Problems with installing WPS

[Nuker]

Hi guyz!

First of all, congrats to the fabulous RockBox Firmware! It's great!!

But I have a problem installing some WPS for my H10 6GB. It installed the latest daily build of RockBox and it is working without any problems, but after choosing a different skin (downloaded from here http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WpsIaudioX5 ... I use the X5 WPS, because the text says they will also work for H10) i only get some crappy WPS. The colors are changing, but my Player is not able to load the bmps for the gui.

I installed the WPS this way:
- Downloading and extracting the files from the zip file
- Move the "Theme" and "Wpa" folder to ".rockbox" on my player

After that, I can choose the Theme from the menu, but I can't see any of those images coming with the theme.

I also didn't see any images right after installing the RockBox Firmware. Both themes delivered with the default installation package doesn't show any gui images.

I already searched in every FAQ and the Forum about the problem, but I wasn't able to solve it. I hope someone can help me.

C YA @LL - []Nuker

Edit:
I just tried the latest CVS version ... it's the same problem here ...

[bascule]

The "Theme" and "Wpa"[sic] folders already exist in the .rockbox folder and should not be copied over.

You should extract the .zip into the root of your player with the 'preserve paths' or 'preserve directories' option set in your zip application, so that the correct files automatically go into the correct folders.

[Nuker]

I don't overwrite the existing folders, I just add the new files to the "theme" and "wps" folders with their correct folders ... e.g: after extracting a WPS i have the following folders and files:

/.rockbox/wps/crossbones.wps
/.rockbox/wps/crossbones/image1.bmp
/.rockbox/wps/crossbones/image2.bmp
...

That should be correct, isn't it? I can also choose the theme from the menu in RockBox, but it doesn't show the GUI images ...

[Llorean]

What GUI images? In the menu system themes only replace the backdrop.

The only other images you see are in the WPS, not really a "GUI".

[bascule]

I don't overwrite the existing folders, I just add the new files to the "theme" and "wps" folders with their correct folders ... e.g: after extracting a WPS i have the following folders and files:

/.rockbox/wps/crossbones.wps
/.rockbox/wps/crossbones/image1.bmp
/.rockbox/wps/crossbones/image2.bmp
...

That should be correct, isn't it? I can also choose the theme from the menu in RockBox, but it doesn't show the GUI images ...

Yes, that's the correct structure, with the addition of:

/.rockbox/themes/crossbones.cfg

So there are two things:

I don't see a 'crossbones' WPS on the page you linked to, so it's possible you downloaded one for another target that has images too large for the H10 to deal with

or

Llorean's point - what are you expecting? Are you sure you are going into the WPs to see the images. I think you are, but I have to make sure...

[pixelma]

But I have a problem installing some WPS for my H10 6GB. It installed the latest daily build of RockBox and it is working without any problems, but after choosing a different skin (downloaded from here http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WpsIaudioX5 ... I use the X5 WPS, because the text says they will also work for H10) i only get some crappy WPS.

The Iaudiox5 themes will only work on the H10 20GB model as its display has the same resolution (160 x 128 pixels). Your H10 6G has a screen of 128x128 pixels and you probably noticed the different looks - backdrops always have to be of the same size. I guess this is the most important reason why no images show (all images are positioned on the screen by putting x- and y-coordinates in the wps code so it causes problems, too).

There is an extra WpsGallery for the H10 5/6GBs though it only has one entry so far, but I believe you can find other ones somewhere at the misticriver forum (don't know anything else as I don't have an Iriver )

[Nuker]

That could be the problem ... damn nooby question from me ...

THX for helping!!

C YA

Edit:
That was the problem ... I only tried the cool looking X5 themes as there is written they also work on H10 ... The one in the H10 6GB list is working fine ...

*smashing head on keyboard*

THX again @ll!