Monkey Rok 6.2 - Updated 06/07/2014

[gpzbc]

i think it would be good when the info_title (Artist-Title) are split in 2 separate entries.

Available in 5.2

Thats great ,thanks for this ,this new option gives use more possibilities for a nice layout , it can look like this :

Now we just need some new skins

I really like the way Artist-Title looks when split into two entries too. Am I understanding correctly that this is not a setting I can change, but rather something that is implemented in the skin?

[DreadM]

Greetings

Yes it's controlled by the html.file from skin

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<div id="info_title"></div>
<div id="info_artist"></div>
<div id="info_sub"></div>
<div id="info_rating"></div>
<div id="info_extra"></div>

if you ad "info_artist" into the html file than the "info_title" will split into two entries

[trixmoto]

i prefer png files,the most troubles i have is with the rating images and mini / maxi / hide images when i try to use transparent background

Hmmm, well the mini/maxi/hide is definitely doable because they are referenced in the skin so I can copy these, but the rating images are referenced in the "Functions.vbs" file so these will be more tricky. I'm trying to reduce the impact on skinners as much as possible, but this might be something else which means changes to "SkinFunctions.vbs" to make it work.

[trixmoto]

the full row of tabs is always at the top, i think it would look better if they start at the bottom ,any chance to handle this.?

You can put the tabs at the bottom simply by moving the <ul> below the content <div>s, like this...

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    	<div id="tabset">   	    	
  	    <div id="external">
      		<div id="external_content"></div>
	      </div>
	      <div id="external2">
      		<div id="external2_content"></div>
  	    </div>
	      <div id="external3">
      		<div id="external3_content"></div>
	      </div>
  	    <div id="external4">
      		<div id="external4_content"></div>
	      </div>
	      <div id="external5">
      		<div id="external5_content"></div>
  	    </div>                  	    
      	<div id="favourites">
	  	    <div id="favourites_content"></div>
  	    </div>
	      <div id="mostplayed">
	  	    <div id="mostplayed_content"></div>
	      </div>
  	    <div id="albums_by">
   		    <div id="albums_by_content"></div>
	      </div>
      	<div id="albums_featuring">
  		    <div id="albums_featuring_content"></div>
	      </div>
	      <ul>
		      <li id="external_tab"><a href="#external"></a></li>
		      <li id="external2_tab"><a href="#external2"></a></li>
		      <li id="external3_tab"><a href="#external3"></a></li>
		      <li id="external4_tab"><a href="#external4"></a></li>
		      <li id="external5_tab"><a href="#external5"></a></li>
		      <li id="favourites_tab"><a href="#favourites"></a></li>
		      <li id="mostplayed_tab"><a href="#mostplayed"></a></li>
		      <li id="albums_by_tab"><a href="#albums_by"></a></li>
		      <li id="albums_featuring_tab"><a href="#albums_featuring"></a></li>
	      </ul> 	      
	    </div>

...although you'll probably want to play with the styles as well to tidy this up.

[gpzbc]

Yes it's controlled by the html.file from skin

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<div id="info_title"></div>
<div id="info_artist"></div>
<div id="info_sub"></div>
<div id="info_rating"></div>
<div id="info_extra"></div>

if you ad "info_artist" into the html file than the "info_title" will split into two entries

Thank you for the tip.

@DreadM - By the way, I really like the finishing touches you are putting on your MR skins. They keep getting better and better.

[DreadM]

Greetings

@Trixmoto:
Well trixmoto maybe you misunderstood me ,
image 1: shows the current behaviour from tab's in the tabheader
image 2: shows the full row of tabs at the bottom from tabheader

Hmmm, well the mini/maxi/hide is definitely doable because they are referenced in the skin so I can copy these, but the rating images are referenced in the "Functions.vbs" file so these will be more tricky. I'm trying to reduce the impact on skinners as much as possible, but this might be something else which means changes to "SkinFunctions.vbs" to make it work.

It works for years now ,and i think it's good to keep the things clear special for script's,also the other Skin artist's don't support this wish,so maybe it's not necessary,just a simpel wish from my site.

