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[parisienne17]

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Would the removal of

PHP Code:

SongTitle.setAlternateText(System.integerToTime(s) + "/" + System.integerToTime(System.getPlayItemLength()) + " (" + System.integerToString(p) + "%)"); 


in seeksongtitle.m will stops the display [from time/to time (%)] in the display area, leaving only the song title ?

[ariszlo]

Yes, it would. You are beginning to understand maki!

Now, if you remove that line then all other lines that have anything to do with songtitle will become absolutely useless. Remove them, too.

If you choose to do so then do this:

1. In player-normal-group.xml, replace this line:
   
   PHP Code:

   <script id="seeksongtitle" file="scripts/seeksongtitle.maki"/> 

   with this:
   
   PHP Code:

   <script id="justseek" file="scripts/justseek.maki"/> 

   (The new maki should no longer be called seeksongtitle because it no longer has anything to do with songtitle.)
   
   
2. Copy justseek.m and justseek.maki into your scripts folder.

[parisienne17]

hi, is there a way to mimic song seeker for volume setting ?

[ariszlo]

Yes. This is how it goes:

1. Add these to player-elements.xml:

PHP Code:

<bitmap id="player.anim.volume" file="player/volbar-chameleon.png"/>
<bitmap id="player.map.volume" file="player/volmap-samewidth.png"/> 


2. In player-normal-group.xml, replace what is between <groupdef id="volume"> and </groupdef> with this:

PHP Code:

<AnimatedLayer
  id="VolumeAnim" image="player.anim.volume"
  x="0" y="0" w="107" h="5" move="0" tooltip="Volume"
  autoplay="0" autoreplay="0"
/>
<script id="justvolume" file="scripts/justvolume.maki"/> 


3. Copy the attached png's into the Player folder.

4. Copy justvolume.m and justvolume.maki into the scripts folder.

[ariszlo]

Don't use this. It is buggy. Wait for the fix.

[ariszlo]

Here comes the fixed volume bar.

1. Add these three elements to player-elements.xml:
   
   PHP Code:

   <bitmap id="player.anim.volume" file="player/volbar-chameleon.png"/>
<bitmap id="player.map.volume" file="player/volmap-samewidth.png"/>
<bitmap id="hidden.thumb" file="player/hiddenthumb.png"/> 

2. In player-normal-group.xml, replace what is between <groupdef id="volume"> and </groupdef> with the following tags (note the additional Slider tag):
   
   PHP Code:

   <AnimatedLayer
  id="VolumeAnim" image="player.anim.volume"
  x="0" y="0" w="107" h="5" move="0" tooltip="Volume"
  autoplay="0" autoreplay="0"
/>
<Slider
  id="HiddenVolume"
  action="VOLUME"
  x="0" y="0" w="107" h="5"
  thumb="hidden.thumb" downThumb="hidden.thumb"
  alpha="0"
/>
<script id="justvolume" file="scripts/justvolume.maki"/> 

   The position and size of the Slider should be the same as the position and size of the AnimatedLayer.
   
   
3. Copy the attached png's into the Player folder.
   
   The size of volmap-samewidth.png should be the same as the size of the AnimatedLayer.
   
   The width of volbar-chameleon.png should be the same as the length of the AnimatedLayer.
   
   volbar-chameleon.png contains the movie frames for the volume animation. The size of each frame is the same as the size of the AnimatedLayer.
   
   
4. Copy the fixed justvolume.m and the fixed justvolume.maki into the scripts folder.

[ariszlo]

This is for you if you prefer a vertical volume bar. Read my previous post if you prefer a horizontal volume bar.

1. The hidden.thumb image is the same but player.anim.volume and player.map.volume are rotated 90° counterclockwise:
   
   PHP Code:

   <bitmap id="player.anim.volume" file="player/vertical-chameleon.png"/>
<bitmap id="player.map.volume" file="player/vertical-volmap.png"/>
<bitmap id="hidden.thumb" file="player/hiddenthumb.png"/> 

2. The w and h values are swapped and the Slider has an orientation parameter:
   
   PHP Code:

   <AnimatedLayer
  id="VolumeAnim" image="player.anim.volume"
  x="0" y="0" w="5" h="107" move="0" tooltip="Volume"
  autoplay="0" autoreplay="0"
/>
<Slider
  id="HiddenVolume"
  action="VOLUME"
  x="0" y="0" w="5" h="107"
  thumb="hidden.thumb" downThumb="hidden.thumb"
  orientation="vertical"
  alpha="0"
/>
<script id="justvolume" file="scripts/justvolume.maki"/> 

3. Copy the attached png's into the Player folder.
4. Copy the fixed justvolume.m and the fixed justvolume.maki into the scripts folder.

