sizes for wps batt, prog. bar etc.

[cocobomb]

i am making a theme and i need sizes for the ipod nano ineed the resolution sizes for the batterey, progress bar etc. if you an help thanks

[Job Van Dam]

The only resolution that has to be a specific size is the background image. LCD Screen Sizes.
Everything else is user configurable. Although the images that are used in your WPS, combined, can't exceed the resolution of the the screen size. Know what I mean?

For instance the Gigabeat screen size is 240x320. If I had 8 images in a conditional that were 240x40, all images would load ok (8 x 40 = 320).
On the other hand if I had 9 images, 240x40, the last image wouldn't load because 9 x 40 = 360.
That's more or less the rule of thumb for images, it's not an exact science but even still if you're exceeding the limit you should seriously consider dropping the image count cause you're really taking up alot of memory and therefore battery power.

[cocobomb]

okay thanks that was very helpful

[Lear]

That's more or less the rule of thumb for images, it's not an exact science but even still if you're exceeding the limit you should seriously consider dropping the image count cause you're really taking up alot of memory and therefore battery power.

Not quite... The reason there's a limit to the total size of the images is that a fixed amount of memory is reserved for the purpose. So, not using it at all or using all of it doesn't change anything.

What might affect things is the number of rendered images, but even then the difference ought to be very small, as the WPS is only updated a couple of times per second.

[Job Van Dam]

Can you please define rendered images?

For awhile I was using my own themes that had many images, mainly for the different variations of battery power(14 images) and volume level(18 images). Thinking that the number of images was one of the reasons of the poor Gigabeat battery life I drastically reduced the amount for battery power(5 images) and volume level(7 images).
I feel there is a difference now... are you saying I'm mistaken?

[Llorean]

Why do you even concern yourself it "feel there is a difference" when the battery benchmark option exists?

Why not simply test, and have a quantitative value? You can playback under exactly identical conditions except a WPS that has more images in the conditionals, and see if there's a significant measurable difference.

[Lear]

Can you please define rendered images?

Rendered, as in shown on screen. For example, if you have a volume enumeration with 10 images, only one is shown ("rendered") at a given time.

For awhile I was using my own themes that had many images, mainly for the different variations of battery power(14 images) and volume level(18 images). Thinking that the number of images was one of the reasons of the poor Gigabeat battery life I drastically reduced the amount for battery power(5 images) and volume level(7 images).
I feel there is a difference now... are you saying I'm mistaken?

In this case, I'm quite certain of it. The only noticeable thing would be slightly faster WPS loading, but as that only happens during boot or when you change the WPS, the effect on run time is pretty much none.

[Job Van Dam]

Thank you very much Lear.