new tag on the tracker... FS#9477

[soap]

Does someone has an already compiled version with this patch that I can try?

What player?

EDIT:
It appears you have a Video, a E200, and a C200.
All three build can be found at http://cleansoap.org/wps/.
There is also a Windows sim for the Video there.
I have no idea if it will work, never made a Windows sim before.

EDIT2:
It appears you need to extract the .rockbox folder from the rockbox-full.zip (in the sim build zip) into the archos directory to even have a chance to make my sim build work.

[bzavala]

yes, a 60gb video.. I forgot to mention that. I'll try the compiled version you put out there. Thanks Soap!


Ben

[JdGordon]

There is one more option with the buttons... some targets do have a spare button which could be used for this. The downside is we possibly dont compile this patc h for all targets, and also it might be complicated trying to explain which button is used on which target.

[karashata]

I've been messing around with it on my H10 20GB for a while and I do have to admit it does have some appeal, but it definitely does need to be assigned to a more appropriate button.  As I mentioned, the H10s don't have anything assigned to the short select, so perhaps at least for that target the mode-change could be assigned to that button.

Otherwise, it's a nice patch, and I do hope to see it in SVN someday once everything's worked out appropriately.

[bzavala]

I also have been playing with this new tag and I am liking a lot... I don't miss the browse function that much, since you can still get there through the menus.

It would be very nice if it could remember what the last view mode was used.. but the way it is right now just works great.. I hope this gets committed... but I am aware that many people are opposed because of the main select button functionality... perhaps a variable in the WPS config file that enables/disables the browse/view mode...

Thanks!

Ben

[karashata]

I personally have no problems with it starting off on the first view mode upon shutting down and starting up again later, since I so far have coded my WPSes such that the mode I, at least, intend to use most often is the first mode displayed, with the second mode displaying more information when switched to.

That being said, though, I suppose something like that wouldn't be a bad feature, though I would be curious as to how that would be saved, since the way things are set up one can use as many modes as one likes, up to 127 (though how anyone would even manage to make that many, given WPS file size restrictions, total image size restrictions, smallish screen sizes and no doubt layout limitations arising from such...  I ended up only *barely* managing to make my WPS small enough to work and still do everything I want it to, and I only used two different modes...)

[audio-i]

I also tried this patch and as I expected... it is great! I would have liked to make the theme I'm working on available - using this patch - so other people could see what it's about, but it's not finished yet, I hope I will be able to in a few days.

The main uses I've seen so far for it, are that:  - It allows to have very uncluttered views since it's always possible to access more information in subsequent views; - Also, that information can be easier displayed graphically; - It also allows to display very big album art and big graphics in general, because it kind of "virtually multiplies the size of the screen" by adding multiple views.

And this feature would become even more useful when/if other features are added, like being able to display a second album art set, which would allow to display a "full screen" album art, or the back cover, or the next song cover; or if it would be possible to set the song rating using the scroll wheel (volume)... But this is no new-features request   I just wanted to point out that this feature is great, and IMHO it also can potentially become even better as new features are added

[JdGordon]

or if it would be possible to set the song rating using the scroll wheel (volume)...

haha, with the pain this patch is going through there is bassically 0% chance that sort of patch would ever get accepted

[audio-i]

or if it would be possible to set the song rating using the scroll wheel (volume)...

haha, with the pain this patch is going through there is bassically 0% chance that sort of patch would ever get accepted

see? now that would be a mean patch 

[karashata]

Decided to mess with this patch a little more and came up with what I think is a really good demonstration of its abilities:


View 1


View 1 (no art)


View 2


View 2 (no art)


View 3

Lots of fun...

[bzavala]

yes it's lots of fun

Wish we could load more than 1 album art @ a different size so you could display one huge album art in one view, and another one a smaller album art and song info...

[karashata]

That would be nice, yes, and it would allow for theme designers to really go crazy with unique themes...

For now, though, I'll just try to keep thinking of creative things to do until this patch makes it into SVN (if it ever does.)

[linuxstb]

karashata,

Are you able to post your theme somewhere?  e.g. on Flyspray as part of FS#9477 ?

I don't know about others, but I would like to see how this looks/feels on a real device.

Thanks.

[karashata]

Certainly, I'll post it there in a short while.

[audio-i]

I finally finished the theme for the iPod video I started that uses the view mode tag, I added it to the FS#9477 tracker if anyone wants to try it, and see how this tag works. Additionally to what has been said about it, one thing's for sure: WPS's become so dynamic. Below are some screenshots:

1- The first view mode pretends to isolate the 200x200 album art image, so it is a very static view mode. View mode 2 (not shown) just displays the next track info (alternating after a while the now playing info).

2- The third view mode is the extended info screen.

3&4- These screenshots show the progress bar when pressing ffw/rew and the volume bar when changing volume.

5- The third view mode just changes the colors in the “console” to yellow. I wanted to add a couple view modes for red and blue, but four additional viewports are needed for each color, and I had already reached the viewports limit. In fact I really had to struggle to make all this fit using the current 24 viewports limit, but I had to leave out important features like a hold icon or showing the hard drive activity. Still, the theme is completely usable, and helps seeing how this features look and feel on a real device.








[Edit] This theme will only look ok if you use 200x200 album art...