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**parisienne17** · 11 June 2021, 03:10

Hi.. I'm back !

I don't know how this §%@#€$ù animated seek works as I've redone a new graphic (with pure black & white at every end) but when I use it the seek bar acts as if it was backward or just don't work at all... So, because of a superior seek anim I've taken some stuff from Echo skin https://archive.org/details/winampskin_Echo :
in player-elements

PHP Code:


<bitmap id="player.anim.seek" file="player/songbar.png"/>

<bitmap id="player.map.seek" file="player/seek_map.png"/>

in player-normal-group :

PHP Code:


 <groupdef id="seeker">

     <AnimatedLayer

      x="81" y="115" w="220" h="5" id="SeekAnim" image="player.anim.seek"

      move="0" autoplay="0" autoreplay="0"/>

    <slider

      id="HiddenSeek" ACTION="Seek" thumb="player.anim.seek"

            x="0" y="0" w="40" h="2" alpha="0"/>

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

  <text

    id="songticker" ticker="1" x="54" y="42" w="233" h="15"

    display="songname" default="" align="center" showlen="1" color="210,235,255"

    font="ticker.font" fontsize="11" ghost="1"/>

</groupdef>

and I get

In echo skin the script is loaded in skin.xml. I've tried it with no more luck.. Do you have any idea about the issue ?

**ariszlo** · 11 June 2021, 04:49

If you look at lines 66-71 of seek.m, you'll see that seek.maki is trying to find SeekAnim, HiddenSeek, and SongTicker within the player.normal.vis group. So put them inside the player.normal.vis group.

**parisienne17** · 11 June 2021, 07:05

That's much better.
Besides it doesn't show.

So, I've this group :

PHP Code:


<groupdef id="player.normal.vis" name="Vis and Info" x="9" y="9" w="400" h="300">

  <AnimatedLayer

      x="81" y="115" w="220" h="5" id="SeekAnim" image="player.anim.seek"

      move="0" autoplay="0" autoreplay="0"/>

  <slider

      id="HiddenSeek" ACTION="Seek" thumb="player.anim.seek"

            x="0" y="0" w="40" h="2" alpha="0"/>

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



  <text

    id="songticker" ticker="1" x="54" y="42" w="233" h="15"

    display="songname" default="" align="center" showlen="1" color="210,235,255"

    font="ticker.font" fontsize="11" ghost="1"/>

</groupdef>

I tried in player-normal outside <layout> because it crashed in it, with seek.maki loaded in the animated layer or in skin.xml
I also tried in player-normal-group with seek.maki (or in skin.xml) it doesn't show.

This is so frustrating as replicatig what runs in one skin doesn't in another

**ariszlo** · 11 June 2021, 07:51

That's normal if you mix code from several skins. You might get duplicates or conflicting scripts, both of which may cause issues.

I cannot tell you what is wrong without seeing the rest of your xml's and m's (maki sources).

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:24

I don't know where to begin..

let's start here :
- I've cleaned up the skin, removing any imported thing besides what you kindly provided albumartvis, besides that animated seek imported from Echo skin and the seeker still doesn't show.

- I also discovered that moving winamp with an open playlist or medialibrary gives strange result

- Also, planning to complete an idea, I've began to play with clipping, using a rounded seethrough. It worked fine when displaying the covert art but when switching to visualisation the window pops up in front of the background, squared. Clicking on the background sends it back behind the background tho :

What do you think about it ?

here's the skin if you want to take a look at it : https://wetransfer.com/downloads/d00...ecipient_email

- Then I discovered that the toggle repeat would only repeat the playlist so I searched for a song repeat and found that one should activate playlist MPA. Fine, besides when switching skins, the repeat mode, even activated, jumps from song repeat to playlist back again...

- Then I'm stucked with a song name that won't extent to the full lenght of the window whatever the size.

I'm beginning to think that winamp is a bit sketchy. Of course I know it's a ten years + software but I've used even older media players like sonique we talked about or QCD/QMP (ok, I din't try to skin gor them) without these issues.

Last I was thinking about this to complete the skin before refining and cleaning it.
Let's start from normal state, basic player, opening with shortcuts to aOT/repeat/shuffle, etc... and song controls play/pause/etc... (not displayed here)

Then, on button click, covertart and resized shortcuts (song controls at the bottom)

And at last, on the same button click (or another it doesn't matter), full visualisation and small basic controls at the bottom

Here's the skin if you want to take a look at it : https://wetransfer.com/downloads/d00...ecipient_email

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:34

Arrggg.. That s h i t t y moderator thing striked back on my lenghty post and as the previous one never showed up, I luckily hit back and retrieved it's content. So here it is in parts.

