[Release] CD Art Display RC4

[Carlos11]

CD Art Display (formerly Winamp CD Case) RC4 was released today (26 Apr 2006)

Visit the new home page that includes a Forum and a Skin Gallery!

http://www.closetosoftware.com/

What's new?

New name: CD Art Display

Support for Winamp, AlbumPlayer, iTunes and Winamp API players enabled such as foobar2000 and MediaMonkey

Control Panel (options and skin settings)

Context help added (Help link or F1 key while in Control Panel)

Help file improved

Rate song by clicking the fancy rating

Right click fancy rating to set no rating

Fixed balloon bug

Improved toggle on top (hotkey) feature: now it toggles even when pinned to desktop

New context menu

Browse Amazon and Google added to context menu

On the fly changes (context menu) for window level, lock position and magnetic borders

Improved hotkey feature

Hotkeys for rating

System tray will detect an Explorer crash

Option to use multimedia keys for Winamp (default for AlbumPlayer and iTunes)

Improved Winamp plugin

Improved ID3v2 cover tag reading

Fixed balloon tip bug

Download Forum Build - if you already have installed RC4

CAD RC4 Build 21 (29 Apr 2006) = see post #16

CD Art Display RC4 Build 63 (2 May 2006) = make sure to read the changes in build 21 (post #16 of this topic)

- iTunes interface improved

- Support for ID3v2 v2.4 UTF-8 Unicode

CAD RC4 Build 132 (11 May 2006)

- iTunes support improved (thanks to firecracker6)

- Progress bar: Left click: Fast foreward (*)

- Progress bar: Right click: Rewind (*)

- Some improvements

- Small bugs fixed

(*) available for Winamp, MediaMonkey and iTunes.

CAD RC4 Build 176 (06Jun06)

- New "Read cover" procedure (*)

- Custom save downloaded cover procedure (*)

- Some bugs fixed

(*) for Winamp, MediaMonkey and foobar2000

CAD RC4 Build 207 (08 Jun 2006)

- Support vertical ratings (*)

- Opacity is part of the skin not a general setting

- Opacity for Case/cover

- Opacity for Fancy ratings

- Opacity for Progress bar

- Opacity for Line 1

- Opacity for Line 2

- Added "Just Cover" skin with vertical ratings and the special text settings (see screenshot below)

(*) it's a skin design matter: CAD will recognize if the image is vertical or not.

CAD RC4 Build 212 (10 Jun 06)

- Fixed some Cover's folder bugs

CAD RC4 Build 246 (18Jun06)

- Fancy rating bug that could crash CAD fixed (*)

- Updated "Read cover" tags

(*)The update is recommended for all of you!

Note that you may need to update the progress bar pad left and fancy rating pad left. All skins settings will be updated when RC5 is ready.

CAD RC4 Build 330 (27 Jun 2006)

- Added Windows Live Messenger (WLM) interaction level

- Added default Display Picture (*)

- WLM interface improvements

- Drop image over CAD feature improved

- Small bugs fixed

CAD RC4 Build 365 (04 Jul 2006)

- Added the third independent line! (*)

(*) now you can set 3 different lines each one with its own font, font size, font color etc.!

CAD RC4 Build 543 (22Aug2006)

- Quintessential Media Player (formerly QCD) support

- If player is exited CAD will show the nocover image or keep the last cover ("Control Panel>Interaction")

- "Control Panel>Options": added "Reload cover after track change" instead album change

- Small changes in Control Panel

- Some improvements

- WLM bugs fixed

- Bugs fixed

CAD RC4 Build 613 (08Sep06)

- Notifier text background (*)

- Small improvements

(*) CAD now accepts skin with a "background.png"; once the file is found CAD will draw the text, fancy rating and progress bar considering the "background.png" dimensions; the "Max letters" should be considered when creating a skin with background or editing one; the download includes a simple skin I made (Small Fade) then you'll have a better idea on how the new feature works.

CAD RC4 Build 758 (11Sep06)

- Morrir effect added (*)

- Improved notifier background support (**)

- Small bugs fixed

(*) there is no user interface to add or adjust the mirror effect (just the "skin.ini"); the mirror effect may depend on the case image itself; with the zip two skins using the mirror: "Cover Mirrored" and "Case Mirrored" (this by Zaft).

(**) the 2005 default CAD skin is back! :)

CAD RC4 Build 905 (14Sep06)

- this build should use less system resources

- the transition effect (fade) will occur only in cover area now (see ReadMe inside the zip)

- added "Centre Pin" skin so you can test the new rotation feature

- Changed the treeview control for a Microsoft one (*)

(*) you may need to copy and register it (e.g. if Control Panel doesn't show up); see Readme.txt for details or wait "RC5 Preview" with a full setup

CD Art Display Build 974 (22Sep06)

- Lyrics (*)

- Small bugs fixed

(*) Thanks to Flavio Gonz?lez V?zquez search engine from LYRDB.com CAD has a simple search lyrics feature:

1) Settings:

"Control Panel>Download" = here you can set the lyrics folder

"Control Panel>Options" = you can set "Lyrics" to the case double click

2) Access:

Right click case/cover or tray and select "Lyrics"

If you let the Lyrics window open CAD will keep searching and saving the lyrics

3) More: you can edit the lyrics (click "Save" once done); if lyrics is not found you then you can click the status label to browse Google for lyrics (then you can copy/paste and click "Save" once done); click "Details" to change what CAD is searching or select another Result.

