How To Install Analog VU-meter plugin + Expensive Hi-Fi skin for XMMS.
Download and install the Analog VU-meter plugin for XMMS
Get the VU-meter Expensive Hi-Fi Skin
Get the Expensive Hi-Fi Skin for XMMS
Enable the VU-meter plugin
Set the ExpensiveHi-Fi skin for the VU-meter plugin
Set the Expensive_Hi-Fi_1.2 skin for XMMS
Change the playlist width
--- Download and install the Analog VU-meter plugin for XMMS ---
Download the XMMS VU-meter plugin here
In a terminal type:
tar -zxvf vumeter-0.9.2.tar.gz
cd vumeter-0.9.2
./configure
make
make install (root)
mkdir -p ~/.xmms/VU_Meter_skins
cp -R skins/* ~/.xmms/VU_Meter_skins/
mkdir -p ~/.xmms/Plugins/Visualization
cp src/.libs/libvumeter.so ~/.xmms/Plugins/Visualization/
--- Get the VU-meter Expensive Hi-Fi Skin ---
Download the VU-meter Expensive Hi-Fi skin here
In a terminal type:
tar -zxvf VU-ExpensiveHi-Fi.tar.gz
mv ExpensiveHi-Fi ~/.xmms/VU_Meter_skins
--- Get the Expensive Hi-Fi Skin for XMMS ---
Download the Expensive Hi-Fi skin for XMMS here
In a terminal type:
mv Expensive_Hi-Fi_1.2.wsz ~/.xmms/Skins
--- Enable the VU-meter plugin ---
Open XMMS
Ctrl+P (or rightclick on XMMS which gives you a menu. Choose Options -> Preferences.)
Tab Visualization Plugins
Click Analog VU meter plugin 0.9.2 (libvumeter.so) and enable the plugin. It now says (enabled).
--- Set the ExpensiveHi-Fi skin for the VU-meter plugin ---
Click the Configure button and select the Skins tab. Select the ExpensiveHi-Fi skin and the hit Apply button then OK.
You're now back in Preferences.
Click Apply then OK.
--- Set the Expensive_Hi-Fi_1.2 skin for XMMS ---
Hit Alt+S (or choose the menu and select Options -> Skin Browser)
Choose Expensive_Hi-Fi_1.2
Close the skin selector dialog.
--- Change the playlist width ---
To make it all look beautiful I changed the width of the playlist to 275.
In a terminal type:
nano ~/.xmms/config
playlist_width=275
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