Am at present evaluating ejukebox and am generally quite impressed but for a few things.....or is it me??? I can't change the background colour in the album list (or apply image) and albums do not 'highlight' when I am browsing through them, making life very tricking when viewed from a distance on a tv. Can anyone help?

After modifying the album list background image and colors you must click the "Refresh Album List" button to see your changes.

In addition to the mouse your can use the <-- and ---> keyboard keys on the album list to select albums. The highlight should move with your mouse and when using those keys.

Thanks for your reply.
However..... I have tried both these things but am still having the same problems.
Any ideas?

Strange... i cannot imagine what the problem is straight away. How about posting a screenshot of how your eJ looks with your album options window open, so we can see your colors etc...?

Here is a screenshot of ejukebox running.
Does it provide any clues?
Any help much appreciated.

Yes, it does help. From what i can see, you have either changed the background colours to a bright white, or something is wrong with your installation of eJukebox or perhaps you have a strange windows setup.

If the problem lies within eJukebox, try selecting "Default skin" under options in the album list. It should reset your colors, and give you a background image, if i remember correctly.

Thanks for pointers.
As Ejukebox is running on a dedicated machine I hadn't noticed problems in any other areas, however I fired up internet Explorer and directed myself to the Audiosoft website (normally a black background) to find the background bright white a la Album list.
Also some buttons are missing.
Is there a quick fix you can think of or should I re-install windows......raising another question.
As Ejukebox is running on a dedicated machine is there any preference as to which OS to run it on?(speed, stability etc.)
Again any help would be much appreciated.

Sounds like a reinstall of explorer would do the trick.. Ej uses explorer to display the information in the albumlist. And a reinstall might fix the problems. Get the latest version at microsoft.com.

Remember to use the funky dark blue plastic bag pattern of Junk if you get this to work

When it comes to OS.. It depends on your hardware. If you got 256< ram and a decent cpu then you might stick to Xp or win2k. They provide the best stability as well. But if you're hardware is outdated you might get a better outcome from running Win98... Hope this helps

When I think of it has someone tried to run ej from Wine in linux? Would be, just to pleasure my curiousity, nice to know how that would turn out

Thanks for your replies in my case 'using windows colours' didn't help,but hey it was worth a try!
I went for a full reinstall and now have a background in full plastic bag glory!!!
As ever though the re-install has unleashed a plethora of networking issues, still........................
Again thanks for your help guys.
Now how can i get black backgrounds in all the oyher boxes?

When you say "in the other boxes", you mean around the album covers etc? If this is the case, it's just a matter of selecting the right colors in the album options. But i get the feeling you are talking about the rest of eJukebox, and this is a different issue.

Currently, there's no easy way to change the rest of the colours, but it can be done by editing the text files which generates the song list defaults (Pirk has much experience with this), and you can also edit much of the graphics that make out eJukebox' interface.

Thanks for using the magic plastic bag, i will soon make a "taller" version for those who use a resolution higher than 1024x768, so you don't get the "looping" of the shades in the corner. (if you drag the bottom bar of eJukebox all the way down, that is).

Have fun!

Hey Cactusboy,

How did you increase your "Now Playing" font size? It looks bigger than the font size in my install of eJ. What resolution are you running?

Thanks,
Steve

Cactusboy must have been using a really old version of internet explorer when he took that screenshot.

Everyone should be using IE6 or later with eJukebox.

By the way, i've updated the magic plastic background image for those who use resolutions larger than 1024x768, at:
http://www.audiosoft.net/forums/viewthread.php?tid=626

Sorry Steve, been away.
Ejukebox is running at 800x600.
I dont remember how I changed the font size of the now playing area, or indeed if I did, I have done a fair bit of fiddling and my memory isnt what it used to be i'm afraid, sorry.
However I would warn against it anyhow as when a selection has a long title it pushes the album title behind the 'next up' list, which is a little annoying as it looks untidy and i can find no way to rectify it!