rayboradio - iPod Video - Completed

[Immolate]

Hi everyone,

I have mocked up a stunning theme based on the zune software, but I have tried to script it up and I am lacking the skills required to bring this baby to life. I was hoping someone more experienced could work with me to release this theme.

(Update)

This project has been completed and the theme is available on the rockbox themes site.

Please post any bugs found, with as many details about the problem as possible.

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[Gorilla]

That theme is beautiful!  Really nice work.
I wish I could help with the wps-coding, but I'm not so skilled myself either.  

[melancholydm]

nice design just that with different types of fonts that wps would only be used by custom builds with the multifont patch and you would also need a album art patch

[GodEater]

Looks like you'd also need the scrolling margins patch too.

[Immolate]

yes, so evilg's release. I just think this would be really nice for all us fifth gen vid owners.

[melancholydm]

it'd be better if you made a wps based on the official builds so that more people would be more encouraged to use them rather than a unofficial ones since they dont really get updated.

[knight4led]

I'd be willing to take a stab at that if you send me all the files you used in the mock up (photoshop hopefully)

I think the play button and the little play logo next to the the title are rather redundant though

[mschneider]

it'd be better if you made a wps based on the official builds so that more people would be more encouraged to use them rather than a unofficial ones since they dont really get updated.

On the contrary, many of the themes (at least on the top 30 chart) use some custom patch and they are downloaded a lot.

I'd also be willing to help with the wps code if needed.

[Twilight in Zero]

it'd be better if you made a wps based on the official builds so that more people would be more encouraged to use them rather than a unofficial ones since they dont really get updated.

It would be impossible to make that mockup into a WPS for official builds. The trouble with the official builds is that they can really bind your creativity. I'm not saying that you can't make good themes without Album Art/Customline/Scrolling Margins/what-have-you (Kelp is HOT. ), but if you're stuck to the official builds, there's a lot you just can't do with WPSs.

That being said, it's certainly possible to make this one, but it would require Album Art and Customline.

[melancholydm]

oh I do agree but by working under such strict limitations you can show your real skill. Take for example stuff that phk has released. Also by creating wps based on the official RB then users will be more inclined to use the official rather than the outdated unsupported builds. remember not everyone can patch.

[knight4led]

Speaking from a strictly selfish standpoint, I make WPS's to suit my wishes not those of others. I release them for the sake of sharing, because that is the heart of an open-source project. But like we hear so often on these boards, things don't get done usually because people request them, but because somebody is interested in doing them. So to constantly harp about making standard build compatible WPS's is irrelevant in my mind. Most artists who are interested in expressing their creativity like the features offered by the patches, its as simple as that. I understand that puts people at mercy of patches and custom builds if they want to use them, but that is their choice. I think it is fairly well documented what themes need custom builds. Maybe the solution in the future is to separate the galleries for standard build and custom build WPS's.

So this one, if the OP wants the WPS to look the way it was posted will require the multi-font and custom-line patches as well as album art. But that is what he wants. I offered to help because I would want this WPS as well and I have worked with those patches.

[Job Van Dam]

Speaking from a strictly selfish standpoint, I make WPS's to suit my wishes not those of others.

I'm with you.
Except my themes are so for me I'm thinking no one else would find them functional also the majority of them break the copyright rules.

It just makes me wonder why the developers don't merge certain patches into the source if there really popular. Album Art has got to be the most popular why not just make it part of the source? Even little stuff like the Slider Progressbar, I love those sorta cosmetic changes.

[Llorean]

We've explained hundreds of times: The Album Art patch cannot be merged for various technical reasons that are being worked on.

Just because a patch "works" from a user standpoint doesn't mean it meets the requirements to enter Rockbox.

[kockroach]

I love the look of this mock-up.  I would be interested in getting a port of it on the Sansa.

[krazykit]

And I'd be interested in porting it to the Sansa (sans album art, I suppose).  Would you mind posting the source images?