Windows Media Player 11-skin [MM3] v1.3 released

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:45 pm

Well Alpha 3 is launched. Enjoy!

Skin number 1 (The one I've showed here before)
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=A ... &id=138865

Skin number 2 (has a white font problem, but is even more WMP11-like)
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=A ... &id=139008

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:24 pm

yep it launched alright but it messed up my skin like crazy
i can't even get it to load in order to test it.

the monkey don't like fixed skins now or something? it is messing with only this last skin that i made. the others that all are like the royal blue skin's shape still work.

you might want to check and see if your skins are messed up now.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:42 pm

My skin works fine here in Alpha 3. Are you experiencing some problems?

junglemonkey · Post by **junglemonkey** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:20 pm

i did not even get your skin when i seen what the mess was with my new skin. i just thought yours would be messed up too.
mine is a total mess and i can't get it to work.

hope they can cause i don't want to have wasted 70 to 80 hours making them just to not beable to use it.

the program just wont see the size as larger then the default royal blue height. and it wont see it as a fixed size from the side either. it realy is mading because the skins i did need to be a fixed size. what good is a skinng program if you have to make the same size of skin all the time,

i pm peter and asked for his email but he has not sent me anything yet so i can't send him the skin to check on his system.

glad to hear your skin is working there.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:48 pm

His email is "his name"@mediamonkey.com.

WMP · Post by **WMP** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:52 pm

Morten9300 wrote:What are you missing? And do you really think 372*100 is big resolution?

It may seem odd yes, but imagine the fact the panels you place above and below the player will have the same width or you'll end up with some lost space next to the player because the panel above it (or below) is bigger (et vice versa).
Basically this disadvantage is something all mini players face, whereas a player like WMP just uses the full bottom which gives you the advantages as I've mentioned before.
But let's forget about all this, we both prefer different approaches, but in any case you still did a nice job at 'both' and I just prefer the slim player

Once again, thanks a lot for all you've already done!

junglemonkey · Post by **junglemonkey** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:04 pm

yep thanks morten9300

he finaly picked up his pm's and emailed me.

he got the 2.7 mb skin file now i hope?

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:01 am

I'm looking forward to see what others can do with the new skinning module.

@WMP; I think you're missing the point. The mini-player is supposed to be a... miniplayer. The main player has another design. It looks like this:

The only element which you may have in addition to the miniplayer, is the playlist. On a usability thought I would love the possibility to add playlist-elements into the miniplayer design. But I think we'll have to wait for that.

Please let the comments flow, either it's positive or constructive critism.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:38 am

New build (the experimental one). Have fixed some things with the file-menu background.

Download;
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=A ... &id=139008

Screenshot;

Post by **Peke** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:55 am

@Morten9300
Agreed, none taken. Appreciate all positive comments on flow especialy truth.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:16 am

I'm glad we agree on that

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:03 am

rovingcowboy wrote:yep it launched alright but it chomp my skin like chomp
i can't chomp chomp chomp chomp.

the monkey chomp fixed skins chomp it is chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp burrrp..

I hate eatting my own words.

some how the images were messed up one was one pixel off in size? and it stopped everything.

the others were activebitmap and not button objects. several on both skins.

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:06 am

junglemonkey wrote:i did not even get your skin when i seen what the mess was with my new skin. chomp

even had to eat those words

epithetless · Post by **epithetless** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:21 am

Morten9300 wrote:New build (the experimental one). Have fixed some things with the file-menu background.

Download;
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=A ... &id=139008

Screenshot;

Hey Morten9300 -- love the skin. Beautiful work. One thought: Is it possible to scoot the little album art image (in the player) over to the right a bit, so it's bordered by black on all sides? As it is now, sitting flush against the edge, it almost looks like you snipped the left end of the player off.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:01 pm

You could do it yourself;

Copy and replace the player's ini-file (player.ini) with this text;

Code: Select all

[PlayerSkin]
EngineVersion=100
Resizable=1,1,1,0
Pos=0,0
Size=598,61
Transperent=0
TimeFormat=mmm:ss

[AlbumArt]
Type=Image
Resizable=1,1,0,0
Pos=3,19
Size=33,33
Transperent=1
TextMask=

[PlayPauseButton]
Type=StateButton
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=-25
Pos=0,10
Size=52,52
Transperent=1
TextMask=

[PrevButton]
Type=Button
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=-71
Pos=0,23
Size=53,25
Transperent=1
TextMask=

[NextButton]
Type=Button
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=20
Pos=0,23
Size=53,25
Transperent=1
TextMask=

[StopButton]
Type=Button
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=-105
Pos=0,23
Size=25,25
Transperent=1
TextMask=

[MuteButton]
Type=StateButton
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=85
Pos=0,23
Size=25,25
Transperent=1

[VolumeBar]
Type=TrackBar
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=120
Pos=0,29
Size=70,12
Transperent=1
TextMask=
ThumbSize=12

[ContinousButton]
Type=StateButton
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=-150
Pos=0,23
Size=25,25
Transperent=1

[ShuffleButton]
Type=StateButton
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=-181
Pos=0,23
Size=25,25
Transperent=1

[TimeDisplay]
Type=Text
ShowLimitH=743
Resizable=1,1,0,0
CenterOffsetX=-280
Pos=0,26
Size=40,12
Transperent=1
TextMask=%I
FontColor=FFFFFF
FontHeight=-11

[SongTitle]
Type=Text
ShowLimitH=835
Resizable=1,1,0,0
Pos=43,20
Size=150,13
Transperent=1
TextMask=%S
FontColor=FFFFFF
FontHeight=-11

[Custom1]
Type=Text
ShowLimitH=830
Resizable=1,1,0,0
Pos=43,35
Size=150,13
Transperent=1
TextMask=%A
FontColor=909090
FontHeight=-11

[SeekBar]
Type=TrackBar
Resizable=1,1,1,0
Pos=6,2
Size=586,9
Transperent=1
TextMask=
ThumbSize=16

It's perfectly positioned (when the borders are removed) compared to WMP so I will not code it wrong