@DreadM - By the way, I really like the finishing touches you are putting on your MR skins. They keep getting better and better.

Thanks gpzbc ,sometimes i had really hard fights with each single pix

So I'm away now,
I wish you all a nice summer

[trixmoto]

Tabs... I can't work out how to do that, sorry. I'm sure it is possible, I just can't wrap my head around the CSS necessary!

Images... Sorted! There are now (in 5.3) constants (eg. "constMaxi") define globally in "Functions.vbs" and these can be changed in your "SkinFunctions.vbs" file in the "Skin_BeforeUpdate" sub to point to any location you want. You will need to keep the names (eg. "maxi") then same, but you can change the extension.

Hope you have a good time away!

[Dreadlau]

Hello.
An other issue I'm running into is that the video panel shows this:


Ty for your help

I just figured I forgot to install the flash player plug-in in IE8.

Problem resolved.

[trixmoto]

Ah, I didn't think of that!

[danasince1979]

ha no kidding i don t use IE so it never even occurred to me to check if flash was installed ....

[DreadM]

Greetings

Images... Sorted! There are now (in 5.3) constants (eg. "constMaxi") define globally in "Functions.vbs" and these can be changed in your "SkinFunctions.vbs" file in the "Skin_BeforeUpdate" sub to point to any location you want. You will need to keep the names (eg. "maxi") then same, but you can change the extension.

Thank Trixmoto,This sounds promising,
to sad for the tabs

[fender-bender]

From looking at my mediamonkey.ini file it appears that I have 5.2 based on "LastSaved1=MonkeyRok 5.2" statement.

Question 1: Will MonkeyRox run WELL on my old/slow garage computer? (See specs below)

Question 2: While I might use a few of the other features, what I really want is to have on my second monitor is the album art of the currently playing song taking up 80% of the screen, and the artist name and song name very large on the same screen.

I've noticed that if you click on the album art on the window that it pops open another window with the art larger AND scalable. However, the art does not change when the song changes, so that does not help.

Can the plugin be edited (via the ini) to mod the size of the album art and titles? My skill is low, but I was able to mod the Song name's size and color in the regular player window by fiddling with the ini.

Of course if someone else knows an easier way to accomplish the same, let me know. (Other than MonkeyFlow, it won't run on the old jukebox computer.)

[fender-bender]

When I start up MM I get a popup message from "Internet Explorer" related to MRox that says, "An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?" Yes/No

I've been manually answering "Yes". Do I need to load an ActiveX control in my MSIE to make this go away? Am I missing any functionallity while this keeps popping up?

[gpzbc]

When I start up MM I get a popup message from "Internet Explorer" related to MRox that says, "An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?" Yes/No

I've been manually answering "Yes". Do I need to load an ActiveX control in my MSIE to make this go away? Am I missing any functionallity while this keeps popping up?

I found this a few pages back. This should work for you.

To completely disable the ActiveX warnings:

1) Run regedit.exe (WinKey+R)
2) Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0
3) Modify key 1201 = 0

• If key 1201 doesn't exist, create it:
  Right-click the right pane -> New DWORD (32-bit) Value -> name it 1201.

4) Close and restart MediaMonkey.

I hope that helps!

[fender-bender]

When I start up MM I get a popup message from "Internet Explorer" related to MRox that says, "An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?" Yes/No

I've been manually answering "Yes". Do I need to load an ActiveX control in my MSIE to make this go away? Am I missing any functionallity while this keeps popping up?

I found this a few pages back. This should work for you.

To completely disable the ActiveX warnings:

1) Run regedit.exe (WinKey+R)
2) Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0
3) Modify key 1201 = 0

• If key 1201 doesn't exist, create it:
  Right-click the right pane -> New DWORD (32-bit) Value -> name it 1201.

4) Close and restart MediaMonkey.

I hope that helps!

Yep, that fixed it! Thanks.
BTW, what's the up/down slider next to the album art do?
Is there a comprehensive manual for monkeyrox floating around?