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- CD Cover Images
-
- When using the Audio CD Player, you may enter Audio CD-specific graphical
- images (GIF, JPG, BMP, EMF and/or WMF file format) to be displayed in a
- variety of display modes while playing a CD. Up to 20 images may be entered
- per Audio CD. The different display modes include: random & sequential screen
- savers, a CD-Jacket mode where up to 8 images are displayed around the CD
- Player faceplate, tiled & full screen viewers, a song title box display, and
- tiled & full screen "track sync" modes (see the CD Covers Options section
- below for further information on the available display modes).
-
- Note that images 1 through 8 shown correspond to the same 1 through 8 shown
- in the CD Jacket view. Images 9 through 20 (if used) will be shown for
- all display modes except the default mode. To select a new image (or modify
- an existing one), simply click on the record number, image, or track
- description. A selection box will pop up allowing you to change the aspect
- ratio of the image (width) and the path & filename where the image is
- located. If you click on the image text, an image file selection box will
- appear.
-
- The images chosen are automatically sized in height to fit in the available
- space around the Audio CD faceplate if in the default or tiled modes. If in
- a full screen mode, then the image will be resized automatically to fill the
- entire screen. If access to a high resolution color scanner is available, CD
- Covers and liner notes (song lyrics) may be scanned and saved as image files
- for use during CD playback.
-
- ** NOTE: If a custom background color is selected in the CD-Runner Setup
- wallpaper section, even if a bitmapped wallpaper image is being used,
- then the "blank" or "dead" space to either side of the Audio CD
- faceplate will be displayed with the custom color selected.
-
-
- CD Covers Options
-
- When using the Audio CD Player, you may enter Audio CD-specific bitmapped
- (GIF, JPG, BMP, EMF and/or WMF file format) images to be displayed in a
- variety of display modes while playing a CD. Up to 20 images may be entered
- per Audio CD.
-
- While using the "CD Jacket" display mode, up to 8 images can be displayed
- around the top and bottom "borders" of the Audio CD Player faceplate.
- These images are automatically sized in height to fit in the available space;
- the aspect ratio of the image may be changed to change the width of the image
- if desired. Select the desired aspect ratio from the dropdown box displayed;
- the image will be resized on-screen to show how it would appear around the
- Audio CD faceplate. To change the image selected for positions 1 through 8
- (or to add a new image), click directly on the image box to be changed and an
- image file selection dialog box will be displayed. Also, the 8 images shown
- here correspond to images 1 through 8 in the Images section.
-
- If access to a high resolution color scanner is available, CD Covers and
- liner notes (song lyrics) may be scanned and saved as BMP files for use during
- CD playback. You may also select a default display mode from the mode selection
- box; many display options as described below are provided.
-
-
- ** Audio CD Jacket Options:
-
- * Track Sync / Tiled - display a new picture for each song, up to 20
- pictures, in the upper right corner (tiled). If song lyrics are used,
- then graphical picture 1 in the database should correspond to the song
- lyrics for track 1, etc. As above, click the right mouse button to
- toggle between tiled and full screen views.
-
- * Up to 8 graphical pictures may be displayed in the "empty" space
- above & below the CD Player faceplate. Any of the 8 pictures may be
- displayed in a full-screen mode by clicking the right mouse button
- on it. When in a full screen mode, return to the "tiled" view by
- clicking the right mouse button again. You may also click the left
- mouse button on any graphical picture to bring up a display selection
- menu containing all of the options described here.
-
- * Screen Saver / Sequential - display up to 20 graphical pictures
- in order (1 thru 20...), and change to a new picture in a specified
- time interval (1 thru 600 seconds); this is a full screen display.
-
- * Screen Saver / Random - display up to 20 graphical pictures in
- a random order, as above.
-
- * Track Sync / Full Screen - as above, except full screen pictures
- synchronized to tracks.
-
- * Viewer / Tiled - display up to graphical pictures with a
- "tiled viewer" which appears in the upper right corner; use the scroll
- bar to view any of the pictures entered. As above, click the right
- mouse button to toggle between tiled and full screen views.
-
- * Viewer / Full Screen - as above, except pictures are displayed
- full screen with a scroll bar to select desired pictures.
-
- * CD-Viewer (Song Title box) - display song titles and times in a
- scrollable display box at the bottom right corner of the screen; right
- click to eliminate. Also may be displayed by clicking on artist/album or
- song title text in the display box. This box will also be automatically
- displayed when in the program mode. If liner notes have been entered for
- the Audio CD, then they will be displayed below the song titles/times
- listing.
-
- ** this box may also be used as a second keypad to select tracks when
- programming or jumping to a different track in the continuous or
- single play modes.
-
- * Slideshow (of image files in a directory) - similar to the screen saver
- above, this option allows you to select a subdirectory containing
- bitmapped images (files with a BMP file extension) to be viewed. You may
- select a display time interval, or choose to sort the "playback" of the
- files by date or filename.
-
- * Display OFF - disable Audio CD Jacket picture displays; click on red
- "Jacket" indicator in music calendar display window to re-enable.
-
-
- If either of the screen saver modes is selected, be sure to enter a time
- interval; this is used to set the "delay" time between showing new pictures.
-
- You may also save the image(s) entered to a "default" file, which can be
- used with other CDs. This is useful for entering up to 20 images for use
- with the screen saver for a specific CD, and quickly copying these images
- for another CD without having to re-enter every image over again. Select the
- "Advanced" option to store a new set of default images or to recall a
- previously stored set of images.