Specifying your Party Mode settings
When you first start Party Mode, the Specify your Party Mode settings page appears. On this page you can specify the settings for Party Mode, including the music you want to play and the skin that you want to appear in the Party Mode window. You can also specify whether you want to restrict access to your computer. After you specify these settings, you can start Party Mode.
To specify your Party Mode settings
- To lock your computer while Party Mode is running so guests cannot access your programs, folders, and files, select the Block access to desktop and other programs while Party Mode is running, and return to the logon screen when Party Mode quits check box.
This option also locks your computer when you quit or minimize Party Mode or when another program becomes active, such as when your instant messaging program sends you a notification. Only a user with administrative credentials for the computer can unlock it.
- If you want Party Mode to use crossfading between tracks, which gradually overlaps the end of the current track with the beginning of the next track during playback, select the Crossfading (in seconds) check box. Then type the number of seconds that you want Party Mode to apply crossfading to the tracks.
- If you want Party Mode to change the each time a different track starts, select the Change visualization when track changes check box.
If you prefer, you can select the visualization manually from the Party Mode window.
- In Track Information, click one of the following options.
Click |
To |
Do not display |
Display no track information in the Party Mode window. |
Display at start/finish |
Display track information, including the title, artist, and album, in the Party Mode window when tracks start and end only. |
Always display |
Always display information about the current track, including the title, artist, and album, in the Party Mode window. |
- In Content, click the specific playlist that you want to play. If you want Party Mode to randomly select the content from , click All Music or All Video Clips.
- If you want guests to be able to view and select items in Media Library, select the Guests can access Media Library check box.
- If you want to display a marquee, which is a scrolling text banner that appears on the Party Mode window, select the Display Marquee check box. To add the marquee text, click Edit Marquee, and type the text in the text box.
- If you want your guests to be able to add their own comments to the marquee on the Party Mode window, select the Guests can add comments to Marquee check box.
- In Skin, click the skin that you want to apply to the Party Mode window.
The Preview area shows a sample of the skin you selected.
- To start Party Mode, click Start Party.
Notes
- If you allow the screen saver to appear during playback in Windows Media Player, the screen saver may appear when the Party Mode window is open. When the Party Mode privacy option is turned on, Party Mode will lock the computer if the screen saver appears, which prevents guests from viewing the Party Mode window and using Party Mode controls. To stop the screen saver from appearing while Party Mode is running, in Windows Media Player, on the Tools menu, click Options, click the Player tab, and then clear the Allow screen saver during playback check box.
- If you want to download more skins for Party Mode from the Internet, click Download more Party Mode skins.
- If you are a skin developer and you want information about developing your own skins for Party Mode, see the Party Mode.wmz file located in the installation folder for Plus! Digital Media Edition.
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