[Ripper014]

Yes.. I have... I am using a Toshiba e830 with OZ_Vga... and I have not been able to use any of the skins on my unit.. including the default ones. I even tried going into SE_Vga and it made no difference. I am not sure what the problem is.

This skin would also look great if it could be ported over for PocketMusic...

[Ripper014]

Yes.. I have... I am using a Toshiba e830 with OZ_Vga... and I have not been able to use any of the skins on my unit.. including the default ones. I even tried going into SE_Vga and it made no difference. I am not sure what the problem is.

This skin would also look great if it could be ported over for PocketMusic...

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by Ripper014

Yes.. I have... I am using a Toshiba e830 with OZ_Vga... and I have not been able to use any of the skins on my unit.. including the default ones. I even tried going into SE_Vga and it made no difference. I am not sure what the problem is.

It could be Oz_VGA. In the past, I've found that Windows Media and its skins do not react kindly to display tweaks of any sort. Have you tried it without any VGA hacks?

[beq]

Originally Posted by djpandora

Actually I started this skin as a Mort Player skin, but switched to WMP due to the fact that I wanted to use Napster To Go.[/url]

BTW I'm also trialling both, but am leaning towards Rhapsody To Go myself (like another PPCT poster had posted in another thread). I'd be interested to hear why you prefer Napster instead, just curious?

I guess it helps that with Napster To Go you can do everything within Windows Media Player 10 on the desktop (once you install the Napster music store plugin for WMP10) instead of having to also rely on a separate app.

On the flip-side, WMP10 on the PPC is quite bare-bone, I wish I can use another music manager/player on the PPC instead. But this drawback exists for both Napster TG and Rhapsody TG.

P.S. djpandora, as has already been requested by others above, I don't suppose you'd have time to make a QVGA version of your Plastic WMP10 skin (to make the rest of us happy too)?

[beq]

I think so far:

Napster To Go advantages:

- can be fully integrated within WMP10 application (with Rhapsody you can still use WMP10 to play your downloaded tracks since they come as WMA, but you still need the Rhapsody app for licensing management)

- 128kbps WMA bitrate saves space so you can directly squeeze more songs per given amount of space

- sells whole albums for $9.99 each (cheaper than buying the tracks individually at 99 cents each)


Rhapsody To Go advantages:

- Rhapsody app has been quite a bit more stable and responsive for me than the Napster app (or even the Napster plugin for WMP10). No crashes, and streaming/downloading response from the Rhapsody server has been markedly more responsive than from Napster. I'm not sure why Real maintains completely separate applications and music stores (and file formats) for Rhapsody and the RealPlayer Music Store, but I'm thankful because I didn't much care for the RealPlayer app. On the downside the RealPlayer Music Store is the only one that offer Rolling Stone top tracks for for purchase at a discounted 49 cents each (because I still need to purchase the tracks if I want to burn an audio CD).

- 160kbps WMA download bitrate (streaming is still using 128kbps AAC I think) technically gives higher quality, but eats more space (though you can automatically convert to lower WMA bitrate when transferring to the PPC).

- Rhapsody app even supports iPod (AAC/FairPlay) directly for purchased tracks

- Individual tracks can be purchased cheaper at 89 cents each, but no further discount per album

- I like Rhapsody's music management interface more than Napster (though WMP10's interface is good too)

- I think Rhapsody offers discounted long-term subscription (if you're truly committed that is)...


In fact Rhapsody seems to be to be some bizarre hybrid that works surprisingly well. It's from Real but doesn't use RealPlayer or Real's media format at all (IIRC it originated from their Listen.com acquisition). It streams as AAC files (though different from the iTunes FairPlay AAC), but downloads as WMA DRM files (though it's still not integrated directly into WMP10 like other WM-based music stores). And for purchased tracks it supports FairPlay AAC and various WMA "playsforsure" bitrates.

But heck I'm not even sure if it can directly play songs purchased from RealPlayer Music Store (which I presume is in Real's native media format)? What's weird, when setting file associations, types assigned to Rhapsody show up as just assigned to "RealPlayer" so it's even more confusing...

[Silencer]

Originally Posted by djpandora

Why not just fix the Playlist function in the completed version I created and linked to above?

Because you linked the illuminate-Skin and not the Plastic skin as shown on page 1 of this thread.

[silver99]

I installed the Plastic skin on my X50v (which looks great by the way) but it won't play any video files. Am I missing something here or is this an audio skin only (if that's possible).

I've tried WMV and Photostory 3 files and won't work. As soon as I put back the default skin - they all play great.

- Silver

[djpandora]

This is an Audio only skin. Sorry I failed to clarify.

[victore]

Plastic does not work with WMP9 on my Toshiba e800 running WM2003SE. Nuts.

[moaske]

How do i get it to work on my iMate Jam (QVGA, WMP10 on WM2003SE) ?
It's a gorgeous skinfile... me want :drool:

[djpandora]

If you guys don't have any other skins installed; try unzipping all of the files to your [Mobile]/Program Files/Windows Media Player folder.

Sorry that I'm not so good at support. I'm mainly a graphics guy.

---Josh