimnach

coverjuke does launch, but all i get is a bordered window with the default coverjuke controls and my windows desktop showing through. skintool indicates that on pressing the button the embedder executes ("LOAD;coverjuke.skin;!AutoIT v3 Gui;C:\Program Files\RideRunner\Plugins\CJ Embedder V1.2.exe;CJ Embedder"). what have i obviously missed?

That is the exact issue I'm having. Kimnach, I think you're confusing the loading of the coverjuke skin and the loading of the coverjuke program. The controls you're seeing are in the skin, which is loading. I would bet that if you go to task manager you will not see coverjuke.exe as a running process, which means the program itself is not loading.

I too have used all the default locations.

Edit: I now have Coverjuke loading. Here's what worked for me:

1. Installed the current version of RideRunner, including the dll files that come with the current download;
2. Uninstalled Coverjuke 1.53 using add/remove programs;
3. Removed every reference to "coverjuke" and "coverflow" from the registry; and
4. Reinstalled Coverjuke 1.53.

I wish I knew which of those actions did the trick, but I now have it loading on two computers. I'm having a couple of issues, including 100% CPU load (100% on a P4, 2.2 GHZ, with 1 GB Ram. The Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHZ with 1 GB RAM runs at 20%. WTF? Is there that much difference between the two chips?), non-working scroll bar and inability to flip albums to see songs or to play albums. I'll see if I can sort those issues out.

ws6vert · 03-04-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kbreeden

That is the exact issue I'm having. Kimnach, I think you're confusing the loading of the coverjuke skin and the loading of the coverjuke program. The controls you're seeing are in the skin, which is loading. I would bet that if you go to task manager you will not see coverjuke.exe as a running process, which means the program itself is not loading.

I too have used all the default locations.

Edit: I now have Coverjuke loading. Here's what worked for me:

1. Installed the current version of RideRunner, including the dll files that come with the current download;
2. Uninstalled Coverjuke 1.53 using add/remove programs;
3. Removed every reference to "coverjuke" and "coverflow" from the registry; and
4. Reinstalled Coverjuke 1.53.

I wish I knew which of those actions did the trick, but I now have it loading on two computers. I'm having a couple of issues, including 100% CPU load (100% on a P4, 2.2 GHZ, with 1 GB Ram. The Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHZ with 1 GB RAM runs at 20%. WTF? Is there that much difference between the two chips?), non-working scroll bar and inability to flip albums to see songs or to play albums. I'll see if I can sort those issues out.

-I'm not sure what the issue was either. My script will load coverjuke if you set the "CJ_dirPath" variable correctly in your skin.ini. This is the only way my script knows where to look to execute the coverjuke.exe. There should be no "coverflow" in your registry as a result of my script.

-As for 100% CPU, that must be your system, because mine has used a maximum of about 14% on my centrino laptop.

-If you read the first post you will know that the issue with the scrollbar is a known bug that I do not have control over.

-As for flipping the albums to see the songs or the ability to play the album when clicked will depend on your "COVERJUKEACTION" variable, which you also should have defined in your skin.ini, as well as if you set up coverjuke's path to external player as "cover.exe"

-Quick question, are you running a full version of XP or is this a partial "n-lited" version?

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