manual/plugins/pictureflow.tex

   1 \subsection{PictureFlow}
   2 \screenshot{plugins/images/ss-pictureflow}{PictureFlow}{img:pictureflow}
   3 PictureFlow provides a visualisation of your albums with their associated cover
   4 art. \opt{swcodec}{It is possible to start playback of the selected
   5 album from PictureFlow. Playback will start from the selected track. The
   6 PictureFlow plugin will continue to run while your tracks are played.}
   7
   8 \opt{hwcodec}{
   9 \note{PictureFlow is a visualisation only. It cannot be used to select and
  10 play music.  Also, using this plugin will cause playback to stop.}
  11 }
  12
  13 \subsubsection{Requirements}
  14 PictureFlow uses both the album art (see \reference{ref:album_art}) and
  15 database (see \reference{ref:database}) features of Rockbox.
  16 It is therefore important that these are working correctly before attempting
  17 to use PictureFlow. In addition, there are some other points of which to be
  18 aware:
  19
  20   \begin{itemize}
  21     \item PictureFlow will accept album art larger than the dimensions of the
  22     screen, but the larger the dimensions, the longer they will take to scale.
  23   \end{itemize}
  24
  25 \subsubsection{Keys}
  26 \begin{table}
  27     \begin{btnmap}{}{}
  28         \opt{scrollwheel,IRIVER_H10_PAD}{
  29             \ActionStdPrev{} / \ActionStdNext
  30                 &
  31             \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
  32                 &}
  33             Scroll through albums / track list
  34                 \\
  35         }
  36
  37         % only scroll wheel and 'strip' targets use the same action in album and track list
  38         \nopt{scrollwheel,IRIVER_H10_PAD}{%
  39             % currently the M3 does not use buttons of the main unit which has no display
  40             \nopt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD,COWON_D2_PAD}{\ButtonLeft{} / \ButtonRight}
  41                 &
  42             \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
  43                 \opt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD,GIGABEAT_RC_PAD}{\ActionRCStdPrev{} / \ActionRCStdNext}
  44                 &}
  45             Scroll through albums
  46                 \\
  47
  48             \nopt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{\ActionStdPrev{} / \ActionStdNext}
  49                 &
  50             \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
  51                 % even though the M3 uses an Iaudio remote, mapping differs when used with M/X5
  52                 \opt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{\ButtonRCLeft{} / \ButtonRCRight}
  53                 \opt{GIGABEAT_RC_PAD}{\ButtonRCVolUp{} / \ButtonRCVolDown}
  54                 &}
  55             Scroll through track list
  56                 \\
  57         }
  58
  59         \nopt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{%
  60             \nopt{ONDIO_PAD,IRIVER_H10_PAD,RECORDER_PAD,COWON_D2_PAD}{\ButtonSelect}
  61             \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonUp}
  62             \opt{IRIVER_H10_PAD}{\ButtonRight}
  63             \opt{RECORDER_PAD}{\ButtonOn}
  64             \opt{COWON_D2_PAD}{\TouchCenter}
  65         }
  66             &
  67         \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
  68             \opt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{\ButtonRCPlay}
  69             \opt{GIGABEAT_RC_PAD}{\ButtonRCFF}
  70             &}
  71         Enter track list
  72             \nopt{ONDIO_PAD}{/ Play album from selected track}
  73             \\
  74
  75         % Ondio uses a different button in album list and track list
  76         \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{
  77             \ButtonMenu
  78                 &
  79             Play album from selected track in track list
  80                 \\
  81         }
  82
  83         \nopt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD,COWON_D2_PAD}{\ButtonLeft}
  84         \opt{COWON_D2_PAD}{\ButtonPower{} or \TouchBottomRight}
  85             &
  86         \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
  87             \opt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD,GIGABEAT_RC_PAD}{\ActionRCStdCancel}
  88             &}
  89         Exit track list
  90             \\
  91
  92         \nopt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{\ActionStdMenu}
  93             &
  94         \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
  95             \opt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD,GIGABEAT_RC_PAD}{\ActionRCStdMenu}
  96             &}
  97         Enter menu
  98             \\
  99
 100         \nopt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{%
 101             \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD,RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonOff}
 102             \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD,GIGABEAT_S_PAD,SANSA_E200_PAD%
 103                 ,MROBE100_PAD}{\ButtonPower}
 104             \opt{SANSA_C200_PAD,IRIVER_H10_PAD,COWON_D2_PAD}{Long \ButtonPower}
 105             \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{Long \ButtonMenu}
 106             \opt{SANSA_FUZE_PAD}{Long \ButtonHome}
 107         }
 108             &
 109         \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{
 110             \opt{IAUDIO_M3_PAD}{\ButtonRCRec}
 111             \opt{GIGABEAT_RC_PAD}{\ButtonRCRew}
 112             &}
 113         Exit PictureFlow
 114             \\
 115
 116     \end{btnmap}
 117 \end{table}
 118
 119 \subsubsection{Main Menu}
 120 \begin{description}
 121   \item[Go to WPS.] Leave PictureFlow and enter the while playing screen.
 122   \opt{swcodec}{\item[Playback Control.] Control music playback from within the plugin.}
 123   \item[Settings.] Enter the settings menu.
 124   \item[Return.] Exit menu.
 125   \item[Quit.] Exit PictureFlow plugin.
 126 \end{description}
 127
 128 \subsubsection{Settings Menu}
 129
 130 \begin{description}
 131   \item[Show FPS.] Displays frames per second on screen.
 132   \item[Spacing.] The distance between the front edges of the side slides, i.e. changes
 133   the degree of overlap of the side slides. A larger number means less overlap. Scales with zoom.
 134   \item[Centre margin.] The distance, in screen pixels, with zoom at 100, between
 135   the centre and side slides. Scales with zoom.
 136   \item[Number of slides.] Sets the number of slides at each side, including the
 137   centre slide. Therefore if set to 4, there will be 3 slides on the left,
 138   the centre slide, and then 3 slides on the right.
 139   \item[Zoom.] Changes the distance at which slides are rendered from the "camera".
 140   \item[Show album title.] Allows setting the album title to be shown above or
 141   below the cover art, or not at all.
 142   \item[Resize Covers.] Set whether to automatically resize the covers or to leave
 143   them at their original size.
 144   \item[Rebuild cache.] Rebuild the PictureFlow cache. This is needed in order
 145   for PictureFlow to pick up new albums, and may occasionally be needed if albums
 146   are removed.
 147 \end{description}