Bugzilla – Bug 9343
'Show artwork' screensaver request
Last modified: 2008-12-15 12:06:40 UTC
Considering the artwork isn't likely to get any bigger in the Now Playing screensaver, myself and others in the community* would like to see an art-centric version added as an option. To get an idea of what I'm visualizing go into Track Details>Show Artwork. The most important thing is that the artwork is shown in its maximum size for the aspect ratio of the screen, but through the transparency mask at the top you see Title and Album scroll by in small text, which is also a nice effect IMO. On the bottom there is still room for the Status display, but I would prefer to have a progress bar in its place. It may look better with the progress bar and scrolling text together at the bottom, and hopefully others will add their suggestions too. *http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=334237#post334237
Created attachment 3916 [details] for example
support for large artwork screensaver added in r3312 and r3313 enable by going to Settings->Screen->Screensavers->Now Playing Artwork Size and selecting "large"
Created attachment 4225 [details] here's how it should look...
Thanks Ben, right on schedule :-) This solution looks like it also fixes bug 6795: simpler, art-only Now Playing screensaver.
ah, nice catch...I love closing multiple bugs with one checkin! cheers-
I hope PeterW doesn't think I jumped the gun linking to his bug. Since the framework is already in place, maybe it would be nice if there was one more option (sorry Ben) for 'show artwork', that shows only artwork and dims the screen if there is no art, per his ER.
This bug has been fixed in the 7.3.0 release version of SqueezeCenter! Please download the new version from http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html if you haven't already. If you are still experiencing this problem, feel free to reopen the bug with your new comments and we'll have another look.