I don't know where to begin..

let's start here :
- I've cleaned up the skin, removing any imported thing besides what you kindly provided albumartvis, besides that animated seek imported from Echo skin and the seeker still doesn't show.

- I also discovered that moving winamp with an open playlist or medialibrary gives strange result

- Also, planning to complete an idea, I've began to play with clipping, using a rounded seethrough. It worked fine when displaying the covert art but when switching to visualisation the window pops up in front of the background, squared. Clicking on the background sends it back behind the background tho :

What do you think about it ?

here's the skin if you want to take a look at it : https://wetransfer.com/downloads/d00...ecipient_email

- Then I discovered that the toggle repeat would only repeat the playlist so I searched for a song repeat and found that one should activate playlist MPA. Fine, besides when switching skins, the repeat mode, even activated, jumps from song repeat to playlist back again...

- Then I'm stucked with a song name that won't extent to the full lenght of the window whatever the size.

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:35

Arrggg.. That s h i t t y moderator thing striked back on my lenghty post and as the previous one never showed up, I luckily hit back and retrieved it's content. So here it is in parts.

I don't know where to begin..

let's start here :
- I've cleaned up the skin, removing any imported thing besides what you kindly provided albumartvis, besides that animated seek imported from Echo skin and the seeker still doesn't show.

- I also discovered that moving winamp with an open playlist or medialibrary gives strange result

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:38

- Also, planning to complete an idea, I've began to play with clipping, using a rounded seethrough. It worked fine when displaying the covert art but when switching to visualisation the window pops up in front of the background, squared. Clicking on the background sends it back behind the background tho :

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:39

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:41

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 15:55

- Then I discovered that the toggle repeat would only repeat the playlist so I searched for a song repeat and found that one should activate playlist MPA. Fine, besides when switching skins, the repeat mode, even activated, jumps from song repeat to playlist back again...

- Then I'm stucked with a song name that won't extent to the full lenght of the window whatever the size.

I'm beginning to think that winamp is a bit sketchy. Of course I know it's a ten years + software but I've used even older media players like sonique we talked about or QCD/QMP (ok, I din't try to skin gor them) without these issues.

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 16:02

Last I was thinking about this to complete the skin before refining and cleaning it.
Let's start from normal state, basic player, opening with shortcuts to aOT/repeat/shuffle, etc... and song controls play/pause/etc... (not displayed here)

Then, on button click, covertart and resized shortcuts (song controls at the bottom)

And at last, on the same button click (or another it doesn't matter), full visualisation and small basic controls at the bottom

What do you think about it ?

**parisienne17** · 15 June 2021, 16:07

Here's the skin if you want to take a look at it : https://wetransfer.com/downloads/d00...ecipient_email

**ariszlo** · 15 June 2021, 17:24

Getting much better with its rounded corners and larger main window.

Meanwhile, I looked into Echo and found out that what makes its seeker gradient has nothing to do with maki. So you don't need to import it. What makes the seeker gradient is simply a layer over the seeker. If you comment out the following line in Echo's player-normal.xml, all gradience will be gone:

PHP Code:


<group id="glare.elements"/>

This is how you can have an Echo-style seeker in your skin without importing Echo's seek.maki:

1. Copy the attached png's into your skin's Player directory.

2. Add these to player-elements.xml:

PHP Code:


<bitmap id="seekbg.echo" file="player/echo-seekbg.png"/>

<bitmap id="progress.echo" file="player/echo-progress.png"/>

<bitmap id="slider.echo" file="player/echo-slider.png"/>

<bitmap id="seekglass.echo" file="player/echo-seekglass.png"/>

3. Use this groupdef for your seeker in player-normal-group.xml:

PHP Code:


<groupdef id="seeker">

  <layer id="seekbg" image="seekbg.echo"

    x="0" y="6" w="137" h="5" ghost="1"

  />

  <ProgressGrid

    x="1" y="6" w="135" h="5" orientation="right"

    middle="progress.echo"

  />

  <slider id="seekerslider"

    action="SEEK"

    orientation="right" x="1" y="4" w="135" h="9"

    thumb="slider.echo"

  />

  <layer

    id="seekglass" image="seekglass.echo"

    x="0" y="6" w="137" h="5" rectrgn="0" ghost="1"

  />

</groupdef>

It is the seekglass layer that adds an Echo-like gradient effect to your layer.

Attached Files

echo-style-seeker-elements.zip (2.2 KB, 266 views)

**ariszlo** · 15 June 2021, 20:09