iXMPlay GS

[GameStone]

iXMPlay GS

I've been updating my iXMPlay GS skin for the last month or so and have finally got it on the support site last week.

https://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=754

Now the Info window was still using the green cut-outs for the round corners, I've now made the files with PNG alpha transparency (to match the main window corners) but I'm getting an issue where one of the textures is transparent when it shouldn't be (info_right.png under the right scroll bar).

I've been trying for the last week to fix it and cannot get it working and was thinking that maybe its a bug in XMPlay itself (tested with 4.0.0.21).

I hope you can look into this as I've been pulling my hair out trying to get it working.

[Ian @ un4seen]

Adding an alpha channel to your info_right.png file should fix the problem. Currently, when the main info window bitmap (eg. info_head) includes an alpha channel, all the other info_x bitmaps should do too.

[GameStone]

Yep that fixed the issue I was having, the old paint program I still use (Paint Shop Pro 9) saves as 24BitsPerPixel PNG if there are no transparent pixels (no alpha) and 32BitsPerPixel PNG if the file contain alpha transparency.

I can use another program to save the image with a forced alpha transparency (32BitsPerPixel file), I guess that would mean the file would contain a completely blank alpha transparency. 

Thanks for your help.

[Ian @ un4seen]

Good to hear it's working now. The added alpha channel will be all 255/100% for an opaque image. I'll see if XMPlay can be made to automatically generate an opaque alpha channel in cases like this in future, but it'll probably be best to still add it yourself even then for compatibility with older XMPlay.

[GameStone]

I've finished testing on the v1.6 update to the skin and I think I have all the issues are sorted, I thought I would do a lot more testing as it's so easy to miss the little things.

Notice the nice click-in buttons on the Info Window, also the little tweaks like the small arrows to show the middle setting in the Equalizer, Balance etc...

Hopefully it shouldn't take too long for the support site to update the skins links, but anyway here's a capture of the new layout.

https://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=754

[Keltic Danor]

Nice work!

[TheWanderer]

When i minimize xmplay while playing a stream via the GUI button and bring it back to front (using the task bar) after the scroll text (title, artist etc.) has changed, the display is blank/empty until there is another update of title/artist from the stream.
When i use the task bar only to minimize/maximize everything works as expected.

It´s a very, very tiny issue and i even don´t know if it´s a problem related to the skin but other skins work without this hick-up.   

[Ian @ un4seen]

It turns out that's actually an issue affecting all skins with an alpha-channel (transparency). Here's an update that should fix it:

    www.un4seen.com/stuff/xmplay.exe

[TheWanderer]

Cool ! Works !
Thank you !