Coverflow control (ala iTunes) Code Inside (1 Viewer)

[randell]

I've been playing around creating a coverflow style control. I took the GUIFilmstripControl as a template and created a new control. (I did not want to hack it into the FilmstripControl.)

Attached is the source for the GUICoverflowControl, the GUIFacadeControl (so we can use the coverflow in facades, just like filmstrip) and GUIControlFactory (so we can use it via skins)

It is not yet complete. Here is a list of things I know are missing:

1. Animation (it may be a while before I have that)
2. It does not clip to the bounds of the control
3. It does not support a lot of the features FilmstripControl has, including:
   • showFrame
   • showFolder
   • background
   • infoimage
   • thumbs
   • scrollbars
   • text
4. Smoother scroll when holding left/right down
5. Probably a lot more, I just can think of at the moment

I may be talking out my rear with the next statement, beware:

The big downside. Skinners may not be able to implement this in current programs like Video, Music, Pictures w/o some support for it. Those applications typically only have the option to choose from the predefined views like Album, Filmstrip, Thumbs, List, etc.

Anyway, I'm working on this for myself, I just thought I'd toss out there what I have thus far. I'll be playing with it in my spare time (not much of that).

Cheers!

P.S. The skin is the awesome Aeon Wide, and the movie application is a homegrown movie plugin based on mesfilms.

 

[mattsk88]

Thats looking great, maybe It could be implemented with the moving pictures plugin that is being made by fforde, also could you upload that movie plugin, looks interesting thanks!

 

[ThaClown]

This looks very very cool, would be nice to have as a option in the 'general' MP software...
I really like the Logo support for movies... is that only possible with MyFilms?

 

[moesfeld]

I just wanted to bump this thread up a little as I saw the Aeon2 skin Pictures with coverflow and MAN I LOVE COVERFLOW!
Defenatly worth a look at after 1.0 when feature freeze is lifted an a MUST on MP2 (at least for me)

 

[PussyWagon]

I've been playing around creating a coverflow style control. I took the GUIFilmstripControl as a template and created a new control. (I did not want to hack it into the FilmstripControl.)

Attached is the source for the GUICoverflowControl, the GUIFacadeControl (so we can use the coverflow in facades, just like filmstrip) and GUIControlFactory (so we can use it via skins)

It is not yet complete. Here is a list of things I know are missing:

1. Animation (it may be a while before I have that)
2. It does not clip to the bounds of the control
3. It does not support a lot of the features FilmstripControl has, including:
   • showFrame
   • showFolder
   • background
   • infoimage
   • thumbs
   • scrollbars
   • text
4. Smoother scroll when holding left/right down
5. Probably a lot more, I just can think of at the moment

I may be talking out my rear with the next statement, beware:

The big downside. Skinners may not be able to implement this in current programs like Video, Music, Pictures w/o some support for it. Those applications typically only have the option to choose from the predefined views like Album, Filmstrip, Thumbs, List, etc.

Anyway, I'm working on this for myself, I just thought I'd toss out there what I have thus far. I'll be playing with it in my spare time (not much of that).

Cheers!

P.S. The skin is the awesome Aeon Wide, and the movie application is a homegrown movie plugin based on mesfilms.

Where do i put theese files if i want to test it?
Do you still working on this project?
Is it able to use mouse move with the coverflow? Like click and drag makes it spinning just like the iphone?
That would be awesome to use with my touch screen!

Ok i know, u cant do miracles... but it would be cool if you could!