Display Time remaining on seperate screen

[jed87527]

Is it possible to display the time remaining on the song playing in large text on a seperate screen to the one that has the music bee app on?

Any help would be much appreciated.

[tjinc]

Hi jed87527 and welcome to the forum,

I think the only way to do this would be to use a Theater Mode view. These are custom designed views - more information here:
General introduction and detailed syntax listing: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39780.0
User generated views and discussions: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?board=17.0
User generated views for download: https://getmusicbee.com/addons/s/?type=4

Depending on your coding knowledge/experience, this can all seem overwhelming on first sight (and maybe on second and third sight as well). To get you going here is some very simple example code that will do what you are asking (and only what you are asking):

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
<!-- General Settings -->
	<settings enableScaling="true" backgroundColor="TrackAndArtistPanel(bg)"/>
<!-- Track Progress Time -->
	<element
		type="ProgressPosition"
		xAnchor="Panel.Left" widthDock="X:Panel.Right" align="center"
		yAnchor="Panel.25"
		font="Segoe UI" style="Bold" size="70" fg="TrackAndArtistPanel(80)">
	</element>
</root>

Paste this code into a new text file and rename 'Track Time.xml'

Then use MB Menu > View > Theatre Mode menu to:
1. Add this 'skin',
2, Configure the required panel docking options (probably Fullscreen and Show in screen 2)
3. Select this new 'Track Time' Theater Mode.

Hope this helps.

[jed87527]

Thanks so much for this tjinc. I havent tried it yet but I'll take a look this week. Much appreciated.