Was wondering if Anyone would help us out by testing a Audio Skin that works with Winamp
It has a nice interface and would work well theorectically with UMPC's I will send you the file if willing to test.  must have newest version of winamp.

here is a preview 
http://www.nitrousaudio.com/nitrous.jpg

I'm down.  Check your PM.

ditto

check your PM

Thanks

same here, check PM

thanks guys i am checking my PM's  please tell me if this works and how it looked on your computer.

This isnt your ordinary skin,  100's of hour of code for the resizing feature and touch interface.

I'm in. I've PM'd.

Very nice progress so far.  I like the button size.  It's very touch friendly and slick looking.

There are some issues though:
* When switching to the playlist, library, or changing the visualization modes, the screen scretches out too far vertically down.  It stays like this unless I go to config->misc and toggle the stretch mode.
* In 800x480 resolution, the volume up/down, Repeat, and shuffle buttons overlap above and below.
* The playlist and library scrolls bars are too small for a touch interface.  Probably a Winamp issue.

Keep up the good work. :)

From your specs: "Monitor and video card capable of 1024 x 768 resolution highly recommended, 800 x 600 minimum.".

Unfortunately most current UMPC's have a native resolution of 800x480. This can be scaled to 800x600, but at a quality penalty. For optimal compatibility with the current UMPC's, you should support 800x480.

Cheers! Stefan.

Is this a standard that is alway going to be 800x480?     What about the other UMPC's  all 800x480?

I am going to bring our main coder in here to try to get this solved.  How does the playlist and media library look?  Is it too small?    What other tips do you have?

Everything looks good so far. 

I listen to a lot of audiobooks with my UMPC.  Some of my files are extermely long hundreds of minutes and i do forget where i'm at sometimes.  The only thing that's missing for me is a slider so I can move the position of the file.  FF and Rwd never seem to work good enough for me.   

Quadhelix:

Is this a standard that is alway going to be 800x480?     What about the other UMPC's  all 800x480?

I am going to bring our main coder in here to try to get this solved.  How does the playlist and media library look?  Is it too small?    What other tips do you have?

Well, the definition of what's an UMPC is a bit hazy at the moment, but as for most of the 1st generation UMPC's, they are 800x480 native resolution.

The playlist is ok..  Increasing the font size helps a lot.  I don't like scroll bars at all in a touch interface.  That's just my opinion though.
The library is extremely cramped and isn't suited for touch.

I guess that's just the way Winamp's library and playlist is.  If you can modify those areas, that would be sweet though.

I'd take a look at some other front ends such as Centrafuse, Road Runner, Streetdeck, and even the Origami Experience for some ideas on some good touch interfaces good for CarPC's.

Thanks and noted! We will try to get this the way you guys like it.  Also Those high end Car pc interfaces are way above and beyond this.  This is just for your regular pc car user,  not a whole setup. Also-- Anyone want to take a picture of this in action for me so I can put it on the site.   Screenies and real camera shots would be so cool!!  I am going to send the link to the rest of the people that PMed me.

hey i'm the coder of the CTI skin,

rodfather, can u give me a screenshot of this bug:
* When switching to the playlist, library, or changing the visualization modes, the screen scretches out too far vertically down. It stays like this unless I go to config->misc and toggle the stretch mode.
or how much pixels is the window positioned wrong?

the skin works now 100% w/ 800x480, no overlapping :)

* The playlist and library scrolls bars are too small for a touch interface. Probably a Winamp issue.

no chance to alter the bar width - as you've said, a winamp issue

martin.deimos:

hey i'm the coder of the CTI skin, rodfather, can u give me a screenshot of this bug: * When switching to the playlist, library, or changing the visualization modes, the screen scretches out too far vertically down. It stays like this unless I go to config->misc and toggle the stretch mode. or how much pixels is the window positioned wrong? the skin works now 100% w/ 800x480, no overlapping :) * The playlist and library scrolls bars are too small for a touch interface. Probably a Winamp issue. no chance to alter the bar width - as you've said, a winamp issue

Here you go:
Normal
Library Stretched
Playlist Stretched

quadhelix will give you access to the latest betaversion, so you can test if the bugs have gone away