[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by PDANEWBIE

This one does display video too right? So many of them look cool but can't show video so really don't work for me.

Yup, they all display video.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by PDANEWBIE

This one does display video too right? So many of them look cool but can't show video so really don't work for me.

Yup, they all display video.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by humayunl

Does anyone know which one I am talking about and whether it is be available somewhere?

Yes, it's the one with the large blue keys. I don't think it's available anywhere unless you have Voice Command.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by vincenzosi

Either way, you have a great eye for this stuff. Are you taking requests now? :-)

I can. Ping me with some ideas and I'll see what I can do.

[Steven Cedrone]

I like it! I am adding it to my device even as we speak (type)! :wink:

[elemess]

Hi all,

I've been looking for a tutorial on how to create media player skins but no luck yet.

I'm a software developer, have my own MSDN licence and use .NET Enterprise at work for developing web services, etc so hopefully I'll have access to software required.

Can anyone give me a starting point?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by elemess

Can anyone give me a starting point?

The Windows Media SDK includes a basic tutorial, IIRC. However, my advice to you is if you really want to learn how to create skins, the best way is to look at a sample skin and work backwards. Analyse the graphical content and the code that goes into making it all work. It helps clarify things and puts things in perspective.

[elemess]

G'day,

Thanks for the tip, Darius.

I opened up your .skn file and all was revealed.

By the way, a Dark Side skin really ought to look like this ...



:wink:

Mike

[Steven Cedrone]

Originally Posted by elemess

Ooh! I'll take one of these! :wink:

[donbacardi]

Very nice !

[JoC]

I've been playing with WMP more lately and I really like the Shady skin. The white one was nice, but a bit too iPod-y :razzing: - black is more my style. The purposes of all the buttons are nice and clear. Very tidy. All we need now to complete the set is a silver version. That would match my iPaq and it's aluminium case nicely. :way to go: