Winamp Azenis 2 - SUI Skin

[pjn123]

SkinConsortium presents Winamp Azenis 2



Winamp Azenis 2 is based on the theme by JJ Ying that won the GUI Championship of 2006.
This is a SUI skin (single-user-interface) what means that wont have to move around all the windows of Winamp when they open. This skin won't slow down your Winamp so you can still use it without frustration.

This skin combines functionality with good looks.

Some of the never seen before stuff:

* SC:Alarm Clock
- Use Winamp to wake you or to remind you.

* SC:PlayPos
- With this gadget you can make bookmarks in the file you're playing. You can then return to the position of the "posmark". Very useful if you're watching a episode of your favourite show and you want to make a bookmark of the time when a very funny scene took place. When you play the file again the saved list will automatically display again with all the posmarks. You're then just a double click away from the funny bits. Save you lots of seek time.

* Video Tools & Information
- You can now watch a video frame by frame.

* Playlist Information
- Advance tool to help you fill your audio cd or usb player. This will display information such as "How much MB is the current playlist" and so on.

* SC:Cover
- Advance cover animation for your covers.

* Notifier
- Can be opened in 9 places and use 3 animation modes for the in and out animation each.


Developers for Azenis 2:
SkinConsortium
- Main Coder: sylvester aka pjn123 (Pieter Nieuwoudt), RSA
- Graphics: QuadHelix (Ralph Barber), USA
- Visualization: Slob (Kev Jaques), UK


If you like SUI skins, then you'll love this one! Keep wathing this space for a beta version next week.

In the mean time, here is the video promo video for Winamp Azenis 2:

Download Video Here(6.20mb)

[pjn123]

For those who rather watch the promo video on youtube, here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR9wRjDVPUI

[P$ycHo™]

looks nice

[mynameisnobody]

can´t await the beta :-)

[pjn123]

Here is the first Beta for Winamp Azenis 2:

Download BETA here (438kb)

Some gfx and coding isnt complete yet but the skin is usable.

Enjoy!

[P$ycHo™]

that's what i call a skin. Great work.

when I clicked visual in the main area, i got an error saying winamp has some kind of problem and has to be closed.
AppName: winamp.exe AppVer: 5.3.5.1305 ModName: kernel32.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.2991 Offset: 00012a5b

hope that can be fixed.

[Sandman53]

I love the dynamic library button

What is that comming soon button going to be? Perhaps mute!?

[Koogle]

hmm ... I tried it.. but really don't like the playlist on the left side.. not a lot of color customization that can be done with the color editor.. and icon/graphics are very rough, would have been good if you'd use the original winamp modern skins graphics for the play icons etc, noticed the scrollbars graphics from modern skin are still there?

only bits I like are the file infomation+(direct link to explorer folder), media infomation, and of course the better intergrated visualizer... at least that has been done better on this than abandoned SUI.

[paul2007]

wow geat look

[mynameisnobody]

little problem: after winamp start, the player is always in a window mode, i although it was in fullscreen by closing.
in build009 this was´nt

[pjn123]

Dont understand... Are you saying that the skin dont remember when it was in fullscreen mode on next load?

I'll post another version soon...

[mynameisnobody]

yes, pjn. thats what i would say

about the dynamiclibrary-button. would it be possible to change it for a userdefined plugin(for example a lyrics-plugin)?

[pjn123]

Last time I checked opening other non nullsoft plugins with a button didn't work.... the only way DL is opening is via MSPP via the button emulator, emulating the shortcut ALT+D... If anyone have any other plugins with a shortcut I can add a menu with a few options for various plugins.

My fullscreen works 100% but I'll play around with it and try to get an bug.

When Azenis is complete we're also going to release a Winamp Default Modern Skin version. So then you'll have a proper Default Modern skin SUI

ANother note... The skin isnt complete so dont think for one moment that the current colour themes is what you'll get in the final one... The current ones was created in the very early stages....

Last note... Also working on a option to open the playlist on the right side. That will meen that there are 2 main horizontal sliders but if the one is opened the other one will be closed. Maybe that will make Koogle happy

[DrO]

DL just needs to set a embedded state with a guid to identify it to save the need for the whole fake message sending thing (was added into 5.3 iirc and as long as a plugin is built with a guid specified it should be useable on any compatible winamp install).

-daz

[Koogle]

pjn123 that would make me very happy if the playlist goes on the right hand side.. +modern skin with same amount of color editor control yeah? ).. unless the default Azenis skin improves a lot more than what is currently shown maybe.

[SLoB]

Colour control might be RGB so colours can be picked with an RGB colour picker for the Modern skin version with ability to save themes, does that wet the appetite?

[Koogle]

sounds good, but I never tried it that way before.. is there more control this way?

like are most the graphics still organized into proper gammagroups and this RGB colour picker just makes it easier for the user to choose different colours for those groups, instead of the slower colour sliders the colour editor provides?

[SLoB]

RGB will work for as many groups we add it for, it won't cover everything though such as pl, ml text colours and the like as they can only be changed with the system colours via gammagroups, it won't completely replace gammagroups but the main sections in the skin will have RGB control, meaning loadsa choice and as easy as picking your nose lol

[Koogle]

kool.. well waiting to try it out..

other thing is that in the beta, the mini window below the playlist with cover art/ miniviz can't be removed/hidden? to give the playlist more room ... can that be added if not?

And being really picky I think I'd prefere that miniviz/coverart at the top of the playlist frame, probably cus i'm used it like that.. but overall I think playlist on the right side would be good

[pjn123]

That miniwindow with the cover can be resized to zero... And the cover is staying below the pl... just looks to strange on top. I like all the controls near the bottom... and with the cover there I can easily dubble click for the open containing folder or move the windows.

[mynameisnobody]

Originally posted by pjn123
If anyone have any other plugins with a shortcut I can add a menu with a few options for various plugins.

-> LeosLyrics = Alt+Z

Yesterday I´ve installed DL, but surprisingly it doesnt start with the button(MSPP is installed). Do you have an idea whats wrong?

[pjn123]

Maybe the skin think mspp isnt installed... You can go to the settings for MSPP and click "check again" button..

And make sure you have the latest version for MSPP (ver0.18) because the button simulator was introduced in v0.18. Will check later today if any 3rd party components want to open with the normal buttons.

OKay LeoLyrics will be there.

[mynameisnobody]

Originally posted by pjn123
OKay LeoLyrics will be there.

Thanks, you´re the best!

Have made some "close/start-tests" on an other PC: The skin remembers only the height, the width is always on 800pixel.
Hope you can use this info

[SLoB]

yep any feedback is appreciated, we're hoping to please most people's preferences but feedback is always welcome so we can try to get stuff right from the start/release

[mynameisnobody]

another suggestion: would it be possible to let the user define the size of the "title display" text?
sometimes I wish it would be a bit bigger

[pjn123]

I'll put a slider in the settings for it.

[Mecha25]

I just took a much more in-depth look at this skin, and I've gotta say: WOW! The layout might not be what I'm used to (playlist on the left, and such) and overall it's still very much a beta, but MAN do you have some nice little scripts going in the bottom "gadget" pane. As far as sheer features go, and how the whole skin integrates, it's much closer to iTunes than anything else I've seen. I officially take back what I said about Winamp SingleGUI being better than this, if you get all the bugs worked out, it has some really great potential. Just make sure you don't lose anything you've got in the process.

Also, a few quick bugs:
equalizer is misspelled in the menu,
Stick mode is completely busted, causes a script error and crashes Winamp completely.
<edit> upon resuming from fullscreen AVS, the ML disappeares and all the buttons are in the center of the main pane, as when you start it up </edit>

And a feature request:
Would it be possible to integrate Album List 2 (a plug-in, similar to iTunes coverflow) into the gadgets pane, rather than completely covering the main pane (as it does now).

Since the Gadgets pane looks rather modular, could you make it so that people could put their own windows (color editor, lyrics, etc.) into there? I know this would be kinda tough to implement, much less document, but just consider it, because that would set this skin on par with Kameleon_DUI, which is my personal favorite at the moment.

Thanks, hope you get the bugs worked out.

