WPS showing the song name (I would like)

[hellokitty]

Hi,

I often asked myself if there's a way to let the wps screen NOT show the songs id3 entries but the name which is shown by the computer. In my case just:

Heaven on a sunday - Paul McCartney

nothing else.

Is this possible without rewriting all the id3 entries ?

thank you

[Assimalyst]

You can use the file path / name / directries etc instead of the ID3 tag if that is what you mean:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CustomWPS#File_Info

[hellokitty]

Hi,

thanks

but I didn't think about designing my own wps. Maybe you know an existing wps that shows the song the way you described?

[drippydonut]

Yes, but you can use the tags on the page in that link to edit the WPS to suit your needs.

[pabouk]

You do not need to design a new WPS. Just modify your favourite one.

[hellokitty]

Hi,

could you please tell me which program I should use to edit the .wps files ?
Notepad is not installed on my pc... and the viewer always saves it as .txt file.

Thanks

[Domonoky]

Hi..

you can use any text editor you like..
and if your editor always saves the file as *.txt, just rename it..

mfg

[Mikerman]

I like Microsoft Wordpad--works very easily for me--

[hellokitty]

OK,

now I know how to save them as .wps files.

my favourite one is IpodVOL.

The code:

%xl|y|play.bmp|0|2|
%xl|p|pause.bmp|0|2|
%xl|f|ffwd.bmp|0|2|
%xl|v|rev.bmp|0|2|
%xl|h|hold.bmp|20|2|
%xl|b|blank.bmp|20|2|
%xl|r|rep.bmp|141|18|
%xl|s|reps.bmp|141|18|
%xl|t|rep1.bmp|141|18|
%xl|x|repb.bmp|141|18|
%xl|A|be.bmp|136|2|
%xl|B|bqe.bmp|136|2|
%xl|C|bh.bmp|136|2|
%xl|D|bqf.bmp|136|2|
%xl|E|bf.bmp|136|2|
%xl|F|bfp.bmp|136|2|
%x|V|vol.bmp|60|109|
%x|g|bg.bmp|0|0|
%wd
%ac%?mp<Now Stopped|Now Playing %?ps<(S)|>|Now Paused %?ps<(S)|>|Now Playing %?ps<(S)|>|Now Playing %?ps<(S)|>>

%al%pp of %pe

%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>
%s%t3%ac%?ia<%ia|%d2>
%s%t3%ac%?id<%id|%d1>

%pb
%al%pc %ac      %pv %ar-%pr
%?mp<|%xdy|%xdp|%xdf|%xdv>
%?mh<%xdh|%xdb>
%?bp<%xdF|%?bl<%xdA|%xdB|%xdC|%xdD|%xdE>>
%?mm<%xdx|%xdr|%xdt|%xds>

if I got you right I have to edit this part:

%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>
%s%t3%ac%?ia<%ia|%d2>
%s%t3%ac%?id<%id|%d1>

but everytime I delete something the name isn't shown anymore.
I just want the songname. Neither id3 information nor album or folder needed.

Could you please help me?

 

[Febs]

This line:

%s%ac%?it<%it|%fn>

displays the song name.  It tells the WPS:

%s scroll the line

%ac center the line

%?it check to determine whether there is an ID3 tag for track title

<%it|%fn> if there is an ID3 tag for track title, display the tag (that's the %it part), otherwise display the file name (that's the %fn part).

[Rincewind]

so, if you don't want any id3 info, you can replace those lines (your bold ones) with

%s%ac%fn                      ; this displays the filename
%s%ac%d1                     ; current folder (for me this is the album)
%s%ac%d2                     ; one folder up (for me it's artist)


the other tags with the ? and the <> in the original wps aren't needed here, thats a conditional (if something, then do this, else that)

You can try everything with the wps code, there is no way to harm your player, the worse case is that nothing is displayed.
It's a little bit confusing at first with all the % signs, I know.

[hellokitty]

Hi !

Thanks for the help.
Now it's just like I always wanted it to be.

Thanks !

[Mikerman]

And just so you know, you really ARE capable of making your own personalized WPS.  You already have one here, and now can add some other things you might like in it.  Just check out the WPS documentation--the code listings, plus an item-by-item WPS creation walk-through with screenshots.



http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CustomWPS
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToWPSMaking

[hellokitty]

great !