(320x240x24) iPod Video - Unnamed So Far

[DanManners]

Okay, So I don't have a name yet, and it sure as hell isn't anywhere close to done, but here's my attempt at making a wps with AA.





Questions? Comments? Name ideas? I could use them all. I think I'll end up making it black and put it in the top right corner, jClix style.

Oh, and I'm going to figure out how to center the text when there isn't album art (idea borrowed from cBrownPlastic and the normal iPod AA, but I'm not borrowing the code from any of the other AA themes.)

By the way, this is coded from scratch, I actually didn't copy anything from any of the other builds. Its annoying, but I believe that it's coming along well.

Kudos.
-Dan


Edit:

Okay, So I'm facing this problem.

With Album Art:


Without Album Art:


The code is as followed:

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#disable status bar
%wd

#Images
%X|bg.bmp|
%xl|A|AAS.bmp|115|146|
%xl|B|Batt5.bmp|278|10|
%xl|C|Batt4.bmp|283|10|
%xl|D|Batt3.bmp|288|10|
%xl|E|Batt2.bmp|293|10|
%xl|F|Batt1.bmp|298|10|

#Battery Code
%?bl<|%xdF|%xdE%xdF|%xdD%xdE%xdF|%xdC%xdD%xdE%xdF|%xdB%xdC%xdD%xdE%xdF>

#Static Text
%e|6|220|60|6|FFFFFF|%al%cI:%cM

#Non- Static Text


#Album Art
%Cl|115|56|sc90|sb90|

%?C<%C%e|78|30|160|3|000000|%s%ac%?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist>%e|78|176|160|2|000000|%s%ac%?id<%id|Unknown Album>%e|78|200|160|2|000000|%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>|%e|78|60|160|3|000000|%s%ac%?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist>%e|78|96|160|2|000000|%s%ac%?id<%id|Unknown Album>%e|78|112|160|2|000000|%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>>

Any ideas why it would be acting strangely? I mean, I got it mostly working, just that one issue is bothering me.

-Dan

[lights0ut]

I *think* each %e tag needs to be on it's own line. Maybe you could try this:

%?C<%C%e|78|30|160|3|000000|%s%ac%?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist> | %e|78|60|160|3|000000|%s%ac%?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist>

I'm not sure about using %e inside conditionals though, it will probably upset things. It might take some reworking but you could also try:

%e|78|30|160|3|000000| %?C<%C etc.

hope you get this working, because I do like the concept, good job on the high contrast in this theme

[ColdSphinx]

Am I right that you also use custom list position?

[DanManners]

Am I right that you also use custom list position?

This is true. I'm using EvilG's Fusion Build, and I'm making good use of every patch in it.

@EvilG: I'm going to try that. Thanks for the suggestion.

-Dan

[knight4led]

what I have found is that you have to define the largest %e tag that will be used in the line before the conditional and then define a smaller %e, that completely fits inside the original, inside the conditional. Then if you feel like it you can forget the %e for the second part of the conditional.

Also keep the %C tag on its own line.

i.e.

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%e|30|90|260|2|000000|%?C<%e|160|90|129|2|000000|%s%al%ia|%s%ac%ia>

this will check if there is AA, if there is it will left align the text at 160, otherwise it will center the text.

For your case where things appear to be on different lines based on AA or not, I'd make conditionals with empty "false" parts for the stuff with AA and conditionals with empty "true" parts for the stuff without. Defining %e tags with different Y coords seems problematic on the same line.

Also be aware that text will no show anywhere where a picture has been preloaded, even if it is not displayed. (The obvious exception is AA, for what reason I do not know.)

[DanManners]

EvilG, I took your suggestion of breaking the lines apart, and that seemed to work. I'm getting close. I've been working on it during all my free periods today during school, so here's what I've developed:







Well? Coming along nicely? Here's the code by the way.

