First steps with Rainmeter

[Agamemnon]

Opinions are welcome.
Dual monitor setup 3840x1080, used various skins and adapted them to fit the needs, icons are hidden atm for better viewing experience :Pirate: ...and normally on the left screen.


http://c.imagehost.org/view/0189/preview

[Agamemnon]

Update: http://b.imagehost.org/view/0421/preview


...and thanks Chewtoy - i´m still learning

btw: rainmeter rocks.
One question tho: Inspite of the "update"-command itself - is there any way to refresh a skin manually at start?
For example the rss-feed: i want to update it only once per minute to save cpu and web load, but if i set the update to 60000 the feed will appear blank until these 60 seconds have been gone. Is there any way around this?

[jsmorley]

Update: http://b.imagehost.org/view/0421/preview


...and thanks Chewtoy - i´m still learning

btw: rainmeter rocks.
One question tho: Inspite of the "update"-command itself - is there any way to refresh a skin manually at start?
For example the rss-feed: i want to update it only once per minute to save cpu and web load, but if i set the update to 60000 the feed will appear blank until these 60 seconds have been gone. Is there any way around this?

Yes. Set the Update= to 1000 in [Rainmeter] Leave that alone. Then all measures will be updated 1 second after the skin starts and every 1 second after that. Now to throttle measures you don't want refreshing that often. This is particularly true of WebParser measures, as you don't want to beat up a web site and end up with your IP address banned.

On the measure that goes out to the web and retrieves the RSS feed add:

UpdateRate=60

P.S. I would use 120 or 300 or 600 myself. Checking a remote website once every minute is just wasteful of resources. Most feeds don't update that often. But to each his own.

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-UsingUpdateDividerRate

Be aware of the distinction between UpdateRate and UpdateDivider. It is explained in that link.

[Agamemnon]

Thanks for the clarification. I´ve read the manual, but not the Tips and Tricks section... i think i will catch up on this.
Great support guys

[SenorCochones]

hi all,

i think it is ok when i post this in agas thread... since he showed me rainmeter and shared his skin package with me. i played around with the skins to get into rainmeter codes. i really love it. a great way to be creative and "waste" a lot of time... so here is my current desktop.

"inactive":

http://img100.imageshack.us/i/desktop1q.jpg

"active":

http://img100.imageshack.us/i/desktop2y.jpg

i put in some new skins, unloaded some i dont need and tried to write some simple ones myself to learn.i still have a little problem with the foobar cover skin. after a lot of trying it is now working and shows the album cover. but after starting a track the cover shows up, disappears after some seconds and gets reloaded again. i have no idea why? anyone can help me with this? do you need more informations on this issue? will post this again in help forum...

[ms310]

Yes. Set the Update= to 1000 in [Rainmeter] Leave that alone. Then all measures will be updated 1 second after the skin starts and every 1 second after that. Now to throttle measures you don't want refreshing that often. This is particularly true of WebParser measures, as you don't want to beat up a web site and end up with your IP address banned.

On the measure that goes out to the web and retrieves the RSS feed add:

UpdateRate=60

P.S. I would use 120 or 300 or 600 myself. Checking a remote website once every minute is just wasteful of resources. Most feeds don't update that often. But to each his own.

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-UsingUpdateDividerRate

Be aware of the distinction between UpdateRate and UpdateDivider. It is explained in that link.

HI JSMORLEY - I am sorry to resurrect an old thread. I am trying to sort out the UPDATE, UPDATEDIVIDER, and UPDATERATE values for my skin and a search led me here. The link is not working - has it moved?

[eclectic-tech]

You can find information about those here: https://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/update-guide/

[ms310]

You can find information about those here: https://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/update-guide/

Thank you very much!