Hi there,
When I want to use another skin for the Media Player 10 Mobile, a neat Media Player 11 skin, I copy the skinfiles in a folder called "WMP11" to \Program Files\Windows Media Player\.
The MP finds the actual skin in the options menu tab "Skins" and when I select the skin it has been succesfully applied.
The thing is, when I close the Media Player (real closing not minimalize) and open it again, it always starts to look for skins and I then need to reselect the MP11 skin.
How can I push the Media Player to avoid this and to let it handle my own skin the same as the default one?
Thnx!!
Anyone a solution to this?
i did what u did exactlly but it doesnt work with me
me too have tried this and now whenever i start my wmp it takes almost 30-40 secs to load infact it has become slow from earlier even now i have deleted that skin file.
Hi hi,
it seems that my Advantage is, whenever i try to play a mp3 song from my memory card will go to the options\Skins then shows searching for skins everytime, quite irritating as it does not just go to the player directly, i have transferred a new skin into the windows media player folder in program files and have transferred the old ones out to the memory card and it is still doing so.
Any tweak or any solution to it?
Sabadee My crup,
Not seen this before, what OS are you running WM5/6?
managed to solve it already, had to install a spb wmp player skin and that did the trick, am on WM5 thanks pal
Hi,
just for your understanding:
WMP does not save the last used skin on exit, if you change skin manually and move the default skin to another folder, WMP is asking you for a skin at startup. Installable skins are replacing the files in \windows folder, that's why they work properly. If you want to use your own skin permanently, you have to replace the files in \windows folder, like the installer does.
Best regards,
tsfnet said:
Hi,
just for your understanding:
WMP does not save the last used skin on exit, if you change skin manually and move the default skin to another folder, WMP is asking you for a skin at startup. Installable skins are replacing the files in \windows folder, that's why they work properly. If you want to use your own skin permanently, you have to replace the files in \windows folder, like the installer does.
Best regards,
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i see and get the picture million thank you.
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Hey there!
For those of you who might be interested in this, here's a classic black HTC branded skin I've adapted for Windows Media Player Mobile.
Cheers!
Installation instructions:
Copy the contents of the archive (all files, includin hidden) to DEVICE\Program Files\Windows Media Player and select it from within options in Windows Media Player.
P.S.: Feedback needed!
thank you A++++++
just what I was looking for !!! -- but can you please post the .skn file as well. I had flashed my rom, so I dont have the default skin at all. your black version does not contain that file.
pankul said:
just what I was looking for !!! -- but can you please post the .skn file as well. I had flashed my rom, so I dont have the default skin at all. your black version does not contain that file.
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Will do as soon as I get home.
Could have sworn I zipped the entire package...
hi all
I have dowloaded a skin , I see it in 'skins' in windows media player but I don't know how to select it
I choose Next , it display this one , I only can choose OK but the default skin is always there
help please
pankul said:
just what I was looking for !!! -- but can you please post the .skn file as well. I had flashed my rom, so I dont have the default skin at all. your black version does not contain that file.
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Got home, checked! I knew I couldn't be a geek like that. Archive contains all files, some of them are hidden and you need to set your OS to show hidden/system files.
Cheers!
brunoisa10 said:
hi all
I have dowloaded a skin , I see it in 'skins' in windows media player but I don't know how to select it
I choose Next , it display this one , I only can choose OK but the default skin is always there
help please
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I haven't met this issue before but try this:
Back-up everything in your skins folder to your PC, delete everything and put the files from the archive in that folder. It should work.
tnyynt said:
I haven't met this issue before but try this:
Back-up everything in your skins folder to your PC, delete everything and put the files from the archive in that folder. It should work.
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thank you for your reply
I'll try it jus now
my problem is : the ok seems to not work , it is like i make no change , I just try wth another setting in WMP and it doesn't save ( time to display : remaining instead of default , defaut is kept !!!!!)
brunoisa10 said:
thank you for your reply
I'll try it jus now
my problem is : the ok seems to not work , it is like i make no change , I just try wth another setting in WMP and it doesn't save ( time to display : remaining instead of default , defaut is kept !!!!!)
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Sorry bro... Can't help you there!
Never seen anything like this.
Soft reset maybe? (I would have said Hard reset but it's a pain losing all your programs because of a Media Player skin issue)
I see a problem
in the original folder on my PC I see nothing ( I display hidde files !!!)
so I can't copy all from my p3300 to PC
I try to install another program than media Player and I'll say you
yes you're right
I try anothyer way instead of hard reset
brunoisa10 said:
I see a problem
in the original folder on my PC I see nothing ( I display hidde files !!!)
so I can't copy all from my p3300 to PC
I try to install another program than media Player and I'll say you
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On your PC, go to folder options and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Now you should be able to copy everything from your Trinity
Hi
I've seen the problem , sure it help some other guys
In fact I have installed Task manager before and I have customized the single Tap X for closing application and that was because the OK doesn't work , it was closing the setting instead of saving
Now I've set to Tap and hold X and it works fine
YEAHHHHHHHHH
I've made my skins (only updated existing ons found here with my photos )
AlbumArt related
Thought I'd write a few lines regarding AlbumArt, for those who might have problems displaying them.
The easiest way of getting album art to display on you Windows Mobile Media Player is to copy them to your device through Windows Media Player, aka synchronize them.
