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CD Art Display is proud to announce its new forum powered by vBulletin.

Although all users and threads were properly imported passwords were not. In this case all you have to do is reset yours and get a new one. Just go to Lost Password Recovery Form. It's fast and simple and in a few minutes you will be able to login again.

The new forum software gives to all users a better interface and powerful tools, like social groups, so you can enjoy even more our community. And if you are not a Premium User yet and you're willing to help keep this site running you can now subscribe to Premium User group directly from the new forum. The process should be automatic. Subscribe now and have access to new CD Art Display versions first as well as exclusive forum benefits. 

Here is the forum staff:

• Administrators: Carlos (me) and OtisBee
• Moderators: barberio and Operator 

Now the new site look. The current theme is temporary and a few more tests may happen until the final one arrives. It'll take some time but it's already planned.

Finally, CD Art Display 2.0 Final will be released soon for the public because CD Art Display 3.0 Beta development has already started! Premium Users be prepared! 

CD Art Display 2.0 Beta 4 is now available for all users. After a lot of code review, improvements and several new features CD Art Display is closer to what will be the final 2.0.

The new beta 4 is in fact a major upgrade because it does not only aggragate new functionalities but it also reduces CD Art Display system resources usage, both RAM and CPU. And note that CD Art Display should use RAM as long as they are available and it can release as long as system demands for it.

Along with that CD Art Display 2.0 beta 4 aims better overall responsiveness by isolating modules that require the proceudre to wait for a result before going to the next level (line of code). What does it means? Well, for now on both cover and lyrics searches won't freeze CD Art Display anymore. Following the same line, CD Art Display will also try to avoid several animations at the same time avoiding that slow down feeling, e.g.: when a song changes CD Art Display will first process progress bar animation, then the new cover art and finally the text transition.

Although beta 2 introduced a third party translation engine, beta 4 incorporates a home made one that is more flexible for all CD Art Display needs. Right now only German and Portuguese (Brazil) languagea are updated along with English, the default and hard coded idiom. But now that CD Art Display 2.0 base is ready new translations can be updated because there won't be any drastic changes anymore.

 Features? Well CD Art Display 2.0 Beta 4 has a lot of features not only for end users but also for skinners:

• 100% real time preview Skin Editor
• pack a skin using Skin Editor zip feature
• drag and drop a zip or rar file over CD Art Display to install a skin
• custom picture slideshow when player is stopped or not running
• full screen skin
• screensaver module
• go to beta 4 forum topic for a complete list

As you can see, CD Art Display is now more than a simple cover art displayer over your desktop: it can fit your entire desktop in a beautiful full screen skin like OtisBee ThaWall.

Transform your desktop in a real kiosk including keyboard shortcuts to play, pause, toggle repeat or shuffle, increase/decrease volume and so on (press "H" key to an onscreen help).

A full screen skin can also be triggered by the new CD Art Display screensaver module. The screensaver is like any other one: install by right clicking it or copying it to Windows folder and configure it in Windows Display properties. If CD Art Display is not running then an alternative screensaver can be set.

Not running your player but you can't stand to be apart from CD Art Display (*)? Now a custom picture slideshow can be displayed if your player is stopped or not running. And there's more: if a skin has a Slideshow style than this special style will be automatically loaded to display e.g. your family pictures. Slideshow is also compatible with full screen skins!

 (*) sorry about the exaggeration

 Well, there are much more to talk about but I think the best way to explore the new features is use them! So go to Download section and try CD Art Display 2.0 beta 4 right now!

Finally, I'd like to thank all Premium Users for the awesome feedback and specially OtisBee and Operator for testing even unstable builds.

 Have fun!