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[sveakul]

but the only version of Fischer's Lovebird in your DejaVu Compact package is the one without LED peak indicators--could you please add the LED one as well?

It's there also.

While there is an indication below your DejaVu Compact download section saying "There are also variations that have LED peak indicators:", there is a sample screenshot but no link:



Going to the first ""download DejaVu Compact" link only shows the non-LED version

[hiccup]

While there is an indication below your DejaVu Compact download section saying "There are also variations that have LED peak indicators:", there is a sample screenshot but no link:

Yes there is.
There is a download link for DejaVU, and a download link for DejaVU Compact.
Both contain all non-LED and LED variations of them.

Going to the first ""download DejaVu Compact" link only shows the non-LED version

Please look again, it is really there.

[sveakul]

Going to the first ""download DejaVu Compact" link only shows the non-LED version

Please look again, it is really there.

You said, "There is a download link for DejaVU, and a download link for DejaVU Compact.
Both contain all non-LED and LED variations of them."  Clicking the "download DejaVu Compact" link takes you to a Dropbox page that shows only the non-LED "DejaVU Compact - Fischer's Lovebird.rar":



The entire first post with all links looks like the one linked here, at least in Firefox 132:
https://mega.nz/file/zJAz2Jbb#lDYE8Xa9ybMFf9i7Ps5MtQoW_QmoF1QXEJmdxIXMkgA

If you're punking me I get it but others besides myself would enjoy using these too.

[hiccup]

If you're punking me I get it but others besides myself would enjoy using these too.

I won't be able to help you further with this.

[phred]

Both the LED and non-LED series are under the DejaVU Compact link...

[phred]

DejaVU Compact - Fischer's Lovebird

This one's a beauty, hiccup.

In layman's terms, what is the difference between this and your others that results in the long loading time? During which MB is non-responsive.

You offered to add/modify to go with other skins, so I'll ask...
I would appreciate one for Phred on the Lookout using the darker blue: 106,150,228.
It would be even greater if you can add the "frazzled bee" that the skins uses. Here's a link to a .png. If you need Base64, or some other format let me know. If adding the icon is too much and beyond the scope of what you offered to do, just say so and I'll understand.
https://www.mediafire.com/view/a50t4mevike8r8f/Frazzled_Bee_Color.png/file

Thanks. I mean -really- thanks!

[hiccup]

This one's a beauty, hiccup.
In layman's terms, what is the difference between this and your others that results in the long loading time? During which MB is non-responsive.

Thanks phred.
For as far as I understand the cause of the longer loading time, it is because this VU meter skin is using some rather complicated layers that contain a lot of transparency.
(I could be wrong about that being the cause, but I think I'm not)

You offered to add/modify to go with other skins, so I'll ask...

Sure, no problem.
Do you mean something like this?:


I myself am not completely convinced about how that looks, maybe because (for this layout) the colours right above and right below the VU meter are both different from the VU meter border.
But maybe you are using a layout where this would work well?
It's also quite a high-contrast VU meter skin, while 'Phred on the Lookout' is a rather low-contrast skin.
But making the 'near-black' background panel a lot lighter may not work well for this particular skin.

Also, the Frazzled Bee is a bit small and detailed for the limited available space, but I think I should be able to improve that a little bit if you make the order for this VU meter skin official.

[phred]

Do you mean something like this?:

I myself am not completely convinced about how that looks, maybe because (for this layout) the colours right above and right below the VU meter are both different from the VU meter border.

I understand, but you made an 'official' release of DejaVU Compact for PotL with the lighter blue (205,220,237) and I felt it blended into the adjacent panels too much for my liking. That's why I requested the darker blue. Which makes it stand out more. I agree that changing the near-black would not look good at all.

Also, the Frazzled Bee is a bit small and detailed for the limited available space, but I think I should be able to improve that a little bit if you make the order for this VU meter skin official.

I do plan on making this available as an 'offiicial' PotL VU Meter (with a credit to you) but I'd understand if getting the Frazzled Bee larger is too much work, you can stop where you are and I'll issue it as is. Either way you've got my gratitude.

