Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[Calvaria]

Hi, Aminifu!

Quinto Black CT v3.6, Winamp 5.666, clean installation, in C:\Program Files (x86)\000\Winamp

[ariszlo]

What's that 000 between Program Files (x86) and Winamp? Probably that's why Quinto does not find it.

[Calvaria]

That's the folder I made where I install my programs, it's convenient for me to have them in a separate folder. What would be the easiest way to get around that: reinstall Winamp in C:\Program Files (x86)\ or maybe tweak something in Quinto or elsewhere?

[ariszlo]

Reinstalling Winamp in C:\Program Files (x86) is easier than modifying Quinto's installer.

[Calvaria]

All right, thanks!

[Calvaria]

Is it possible to move PE_Info to the main player?

That's the total playlist time displayed in the lower right-hand corner. I would like to have it displayed in the main player.

[ariszlo]

As far as I know it isn't. I tried it with a test skin but it did not work.

[Calvaria]

Too bad. I would even go as far as to create a custom window, move it there and overlay this window on the main player. Is this impossible too?

[ariszlo]

Total playlist time is displayed by PE_Info which only works if it is inside the layout containing the component with the following parameter:
param="guid:{45F3F7C1-A6F3-4ee6-A15E-125E92FC3F8D}"

Unlike Winamp 3, Winamp 5 only allows one such layout. So if you overlay a window with that component on the main window then it will be your only Playlist Editor window.

[Calvaria]

I see. Thank you for the exhaustive explanation. I have some more questions. They may or may not be Quinto-specific (I can't judge as this is my first attempt at modifying a skin, but I am trying to modify specifically Quinto). Should I ask them in this topic or in the general Modern Skins section?

[ariszlo]

It would be better to start a new topic in the Modern Skins section, imho.

[ariszlo]

I was wrong about this:

Total playlist time is displayed by PE_Info which only works if it is inside the layout containing the component with the following parameter:
param="guid:{45F3F7C1-A6F3-4ee6-A15E-125E92FC3F8D}"

You can display the total playlist time in the main window, too, but only if the playlist editor is loaded. You can try it by adding a MainPLTime tag before the
<script file="SCRIPTS\14-main-player.maki"/> line in player-main.xml:

<text
  id="MainPLTime"
  display="PE_Info"
  x="220" y="80" w="260" h="32" align="center"
  fontsize="32" color="255,255,255"
/> 

But since it only works if the playlist editor is loaded, it is of not much use.

[Victhor]

In my BBM skin I've managed to get the total PL time with the PL closed, it's not hard but it implies a mix of xml and script mods. Check the Playlist info stuff if you really want it.

[ariszlo]

...it's not hard...

Well, it is not something you can quickly apply to another skin.

[Calvaria]

You can display the total playlist time in the main window, too, but only if the playlist editor is loaded.

But that's great!
By not working when PE is not loaded you mean when PE is not displayed and you change the skin? A rather exotic scenario for me. Cos when you simply hide the PE, it still shows the total time. Anyway I never hide PE, so it's not a problem for me!

The problem is with getting rid of the first part of total playlist time (total time of the selection). Is this possible? And/or with changing the size of the font.timer.id. It's rather large and besides there is this huge distance between the colon and the following digit. But looks like it's not easy to do if possible at all.