More about LYRDB: http://www.lyrdb.com/CAD RC4 Build 1085 (27Sep06)b>

- Lyrics improvementNOTE: see Readme.txt in zip file if you can't open Control Panelb> or wait RC5.

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc4b1085.zip

Screenshotsb>

Have fun!:D:D

Edited September 27, 2006 by Carlos11

[Randolph]

It just doesn't get any better. Awesome application!

[illicit]

Awesome... this is a very nice program. Keep up the good work! :D

[Druw]

great work, keep it up

[ThePitt]

hey thanks!

[HipHopaholic]

*Thumbs Up* Thanks Carlos!!

[virgo89]

Nice!

How can i add a third line? i want it to be like this

Tittle

Artist

Album

[Carlos11]

Use %newline% tag: %title%%newline%%artist%%newline%%album%

[hifive]

Um, any idea about a final version coming out?

[Favorable7404]

Does it work with foobar2000 0.9? I've never used this app before but I like it.

[Carlos11]

Um, any idea about a final version coming out?

Probably next version will be 1.0 Final, finally. :)

Does it work with foobar2000 0.9? I've never used this app before but I like it.

Yes it does, but you have to install Winamp API Emulator plugin: http://www.r1ch.net/stuff/foobar

[virgo89]

Use %newline% tag: %title%%newline%%artist%%newline%%album%

Thanks, worked perfectly.

[bennett]

WOW man, once again another wicked release,, thanks heaps i love CD art display :D cant wait till the final :)

[Sauceman]

Friggin awesome, about perfect!

Is there like a %time% variable so I can put the time on any line I want?

[Carlos11]

%time% = for now it'll be automatically placed at the end of the first line. But remember you can use %newline% tag!

[Carlos11]

CAD RC4 Build 21 (29 Apr 2006)

- Added "(None)" to Line one text (*)

(*) Some important notes:

1) Before build 21 Fancy rating and Progress bar were attached to Line One text;

2) Now you have control over which elements you want to display: If you set "(None)" to line one text just the text will be hidden but you can set to show e.g. the fancy rating;

3) The Notifier Appearance setting changed too: just an option to temporarily show the notifier elements (and its interval); see "Control Panel>Options";

3) However, the fancy and progress bar "Pad top" should be updated.

Below some fancy and progress pad top updated to build 21:

Case:

Fancy = 98

Progress = 125

Modern_Aero:

Fancy = 200

Progress = 180

Noire:

Fancy = 157

Progress = 144

Tiger:

Fancy = 180

Progress = 190

Platina (the default skin setting is without progress):

Fancy = 80

Download

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc4b21.zip

:)

[Jexxster]

I just want to say, this is a brilliant program. I love it. Many thanks for your work.

[Shof]

is there any way to fix it so it loads the front of the cd, inside of the back or do i have to rename my jpgs for this?

[Island Roots]

First time user here and I'm loving it; a good way to enjoy the album art that I've tagged on my thousands of tracks. :)

[Carlos11]

is there any way to fix it so it loads the front of the cd, inside of the back or do i have to rename my jpgs for this?

The official RC3 has a bug regarding "Alternative cover".

If you already have RC3 try the build 21 (post #16).

Make sure to set properly the "Alternative cover" for your song's organization. See help for more details.

[cchasem]

i get some big sound stutter in itunes whenever it loads a cover.

and while cd art display is running, my media keys on my keyboard dont work correctly..

this is xp sp2... on a p4 if that matters?

[Carlos11]

1) It's an iTunes API issue and it happens when CAD applys a cover.

2) CAD control Multimedia keyboard so you can use them without iTunes focused. But if your keyboard already does that so that'll be a problem. I'll make this feature just an option.

[cchasem]

Sweet, thanks for the reply. I figured out that the stutter was caused by the album art, so it's no longer an issue really; however, it would be nice to have an option to just download the covers and display them, but not try to import the art into the actual mp3.

I fixed the media control buttons by changing to "mode 3" in itunes multi-plugin. (incase anyone else was having the same issue i was)

Are there any plans to add a transition (fade, slide, etc.) effect to the album art?

Thanks for the hard work! Great app.

[Bubble Wrap]

No No No! It should be abbreviated to CDAD, not CAD! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[Carlos11]

:rolleyes: :D :laugh:

Ok! You can use CDAD! ;)

Right or wrong I like to use three letters abbreviation. :)