Chapter 11.
Advanced Topics
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11.1.5 Changing Filetype Colours
Rockbox has the capability to modify the File Browser to show different filetypes in
different colours depending upon the file extension. See the
Z
CustomFiletypeColours
Wiki page for details.
11.1.6 Loading Backdrops
Rockbox supports showing an image as a backdrop in the
File Browser
and the menus.
The backdrop image must be a
.bmp
file of the exact same dimensions as the display
in your player (240x320x16 with the last number giving the colour depth in bits). To
use an image as a backdrop browse to it in the
File Browser
and open the
Context
Menu
(see section
4.1.2
(page
22
)) on it and select the option
Set As Backdrop
. If
you want rockbox to remember your backdrop the next time you start your player the
backdrop must be placed in the
/.rockbox/backdrops
directory.
11.2 Configuring the WPS
11.2.1 WPS – General Info
Description:
The WPS or While Playing Screen is the name used to describe the infor-
mation displayed on the player’s screen whilst an audio track is being played. The
default WPS is a relatively simple screen displaying Track name, Artist, Album
etc. in the default font as a purely text based layout. There are a number of WPS
files included in Rockbox, and you can load one of these at anytime by selecting
it in
General Settings
→
Display
→
Browse .wps files
.
Note:
“Playing” a
.wps
from the file browser has the same effect.
b
File Location:
Custom WPS files may be located anywhere on the drive. The only
restriction is that they must end in
.wps
. When you “play” a
.wps
file, it will
be used for future WPS screens, and if the “played”
.wps
file is located in the
/.rockbox/wps
directory, it will be remembered and used after reboot. The
.wps
filename must be no more than 24 characters long for it to be remembered.
11.2.2 WPS – Build Your Own
Quite simply, enter the WPS code in your favourite text editor, Notepad on Windows
works fine. When you save it, instead of saving it as a
.txt
file, save it as a
.wps
file. Example: Instead of
Rockbox.txt
, save the file as
Rockbox.wps
. To make sure non
english characters display correctly in your WPS you must save the .wps file with UTF-8
character encoding. This can be done in most editors, for example Notepad in Windows
2000 or XP (but not in 9x/ME) can do this. See appendix section
B
(page
142
) for all
the tags that are available.
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All characters not preceded by % are displayed as typed.
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