AlbumArt Rendering Changed Recently?

[moonscapex]

So, is the code put back now?[color=][/color]

[JdGordon]

do your themes work again? and stop trying to put colour into your messages... you're not doing it right... and if you figure it out you will very likely annoy people

[JdGordon]

NorTheBear: hmm... ok well I have 2 fixes, I'm not sure which is better...
1) change the %xl|.... lines for the corner images to just %x|... and it works...
2) draw the AA before the regular images (I'm not sure why the order matters but apparently it does :< )
edit: 3) make the %x tag dynamic works also...

I'm going to keep trying to find a more proper solution, but until then the first option works.
Although, because those images are always shown anyway you should be using %x instead of %xl

[JdGordon]

OK... I've decided that its your .wps which is broken and not the code at all....
you are drawing the corners using the xd tag which is not needed because you want them to always be displayed...

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%X|bg.2009.round.simple.wd.v7.bmp|
%x|c|bcorner.10x10.lo.bmp|34|12|
%x|d|bcorner.10x10.ro.bmp|176|12|
%x|e|bcorner.10x10.ru.bmp|176|154|
%x|f|bcorner.10x10.lu.bmp|34|154|
%x|a|ppcorner.8x14.lo.bmp|50|103|
%x|b|ppcorner.8x14.ro.bmp|162|103|
%x|g|ppcorner.8x14.lu.bmp|50|138|
%x|h|ppcorner.8x14.ru.bmp|162|138|
%xl|i|arrows.25x25x3.redgold.bmp|0|0|3|
%xl|j|volume.25x25x14.ol.var4.bmp|0|0|18|
%xl|k|volume.25x25x14.or.var4.bmp|0|0|18|
%xl|P|playmode.flcr.27x27x6.bmp|0|0|6|
%Cl|35|13|150|150|
%wd
%C
#%?pn<%xda|%xdl>

is how the first part should look...

[NorTheBear]

Thank you for your time and your looking into it.
I have tried your suggestion (by copying and replacing the code above) and indeed, it's better now but the rendering is not as smooth as it was in RB 3.3 (and before). For a fractal of a second but clearly noticeable you can see the corners of the AA before the small images cover them. The flicker is visible with every new track change thus giving the WPS an uneasy and unsteady touch. I also did a crosscheck with the same WPS in RB 3.3: No flicker there.
Too bad for me because the theme had been working so nice in the past.

[JdGordon]

yeah, I'm not going to worry about that very small flicker... the bigger issue is what happens after 100s (which I'm not going to spend much/any time on now either)

[NorTheBear]

Thank you very much for your help so far.
I can certainly live with the flicker at the beginning of each track, no problem at all.

But now I see what you mean with

... the bigger issue is what happens after 100s ...

There is a rendering problem at another position (circled in screenshot) that started after 1:40 min of playing. It seems as if 2 viewports (overlaying the AA) imploded out of a sudden.
This never happened before in version 3.3.

The WPS code snippet is here.
Some explanation: The viewports overlay the AA. The viewports without any content are only there for freeing parts of the background image. This worked perfect in the past.

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#Title
%V|1|117|218|2|0|-|-|
%V|1|119|218|19|1|CCCCCC|000000|
%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>
#UPPERLINE
%V|58|103|104|4|0|CCCCCC|FF00FF|
%V|58|107|104|13|0|CCCCCC|FF00FF|
%s%ac%?ia<%ia|[unknown artist]>
#BOTTOMLINE
%V|58|138|104|3|0|CCCCCC|FF00FF|
%V|58|141|104|11|0|CCCCCC|FF00FF|
%s%ac%?pn<%pn|%?id<%id|%?d1<%d1|unknown album>>>

[NorTheBear]

In the meantime I have adjusted (downgraded) my custom wps so that it copes with the new conditions in the current builds (see screenshot).
Don't know if it is worth to put it on the themes page as it has only poor design elements (circles and lines) and overlay design is not really supported yet.

[JdGordon]

I found the bug and will checking the fox in the next few hours

[NorTheBear]

Thanks a lot for your bug fixing in r23140. It solved the problem with the "imploding" viewports after 100 seconds (though the flicker issue remains).

I will give my theme some final polishing and would like to upload it on the themes page. Could you (or someone else reading this) give me write permission (still necessary, right)? Of course,  I will read and follow the guidelines.

[mc2739]

The themes are no longer uploaded to the wiki, so you don't need write permission.

To upload your theme, click the "themes" links in the left column and follow the directions at the top of that page.

[NorTheBear]

I see ...  another question: it seems as if I have to upload the same theme twice, i.e. for H300 and then for ipod color photo which have the same display size and orientation, correct?

[audio-i]

If the targets have the same screen size and display (color/b&w), only one upload should be necessary. But of course you will figure it out once you upload the "first" one.

[pixelma]

I'm not completely sure but I think that there is an exception to the rule above if your theme includes an RWPS (for the H300 remote). You would need to upload it twice - one with and the other without the RWPS part, a theme with RWPS won't show up on the Ipod Color/Photo (and Fuze) page, if I remember correctly.

[NorTheBear]

Yesterday, I tried to upload my theme (Lower Thirds) but I haven't got a confirmation email yet and it does not show up on the themes page. What did I wrong?

EDIT: Sorry, found the email in the spam suspicion  folder. Now the theme "Lower Thirds" is available for all 220x176 color targets. Any comments and suggestions?