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I was just looking into modifying the script but realized that I think it does do what you wanted.. It uses the music path for the album to store the cdART(as cdart.png) I made it this way because the scripts that are currently Dhrama ready pull the cdARTs from the music path. Which I believe is the norm and should be as well... I kind put that option in for the ability to use the cdARTs with those other skins, just would take the user a couple of steps.
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I wouldn't worry about it, I think those were all old mods and the everyone kinda agreed that cdart.png in the music path was the best way to go.
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When I try and run this in the reFocus skin, it does nothing - how can I debug this?
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Hey guys Im having a little trouble running this script. What is the best way to install it? I dragged it over to my scripts folder with all my others but its a no go for me. Thanks for the help.
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Hooper818 - What version of XBMC are you using?
MacLeod_1980 - What version of XBMC are you using?
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easier to handle, less caracters/encoding errors, information sgathering ...
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Mrto - from my understanding the script.module.pil and pysqlite need to be built before the main make.
ie: ./bootstrap
./configure
make -C lib/addons/script.module.pil
make -C lib/addons/script.module.pysqlite
make
make install...
I may be wrong, but I did this once and it appeared in my addons folder.
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Sorry it only works with Dharma or svn releases.
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Hello there.
I have to say, that I really love the CDart, but I have been less than disappointed by my own efforts at creating them.
I realised quite quickly that I was having trouble making everything line up, especially when I used scans from websites. Sometimes the perspective is wrong, there is a shadow or whatever.
So, I started cropping only the labels, and removing anything that had didn't have any design on it. At first I was very pleased with the results, but when I saw them in XBMC, they looked odd.The most glaring issue was that each CD had a different sized hole in the middle.
So, with the aid of Gimp, and a couple of plugins, I have found a way to rectify this issue.
First, I created a blank CD image 454x454 and tried my best to make it look shiny like a blank CD does.
Second, I placed the labels I had already created over it and merged the layers.
Finally, I resized back to 450x450. (The reason I made the image slighty larger in the first place is because most CDs have a border around the label).
Now, I am very pleased with the results, although I am sure someone can make a better background image than I.
I'd love to show you the results, but I can't figure out how to upload pics.