[hiccup]

I do plan on making this available as an 'offiicial' PotL VU Meter

Yeah but, no but…
I think mods of skins should be published by the person that created or modified it.
So when we have something that works and we agree on, I'll just add it to the DejaVU Compact repository.
Something like: DejaVU Compact LED - Fischer's Lovebird (phred on the lookout edition)
(I am guessing you want the LED version?)

if getting the Frazzled Bee larger is too much work…

It's not so much the size but also the low quality and the thin lines.
But that's something I can fix to a certain degree.
You don't happen to have a higher quality source of it?

I'm calling it quits for today. I thought it would be quick and easy, but this also requires some resizing, which affects everything from the needles to the LEDs.
And it's making a mess of things when not having a clear head. (yep, guilty as charged on this Sunday evening ;-)

[sveakul]

@ hiccup :  I put my foot in it this time and I apologize.  I found the problem is somewhere in my browser/OS settings, yet to be determined.

The scroll bar on the right edge of my Firefox, when dragged all the way down, only exposed the DejaVU download page to the extent of the screenshot I sent.  This time, I used the mouse scroll wheel instead, and the last part of the page was exposed complete.

I automatically use the browser scroll bar for everything, and it's still a mystery to me why it continues to stop prematurely in this case.  I tried changing the "use smooth (/auto) scrolling" settings to no avail.  Anyway, that's my own problem to solve.

Thanks again for the terrific new meter, with and without LEDs.  One question: do you know if the *.ini file settings are honored when used with Foobar and the plugin from oops, or is it seen at all?  The meter itself works great there with both bin and the ini present, but I'm not sure what "lead" it is following.  I'm guessing the ini is strictly a MusicBee thing.

[hiccup]

One question: do you know if the *.ini file settings are honored when used with Foobar and the plugin from oops, or is it seen at all?  The meter itself works great there with both bin and the ini present, but I'm not sure what "lead" it is following.  I'm guessing the ini is strictly a MusicBee thing.

These accompanying .ini configuration files are a recent invention/suggestion by me, that BoringName has nicely implemented in his plugin.
So other plugins will not be aware of them, let alone will know what to do with them.

[phred]

Yeah but, no but…
I think mods of skins should be published by the person that created or modified it.
So when we have something that works and we agree on, I'll just add it to the DejaVU Compact repository.
Something like: DejaVU Compact LED - Fischer's Lovebird (phred on the lookout edition)
(I am guessing you want the LED version?)

That sounds fair. But I'll also add it to the PotL skin thread so that folks who d/l the skin know a VU Meter is available.

And yes, the LED version is all I'm asking for.

You don't happen to have a higher quality source of it?

I'm calling it quits for today. I thought it would be quick and easy, but this also requires some resizing, which affects everything from the needles to the LEDs.
And it's making a mess of things when not having a clear head. (yep, guilty as charged on this Sunday evening ;-)

No, I dug deep just to find that version. So let's make a deal. Forget about the Frazzled Bee. All it's doing is creating a Frazzled hiccup. You've done (or are doing) enough for me with just changing the skin color. The Frazzled Bee was just a bonus. Don't worry about it.

And thanks.

[hiccup]

Forget about the Frazzled Bee.
And thanks.

What Frazzled Bee?
And please stop thanking me. I'm doing this kind of stuff when I find it enjoying.
Especially when it is for forum veterans that also have contributed a lot over all these years.
For every next 'thank you' from you I will be delaying DCLFL-POTL by days increasing by a logarithmic scale similar to a decibel curve.

[sveakul]

These accompanying .ini configuration files are a recent invention/suggestion by me, that BoringName has nicely implemented in his plugin.
So other plugins will not be aware of them, let alone will know what to do with them.

OK thanks.  I keep a shared skins folder between the two now that both are "tri-format."

[hiccup]

OK thanks.  I keep a shared skins folder between the two now that both are "tri-format."

I don't think that's relevant in relation to my VU meter skins? (which is what this topic is about)
If you have some desire for the foobar2000 plugin being able to make use of these .ini configuration files it would be best to raise it on the foobar2000 forum.
I'm not sure if things like rise/fall and curve can be made compatible between the two, but if the foobar2000 plugin could at least use things like orientation and background colour, I'm sure they will see the benefit in that.