Bonus. If you want to display the volume level with numbers next to the volume bar, this is how you can do it:

• Add these tags after the volume bar tags:
  
  PHP Code:

  <text
  id="VolPercentage"
  display=""
  x="10" y="45" w="40" h="16" align="right"
  fontsize="16" color="255,255,255"
  />
<script id="volpercentage" file="scripts/volpercentage.maki"/> 

• Copy volpercentage.m and volpercentage.maki into the scripts folder.

[parisienne17]

hi. That's great ! I'll try it.

By the way I sure know that you should be able to answer me "yes" at the question "do you happen to know how to display the actual song position" in the song information line when seeking ?
Because when you slide position with the seeker, there's no way besides position approximation to know where one is in the song length.

[parisienne17]

I'm at at a dead stop with the different layouts in the skin.

The best I managed was to canibalize ebonite 2.0 skin with its handy windowsmode button, switching between 4, 5 layouts.

Replacing it's backgroud with mine was easy. I did changed the W & H sizes in player full but it resizes my graphic to the skin's values and nowhere can I find a way to tweak it.

https://www.deviantart.com/winstongf...e-2-0-60820321

[ariszlo]

Originally Posted by parisienne17

By the way I sure know that you should be able to answer me "yes" at the question

Originally Posted by parisienne17

"do you happen to know how to display the actual song position" in the song information line when seeking ?

Do you mean you want to readd setAlternateText?

Originally Posted by parisienne17

I'm at at a dead stop with the different layouts in the skin.

Ebonite 2.0 is too complex to dissect. Let's say you have three layouts: normal, shade and stick.

This is how you define the switch button in player-normal.xml (or player-normal-group.xml). Use your own values for x and y:

PHP Code:

<button
  id="Switch Layouts"
  action="SWITCH" param="SHADE"
  x="?" y="?"
  image="button.switch"
  hoverImage="button.switch.hover"
  downImage="button.switch.pressed" 
  tooltip="Switch to shade mode (right-click for menu)"
  rectrgn="1"
/> 


The switch button in player-shade.xml (or player-shade-group.xml):

PHP Code:

<button
  id="Switch Layouts"
  action="SWITCH" param="STICK"
  x="?" y="?"
  image="button.switch"
  hoverImage="button.switch.hover"
  downImage="button.switch.pressed" 
  tooltip="Switch to stick mode (right-click for menu)"
  rectrgn="1"
/> 


And in player-stick.xml (or player-stick-group.xml):

PHP Code:

<button
  id="Switch Layouts"
  action="SWITCH" param="NORMAL"
  x="?" y="?"
  image="button.switch"
  hoverImage="button.switch.hover"
  downImage="button.switch.pressed" 
  tooltip="Switch to normal mode (right-click for menu)"
  rectrgn="1"
/> 


Add this before </container> in player.xml:

PHP Code:

<script id="switchpopup" file="scripts/switchpopup.maki"/> 


Copy switchpopup.m and switchpopup.maki into the scripts folder. If you use other names for your layouts then replace "shade" and "stick" with the names you use in the layout names, in the params of the switch buttons, and in switchpopup.m.

If you edit switchpopup.m then recompile it and copy the recompiled switchpopup.maki into the scripts folder.

[parisienne17]

Aaaargg.. Sorry for the ticker..

I have to use that !

[ariszlo]

How many layouts do you have and what do they look like?

Originally Posted by parisienne17

Aaaargg.. Sorry for the ticker..

I have to use that !

No problem. Do you still have song title in one line and author+album in another? Or do you now have a single song ticker with author - title - song length?

What exactly do you want to display in the song information line? Elapsed time? You already have it to the left of the seeker. Or perhaps the percentage of the song length at the selected position?

How about volume change? Do you also want to display it in the song information line?

[parisienne17]

Originally Posted by ariszlo

How many layouts do you have and what do they look like?



No problem. Do you still have song title in one line and author+album in another? Or do you now have a single song ticker with author - title - song length?

What exactly do you want to display in the song information line? Elapsed time? You already have it to the left of the seeker. Or perhaps the percentage of the song length at the selected position?

How about volume change? Do you also want to display it in the song information line?

Woow... Long time away, let's resume (and happy to see you're still here).


