Not so micro player (vertical) :)

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Not so micro player (vertical) :)

Post by LikeMM »

I got a new laptop with a 1920x1200 screen. Still on Windows xp. As the screen is very wide, I made the taskbar vertical and about 170 pixels wide. Modified the vertical player from nohitter's VitreousBlue skin (my favorite) and aided it to the bottom of the taskbar. Changed the background to to blue to merge with the taskbar. Here is a screenshot. (Got nohitter's OK to post it here.)

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Couple of points:
1. I just wanted player controls and song info; did not need the spectrum visualization. But, I could not get an aspect ratio greater than 1. The skinning engine showed it correctly but the player on the taskbar always ended up as a square. That is I wanted 167 wide by 110 tall but it ended up being 110 square. As I couldn't solve it, I just added the spectrum. Is there is such a limitation in aspect ratio?

2. Why not allow access to all song info for the microplayer popup instead of restricting it to just five: CurArt, CurTitle, etc?