[pjn123]

Ye Kameleon_Dui is one hell of a skin. Kameleon DUI isnt really a SUI AFAIK because it uses normal windows and just position it so that you think it is one window. This makes the component handle a little easier... Trying to open a specific component(non nullsoft) is a little buggy because the plugin developers, I think, doesnt implement the correct rules like nullsoft does. Some work... some dont. I did play a little with a lyric plugin in the early builds but it was to buggy because the group will show and the component is suppose to show but it doesnt pop up... Doing the same stuff to lets say the video component would then work perfect. So I'll try it again and come back on that to you. As for a modular gadget area... mmm.... If the above issue can be resolved I can put a lyric group there and the album list plugin. Dont want the internal frames to get to complicated.. ( for me and the user )...

O ye.. the reason I'm not using the method of creating windows and resizing/moving them around so that it looks like it in one container is because this slows down the player and I'm using Winamp because its fast.

Mecha25, thanks for the bug report... will sort it out.

Update: The playlist/cover area can now be on the left or right.

The next beta will be posted this week...

[Mecha25]

I don't blame you for not using Kameleon_Dui's window manager, it takes about 20% more CPU than other skins do, which is why I don't use it when I'm doing anything else. Thanks so much for letting the playlist be on either side, it makes more sense to me on the right. I can't wait for the next beta, I don't mind if the Album List thing doesn't get implemented, I don't use it too much. Thanks again.

[J.Heezy]

i get this error in Winamp 5.21. please don't tell me to upgrade to the latest winamp which i don't like.

----------------------
Assertion Failed

Expression:sv.type == SCRIPT_STRING
File: \sandbox\20060310_122525\Wasabi\api\script\vcpu.cpp
Line: 1511
-----------------------

[jerimiah40]

Upgrade to the newest version and see if that fixes it

But seriously, that's the first step. What possible reason do you have to 'not like' the newest version?

[DrO]

probably inorder to be able to use some nowplaying plugin i'm going to guess from the posting history.

but basically only the current version of winamp is supported and i believe that's what pjn123 works against as well (since there's been a number of changes/fixes to the skinning engine since 5.21 that i wouldn't at all be surprised to see crashes when using newer skins)

-daz

[Koogle]

nowplaying plugin.. yeah I noticed some new version of winamp duffed up that plugin.. it still works, but not very well with the current winamp.. but i don't think it was 5.21 that broke that plugin... it wasn't that far back

I need to find out what the last working winamp version that plugin was working properly at... then i'm reverting, that plugin is of more use to me than many of these lame winamp updates of recent times.

btw pjn123 I thought you were gonna get a beta out for us this week, I'm looking forward to it.

[DrO]

5.21 was the last version with the fully working minibrowser api since with the splitting up of the media library from gen_ml into all of the component ml_* plugins the api was deprecated indefinitely. there was a plugin made to re-implement this though there's a few issues with it/works for some but not others but most people wanted away with the minibrowser so they got what was wished for the detriment of the few who (not knowingly at times) used it

-daz

[pjn123]

Sorry for the delay... Cant release a beta if its not ready yet . Beta 2 will be out next week, promise. It will have a few new gfx and a working color theme base so that users can send in some of their custom themes.

Also downloaded a copy of Winamp 5.03 and tested the skin. Crash immediately. Dissected it until I found the culprit script. Will have a fix for it in Beta 2…. I think….

[J.Heezy]

sounds good. i'll wait for beta 2 then. and the reason i won't upgrade is because of the now playing plugin. i am so used to it that it shows id3 info and album art. its like i can't live without it.

[SLoB]

Azenis 2 shows all that and more

[Mecha25]

Not to seem impatient, but this is taking a bit long.... I'm probably not going to have net access for about a week and I was hoping to have this skin before then. I'm not complaining though, if waiting longer means the skin works better, then I'm perfectly fine with however long it takes. I'm just wondering what feature specifically in the skin is delaying the second beta.

Incidentally, I'm also posting to renew my E-Mail subscription to this topic, because Winamp.com's e-mail notification has been spotty of late.

Keep up the good work, I'm dying to see what the results are!

[Koogle]

yes what is happening

[QuadHeliX]

Vacation is happening, we have a new beta.