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Published: 2011-12-17 20:27:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 49749; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 13791
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Description
New Windows8 musicplayer was leaked a few days ago. This is a CD-Art-Display skin which looks like the leaked screenshots.[link]First download and install the free CAD software from here
if you don't have it.[link]
Click on the cskin file to install the needed fonts and the skin.
Works on Windows Xp, Windows Vista and Windows7.
How to use?
Tile:Mouseover the tile brings up the play/pause button. Your player will start with this button if it is not alredy running.
Mouseover the right upper corner brings up the button to switch to fullscreen mode.
Mouseover the left upper corner shows the button to exit the app.
Click on the tile hides/unhides the artist/song text.
Click on the headphone icon brings up the lyrics panel ( If skin with lyrics is installed)
Fullscreen mode:!!!To activate/deactivate all visible buttons click in the cover area.!!!
Click on the stars to add your personal rating of the song.
Shuffle=Shuffle
Repeat=Repeat
Pin= Stop the song
Open= Open your player
More=Open the CAD menu
Speakericon: Drag your mousepointer over it(Leftclick and drag) to adjust the volume
Little triangle besides "Queue" text: Minimizes the app to the systray. One click on the systrayicon brings it back to full screen.
Save queue=Brings you back to the tile mode
Clear queue= Exit the application
Shop= Brings up the lyrics (If skin with lyrics is installed)
Subskin Sidebar:My personal recommendation. Click on the right bottom corner to minimize it to the systray. One click on the systray icon brings it back.
Little triangle besides text switches to fullscreen.
All other buttons are the same as in fullscreen.
When you use the default mode of this deviation, it switches between small tile and fullscreen.
When you use the sidebar mode it switches between sidebar and fullscreen.
Want no lyrics? Simply click them away.
Absolutely want no lyrics? Simply delete the lyrics folder of this deviation.
Featured on Chip online[link]
Windows8 startscreen for XP, Vista and 7 available here[link]
No redistribution in Transformationpacks/Skinpacks allowed!
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Comments: 83
PeterRollar In reply to ??? [2014-02-20 21:42:16 +0000 UTC]
No need to thank. Glad you like it.
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Sorrow79 [2013-11-20 06:00:47 +0000 UTC]
mad props i just wanted to say thanks. this is exactly what i was hunting for my music server running xp. this looks clean on display in my game room.
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W444GH [2013-02-10 11:42:16 +0000 UTC]
Haha..
My pc runs in XP
But your themes really spice up things..
Thanks Pete..
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PeterRollar In reply to W444GH [2013-02-11 21:48:38 +0000 UTC]
No prob. Glad you like my stuff.
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Snow-katt [2012-01-04 20:39:28 +0000 UTC]
...ye gods
and i already thought i disliked the win 7 interface
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PeterRollar In reply to Snow-katt [2012-01-04 21:23:39 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, they have a lot to do til RTM.
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yvidhiatama [2011-12-24 08:53:01 +0000 UTC]
Nice one! I will try to make review on my blog later.
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PeterRollar In reply to yvidhiatama [2011-12-24 12:55:45 +0000 UTC]
Glad you like this idea.It will be updated tomorrow for more similarity to the screenshots of the original.
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yvidhiatama In reply to PeterRollar [2011-12-25 00:51:08 +0000 UTC]
Okay. I will be waiting!
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PeterRollar In reply to yvidhiatama [2011-12-25 14:22:33 +0000 UTC]
Updated. I think this is final stage. Not enough informations available.
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yvidhiatama In reply to PeterRollar [2011-12-25 14:40:41 +0000 UTC]
Okay.. I will reply this comment once I have featured this.
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mercury21 [2011-12-21 09:23:38 +0000 UTC]
Looks great. But can you implement the lyrics into the skin, because that's why I use CD Art Display most of the time.
Would be really awesome
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PeterRollar In reply to mercury21 [2011-12-22 15:08:08 +0000 UTC]
Your skin is added. Please redownload.
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PeterRollar In reply to mercury21 [2011-12-21 20:44:59 +0000 UTC]
I can do this for you. What do you want? A extra panel for the small tile or a integration in the fullscreen mode?
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mercury21 In reply to PeterRollar [2011-12-22 16:47:00 +0000 UTC]
Wow, how fast are you? Definetely awesome.
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PeterRollar In reply to mercury21 [2011-12-25 14:23:31 +0000 UTC]
Finished. If you are still interested have a look on the screenshot.
