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new theme (kinda): retroTape
audio-i:
I always was a fan of Paulo Kikunaga’s phkTAPE theme, and hated the fact that due to licensing issues, his theme had to be abandoned somewhere in the graveyards. Tried for months to contact him with no luck, so I decided to take his layout and general theme idea, remake all the graphics, make a few changes… and here’s the result for the ipod video.
Major differences:
- New graphics. More metallic look, new power and volume indicators, new cassette (inspired by 1985 Depeche Mode “The Singles 81>85†cassette :D), peak meter, etc.
- Left wheel winds while right wheel unwinds, for a more realistic effect.
- Album art thumbnail for visual reference. Text is centered when no AA is present.
- Although still no “stop†button, I made the button order to match real tape decks (stop was to the left of play… too much space for little use)
- One of my favourite changes, menus (backdrop) resemble a recordable cassette inlay card
Have fun
[Edit] The theme site shows "Doesn't work with current build", I tried both simulators available (release 3.5 and Feb. 20's) and it works fine, is there another way to know what happens?
[Edit 2] I tried it on the actual device version r25037-100305 (fresh downloaded) and it works fine! ??
Yotto:
*LOVE* it!
Question: What makes it decide to put "A" or "B" on the cassette? I noticed that on mine it says "B" but on your screenshot it says "A", and the letter carries over to the "insert" menu screen.
Again, I love this theme. Very well done.
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I've also tried this on the newest release, 3.5.1, and it works fine on my iPod Video. I wonder how the theme site decides if a theme works on the current build. I assume you're not doing multifont, and those two fonts are your selected font + the default?
I changed the theme slightly for my personal use:
--- Code: ---selector type: bar (inverse)
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I just think it makes it much easier to see what it selected. That tiny pointer is close to invisible to my poor old eyes.
audio-i:
Thanks for your comments Yotto
--- Quote from: Yotto on March 05, 2010, 07:35:45 PM ---Question: What makes it decide to put "A" or "B" on the cassette? I noticed that on mine it says "B" but on your screenshot it says "A", and the letter carries over to the "insert" menu screen
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I was going to say that it’s a routine that connects your device (wirelessly) to the internet and retrieves the side the track was put in originally, or to be more accurate, that retrieves the artist’s original intention, but you wouldn’t buy that, would you? ;)
--- Quote from: Yotto on March 05, 2010, 07:35:45 PM --- I've also tried this on the newest release, 3.5.1, and it works fine on my iPod Video. I wonder how the theme site decides if a theme works on the current build. I assume you're not doing multifont, and those two fonts are your selected font + the default?
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Right, no multifont (which should work with the current build anyway), and the weird thing is that the theme actually works with current builds, so my *guess* is, it must be something with the theme site parser?
--- Quote from: Yotto on March 05, 2010, 07:35:45 PM --- That tiny pointer is close to invisible to my poor old eyes.
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I agree, that could be improved. I personally wouldn’t want to “disturb†the inlay card natural feel, I might go for the option of modifying the iconset for this theme, or is there a way to easily change just the pointer without generating the complete iconset?
Yotto:
--- Quote from: audio-i on March 05, 2010, 11:18:51 PM ---Thanks for your comments Yotto
--- Quote from: Yotto on March 05, 2010, 07:35:45 PM ---Question: What makes it decide to put "A" or "B" on the cassette? I noticed that on mine it says "B" but on your screenshot it says "A", and the letter carries over to the "insert" menu screen
--- End quote ---
I was going to say that it’s a routine that connects your device (wirelessly) to the internet and retrieves the side the track was put in originally, or to be more accurate, that retrieves the artist’s original intention, but you wouldn’t buy that, would you? ;)
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Okay you piqued my interest. I dug into the code to check out when/why it would say "B" or "A" and I must say, bravo. I didn't bother figuring out exactly under what circumstances each would appear but my hat is off to you.
peaceful1:
wow thanks I saw this before in ipod theme list and I wished it for D2
so it happened lol
is this theme 3*3
I'm imagining it in absolute piont mode with buttons that really work like a real player.
with sound on the button lol
*I know really far from reality* lol
thanks agian
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