Rainmeter 1.2 available for download!

[Cry Havoc]

For those of you who don't know, Rainmeter is a skinnable interface that can be used to customize a Windows-based OS to look however you want it.

It's a pretty simple, but very elegantly designed program, and if you don't mind making some (easy) alterations to code, it's incredibly flexible. You can basically make your desktop look any way you'd like.

As of now, this is my desktop, although it will change in the coming days, for sure.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/CG%20Backgrounds/Desktop8-19.jpg

This is a very early draft, and I like the feel of it, but I'm going to change it a lot. It just shows off how sweet the customization is on Rainmeter. Free, and highly recommended!

[koriwhat]

way better than blackbox which i used when i ran winOS

[Sense]

Wow people still use winamp?

[koriwhat]

Wow people still use winamp?

vlc is all i use on any platform. i still know a few people who love the shit out of winamp though.

[Cry Havoc]

Wow people still use winamp?

If you can name a music player with a better software-based Graphic Equalizer, I'll switch. Winamp doesn't look the best, even skinned, but I'm not looking at my music player anyway. It plays basically EVERY file format out there, and I've found it sounds better than other music players.

Oh, and it doesn't suck down system resources like iTunes does, or feel the need to cover your entire screen to show what's playing. Seriously.... 80+ megs of RAM? To play MUSIC?! Unacceptable.

It also sounds a LOT better with good EQ settings.

Windows Media Player is meh, and I don't use VLC because I like having separate music and video programs.

Winamp is faster than any of the others I've used as well, to start up and close. It's just an extremely compact program that provides great audio quality and a ton of options.

[Sense]

Try foobar2000 if you haven't...

that's what I use, I mean by the looks of this thread, you like customizing... foobar2000 would be great for you :P

take a look at their forums and check out the amazing shit ppl do with it

[leemajors]

Winamp is faster than any of the others I've used as well, to start up and close. It's just an extremely compact program that provides great audio quality and a ton of options.

They must have debloated it significantly since I last used it 4 years ago.

[Sense]

I can guarantee Foobar2000 is faster than Winamp

[PM5K]

I was thinking the same thing about Winamp.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Thats really cool, too bad I don't know anything about code

[CuckingFunt]

Good stuff. Need to take some time to play around with things a bit more, though.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2357/11801273.jpg

[IronMexican]

I still use WMP.

[Sense]

I'd recommend you try out foobar2000, both of you.. I used winamp years ago, but made the transition to foobar2000 and I haven't looked back.

[IronMexican]

I tried both. Winamp crashed, and Foobar was too high tech for me.

[Cry Havoc]

Meh, I don't like the look of Foobar.

[Sense]

lol that's the whole point of it... you customize it to what you like...


these are meh?

http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/media/foobar2000/?order=5&offset=0&offset=0

[Cry Havoc]

lol that's the whole point of it... you customize it to what you like...


these are meh?

http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/media/foobar2000/?order=5&offset=0&offset=0

I only see one there.

[Sense]

oh right, gotta register to deviantart :/

[Sense]

So far this is the one I have...

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy113/migueldeluna/desktop.jpg

[spursncowboys]

vlc is all i use on any platform. i still know a few people who love the shit out of winamp though.
Miro then VLC for me.

[scott]

Playing with Rainmeter, trying to make it cool... but apparently I'm too much of an idiot :lol

[TinTin]

media player classic

[sabar]

My desktop background rotates, making it hard to find a theme that can match anything. Its pretty cool though.

[MannyIsGod]

Nice - I'll play with this tomorrow on my commute to school.

[NASpurs]

Just messing around with this. Cool program. Mine is kind of cluttered but here is what I have.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4879/desktopp.jpg

[Cry Havoc]

Just messing around with this. Cool program. Mine is kind of cluttered but here is what I have.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4879/desktopp.jpg

I'd remove the A/C 100% Power unless you're on a laptop, since that will never change on a desktop unless something is very wrong. :ihit

Of course, it does add a certain aesthetic to the desktop, so maybe leaving it would be better. :lol

[NASpurs]

I'd remove the A/C 100% Power unless you're on a laptop, since that will never change on a desktop unless something is very wrong. :lol

Of course, it does add a certain aesthetic to the photo, so maybe leaving it would be better.

Yeah it's a laptop. It's kind of useful since I was at 5% on battery the other day and had to rush to find a power source. :toast

[Cry Havoc]

Yeah it's a laptop. It's kind of useful since I was at 5% on battery the other day and had to rush to find a power source. :toast

Well in that case, it's perfect. Nice. :tu

[lefty]

Just installed Rainmeter yesterday.

I went with the W7P/W8 look

The pic below is a sample, not my own desktop:

http://www.tipsotricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Omnimo-for-Rain-Meter-Windows-8-theme.png

[leemajors]

Just installed Rainmeter yesterday.

I went with the W7P/W8 look

The pic below is a sample, not my own desktop:

http://www.tipsotricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Omnimo-for-Rain-Meter-Windows-8-theme.png

not my thing, hideous.

[cheguevara]

I can guarantee Foobar2000 is faster than Winamp

anything is faster than winamp. shit is slow as fuck

[leemajors]

anything is faster than winamp. shit is slow as fuck

does it no longer whip the llama's ass?

[MannyIsGod]

I gave up on this when I realized I never look at my desktop

[lefty]

not my thing, hideous.

Yeah I know; plus, it's clunky

it's my first theme, I'm probably replace it with something sexier



I gave up on this when I realized I never look at my desktop
Shit, good point