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############################################
##					  ##
##		        Bleed		  ##
##		   June 7th, 2007	  ##
##		   By Dan Manners	  ##
##					  ##
############################################

#disable status bar
%wd

#Images
%X|bg.bmp|
%xl|B|Batt5.bmp|278|10|
%xl|C|Batt4.bmp|283|10|
%xl|D|Batt3.bmp|288|10|
%xl|E|Batt2.bmp|293|10|
%xl|F|Batt1.bmp|298|10|

#Battery Code
%?bl<|%xdF|%xdE%xdF|%xdD%xdE%xdF|%xdC%xdD%xdE%xdF|%xdB%xdC%xdD%xdE%xdF>

#Static Text
%e|6|220|60|6|FFFFFF|%al%cI:%cM
%e|280|220|40|6|FFFFFF|%al%?mm<     Off|Repeat|Repeat|Repeat|Repeat>
%?C<%C%e|196|160|50|6|000000|%pp of %pe|%e|196|154|50|6|000000|%pp of %pe>
%e|78|50|30|6|000000|%al%pc
%e|212|50|30|6|000000|%ar%pt

#Non- Static Text

#Album Art
%Cl|115|66|sc90|sb90|

%pb|10|110|210|52|

%?C<%C%e|78|30|166|3|F0F0F0|%s%ac%?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist>|%e|78|70|166|3|F0F0F0|%s%ac%?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist>>
%?C<%C%e|78|176|166|2|000000|%s%ac%?id<%id|Unknown Album>|%e|78|96|166|2|000000|%s%ac%?id<%id|Unknown Album>>
%?C<%C%e|78|200|166|2|000000|%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>|%e|78|120|166|2|000000|%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>>
%?C<%C|%e|78|166|166|3|F0F0F0|%ac Next >
%?C<%C|%e|78|190|166|6|000000|%s%ac%Ia>
%?C<%C|%e|78|210|166|6|040404|%s%ac%It>

I just need to incorperate a play button along with volume, and I think I should be good.

-Dan


Edit: Oh, yes, I'm going to change the progress bar. School doesn't have photoshop :-P

[knight4led]

I like it so far, though I think you should change the color for the artist and next lines, they are barely visible.

[Chronon]

It's looking good.  Where do you plan to put the play/FF/REW indicators?  It also looks quite portable to the Gigabeat!

[DanManners]

@Knight4led: Ya, that looked visible on the SCHOOL COMPUTER MONITORS. What'cha want with a school computer? I'm going to change it back to black I think.

@Chronon: I believe you're right. Though I don't think I have a high enough quality background...if I had done it in 640x480 and just shrunk it, maybe. But I'll try, once I'm done with the 5g version. And also, the Play/Pause/FF/RW I'm thinking are going to go in the top left, but I honestly don't know how that'll look. I'll figure it out. Again, anyone who has suggestions, please share your ideas with me here.

-Dan

[lights0ut]

*shakes head at sight of Fall Out Boy*cringe*

Something tells me the playback buttons should be in the top right. Although it would seem that switching the batt over to the left might cause some bother in order to preserve the gradients you have going on. Anyway, it is coming along quite nicely, glad to see you're keeping the artist text black. I am slightly against having the next info displayed only when there is no AA, could you try making it so that when the hold switch is on, the album art is removed and the layout changed to the non-AA style?

Any chance of a graphical progress bar? looking at the first screen again I'm thinking that the tango iconset doesn't quite fit in here.

[Chronon]

evilg123,

I agree about the icons.  They are too bright for this theme, I think.  Perhaps if they were toned down a bit with some more grays they would fit a bit better.

[BigMac]

I think the glass iconset that evilg whipped up would fit quite nicely.

[lights0ut]

I think the glass iconset that evilg whipped up would fit quite nicely.

but I would have to release it first no?  

(it's nearing completion btw, aiming for this weekend along with my theme X variant, Nuvo )

[DanManners]

I think the glass iconset that evilg whipped up would fit quite nicely.

but I would have to release it first no?  

(it's nearing completion btw, aiming for this weekend along with my theme X variant, Nuvo )

I was thinking about that. I was ALSO thinking about making my own icon set. I'm about to release what I have completed as of now, so here's the screenshots.





That's how it looks as of now. I'll add everything else later.

-Dan

Edit: Version 1 is up on the wiki

[BigMac]

No pb change still? I thought perhaps you would give him some sort of beta release, if you will, just to support this wonderful theme