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Rockbox General => Rockbox General Discussion => Topic started by: Jelh13 on March 25, 2007, 07:14:41 PM

Title: Making Song information show up on the Now Playing screen
Post by: Jelh13 on March 25, 2007, 07:14:41 PM

I am having problems making the song info show up in the now playing screen. I have read the manual and it is kind of confusing with the whole notepad thing. I go to properties on the file and it shows all the info i want it to show but when i am in rockbox it doesnt show up, can anyone please help me. Also fyi the screen doesnt show any text at all only the volume and the song meter.

Title: Re: Making Song information show up on the Now Playing screen
Post by: Nate! on March 25, 2007, 08:25:06 PM

Are you creating a "While Playing Screen" (WPS)?  If so read section 9.2 of the manual.  It should get you started.
Just open notepad and type a few WPS tags or symbols corresponding to different information that can be displayed.

Try:
Artist: %ia

Disc:   %id

Track: %it

Now in notepad Click File ... Save As ...
Filename: test.cfg
Save As Filetype: All Files
Encoding: UTF-8

Save the file in the wps directory under .rockbox on your player.  Navigate to the wps directory and select the test.cfg file.  Navigate back to the WPS.  (While Playing Screen which is the official Rockbox name for what you called the Now Playing Screen.)

When playing an audio track with correct tag information you should see a simple screen with:
Artist: (Artist name of currently playing track)

Disc:   (Disc name of currently playing track)

Track: (Track name of currently playing track)

This is a simple example of the info that can be displayed and how it is displayed.  Please read the manual and play around to display what you would like to see.  Or, download someone else's work from the WPS gallery.

Title: Re: Making Song information show up on the Now Playing screen
Post by: Jelh13 on March 25, 2007, 11:24:51 PM

Ok i did that. and it doesnt show up w/ the themes setting. How can i make it show up w/ the theme settings. I have read through the manual, but it is so confusing.  the theme x glow and the default themes show the song info, it is just the jBlackGlass and jClix that dont show it.

Title: Re: Making Song information show up on the Now Playing screen
Post by: Mikerman on March 26, 2007, 11:34:06 AM

I don't use those WPSs, but it just could be that those WPSs weren't set up to show the information you want.  

If you wanted, you could use those WPSs as a base, and amend them for your own WPS to show everything you want.

Title: Re: Making Song information show up on the Now Playing screen
Post by: Nate! on March 26, 2007, 12:45:39 PM

The jBlackGlass and jClix themes need an unofficial build.  Reading the accompanying text for those bulds, it states where they can be downloaded.  There are many patches applied to those builds that manipulate text amongst other things.  If you want to use those wonderful themes, you have to use those unofficial builds.  Links to the forum threads discussing those builds are in the Unsupported Builds Forum towards the bottom of the Forums page.

Also make sure your Foreground color is set to something that would be visible on whatever background color you have set.  (ie you won't see text if your text/foreground color is black and your background color is black.)