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WSHtpc-Mordred 0.8.0

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Description

After several months and a few revisions, this theme is starting to mature. You must possess some knowledge of how to setup foobar themes on your own, because I don't have the time to create a simple drop in theme at the moment.

NOTE: This theme is intended for running on a HTPC media front end. The purpose is to display LARGE album art as well as some meta information, and provide basic control of what's playing. It includes a playlist viewer/switcher, but you're typically going to want to search your library. I recommend using foo_http_control, or adding some CUI Filters or Facets to another panel. Everything in this theme goes in a single WSHPanelMod window that you can place anywhere.

To install, unpack the RAR to your foobar configuration folder (typically "C:\Usersname\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000"). Install the fonts. Create a layout with a main WSHPanelMod window. Under foobar "Preferences >> Tools >> WSH Panel Mod" make sure Safe mode is unchecked.

Configure the WSHPanel by clicking on it and replace the code in the window with the entire contents of the WSHtpc-Mordred.txt file (should be 11 lines or so) in the root of the rar file. Hit okay, and pray that everything works. 

Notes

1) Fonts are included in the theme. Install as needed.
2) There are TONS of settings/options. About half are available from the Properties menu, the rest need to be edited in the WSHtpc-Mordred.js file.
3) Paths (for images/lyrics/etc.) are typically hard coded as arrays which will be searched one at a time. You'll probably want to edit those in WSHtpc-Mordred.js.
4) CD/Vinyl art must ALWAYS be .PNGs and must use one of the following file naming styles: CD.png, CD1.png, CD2.png, vinyl.png, vinylA.png, vinylB.png, etc. The theme does not support double digit CD art (i.e. CD10.png won't work).
5) I added a lot of title formatting things to the properties so you can replace standard fields with your own fancy versions.
6) If you access your library wirelessly, or just not on the same computer, you should probably turn on image caching. It will save you tons of network traffic. 

CDart/vinylart uses the 1000x1000 transparent PNG size specified by fanart.tv where I'm a moderator. I recommend using AlbumArtDownloader with the fanart.tv script which I authored to download these for your library.


Image Packs

The theme uses several different image packs. You can choose which ones you'd like to use. There are a lot more Low-Res Band logos than HQ ones, so I recommend grabbing them both, although a lot of the low-res ones suck. They all need to be unrar'd into a folder called images in your configuration folder. (i.e. the path should be "%fb2k_profile_path%\images\recordlabel")
Record Label logos - 20MB: goo.gl/nU1wGL
HQ Band Logos (800x310) - 53MB: goo.gl/fqG4IV
Low-Res Band Logos (160px wide) - 52MB: goo.gl/BzhGkE
Codec Logos - 61kb: goo.gl/29x2JU
Country Flags - 200kb: goo.gl/omKxhU

I created a lot of the logos myself, and uploaded them to fanart.tv. Everything but the Low-Res logos and the Country Flags can be found there. 

The original inspiration for this theme (and still the basic bones) comes from Odjo's excellent HTPC Fullscreen Panel themes (www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/i…. The Playlist manager was stolen and modified from eXtremeHunter's excellent CaTRoX theme.

Changelog


0.8.0 - August 30th, 2014
  • Queuing tracks immediately refreshes tracklist
  • Added border to pause button so that it doesn't disappear on completely black artwork
  • Improved record label logo positioning (particularly with CD/Vinyl art) and multi-logo handling
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