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Hey folks... just created a MediaPlayer Skin (currently .10) --

it's far from complete... but i just needed some comments etc...

you can download the skin from:

http://www.xtremestuff.net/MediaPlayer.10.beta.vlt

Note Before Downloading: YOU NEED LATEST BETA VERSION of VLC... it WILL NOT function properly with v.81

hoping ipkiss sees this so he can "update" the playlist options by making the background colors optional...


hoping for some comments

- Asim

Hmmm, very nice skin!
I'll try to find some time next week to make the background colors optional.
But beware, it will probably slow down resizing even more...

btw... is there any possible way that some sort of "memory" could be added?

what i mean by this is... say you resize the skin... then VLC remembers this updated size when you re-open it...

Hi,
yes the window size could be saved in the preferences file, it should not be very difficult...
BTW I am working on an optimization of the image resizing, it will make resize much faster (it is nearly done

Nice skin @$im!
Very slick.

-tFW

thx for comments...

btw... one question for developers.. is there any way to add a gradient or something to signify that the "amount" as in... this much played... or this much volume... (like in WMP)...

Not yet..

I've posed a similar question a few days back, for the skin i'm working on.

But ipkiss might be working on something to help us =)
i'll let him have the final word on that ehhe

-tFW

still waiting for some sort of info from the powers-that-be

!!!!!!!!!!!!! great skin works better than media player 10 too

does any one know how you would get a fullscreen gui or skin to work

Just a quick update to say that i'm not working on the gradient thingy.
I will work one of these days on the transparent background for the playlist, but i haven't started yet...

i assume that goes for that 'new type' of control you spoke of as well...
understood! =)

i'll leave that extra feature for version 2 on my skin then.

thanks for the update ipkiss!!

thanks ipkiss for your reply...

but there seems to be an issue with Windows XP now,

In the latest test release (0.82-test1) some stuff appears to be "not functioning properly" in my theme...

one issue is that the Horizontal components resize, but the Vertical Components do not.

Other issue is that the Fonts are not displayed properly. (e.g. if you have a look at the "Now Playing List" part, it looks like some cheap GIF with transparency set as black...

any fixes?

- Asim

The first issue is due to the new 'resize' attribute of the Image control (the default value is "mosaic", while previously it was implicitly "scale").
The documentation have been updated.

The second issue is due to a little bug recently added, it should be fixed in the next nightly build.

I have added the Playlist.bgimage attribute (see documentation).
It is not a transparent background but a bitmap background (so you can remove in your skin the image which is behind the playlist, as it will not be seen anyway). The fgcolor and selcolor attributes are still taken into account.

Please report any problem with it.

that looks sooo nice (except that the border gradient in the playlist doesn't resize ... but that ought to be easy to fix).

don't you want to do a new one which could be used in VLC (as the default for example) and looks as good but isn't linked to another existing software like wmp or macosx (like the current default one) ?

hmm...

sure thing.... i'll make a new one for VLC (possibly new default?) which is totally "different" from all the current media players... but that'll not happen until end of june (got exams & all)


also ipkiss:

i'm getting this error (i've downloaded the latest beta)

xml error: XML parser error (line 211) : No declaration for attribute bgimage of element Playlist

- Asim

Are you sure you installed the package correctly?
This error happens when the file 'skins/skin.dtd' does not contain the attribute, but i checked and it is present in the latest package...

the vlc-last seemed to download an older version,

anyway... the playlist thing is working now

but one question... is there any way to add "padding" around the borders? allow some space between playlist items and the borders...

You cannot add padding, but you can simply add Image controls around the Playlist one...

the skin has been modified according to the new options available. it should now work perfectly with latest beta of vlc... (anything after the 0.82-test1 release)...


there are a few minor additions (scrollbar on playlist & repeat & shuffle buttons) waiting to be done... after which, it will be a full release


- Asim

I cant use this skin, it dont appear in options>change interface and i copy it to vlc/skins/ What's wrong?? I've the last version of vlc
Thanks