skin edit - playlist problem

[RobbieThe1st]

ok, so anyway i s looking for a good media player compatible with linux to make it easier on me when i switch to linux completely, and found the VLC player. i decided to download a skin, and downloaded the chaos skin from the homepage(it looks like the old skin from winamp, which i like). so anyway, i decide to do a few modifications on it, and unlike the others, i dont have any trouble editing it.

my problem is thus: i dont know how to shift the position of a song in the playlist(i.e moving song #16 to spot #14, and vice-versa). i looked at the manual, and didnt see any actions dealing with moving one song(or sevral selected songs), to a diffrent place. i know its possible, because the standard skin, the windows looking one, can have files moved all you want, including dragging the songs around.

also another problem is that the scrollbar doesnt work. it doesnt scroll. heres the code from the scroll section:

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<Playlist id="playlist" x="10" y="20" width="240" height="58" lefttop="lefttop" rightbottom="rightbottom" font="playlist_font" fgcolor="#FFFFFF" playcolor="#738DB1" bgcolor1="#303B51" bgcolor2="#303B51" selcolor="#000000" > <Slider id="playlist_slider" x="264" y="28" lefttop="righttop" rightbottom="rightbottom" up="pl_slider_up" down="pl_slider_down" points="(0,40),(0,0)" /> </Playlist>

also if you might happen to know how to get the visual equalizer thing working, you know how when it plays it displays the graphics based on the tones moving up and down(like in winamp).

thanks

-RobbieThe1st

[ipkiss]

i decided to download a skin, and downloaded the chaos skin from the homepage(it looks like the old skin from winamp, which i like)

Note that you can also used actual Winamp skins (.wsz files) with VLC (not all features are supported, but it mostly looks the same).

my problem is thus: i dont know how to shift the position of a song in the playlist(i.e moving song #16 to spot #14, and vice-versa). i looked at the manual, and didnt see any actions dealing with moving one song(or sevral selected songs), to a diffrent place. i know its possible, because the standard skin, the windows looking one, can have files moved all you want, including dragging the songs around.

The skins engine doesn't support that, but it wouldn't be too hard to add this feature I think (at least actions to move up/down; dragging the files would be much more complex to do).
In fact, the "standard skin", as you call it, is not a skin but a different interface, implemented in a completely different way (only the dialog boxes are shared). So if the wxWidgets interface can move items in the playlist, it doesn't mean that the skins engine can do it. But it indicates that VLC core supports it, so only the skins engine has to be updated to support it there as well.

also another problem is that the scrollbar doesnt work. it doesnt scroll. heres the code from the scroll section:

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<Playlist id="playlist" x="10" y="20" width="240" height="58" lefttop="lefttop" rightbottom="rightbottom" font="playlist_font" fgcolor="#FFFFFF" playcolor="#738DB1" bgcolor1="#303B51" bgcolor2="#303B51" selcolor="#000000" > <Slider id="playlist_slider" x="264" y="28" lefttop="righttop" rightbottom="rightbottom" up="pl_slider_up" down="pl_slider_down" points="(0,40),(0,0)" /> </Playlist>

I don't see anything wrong with this code. Did you put enough items in the playlist? If so, what's wrong exactly with the slider behaviour? A screenshot might help.

also if you might happen to know how to get the visual equalizer thing working, you know how when it plays it displays the graphics based on the tones moving up and down(like in winamp).

You can't get it
But one of VLC visualizations looks a bit the same, the difference being that it will run in a separate video window. Visualizations can be activated using the right-click menu.

[RobbieThe1st]

i decided to download a skin, and downloaded the chaos skin from the homepage(it looks like the old skin from winamp, which i like)

Note that you can also used actual Winamp skins (.wsz files) with VLC (not all features are supported, but it mostly looks the same).

my problem is thus: i dont know how to shift the position of a song in the playlist(i.e moving song #16 to spot #14, and vice-versa). i looked at the manual, and didnt see any actions dealing with moving one song(or sevral selected songs), to a diffrent place. i know its possible, because the standard skin, the windows looking one, can have files moved all you want, including dragging the songs around.

The skins engine doesn't support that, but it wouldn't be too hard to add this feature I think (at least actions to move up/down; dragging the files would be much more complex to do).
In fact, the "standard skin", as you call it, is not a skin but a different interface, implemented in a completely different way (only the dialog boxes are shared). So if the wxWidgets interface can move items in the playlist, it doesn't mean that the skins engine can do it. But it indicates that VLC core supports it, so only the skins engine has to be updated to support it there as well.

also another problem is that the scrollbar doesnt work. it doesnt scroll. heres the code from the scroll section:

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<Playlist id="playlist" x="10" y="20" width="240" height="58" lefttop="lefttop" rightbottom="rightbottom" font="playlist_font" fgcolor="#FFFFFF" playcolor="#738DB1" bgcolor1="#303B51" bgcolor2="#303B51" selcolor="#000000" > <Slider id="playlist_slider" x="264" y="28" lefttop="righttop" rightbottom="rightbottom" up="pl_slider_up" down="pl_slider_down" points="(0,40),(0,0)" /> </Playlist>

I don't see anything wrong with this code. Did you put enough items in the playlist? If so, what's wrong exactly with the slider behaviour? A screenshot might help.

also if you might happen to know how to get the visual equalizer thing working, you know how when it plays it displays the graphics based on the tones moving up and down(like in winamp).

You can't get it
But one of VLC visualizations looks a bit the same, the difference being that it will run in a separate video window. Visualizations can be activated using the right-click menu.

yea, i thought of using a winamp skin, but i found this first, and liked it...

yea, theres enough songs there, i can scroll with the scroll wheel of my mouse, just moving the scroll bar on the side doesn't move the song-list.
arrow keys also work for scrolling

ok equalizer isn't supported... ok.

i knew that the defualt skin was not like the normal skins but couldn't remember the name wxWidgets so i called it the default skin.

just moving the objects up and down would be fine, and i can implement the graphical part of it... yet how should i go about the actual moving of the objects?

hm... iil try using a winamp skin and seeing what features work...

[ipkiss]

just moving the objects up and down would be fine, and i can implement the graphical part of it... yet how should i go about the actual moving of the objects?

You need to change the code source of the skins2 module, or wait until someone does it for you