CD Album Art Size and Position

[kears_falcon_9]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to edit the cddrd skin to display only 1 CD at a time (Main reason for this is so that the titles are large enough for a touch screen for both reading and the selecting of a song).

I've managed to get only 1 CD to show, but now im trying to position the CD Album Art to the Left Hand Side (and be approx 150x150 pixels), then after the CD Album Art, display the normal song list for that given Album.

I've been able to get the Album Art on the left hand side but it seems to be that the size of the picture is proportinate to the width of the TitleStrips, is there any way to have the Title Strips Width say 700px (so there is plenty of space for long song names), but have the dispaly size of the album art reduced to a smaller size?

Thanks
David

[Chris]

Can you post the skin you are using?  That will make it easier to make a recommendation.

[kears_falcon_9]

Can you post the skin you are using?  That will make it easier to make a recommendation.

I'm currently using a modified version of the cddrd.skn file that was in the original download.

Attached is a screenshot of what it is looking like now (see how big the album art is!)


And here is the skin file:

Code:

[Skin]
background = fhfc_jukebox_bkg.jpg

[Selection]

SelectionMethod=Numeric
UseZero=True
HighNumber=9
DiscAddress=Absolute
UseTrackZero=False

[Fonts]
TitleFont = bluehigh.ttf
TitleFontSize = 20
TitleFontCondensed = bluecond.ttf
TitleFontCondensedSize = 16
TitleFontSmall = bluehigh.ttf
TitleFontSmallSize = 8
TitleFontColor = ghostwhite
TitleFontCase = Normal
ArtistFont = dvsansb.ttf
ArtistFontSize = 20
ArtistFontCondensed = dvsansbc.ttf
ArtistFontCondensedSize = 16
ArtistFontColor = lightgrey
ArtistFontCase = Normal
AlbumFont = dvsansb.ttf
AlbumFontSize = 14
AlbumFontCondensed = dvsansbc.ttf
AlbumFontCondensedSize = 12
AlbumFontSmall = dvsansbc.ttf
AlbumFontSmallSize = 8
AlbumFontColor = ghostwhite
AlbumFontCase = Uppercase
AlbumFontAddQuotes = False
CDAddressFont = steelfis.ttf
CDAddressFontSize = 40
CDAddressFontColor = lightblue
FixedFont=jbdotmat.fnt

[Display1]
# Now Playing display
enabled=True
x=725
y=500
w=275
h=110
lines=6
color=lime
bgcolor=black

[Display2]
# Song List display
enabled=True
x=725
y=640
w=275
h=110
lines=6
color=lime
bgcolor=black

[Display3]
# Selection display
enabled=True
x=735
y=42
w=145
h=35
color=lime
bgcolor=black

[Display4]
# Credit Display
enabled=True
x=948
y=42
w=50
h=35
color=lime
bgcolor=black

[TitleStrips]
bgcolor=grey
SongsPerStrip=20
Width=650
Height=500
FontSmoothing=true
DefaultAlbumArt=defcdart.jpg
ForceUpperCaseTitles=False
ForceUpperCaseArtists=True
FontFocusColor=lightgoldenrodyellow
FocusColor=ivory
ShadowColor=White
Animation=None

[StripGrid]
x=18
y=21
rows=1
cols=1
CoverArtSide=left
CoverArtSpace=4

[Icon1]
x=705
y=345
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_PREVPG

[Icon2]
x=855
y=345
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_NEXTPG

[Icon3]
x=705
y=125
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_1

[Icon4]
x=780
y=125
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_2

[Icon5]
x=855
y=125
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_3

[Icon6]
x=705
y=195
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_4

[Icon7]
x=780
y=195
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_5

[Icon8]
x=855
y=195
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_6

[Icon9]
x=705
y=270
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_7

[Icon10]
x=780
y=270
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_8

[Icon11]
x=855
y=270
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_9

[Icon12]
x=780
y=345
w=75
h=70
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_0

[Icon13]
x=930
y=125
w=75
h=145
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_SELECT

[Icon14]
x=930
y=270
w=75
h=145
FocusColor=yellow
ShadowColor=Black
Clickable=True
Action=BTN_CLEAR

Also I have read that documentation is not your strong point, and that is fine But is there a list anywere of everysingle parameter that is possible within a skin file or the main jukebox ini? That would be helpful atleast so I could play around with stuff.

Cheers

[Chris]

Sorry about the delay, it has been a busy week!

The docs should list every possible parameter, some of them just have blank descriptions.  Every setting for jukebox.ini is documented, it's the skin settings where most of the docs are missing.

I'm not sure I'm going to have a reasonable solution for this one; the CD art grows to fill the height or width, I never expected it to be used on a nearly square strip.  About your only option is to use CDHeader=Top or CDHeader=Bottom (in the [Titlestrips] section) to move the header above or below the art to soak up some space, and then make the CDAddressFont something outrageously large (like 100 or more) to soak up more space.

You might also consider leaving the skin with 2 albums on the screen but reducing the albums to 10 tracks per disc; that will allow you to increase the font size of the tracks.  Do this in conjunction with CDHeader=Bottom or CDHeader=Top to get more space back.