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[parisienne17]

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Would the removal of

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:
   

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

   with this:
   

   <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:

<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:

<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]

horizontal volume bar

Here comes the fixed volume bar.

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

   <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):
   

   <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]

vertical volume bar

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:
   

   <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:
   

   <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:
  

  <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]

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 ?

Do you mean you want to readd setAlternateText?

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:

<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):

<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):

<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:

<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?

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]

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]

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

Do you mean this?