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Re: develop a cover / tracklist generator + printer

by Guest » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:20 pm

yes, its all are very helpful to develop cover. with the using these all ideas i also trying to write it.

Printing CD Covers

by Timber » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:43 pm

I am glad to see you all are working on printing CD covers. I am still using (ughh) iTunes to print my CD covers and it is very redundant. However the one feature I like in iTunes print options is their "mosaic" covers both white and full cover. This is great for building compilation CD's. I see there is work being done on ways to change fonts/text in the script. That is great!

I would even like t ojoin together on the script building, but I no nothing at this point. Any tips on prog's I need and some basic tutorials would be appreciatted.

Timber

by trixmoto » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:59 pm

The idea is you select a CDs worth of tracks (maybe an artist album) and run the interface script. This creates a data file and passes it into the MMCD application. This application then automatically creates a CD case cover with the album cover on the front and all the track details.

by Morten » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:54 am

My brain is not functioning right today (haven't eaten food). Can someone explain what this is for, and if there is any need for a skinner? I can help if this program/plugin has some kind of use.

by Commerzpunk » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:48 am

Hello :-)

Yes, i am still alive and i have not forgotten this cover-print-project. Its only a matter of time, my job needs much of my time ;-)

But I promise to take some hours of development for this app.
I am not a very good coder, just someone with ideas :o

Stay tuned, show respect for trixmoto, he is the king for MM Plugins / Scripts. 8)

HA

by rovingcowboy » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:33 pm

i wish you guys luck on this it will be hard for everyone to use though.
since lots of printers are now printing directly on the cdrom they need to use their own bundled software for that. but the old way of printing on sticky back paper covers is used a lot too. although depending on what
cover paper you use it needs a different setting in the printer.
i've see about 10 different ways to set them up. so this is not an easy task to get done.

and i also found in making covers for cases you have to be one step ahead of the case makers. they keep changing them to make them smaller and thinner.

all the above is why i just started making tempelets in word to use for the cases.
and i use the printers direct to cdrom printing for the label.

what i am saying is IMHO i found it is better to use multiple programs instead of a everything in one program.

8)

by trixmoto » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:35 am

Last I heard Commerzpunk had done some more work on his application but was having to take time off from it for a while due to other commitments. I'll try and get in touch with him again to see how things are going.

by teemac » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:48 am

Just wondering if any progress has happened on this idea.

Would certainly like to give it a try even in the rough version as outlined above.

Does anyone know if it is still active or has it been put in the 'too hard basket'

by powerpill-pacman » Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:18 am

This looks very nice indeed, i'm looking forward to using it.
I've got a question though, could you add an option to choose the font, its size and colour? This would make your prog perfect for me.
Not to forget, thanks in advance.

by teemac » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:42 am

Commerzpunk - Downloaded the AVI.

Looks very good - This is the only major tool MediaMonkey is still missing.

Will be very interested in trying it when you are ready to release it.

teemac (Gold User) Australia

by Commerzpunk » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:33 am

Hello,

I restarted devoloping last week and did some steps in the right direction.

Trixmoto was very friendly and helpfull, he created a script which starts my application. He also stored a little video in his webspace to show how the software works right now.

Its a early stadium and the only think my software does, is to create a cover for one single audio CD from one Artist.

No more PDF creation, its a preview area and a print option for your printer at home.

How it works:

1. Select all tracks from an album
2. Start trixmotos script which collects the information and sends them to my application
3. Artist, Title, Tracks and cover will be automaticly arranged on a standard cover
4. Its possible to move arround the "Artist" right now - its only a test.
5. See the preview and print ;)

The project will keep as simple as possible.

Keep in mind, its a very early stadium, watch the little video below and send your suggestions, how the software might work in the end :-)

http://trixmoto.net/files/MMCD.avi (Screen recorded, resized, Xvid compressed)

HA

by Commerzpunk » Tue May 30, 2006 8:35 am

trixmoto wrote:I have completed the script so far and emailed you the resulting description file.

I think it would be a great idea to include your app in the installer for my script as it means a single step for any user wishing to use MMCD.

Looking forward to getting this working nicely. I know a lot of people have been looking for this kind of plugin.
Hello Trixmoto!

Thanks for your mail.
I just copied your files to my harddisk and changed the storagepath of the pictures.

Of course, the tracklist did not fit the cover (black lined box).
I optimized the code to fit it better, everything else worked perfectly!

Great, I will continue and report the progress here :-)

A link to the PDF that i created with your file automaticly:

http://www.5partner.de/images/cover.pdf

See you,

HA

by trixmoto » Tue May 30, 2006 8:17 am

I have completed the script so far and emailed you the resulting description file.

I think it would be a great idea to include your app in the installer for my script as it means a single step for any user wishing to use MMCD.

Looking forward to getting this working nicely. I know a lot of people have been looking for this kind of plugin.

by Commerzpunk » Tue May 30, 2006 6:49 am

As much or as you can find.

Maybe its a good idea to make the images dynamic - like the tracks.

I dont want you to make senseless work, because I dont feel sure for myself, if the structure of the transfer file will keep its shape.

If you like we can exchange emails to find a good way together. You should have good ideas too, no? ;-)

I think it should be possible to combine your script and my app to one complete setup-programm, right? (in some weeks or month :-p)

HA

by trixmoto » Tue May 30, 2006 6:10 am

So should there always be four images passed through, or is just one ok?

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