Files and albums in your PC library have tags and if instructed so, Windows Media Player downloads automattically/manually the album information of these files. This consists of ID tags plus album art. There are four files Windows Media Player downloads as album art: AlbumArt_{xxx}_Large (usually 200x200 px.), AlbumArt_{xxx}_Small (usually 75x75 px.), AlbumArtSmall (usually 75x75 px.) and Folder (usually 200x200 px.). These files are set attribute hidden.
When you sync music files with Windows Media Player to your device, it automatically copies these files to you device and Windows Media Player Mobile displays them.
Now, if you do not wish, for some reason, to have Windows Media Player download this information for you or you have a custom CD cover you'd like to use, it is enough to create a Folder.jpg (200x200 px.) inside your album folder and it will display the album art.
If you wish to manually add albums to your Mobile Device and/or having problems with displaying the album art, you can follow the step described above to create a Folder.jpg with the album art and Windows Media Player Mobile will display it.
Here comes the tricky part. The 200x200 px. album art images are great to be handled by Windows Media Player but they appear jerky on Windows Media Player Mobile. That is because the latter uses another album art image size to display. 200x200 px. album art files will show up, jerky though, but if you'd like to have a neat look of the album art files on your mobile device, resize the images to 154x154 px. (this is the dimension this skin uses) and you will get a neat result like the one attached.
Hope you find this info usefull!
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing, but i don't know how to use it, thanks
lmfjim said:
Thanks for sharing, but i don't know how to use it, thanks
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Copy the contents of the archive (all files, including hidden) to DEVICE\Program Files\Windows Media Player and select it from within options in Windows Media Player.
Media Player Touch themed skin!
I've been using the available Touch skin for Windows Media Player (credits for that go to monoberlin) untill I have discovered that while playing videos, they were not displayed right.
So inspired by that theme I have built a skin that has the issue fixed.
Hope you like it!
Skin uses 144x144 px album art for best displaying results in portrait mode and 112x112 px in landscape mode.
Cheers!
P.S.: Feedback needed, as always!
Landscape Also PLEEASE !
tnyynt said:
I've been using the available Touch skin for Windows Media Player (credits for that go to monoberlin) untill I have discovered that while playing videos, they were not displayed right.
So inspired by that theme I have built a skin that has the issue fixed.
Hope you like it!
Skin uses 144x144 px album art for best displaying results.
Only Portrait for now but if there will be demand I'll make the Landscape too.
Cheers!
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Thanks for this fix, please make the landscape as well because I use landscape for all my videos and I've been bothered by the bad display. Thanks
Landscape added to Post #17
alipendier said:
Thanks for this fix, please make the landscape as well because I use landscape for all my videos and I've been bothered by the bad display. Thanks
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Videos display better in portrait mode because it allows larger overlay display. Anyway, I've made the landscape too and updated the archive.
Cheers!
2nd Media Player Touch themed skin!
Here's another one, this time built completely from scratch.
Fixes:
- New, slick, intuitive buttons;
- Smoother interface;
- Larger video overlay size;
- Larger album art display (159x159 px )
Projects:
- Landscape mode for this one is in production so just portrait for now;
Cheers!
P.S.: Feedback needed, as always
Hi there, this will seem like a very strange request, but I want to know how (if at all) I can run the Manila Audio player without needing to run the full Manila interface as I prefer the day to day use of Mobile Shell 3.
The Manila Audio Player organises the media files very well, allowing searching of the library by album, artist, genre very well, and all with my rather chunky digits...
I have tried several other offerings to replace Windows Media Player, the library function of this is sadly way behind the touch capabilities of most of todays windows mobile phones...
"Slide to Play" seems a little too responsive in CoverFlo mode and does not contain all the functionality in landscape mode, shame really as I want to use it in the car as a portable music collection whilst also running my TomTom Sat Nav in Landscape mode.
Any other suggestions or a way of using Manila's media player would be greatly appreciated...
I looked through the phones file system and was unable to find an executable that runs the Manila audio player. It appears to place a shortcut into the start menu when Manila is set as your Today screen but the shortcut disappears when Manila is removed from the today screen. I checked the proprieties of the shortcut and it points to "\Windows\ManilaShortcut.exe" music
I copied the shortcut to a new folder in my start menu and removed Manila from my Today screen but the shortcut would not open the player. It seems that the audio player will only work from within Manila
hi,
as anybody found a way how I can use the audio player without on manila enabled.
thanks,
steffen
Just fiddling around on a rainy Saturday. There's a nice finger-friendly black skinned version of The Core Pocket Media Player by Makuu over on mobilitysite.com which has been configured for VGA devices like our Touch Diamonds. It's an excellent media player (plays a lot of file types - think VLC/VideoLAN for Windows Mobile) and the black skin is nice - Makuu's done a nice job.
Being a bit of a freak about making things match, however, I've quickly whipped together the following 2 image files (see the attached zip) to give a simple, clean HTC Manila/Sense/TouchFlo type of appearance to the player so it matches the rest of my phone applications.
To install;
Download and install Makuu's TCPMP VGA cab file from mobilitysite.com.
Then download my zip file & extract the 2 image files, transfer them to your phone, and place them in the TCPMP folder in your Program Files folder - over-writing the existing files (note: you might want to back up the originals first though).
Start TCPMP & you should see something like the attached image (sexy girls not included). That's it. Enjoy.