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PeterRollar In reply to sagorpirbd [2011-12-20 18:29:01 +0000 UTC]
Thank you Sagor
I lke customisation too.
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heath28m [2011-12-18 18:46:35 +0000 UTC]
Uhm I wanted to double check but is there a small problem with the 'More' button position in the maximized version? and was it designed to show CoverArt?
I made several 'Edits' to it .. and turned on CoverArt for the small tile.. but when I went to fix the button I wasn't sure if it was in yours of if I had actually done it and you needed or may not even know it needs to be fixed..
Anyway I can get a screen of what I altered .. if you would like to see it.. ( I don't plan to distribute.. it was sort of just for me for now.. and may change something more.. not sure right now..
ABSOLUTELY love the design however and it finally gives me a maximized skin I like using for my CAD Skins.. ( most I have I didn't really like and was going to have to make one.. ) Good work..
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PeterRollar In reply to heath28m [2011-12-18 19:07:26 +0000 UTC]
Yepp you are right, the "More" button was misaligned one pixel. Thanx for the hint. And yes it is designed to show Cover art as you can see in the screenshot.Don't know if the original does this too. There are only a few infos in the net.
The small tile isn't meant to show Cover art.So there is nothing i will change. I think Cover art should be in a double size tile like here[link]
Anyways it would be interesting to see your screenshot
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heath28m In reply to PeterRollar [2011-12-18 19:29:27 +0000 UTC]
Yeah I have seen that.. There is a CAD skin that has a similar appearance, if I remember right I have it but I will have to sort through and find it i the skins.. I haven't cleaned any recently..
Okay and before you go look at my screen.. its a WIP.. so not for sure if it will stay in the layout.. I may change the balance presented or switch sides... and of course color swapping.. I did the green because I have been working with it lately.. doing a portableapps.com 10.0.1 skin/theme along the ideal of Windows 8 presented design schema.. so it just fit ( and the swatch was loaded already last night..
[link]
Anyway would be cool to see your feedback on what you think so far.. My design as of late and what I have been doing has sort of been centering around Windows/Metro 'INSPIRED' layouts but with a touch more minimalism... a few more higher end queues ... sort of what I am reaching for.. with a nice range from homemaker to sporty ... clean.. cool.... you get the picture... anyway.. chatty this mornin' ....LOL
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PeterRollar In reply to heath28m [2011-12-18 20:30:50 +0000 UTC]
As well as you haven't changed very much, it looks really good with this green part. I cannot do something like that because my target is to come as close as possible to the original. I will update mine as soon as i get more infos and resources how it really works.
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heath28m In reply to PeterRollar [2011-12-19 05:29:28 +0000 UTC]
Yeah the only bad part about that .. would be getting CAD to actually be capable of some of the basic functions... Keep waiting for an update the last build.. Mine seems very slow and resource hungry at times... Not for sure if it has something with the number of skins I have for it or not.. Anyway I will be waiting for update to see how it comes long..
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PeterRollar In reply to heath28m [2011-12-19 18:47:43 +0000 UTC]
Yes that's true. It should be able to display playlists and maybe some basic video support.
I had my problems with the last beta of CAD, and so i returned to CAD 2.0 which works fine for me.
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heath28m In reply to heath28m [2011-12-18 20:23:51 +0000 UTC]
*EDIT - Didn't realize the link was actually for the skin..LOL..oops..
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PeterRollar In reply to yacine29 [2011-12-18 14:35:27 +0000 UTC]
Thanx my friend.Today is a lucky day.Dopey is here at the moment and you too.Hope everything is fine on your side.Greetings from Germany
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yacine29 In reply to PeterRollar [2011-12-18 14:44:14 +0000 UTC]
Everything is fine ,I am on holidays now so I will be here to comment and to reply to my messages ,I hope you are having a happy holidays
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PeterRollar In reply to yacine29 [2011-12-18 15:04:41 +0000 UTC]
Happy holidays for you too my friend.
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DopeySneezy [2011-12-18 14:10:17 +0000 UTC]
You never cease to astonish me, Peter. Great job! (love to know where you 'accidently' find all these treasures).
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PeterRollar In reply to DopeySneezy [2011-12-18 14:17:42 +0000 UTC]
I regularly visit Winmatrix, Winfuture and AskVG. That's enough to get everything you want.
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PeterRollar In reply to Drudger [2011-12-18 13:18:30 +0000 UTC]
Thanx Jim. I know you like dark designs.
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