Monkey Rok 4.1 - Updated 17/08/2009

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:24 pm

It's the external panel, you can choose what it displays in the settings.

Hollowdays_Owns · Post by **Hollowdays_Owns** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:06 am

I Downloaded MonkeyRok but it keeps saying the website can not be loaded. Do you know why? Is the website down?

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:16 am

Where does it say this? Once downloaded and installed MonkeyRok does not access a website, but it builds HTML and displays it in a panel, using IE. It's possible that your IE settings or maybe an antivirus (or other security program) is blocking the script from displaying it's HTML.

Lhademmor · Post by **Lhademmor** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:34 am

Okay, "Other albums"-feat is working. But is there any way to move the "other album" tab down below all the other tabs? (i.e. "Favorite track by...", "Most Played Tracks By..." and "Albums By..."?

Also, is it possible to make the "Other albums"-tab actually show which of the other albums I own? That'd be cool

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:47 am

The idea of the other albums is to show one's which you do not own. The "Albums By" panel shows you the ones that you own. You can modify the layout by changing the "skin.html" file in whichever skin you are using.

Juvenilemike · Post by **Juvenilemike** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:07 pm

Great addition! Is there anyway to stop it from capturing control of my arrow keys. I like to use them to browse my library.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:43 am

I can't replicate this. If I click over in the main window then I can scroll up and down the tracks with the arrow keys, no problem.

Vyper · Post by **Vyper** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:35 pm

Hey trix .... in the top panel that shows the currently playing (or selected) album art, where would I go if I wanted to change the size of the image? I'd like to make it display bigger.

tinana · Post by **tinana** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:15 pm

Hi t rix, I love this script...and in fact almost every script I use was authored or co-authored by you, so thank-you very much.

I was wondering if it's possible to have both comments and lyrics visible at the same time or would this be too much trouble?

Also, I'm a great fan of stats and love how you've incorporated the option to show them in MM. I was wondering if it were possible to add the ability to show album ratings, for example based on an average of that albums rated tracks? I don't know anything about scripting but I can see where that might be complicated if not impractical/impossible. Just a thought.

Again, thanks for all your work and contributions!

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:56 am

@Vyper - if you open "Functions.vbs" in a text editor, at the top you'll find two variables which you can amend...

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Dim imgW : imgW = 100
Dim imgH : imgH = 100

@tinana - thank you, I'm glad you like my work! At the moment it's not possible to have both cos there's only one panel. If there was an option to display both in the same panel would that be ok, or do you want to separate panels? The "Albums By" and "Albums Featuring" panels already show average album ratings. Where else did you want them displayed?

Vyper · Post by **Vyper** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:14 am

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed.

Edit: Hmm ...... that also affects the other images for some reason and it makes them look awful if I change the 100 x 100 to anything larger. Oh well, will leave it alone. Thanks anyway.

fizzjob · Post by **fizzjob** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:35 am

Vyper wrote:Edit: Hmm ...... that also affects the other images for some reason and it makes them look awful if I change the 100 x 100 to anything larger. Oh well, will leave it alone. Thanks anyway.

There are other places you need to edit within Functions.vbs to fix that. In my file, it's on lines 1620, 1650 and 1683 (this is line 1683, for reference):

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str = str&"<td id='album_img' class='img_box_small'><img class='img_small' src='"&ida&"' width='"&(imgW/2)&"' height='"&(imgH/2)&"'/></td>"

The relevant code:

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width='"&(imgW/2)&"' height='"&(imgH/2)&"'

That makes the image display at half the size of whatever you specify in the beginning of the file (which is what Trixi showed you earlier). Changing the number will change the display size accordingly - making it a 4 will display at 1/4 size, etc.

Your line numbers may be different depending on other changes you've made to the file, I suppose, but that should get you in the ballpark.

The end result should look something like this (mine has a few other customizations):

As far as the images looking awful, how big are the source/tag images you're displaying? If they're 100x100 (or, at least, smaller than whatever you set the display size to), they're gonna look blurry when they get stretched. Amazon and RateYourMusic are good sources of cover art where just about everyhing is 300x300 or better - generally looks good in mine.

Vyper · Post by **Vyper** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:10 pm

Awesome explanation. I understand what's going on now and I think I can do what I want to.

Thanks and btw, love what you've done with yours.

Vyper · Post by **Vyper** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:27 pm

@ fizzjob:

I followed your directions and everything came out perfectly. Thanks again.

tinana · Post by **tinana** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:05 pm

The "Albums By" and "Albums Featuring" panels already show average album ratings. Where else did you want them displayed?

Ahh, I didn't get what you were referring to at first, but now I do...you mean that these things appear in the panel which appears when each new artist is playing! Yes, I love this too! I'm sorry for not being clearer...I meant to ask if it were possible to show album ratings in the context of your entire library in the optional stats window which pops up when the player is idle (I'm not at my home computer at the moment, so I don't recall exactly what it's name is).

Also, about lyrics and comments being both enabled simultaneously in Monkeyrok--I didn't know there was a limit of one panel.

I guess it would be a jumbled mess in that case to have both comments and lyrics together, especially if either one or the other...or both...were extensive.

Nonetheless, the belated and sincere thanks still stand...thank-you very much. Your contributions make a great product an invaluable tool.