Desktop background generator

mrlarseirik said:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2734/testms4.pnghm, i thought i finaly fixed that bug :(, i'll look into it

_Tarkus_ said:
Only minor bug I found is that the default filename has an extra bmp in the display. So if your base filename is lastm, it shows lastfm.bmpbmp, although it's saved properly as lastfm.bmp, so it's only a cosmetic issue.woops, I guess I rushed this release a bit to hard, i'll look into this aswell,

BevansDesign said:
I was just wondering, is there a way to increase the number of covers being used? I'm pretty sure it's only showing my top 15, while I'd prefer that it show 50 or more. I checked my top albums list, and I have plenty with over 2 plays, so I'm not sure why it stops at 15.

Similar request here. Even though my top 50 albums are displayed when I choose "Overall album chart" as the data source, I'd like to display lots more (what, me greedy?). ;-)

I know that my overall charts do contain many more albums: when I choose "Last 12 month album chart", the program displays 300 different albums without any problem.

BevansDesign said:
Love the desktop generator.

I was just wondering, is there a way to increase the number of covers being used? I'm pretty sure it's only showing my top 15, while I'd prefer that it show 50 or more. I checked my top albums list, and I have plenty with over 2 plays, so I'm not sure why it stops at 15.

Same problem here. And the filtering doesn't seem to work at all. I tried to filter out some album covers and it didn't do a thing. Then I removed the artist from my library and cleared the cache, but those covers are still showing up. Great app, but loaded with bugs.

it's great but how do make the album covers different sizes? so one is bigger than anothe ran so on?

Gravejr said:
Really liking this app. Just two queries

1. The FAQ on the site talks of how to set up XP so that the wall paper is changed on regular intervals, any tips of how to do that with Vista? I'm still quite new to it.

Cheers

Did anyone find a work round for Vista?

It seems to work differently, i use the following path to open the programme "F:\Rar & Zips\LastFMDesktop.exe"

Is there an extension i can add to the end that will execute the draw image and set as wallpaper??

Would be great if there was

Thanks in advance

Ben

Flight_Test said:
I really like this ap, thanks for you work. It doesn't seem to have added anything I've listened to in the last few weeks though. Is there a way I can manually add covers? The filter for individual albums also isn't working for me. I wonder if maybe there couldn't be a "replace" option in a future version where you could just replace a few covers instead of redrawing the whole thing?

I agree, this would be a bit better than the filtering, which fails to work properly in the latest version. The older version's filtering works, but it can't find nearly as much album art for some reason, and you can't get nearly as many charts to base your wallpaper's album art from as the most of the selections under the "Data Sources" dropdown throw up errors. I guess last.fm changed something. :)

Okay, I don't get it. Perhaps I'm the only one?

I run the app from my desktop and it very quickly puts two or three xml files and an empty cache folder onto the desktop. Each time I hit "Draw Image" I get two new xml files. I try moving them into the cache folder, I try asserting a path to the cache folder in the app's settings. I always get a blank white palette which copies to my desktop as blank white wallpaper.

It seems to be broken!



Or is it just me?

The program works fine for me. Although there are some blank covers that cannot be disabled. But they are quite rare. The question is: what are the switches for the program to automate it? Homepage has no info at all.

UPD: My mistake) There IS a little info. To get info add parameter --help in command line. This way I have found how to automate the process (--save parameter).

I like it, but everything but Overall and cache freezes machine. If these bugs got fixed, this program would be perfect for me.

with a bit of editing:

...seems to be incomplete. I use proxy with authorisation, so first I tried useer:passwd@serve:port, but get error like "Input string not valid". Then tried just proxy:port, but i found no authorisation dialog...