Norbusan Build: RWPS

[rogue_ronin]

Hey all,

Trying to make a new .rwps off the most recent Ashen build of Norbusan's multi-font build.

Maxwen has informed me that the multifont stuff should work in the .rwps, and it seems to be so.

However, when I try this line:

%t3%e|11|32|117|3|00 0000|%s%?Ia<%Ia|%D1> ;%t8%e|11|32|117|3|0 00000|%s%?It<%It|%Fm >

(note that there are not any spaces in this line; the forum software is corrupting it.)

The first display of the first tag (%Ia) shows up in the proper font, but every iteration after is in what I believe is font #5, used in the next customline. (including the %Ia.) It overwrites quite messily.

Any suggestions?

current kludge:

%e|11|32|117|3|00000 0|%s%?It<%It|%Fm> by %?Ia<%Ia|%D1>

Preferred (see any problems?):

#Status Bar Disabled
%wd
#
#Track
%e|1|1|128|1|000000| %s%it
#
#Artist
%e|5|20|9|2|000000|¬
%e|15|20|113|2|00000 0|%s%ia
#
#Next Song
%e|1|30|9|3|000000|»
%t3%e|11|42|117|3|00 0000|%s%?Ia<%Ia|%?It <%It|%Fm>>;%t8%e|11| 42|117|3|000000|%s%? It<%It|%Fm>
#
#Progress Bar
%pb|8|1|72|56|
#
#playlist track X of Y total
%e|74|55|54|5|000000 |%ar%pp of %pe

(similar corruption with spaces above)

Also, the first line (Track Name) is not scrolling. The font is large, but not unreasonably so. (luRS19.fnt)

[rogue_ronin]

If anyone wants it, here's the latest version, working around two kludges.

Does anyone know how to take a screenshot of the remote?

m a r

#Status Bar Disabled
%wd
#
#Dummy Line to trigger Scrolling in Track

#Track
%e|1|1|128|1|000000| %s%?it<%it|%fm>
#
#Artist
%e|5|20|113|3|000000 |%s%?ia<%ia|%d1>
#
#Progress Bar
%pb|6|1|72|39|
#
#track X of Y
%e|74|37|54|5|000000 |%ar%pp of %pe
#
#Next Song
%e|1|49|9|2|000000|»
%e|11|50|117|2|00000 0|%s%?It<%It|%Fm> / %?Ia<%Ia|%D1>

[Ashen]

Originally Posted by rogue_ronin

Any suggestions?
Also, the first line (Track Name) is not scrolling.

Try to add this "dummy" line as the first line of your WPS.

%e|0|0|0|1|000000|%? lh (no space between '%?' and 'lh')

When there are alternate lines in customline WPS, it may help.

[Kezza]

 %e|0|0|0|1|000000|%?lh

use these tags Ashen

 [ code ]  [/ code ] sorry had to put a space in

Kezza

[rogue_ronin]

A simple blank line did the job, as in my second post. It turns out that the first entry cannot scroll, so your solution would work, or any static entry (such as a symbol to indicate artist.)

I have another iteration of this screen, that includes bitmaps for the play state. As it is derived from the Clean themes, I'm calling it Clean(mf-rwps). It is better arranged. It includes a folder and a .rwps that should be put into your WPS directory.

If you want to include it in any theme, edit the theme file line for rwps to point to it.

eg:

rwps: /.rockbox/wps/Clean(mf-rwps).rwps

Just like regular .wps, it requires its own folder for bitmaps.

Thanks!

m a r

ps: kezza, thanks for the hint regarding code. It must be stricter than quoting.

EDIT: fixed typo in .rwps in the zip file. This will fix scrolling in the artist line. If you downloaded the .rwps, please download it again. Apologies.

FINAL EDIT: Final update, adds a position in track counter and resizes and repositions the progress bar. Shouldn't need any more changes. Looks good, still simple, but now there's just enough info to make it functional.

POST-FINAL EDIT: Minor tweak for when you have nothing remaining in your playlist but the current track.

OKAY, I HAVE TO STOP KIDDING MYSELF ABOUT FINALITY EDIT: The latest build fixed the scrolling and the alternating bugs. So I have updated to address these. There are no more kludge lines, and the 'Next Track' line will alternate between trackname and artist. See below for a jClix version.

[rogue_ronin]

Please download the .rwps zip again if you downloaded it already. Had to fix a typo in the .rwps to enable artist scrolling.

Thanks!

m a r

[Philip_0729]

i had this problem as well thanks for the fix xD

[flash62]

A screenshot from the simulator...

Updated for the latest version.

[rogue_ronin]

Final update to the above zip file. It adds a 'position in track' counter and resizes and repositions the progress bar, which now divides the screen nicely. Shouldn't need any more changes. Looks good, still simple, but now there's just enough info to make it functional.

[nSpecRacing]

hey, nice job on the rwps, but i was wondering if you can add a few things (sorry!) like, maybe a battery meter and time? iunno, just a suggestion! =)

[rogue_ronin]

There's not a lot of room left, really. I was trying to make a screen that went well with the Clean themes, and had a big, readable font for the title and artist. I added the play button and the position counter for visual feedback, when you use the buttons, that you've made a change.

I understand the usefulness of a clock and battery meter, don't get me wrong. I just think that there's limited space and that what's on the screen should be related to what you're using the remote for -- choosing music and learning who made it is what I do. If you're using the remote to monitor the player, then the design would be very different, and likely include what you're asking for.

