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Cover Version
Cover Version 1.7.1
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iTunes visualizer displays cover of playing song.   Free
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Cover Version is an iTunes visualizer plug-in that displays the album cover artwork of the currently playing audio track with different effects: as flapping flag, rotating cuboid, kaleidoscope, with Vertigo effect, or as a sliding pane.
Lyrics of the track are displayed on top of the album cover artwork.
Artist name and track title are displayed bottom-aligned.
With the options window some settings can be customized.
  • Cover: The cover art work can be animated as a flapping flag, as a rotating cuboid, as a kaleidoscope, with Vertigo effect, or as a sliding pane.
What's New
Version 1.7.1:
  • Bugfix for iTunes 10.
Requirements
  • PPC / Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
  • iTunes 5.0 or later.



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+6

Mil_mascaras reviewed on 30 Jul 2011
My favorite plugin!
The 'Vertigo' effect on a 27" screen is simple but POW!
A big reason I haven't updated to iTunes 10.4x yet.
Wanted to add my appreciation for this basic & clever plugin.

Doesn't work on iTunes 10.4/64-bit nor Lion.
Developer is aware.

I will keep my eyes open for any future update, as I am putting off my Lion install for just a little while longer...
[Version 1.7.1]


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Hotodi tipped on 28 Sep 2010
I made a German Videotutorial about how to use the app:

Ich habe ein Videotutorial in Deutsch gemacht um zu zeigen, wie man das Programm anwendet:

http://youtu.be/grGEw1BjL-8?hd=1
[Version 1.7.1]

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macinept replied on 03 Jun 2011
i'm still not able to get it working on my mac. i've followed your tutorial by downloading the zip and moving the file to the itunes plugin folder. i'm currently using itunes version 10.2 and mac os x version 10.6
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+683

Jazzyguy reviewed on 06 Apr 2010
Nice but itunes does practically the same thing in CoverFlow when you choose to make it full screen.
[Version 1.7]

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Jazzyguy replied on 06 Apr 2010
Except for the Lyrics.iTunes doesn't display the lyrics in CoverFlow.
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alangenh commented on 23 Dec 2007
This is exactly what I was looking for! Great for keeping the song name and artist on the screen, in a large font, without a lot of visual distraction.
[Version 1.6.1]


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lbw87 commented on 06 Nov 2007
I think it's ALMOST perfect...

The only major problem that I have is with it is that if the song has alot of lyrics, they are squashed in size in order to fit them all on the screen. Most of the time if the song contains alot of lyrics, you can't read the lyrics because the font becomes so small its unreadable which defeats the purpose.

If the font of the lyrics was standardized (or adjustable) and a scroll bar was added to the side to scroll down if there is alot of lyrics ...then I'd say it's perfect.
[Version 1.6.1]

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jawspeak replied on 24 Dec 2010
I agree. It's super close to perfect. I really like it.

I want to be able to show the lyrics though, and friends will all sing. So, if it scrolled manually, or used buttons to see chunks of lyrics. Anything. Then it would be awesome!
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Roro01 reviewed on 05 Nov 2007
IT IS PERFECT NOW

Many thanks to the developer who reacted within hours to my preceding comments re. the previous version.
[Version 1.6.1]


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Roro01 reviewed on 05 Nov 2007
DEFICIENT

The problem of this visualizer is that it only displays lyrics written in roman letters - otherwise, it would have been a five stars!
[Version 1.6]


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+2
fahjr56 commented on 05 Dec 2006
The update says version 1.5 on the web but when I downloaded it and opened the dmg I can clearly see it says version 1.2.1 so which version is it ???
[Version 1.5]

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Imagomat (developer) replied on 06 Dec 2006
The info window of the Finder still displayed version "1.2.1" although the visualizer was 1.5 already. I fixed that.
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Anonymous reviewed on 17 Nov 2005
Try JewelCase also.
[Version 1.1]


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Anonymous reviewed on 17 Nov 2005
Works quite well and renders smoothly.
The slow fade-in is a nice touch.

Simple and sweet!
[Version 1.1]


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iamaswissguy had trouble on 17 Dec 2006
I like this software. It has a classy look to it. Few requests:
This (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/584/picture1yn9.png) shouldn't happen when a new song comes up.
Also, I would like to be able to change the opacity of the cube.
[Version 1.5]

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Imagomat (developer) replied on 19 Dec 2006
Thank you for your screenshot. The rectangles which are supposed to display lyrics and track info may be blank in case the memory on the video card is exhausted. It's not easy to detect these conditions. But as soon as there are reliable ways to detect the limits of available memory, it will be integrated with the visualizer to avoid ambiguous display states.
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Downloads:10,862
Version Downloads:1,527
Type:Multimedia & Design : Audio
License:Free
Date:27 Sep 2010
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price:Free0.00
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Cover Version is an iTunes visualizer plug-in that displays the album cover artwork of the currently playing audio track with different effects: as flapping flag, rotating cuboid, kaleidoscope, with Vertigo effect, or as a sliding pane.
Lyrics of the track are displayed on top of the album cover artwork.
Artist name and track title are displayed bottom-aligned.
With the options window some settings can be customized.
  • Cover: The cover art work can be animated as a flapping flag, as a rotating cuboid, as a kaleidoscope, with Vertigo effect, or as a sliding pane.
  • Track: The font that displays track artist and title can be changed.
  • Lyrics: The text of the lyrics can be displayed centered or left-aligned.
  • Update: With "Check For Update On Start" activated, the visualizer checks whether there is an update available online when it starts to display in iTunes.
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