ET Playing Now Popup Skins.

ET Playing Now Popup Skins

NOTE. The ET Playing Now Popup Skins will only work in MC33 and Higher.

For a trouble-free experience with these skins, you must be using MC 33.0.52 or higher

ET Ultra Playing Now Popup Skins is a family of MC Popup Skins available in 6 variants:- ET Ultra Basic, ET Ultra Control, ET Ultra Slider, ET Ultra Basic 3-Tracks, ET Ultra Control 3-Tracks and ET Ultra Slider 3-Tracks.

ET Ultra Basic, ET Ultra Control and ET Ultra Slider display the Coverart and Field Metadata (content) for the current track
ET Ultra Basic 3-Tracks, ET Ultra Control 3-Tracks and ET Ultra Slider 3-Tracks display the Coverart and Field Metadata (content) for the Previous Track, the Current Track and the Next Track.

They use a mix of dynamic and customised components:-
Their Background Colour, Text Colour, Rating Stars, and some of the Buttons at the bottom of ET Ultra Control, ET Ultra Slider, ET Ultra Control 3-Tracks and ET Ultra Slider 3-Tracks windows, will match those from the Standard View Skin in use; but the Outer Frame and the Customised Buttons at the bottom of the ET Ultra Control, ET Ultra Slider, ET Ultra Control 3-Tracks and ET Ultra Slider 3-Tracks windows will remain the same regardless of the Standard View Skin being used.

NOTE - They all use the Verdana Font at Fontsizes specified in each Popup Skin not the Font and Fontsize MediaCenter is using.
ET Ultra Control, ET Ultra Slider, ET Ultra Control 3-Tracks and ET Ultra Slider 3-Tracks were designed for use with the Playerbar and MAINFRAME Buttons from the ET Family of Standard View Skins and may distort the Buttons and Volume Slider from other Standard View Skins.

Just like the MC Ultra TrackInfo Plugins the ET Ultra Playing Now Popups have "Classical Music" and "Non-Classical Music" display modes.

If the only entry in the Genre Field for a track is Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modernist, Postmodernist or Contemporary they switch into Classical Display Mode
If the Genre Field contains anything else they switch into Non-Classical Display Mode.

In Non-Classical Display Mode the Fields Displayed are - Name, Artist, Album, Genre, Rating
In Classical Display Mode the Fields Displayed are - Work, Movement, Composer, Style, Artist, Name, Album, Genre, Rating

Since the content of some of the fields displayed in both modes may be longer than the Popups can display hovering your mouse over the Coveart for any track affected will reveal a Tooltip that displays the full content of every field displayed plus some additional information about that track.

ET Ultra Basic + ET Ultra Basic 3-Tracks.

The main difference between the variants is the number of options available on the "View..." DropDown Menu.

MC Ultra, MC Ultra II, III and IV

MC Ultra has 6 options:-

Biography - Displays the contents from the Biography field/tag
Comments - Displays the contents from the Comment field/tag
Lyrics in 1 Column with Vertical Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 1 Column.
Lyrics in 2 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 2 Columns.
Lyrics in 3 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 3 Columns.
Notes - Displays the contents from the Notes field/tag

If you don't already have a Biography field/tag in your MC Library and wish to implement one then, since it is normally used to hold the "Artists Biography", I recommend that you set it up with an Edit Type of String, Relational store one value for each artist and an Edit Type of Large Value.

MC Ultra II has 7 options:-

Biography - Displays the contents from the Biography field/tag
Comments - Displays the contents from the Comment field/tag
Lyrics in 1 Column with Vertical Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 1 Column.
Lyrics in 2 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 2 Columns.
Lyrics in 3 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 3 Columns.
Notes - Displays the contents from the Notes field/tag
Track + Album Info - A combination of the Track + Info page from the ET Ultimate Series of trackinfo plugins and the File Info and Played Info panels from CSS Dream

MC Ultra III has 9 options:-

Biography - Displays the contents from the Biography field/tag
Comments - Displays the contents from the Comment field/tag
Lyrics in 1 Column with Vertical Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 1 Column.
Lyrics in 2 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 2 Columns.
Lyrics in 3 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 3 Columns.
Notes - Displays the contents from the Notes field/tag
Tags - Modern Tag Window - Displays the contents of all the fields/tags that are visible in the Modern Tag Window
Tags - Legacy Tag Window - Displays the contents of all the the fields/tags that are visible in the Legacy Tag Window
Track + Album Info - A combination of the Track + Info page from the ET Ultimate Series of trackinfo plugins and the File Info and Played Info panels from CSS Dream

MC Ultra IV has 11 options:-

Biography - Displays the contents from the Biography field/tag
Comments - Displays the contents from the Comment field/tag
Lyrics in 1 Column with Vertical Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 1 Column.
Lyrics in 2 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 2 Columns.
Lyrics in 3 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar - displays the Centred Lyrics in 3 Columns.
Notes - Displays the contents from the Notes field/tag
Tags - Modern Tag Window - Displays the contents of all the fields/tags that are visible in the Modern Tag Window
Tags - Modern Tag Window - Tags with Values - Only displays those fields/tags and content that are visible in the Modern Tag Window that have content
Tags - Legacy Tag Window - Displays the contents of all the the fields/tags that are visible in the Legacy Tag Window
Tags - Legacy Tag Window - Tags with Values - Only displays those fields/tags and content that are visible in the Legacy Tag Window that have content
Track + Album Info - A combination of the Track + Info page from the ET Ultimate Series of trackinfo plugins and the File Info and Played Info panels from CSS Dream

MC Ultra IIC, IIIC and IVC

Unlike MC Ultra, MC Ultra II, III & IV, which have the "Lyrics in 2 Columns with Horizontal Scrollbar" as the default "View...", MC Ultra IIC, IIIC and IVC all have the "Track + Album Info" as the default "View...".

They have the same options on the "View..." DropDown Menu as MC Ultra II, III or IV
However the Biography option is relabeled as "Artists Biography" to make it more obvious that "Biography" is a Relational Field tied to the Artist field/tag
Plus an additional option:- Composers Biography - Displays the contents from the Composers Biography field/tag

If you don't already have a Composers Biography field/tag in your MC Library and wish to implement one I recommend that you set it up with an Edit Type of String, Relational store one value for each composer and an Edit Type of Large Value.

ET Ultra Control + ET Ultra Control 3-Tracks.

The "Search for..." DropDown Menu provides the same 11 Options in all variants:-

Info about Artist on Wiki
Info about Album on Wiki
Info about Track on Wiki
Info about Composer on Wiki

Artist Images on Google
Artist Images on DuckDuckGo
Album Art on Google
Album Art on DuckDuckGo
Composer Images on Google
Composer Images on DuckDuckGo

Lookup Lyrics on Google

All of which open a New Browser-Engine Page outside of MC

ET Ultra Slider + ET Ultra Slider 3-Tracks.

The "Search for..." DropDown Menu provides the same 11 Options in all variants:-

Info about Artist on Wiki
Info about Album on Wiki
Info about Track on Wiki
Info about Composer on Wiki

Artist Images on Google
Artist Images on DuckDuckGo
Album Art on Google
Album Art on DuckDuckGo
Composer Images on Google
Composer Images on DuckDuckGo

Lookup Lyrics on Google

All of which open a New Browser-Engine Page outside of MC