So, I don't think I'm going to try to do that. It would have to be a complete re-write, I think. Even just re-activating the status bar, as a simpler solution, would require using different fonts and moving everything around. I'd probably have to remove some things.

Writing these is not very hard. Try it! Just modify this one (after making a copy you can use as a backup. Copy both the .rwps and the folder if you want to change the images.) Most of the codes you need are here. And the Custom line codes (the %e stuff for positioning lines) is here. And an explanation of how to choose fonts is here.

Keep in mind that the screen is 128 x 64 pixels, numbering from 0-127 and 0-63. And that any bitmaps you want to use must be binary (black and white, no color, no greyscale -- also called 1-bit color) and in Windows bitmap format. (If you're looking for the illusion of grey, use dithering -- alternating black and white dot patterns) They should be kept in the folder that matches the .rwps name.

Honestly, it's pretty easy. Just change some stuff, unmount the iRiver, re-load the screen on your iRiver and repeat until you like it. You can't do any harm.

m a r

[rogue_ronin]

Minor edit to the RWPS to deal with an empty playlist.

I promise to stop!

m a r

[kirk_hammett]

I'd just ask if anybody would be so kind as to adapt this amanzing rwps for the jClix Blue theme... would be kind of nice

[maxwen]

Originally Posted by rogue_ronin

Also, the first line (Track Name) is not scrolling. The font is large, but not unreasonably so. (luRS19.fnt)

This was actually a bug in customline
I fixed this but I guess the actual build from norbusan is
not including this version

For now insert an empty line before and it should work
EDIT: oh Ashen already told you this

[rogue_ronin]

Actually Ashen suggested

%e|0|0|0|1|000000|%? lh

as a way to make alternating lines display. Which I just realized after re-reading it. Somehow I figured out the blank line thing myself, by accident.

I might take a crack at the alternating lines again now that I've paid attention to his advice. The current line is adequate but not optimal.

As to whether it is included, I don't know. I am running the most recent, but I did not try removing the blank line. If I update the rwps, I will test the blank line.

kirk_hammet: I was going to tell you that you could easily add it, but I don't know if the fonts are compatible. It's not simple but it's not hard to figure out the fonts. If I get some time, I'll take a smack at it. No promises, though.

m a r

[rogue_ronin]

Maxwen was right. It looks like the latest build fixed the scrolling and the alternating bugs. So I have updated the Clean version to address these. (see post #5) There are no more kludge lines, and the 'Next Track' line will alternate between trackname and artist. Much less busy now, which I like.

And I have made a jClix version (that looks exactly the same), but it is not just a simple drag-and-drop install. You do drag-and-drop the attached files from the zip into your wps directory under .rockbox, but then you must make a tiny edit to whichever jClix themes you would like to use the rwps with by editing the .cfg file.

For example: open .rockbox/themes/jClix_Blue.cfg in a text editor (not Word or Wordpad or Open Office or the like -- use Notepad or something like it) and add the following lines:

rwps: /.rockbox/wps/jClix(mf-rwps).rwps
userfont6: /.rockbox/fonts/luRS19.fnt
userfont7: /.rockbox/fonts/helvB10.fnt

I would put the rwps line next to the wps line, and I would add the two userfont lines below the existing ones, but you may not be as anal-retentive as I am...

Then reload the theme and you should be good to go.

The jClix themes seem to all use the same fonts, so this was a fairly easy .rwps to make, because jClix and Clean share 3 of them already. We just have to add the other two.

Let me know what you think!

m a r

[nSpecRacing]

Originally Posted by rogue_ronin

There's not a lot of room left, really. I was trying to make a screen that went well with the Clean themes, and had a big, readable font for the title and artist. I added the play button and the position counter for visual feedback, when you use the buttons, that you've made a change.

I understand the usefulness of a clock and battery meter, don't get me wrong. I just think that there's limited space and that what's on the screen should be related to what you're using the remote for -- choosing music and learning who made it is what I do. If you're using the remote to monitor the player, then the design would be very different, and likely include what you're asking for.

So, I don't think I'm going to try to do that. It would have to be a complete re-write, I think. Even just re-activating the status bar, as a simpler solution, would require using different fonts and moving everything around. I'd probably have to remove some things.

Writing these is not very hard. Try it! Just modify this one (after making a copy you can use as a backup. Copy both the .rwps and the folder if you want to change the images.) Most of the codes you need are here. And the Custom line codes (the %e stuff for positioning lines) is here. And an explanation of how to choose fonts is here.

Keep in mind that the screen is 128 x 64 pixels, numbering from 0-127 and 0-63. And that any bitmaps you want to use must be binary (black and white, no color, no greyscale -- also called 1-bit color) and in Windows bitmap format. (If you're looking for the illusion of grey, use dithering -- alternating black and white dot patterns) They should be kept in the folder that matches the .rwps name.

Honestly, it's pretty easy. Just change some stuff, unmount the iRiver, re-load the screen on your iRiver and repeat until you like it. You can't do any harm.

m a r

Hey man, thanks, i modified it myself, and yeah i got what im looking for. thats what i love about rockbox =) doesn't suit you? make it suit you =D thanks for the help!

[rogue_ronin]

Awesome!

I'm glad you did it. Have you considered sharing it with the other folk on the forum? I bet someone would like your mod.

m a r