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CD Art Display
It would be great if someone created a plugin for CD Art Display or an add-on that would imitate it's function (to have the album art and songbird controls displayed on the desktop).
(Personally) I can't fully abandon itunes because of that, I am very used to have the media controls without having to open the media player window).
Thanks.
(Personally) I can't fully abandon itunes because of that, I am very used to have the media controls without having to open the media player window).
Thanks.
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Inappropriate?I would absolutely love for this to happen. It would make my transition from iTunes to this complete. -
Inappropriate?It's great to see that i am not the only one who'd love to see CD Art Display working with Songbird.
@Simon Kjellberg: Thanks for adding it to Bugzilla. -
Inappropriate?I'm a huge fan of Songbird, and to me this is the only thing that's missing. I am currently a dual-citizen of Songbird and MediaMonkey, but only because MediaMonkey works with CD Art Display. I think it's really an issue of getting the folks down at CAD to allow integration with Songbird, unless of course the Songbird staff is willing to produce an application, or even a Desktop Gadget that works the same way. Like I said, this would complete my transition to Songbird, which (except for this small point) is the greatest music player out there.
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Inappropriate?hmmm... I love CD art display but know nothing about how it works... I kinda want to try tho
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Inappropriate?I am using Songbird from past 3 Days.. I was iTunes user.. I wud love CD Art display support in Songbird.. I think thats the only thing that is missing in its stack ..
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Inappropriate?I use a program being developed for iTunes (on mac) called Bowtie. It is great because it can load themes to display the album art a certain way, and people have made some really great ones for it. I asked in the thread for it if an addon could be made for songbird to support it, but no one replied to it:
http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic...
This is an example of a theme someone made:
If songbird adds an artwork-on-desktop option, I think it should support controller themes like that.
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Inappropriate?Have you guys come across pure player? See addon:
http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/...
It's a pretty good replacement for CD Art display. only thing it lacks is ability to display lyrics in a separate pane as of yet (...atreiu? :P ). Still, it's really good. I use it almost all the time. Check it out.
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Thanks. That is interesting, but I think what seperates CAD (and makes it so popular) is it's aesthetically pleasing selection of skins. Take a look here to see the desktop I managed to put together with CAD.
If Pure Player can achieve this level of (aesthetic) versatility, it would be the perfect supplement to Songbird. -
Yeah, I think you're right, it would be awesome if it were more versatile. I hope that comes with time :)
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Inappropriate?According to THIS thread over at the CAD forums, explicit support for VB6 (Visual Basic 6) and modules are needed for the CAD team to add compatibility with Songbird.
There is talk of an SDK with CAD 3.0, but that seems to be a ways off. Support for VB6 or a new add-on with CAD's function appears to be the fastest way we will see this sort of functionality on Songbird.
Does Songbird's API not allow for detachable panes that can stay within view when the main app is minimized? If so, could an extension developer not create an add-on like CAD?
I’m not a programmer; but maybe you are?
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I reckon ask atreiu on the pure player comment thread :)
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Inappropriate?It would be great if it was compatible with the linux version too.
I’m all for equal OS opportunity.
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