TM Requests

[Steven]

its included in the build now - same link

[samthemusicman]

Is it possible to add a theater mode which shows album art of varying dimensions at their maximum size, with a very minimal overlay (pause/play/skip/back buttons at most) or no overlay at all? Basically, a full-screen mode for album art.

A visual explanation of what I mean is that a square image would appear like this:



A 1920x1080 image would appear like this:



Essentially, the cover art would fill as much of the screen as possible for its dimensions. I made a post asking if this was currently doable, and it seems it is not so hiccup recommended I put in a request here.

[hiccup]

, and it seems it is not so hiccup recommended I put in a request here.

Just to be clear, and to reiterate what I said in the other thread about this:
I am under the impression that currently Theater Mode coding does not allow for keeping aspect ratios for album art. (it does for artist 'gallery' images)

If I am right about this, the request here should be to have that feature added to the toolbox for creating TM's.
Then the next step would be for you (or somebody else) to create or edit a TM that uses this feature.

[samthemusicman]

Just to be clear, and to reiterate what I said in the other thread about this:
I am under the impression that currently Theater Mode coding does not allow for keeping aspect ratios for album art. (it does for artist 'gallery' images)

If I am right about this, the request here should be to have that feature added to the toolbox for creating TM's.
Then the next step would be for you (or somebody else) to create or edit a TM that uses this feature.

Yes, thank you for this clarification. As I said in the other thread, I would be willing to learn myself how to make a theater mode if that feature got implemented.

[pakk]

I second what hiccup asked: a way to keep the cover aspect ratio would be great.
Covers that are not squared are deformed.

Example:
Wrong ratio
Original cover

Thanks in advance and have a nice day

[T010]

I'd like to request:
1. support for a bg2 value on Block elements, so blocks can have gradients.
2. support for rgba (alpha) values on Text / Field elements
3. AlbumTracks element does not (seem to) honor width restrictions; text overflows beyond set element width.
4. element of type PlayDuration does not update its contents ("-4:03") during playback.
5. a way to layer elements; e.g. by defining them later in the xml or setting an explicit new "z-index" value; currently Text / Field elements are always layered above picture elements
6. a way to force close AutoHide panels if it's open and a certain onClick event is triggered. ("CloseAutoHidePanel:#id" ?)

[Steven]

these are done for the next plugin update
1. support for a bg2 value on Block elements, so blocks can have gradients.  --- only vertical is supported
2. support for rgba (alpha) values on Text / Field elements   --- thats not possible with the windows api used
4. element of type PlayDuration does not update its contents ("-4:03") during playback.  --- should be fixed


i doubt i will do 5 & 6 as maintaining this plugin is quite difficult

https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee36_Patched.zip

[T010]

1. support for a bg2 value on Block elements, so blocks can have gradients.  --- only vertical is supported
2. support for rgba (alpha) values on Text / Field elements   --- thats not possible with the windows api used
4. element of type PlayDuration does not update its contents ("-4:03") during playback.  --- should be fixed

1. [see edit below] Thanks but bug when yAnchor of element with bg2 is not at Panel Top. A 1px horizontal line of bg2's color is (sometimes, depending on window size) visible at top of element:
2. It's a pity
3. Thanks

[Edit]
I may have found a workaround by adding an y-value of 4 or greater to the gradient element.

[T010]

request: theater mode star rating (and possibly love rating) should reflect rating immediately once the assigned rating hotkey is pressed; currently I have to back out, or force a window resize, of TM and back into it for the stars to update visually

[voodoopunk]

F5?

[Steven]

1. [see edit below] Thanks but bug when yAnchor of element with bg2 is not at Panel Top. A 1px horizontal line of bg2's color is (sometimes, depending on window size) visible at top of element:

try this one
https://mega.nz/file/F5M0mIJK#JE2oTTyyxh4V7K4vRCTVd8EIUGHwihgpNtGoUuGqz24

[Steven]

request: theater mode star rating (and possibly love rating) should reflect rating immediately once the assigned rating hotkey is pressed; currently I have to back out, or force a window resize, of TM and back into it for the stars to update visually

thats handled in the next musicbee and plugin update

[bool]

A couple of requests:

Request: Having a visibility status based on lyrics availability (true and false). Alternatively, having an inverse autoOpenLyrics autoHide option to only open when there is no lyrics. Idea behind that is showing different elements/layouts when there are lyrics and when not.

Question/Request? Is there a way to increase the space between lines in the lyrics element? Something similar to CSS line-height.

Thanks!

[hiccup]

There hasn't been much development going on for TheaterMode for quite a long time now.
I was wondering:
Since MusicBee 3.6 has now been officially released, does that give some room to now address some of the outstanding raised issues and requests?
Or is further development definitively halted?

[Steven]

Since MusicBee 3.6 has now been officially released, does that give some room to now address some of the outstanding raised issues and requests?
Or is further development definitively halted?

definitely not halted. Just had the impression there isnt much interest.
Will let everyone know when i will dedicate some time to this