Any TheatreMode that emphasizes album cover/art?

[Moshi_]

I have high quality album art on every album I own. 1000x1000. And I think it's a shame it sits in some 80x80 corner in every TheatreMode. Sure some have album art in the centre but they're still too small. I want my album art to cover the whole screen (with the right aspect ratio ofcourse - which leaves sides open) and some filling colours to the sides. Just like PowerAmp player does it for the Android. I want to admire the high quality of my album art.

And then it would be nice if it comes with some nice controls and which song is playing/album etc... But is there really none? Everything is focused on artist pictures... I don't care about that  

[badchild]

Hello, firstly. Steven, Merci Beaucoup for Musicbee. It's great. The whole family loves it.

What Moshi said about Theatre mode and Cover/ART.  Vinyl is coming on strong and the real reason is not the SOUND, it's the cool cover art. If you are over 40 you know what i'm talking about right. I'd love to have my Album Covers in Large size HD on the living room TV while the music is playing. That would be the next best thing to actually fetishing the cardboard....

Thanks again for this wonderful software.

[Alumni]

Not sure about TheatreModes, but the upcoming MusicBee update will introduce a new Now Playing layout that should satisfy your wishes.

[Bee-liever]

What about the 'Album View' version from here?

[Moshi_]

What about the 'Album View' version from here?

Damn! That's pretty good. My go-to TheatreMode now. But one thing still irks me. I collect high quality 1200x1200 artwork. And then to see it shrunk down to half it's size in these TheatreModes breaks my heart.  

I see you made this TM. Can you modify so that artwork shows through entire screen or for those not having such big artworks maybe in actual resolution? 1200x1200 fills every 1080p and lower screen.  

Edit: Got the artwork to fill the whole screen. Adjusted resolution in the .xml file. But how do I make background not switch colours and stay only black, Bee-liever? Thank you!

[Bee-liever]

Damn! That's pretty good. My go-to TheatreMode now.

Glad that it was useful for you  

how do I make background not switch colours and stay only black, Bee-liever?

Just remove (or comment out) the line

Code

<element type="BackgroundAlbumCover" brightness="0.2" refreshInterval="20"></element>

in the // base set-up section

[Moshi_]

Thank you!!

Edit: Here is how it looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/S1iDsbC.png

badchild, you interested?

[Bee-liever]

Nice adaptation Moshi_

Looks good 

[badchild]

Thank you!!

Edit: Here is how it looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/S1iDsbC.png

badchild, you interested?

Oui ! Oui !  Looks good (however that particular album could belong in the worst album cover section of the Frank Zappa Forum thread...)

[Moshi_]

Nice adaptation Moshi_

Looks good 

Thanks!! 

Oui ! Oui !  Looks good (however that particular album could belong in the worst album cover section of the Frank Zappa Forum thread...)

Sent you a PM.

Cover might be bad but the soundtrack is awesome! 

[buzzbuzz]

Hey Moshi, any chance you still have that adaptation, I would love to use it!

[DiaborMagics]

Hello Moshi, that's also exactly what I'm looking for! If you still have that, can I have it, too? In the meantime I think I can try making it myself, but as I'm 100% new to Music Bee, I may not be able to figure it out.

Thanks in advance for your reply!