The issue for the display in songticker is that when you seek through a song, the amount is, If I'm not mistaken, first correlated to the smoothness given by the graphic steps and second by the approximation of what one wants to achieve. (I hope to be understandable...).

Of course, one can use the left/right arrow key for a given amount of displacement but only suitable for short ones.
My idea was to monitor the exact position when hoping a substantial amount of time (I regularly download 2h30 music files) and of course a well populated graphic file.


For the layouts, I'll use 4 of them :



Maybe a 4th one, more compact and a 5th one for the stick mode

[parisienne17]

Hi.. Time here in france is as weird as it might be in other countries, plus major election coming up in 6 months, a presidential one on top of identity and economic crisis with this bullshit sanitary one, I didn't commit to the player. Unfortunately. Many things undone like scripts, anyway...

I was wondering.. Is it doable to mimic song seeker scripts/graphics in volume stuff ?

[ariszlo]

Originally Posted by parisienne17

I was wondering.. Is it doable to mimic song seeker scripts/graphics in volume stuff ?

Do you mean this?

[parisienne17]

My bad ! ;.)

[ariszlo]

No problem. One cannot remember all posts in a thread as long as this.

[parisienne17]

Hello..

Sure, you're right but there were times where I would have queried the thread/forum rather than asking.

I'm pretty sure this one has never been covered, by me I mean ;.) : is there a way to open a window, playlist/media libray at a given position ? For the 1st opening, I mean, as of course one could move a window to another place after and let winamp remember it's new place.

[parisienne17]

There's a thing I don't understand : I have files in a folder for which I haved 2 cover arts.
When I assign one covert art to a particular file, all others reflects also the change when they should use the other covert art.

I've tried the load covert art button, the change button, I've also deleted the actual cover art and used the right one with no luck even if I save the media list state.

What's wrong ?

[ariszlo]

Originally Posted by parisienne17

is there a way to open a window, playlist/media libray at a given position ? For the 1st opening, I mean...

Yes. Add default_x="600" default_y="400" with your own values to the container tags in pledit.xml/ml.xml

Originally Posted by parisienne17

I have files in a folder for which I haved 2 cover arts. ... What's wrong ?

I don't know. I don't use cover art images in my folders. All my files have embedded cover art.

[parisienne17]

Yes. Add default_x="600" default_y="400" with your own values to the container tags in pledit.xml/ml.xml

But as winamp opens up centered the 1st time, then if I move it the programmed location will be broken. Is there a way to set a position relatively to the player ?

[ariszlo]

Yes. You can do it in maki with the getLeft, getTop and setXmlParam functions as in albumartvis.m.

[parisienne17]

Trying to achieve this skin with what's left of eyesight, is the modification of switchpopup right ?

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jdkr9...chpopup.m/file

[ariszlo]

Yes, it is all right. Great new avatar!

[parisienne17]

compiling ok, besides a typo (visualikation rather than visualisation).

Thanks for the avatar : an old photoshop work based on a nick knight photography
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqQehjep1h...rea_Visual.jpg.

Now, on to segmenting player-normal-group.xml.

[parisienne17]

Hi,

I have issues implementing menu choices for layouts.

In skin

PHP Code:

<include file="xml/player.xml"/> 


in player

PHP Code:

<include file="player-elements.xml"/>
<script id="switchpopup" file="scripts/switchpopup.maki"/> 
<container id="main" name="Main window" default_x="0" default_y="0" default_visible="1">
<include file="player-normal.xml"/> 


in player-normal

PHP Code:

<include file="player-normal-group.xml" />
<include file="player-AlbumArt-group.xml" />

<button
  id="Switch Layouts"
  action="SWITCH" param="AlbumArt"
  x="10" y="100"
  image="ShowHideCover"
  hoverImage="ShowHideCover-hover"
  downImage="ShowHideCover" 
  tooltip="Switch to next mode (right-click for more choices)"
  rectrgn="1"
/> 


and a player-albumart-group.xml with it's entries, but upon launching winamp I get a red guru meditation notification.

What am I doing wrong ?

[ariszlo]

The container tag should include all your layouts and the switchpopup script should come last before </container>.

PHP Code:

<include file="player-elements.xml"/>
<container id="main" name="Main window" default_x="0" default_y="0" default_visible="1">
  <include file="player-normal.xml"/>
  <include file="player-other-layout-1.xml"/>
  <include file="player-other-layout-2.xml"/>
  <include file="player-other-layout-etc.xml"/>
  <script id="switchpopup" file="scripts/switchpopup.maki"/> 
</container>