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This update fixes a large bug for any skin that includes an image display. If you have been hassling with this before you have noticed that images resize to their original size no matter what width and height you specify.
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At this time the newly created XSPF Playlister has been released to assist in dynamically creating Xspf playlists to be used with the Jukebox. Just upload the playlist.php file to your server, fill in some settings, and link your .swf file to it to dynamically create playlist files. Id3 tags are supported for by uploading an included folder, or you can save loading time and bandwidth by organizing your tracks into sub-folders according to the artist, then label your .mp3 file with the track name. Images are also supported, rename an individual image the exact same as the correspinding track name, and place it inside the same folder.
On top of that is release 5.1 of the Xspf Jukebox, which no longer uses the mochibot code, and contains three new variables; ‘trackNumber’ specifies whether or not the playlist should be numbered, ‘activeDownload’ enables/disables downloading of mp3 files, and ‘useId3′, while being available previously for the slim player, is now available for any skin, although the new Playlister now grabs id3 tags (used only on a skin without a playlist, and with a regular playlist.xspf file).
Lastly, I have put together an automatic php embed script for the player, just edit the settings inside and call it from a php page using “require_once(“embed.php”);”. This takes much of the hassle out of embedding the player, although it only helps when loading the jukebox from a php page. For .html users, I am working on a similar helper script.
The download for the Xspf Jukebox has been posted. I have worked hard to create a dynamic php download session, so that instead of downloading every file, a .tar.gz package is created on-the-fly, containing only the requested skin file and the necessary swf file. I also created a php display to automatically find and display all skins on the site. As always, you can find a link to all of the source files, as well as an example on how to create your own skins. In the works is a skin upload page, for user-submitted skins, and a skin creator, to help in creating them. For right now, if you would like your skin displayed and available for download, email me the skin.xml and images folder, containing all used images. Remember to use relative urls when creating skins, (ex: image=”images/ipodblack.png”). See and get it here.
This and all other projects on this website have taken a lot of time and energy, and are offered here for free. You can support these and future projects by donating!
The download to my Flash XML image slideshow has been posted. Gallery is open-source, and is one of the most advanced image slideshows on the web. Make use of titles, captions, audio, watermarks, alpha channels, and most of all, transitions. There are 13 current transitions, with more on the way, as well as subsets of some transitions, to make over 43 possible effects. Get it here.
As you can see, the layout has changed quite a bit and is slowly becoming cleaner and more accessible. I am using a new theme for wordpress, Vistered Little by Nik, and have begun moving my projects to be part of my blog rather than part of the main site. Now is a good time to replace any links you have bookmarked, as everything will be moving. As soon as the changes to the blog and projects has been completed, I will recreate my Flash homepage to reflect the same.
Thats right, the ‘XSPF Web Music Player’ is no more, my jukebox has been completely rewritten, losing the last snippits of code from Fabricio Zuardi’s original. The Jukebox is fully skinnable, every function previously available has been recoded to support skinning and resizing. The first skin, iPod Black, is a partial demo of what is possible. It supports both audio and video, and works the same way as the normal player. There are 3 files associated with the player, the actual swf file, which while having around 400 extra lines of code, has been cleaned up so that it is the same size as the Xspf, a measly 16kb. Next is the skin.xml file, which contains the instructions for creating the player look, and lastly is the background image. There are two versions, a Flash 7 version for higher browser support, or a Flash 8 version for PNG and alpha channel support. As of now there is no download, but in the next few days I will be remaking my website to support the posting, previewing, and downloading of skins, as well as releasing a few more of my own skins. As for player updates, I will be adding an image loader for greater image options (resize, rotate, color change). The one drawback I can find is in the font display, the user must have your specified font on their computer to view the player correctly, otherwise they will see the default system font (usually Times New Roman). There has only been one function addition, and that is the ability for the alphabetize function to disregard a ‘The’ at the beggining of an artist title, the same way iTunes does. For example, ‘The Beatles’ would come alphabetically before ‘Cake’. To turn this off, and alphabetize normally, pass the variable ‘forceAlphabetize=1′.
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This is the last update of a skin that doesn’t play music or have all of the functions of the current player. By next week there should be a the XSPF 5.0 player will be available that anyone with a little bit of time can customize to their liking. This also calls for a web update, the current jukebox page will be updated to support the posting, displaying, and downloading of personal skins. Lastly, there will be instructions and documentation on using my “skinXML”. Download and start creating now, if you think you can do it without instructions. Here.
I haven’t really had a lot of time on my hands to post, but i’ve been working on both Gallery and the XSPF Skinner. I’ve uploaded a sample of the xml, and an example of how it is used. It is far from done, however, and many things are subject to change. This does not actually play music, just displays a skin. But for those looking to create skins, here is where you can start making ideas. Download the demo.
This is the first showing of my XML slideshow. Created for, already in use at IACMusic.com, and gratefully allowed to become open-source, Gallery is an advanced image viewer with support for many customizable items, through an XML playlist. Options are title, random transition, shuffle, startimage, duration, captions, links, watermark, resizing, list, controls, looping, and autoplay. Right now it contains 11 transitions; “fade”, “bars”, “blinds”, “blocks”, “checker”, “circles”, “dissolve”, “fadewhite”, “fluids”, “move”, “moveout”, “wipe”. Many include extra random changes to a singular transition to get a total of 43 transitions. This is not yet available for download yet, but a demonstration has been placed at http://blog.lacymorrow.com/projects/gallery/.
I’ve updated the playlist on my site with roughly 95 new songs. Enjoy! http://blog.lacymorrow.com/projects/xspf-wmp/