MPC-HC toolbar button skining support!

[tetsuo55]

Everything the devs at the time could change we changed. The icons are not the same as they used to be, we remade them from scratch. You obviously notice we kept most of the original style just made them a bit bigger and smoother.

As always if anyone can improve the looks of MPC-HC on a deeper level than just replacing the button images: Patches are welcome.

[Mercury_22]

Everything the devs at the time could change we changed. The icons are not the same as they used to be, we remade them from scratch. You obviously notice we kept most of the original style just made them a bit bigger and smoother.

As always if anyone can improve the looks of MPC-HC on a deeper level than just replacing the button images: Patches are welcome.

Then maybe you can do something about this http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/ticket/1598 cause I really can't see a reasonable reason for why it's not yet in the SVN

[Kurtnoise]

probably coz it's ugly...

[nevcairiel]

Then maybe you can do something about this http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/ticket/1598 cause I really can't see a reasonable reason for why it's not yet in the SVN

Because no-one provided a updated patch, all i see in the ticket are pre-patched code files, which is not acceptable for easy review and commiting.

[Mercury_22]

Because no-one provided a updated patch, all i see in the ticket are pre-patched code files, which is not acceptable for easy review and commiting.

The patch it's against 3862 (follow the mediafire link http://www.mediafire.com/?nbb4gclb828ax) so to me it seems to be updated
But if needed it can be more updated thanks to Blitzker :)

@Kurtnoise it's a matter of taste:) but anyway it's OPTIONAL so nobody it's forcing you to use it (it's NOT enable by default)!

[nevcairiel]

The patch it's against 3862 (follow the mediafire link http://www.mediafire.com/?nbb4gclb828ax) so to me it seems to be updated
But if needed it can be more updated thanks to Blitzker :)


Like i said, its not a patch.
He has a zip with modified source files, thats not a patch. How do i know which lines are modified?

A patch is a special file that just holds the information about what actually changed, much easier to review changes and apply them.

[Mercury_22]

Like i said, its not a patch.
He has a zip with modified source files, thats not a patch. How do i know which lines are modified?

A patch is a special file that just holds the information about what actually changed, much easier to review changes and apply them.

So the BE_Mod_r3830.diff it's not what you're looking for ? cause I've used this to "Apply patch " (using TortoiseSVN) and it's working fine here

EDIT Ouch sorry! I've jut downloaded the new 3862 patch and you're right that one has no diff file but the old one(in the "OLD" folder) has one and also if needed I can provide a diff file too

[tetsuo55]

Mercury_22 if you can provide us with a proper .diff based on a very recent revision I'm sure it will get committed asap(assuming it does not need any comments).
You can attach a diff to the ticket so it can be reviewed on trac itself.

[Mercury_22]

Mercury_22 if you can provide us with a proper .diff based on a very recent revision I'm sure it will get committed asap(assuming it does not need any comments).
You can attach a diff to the ticket so it can be reviewed on trac itself.

My BE_3864.patch http://www.multiupload.com/8PWOUO2PJ4 (also added to https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/ticket/1598#comment:5)

Thanks to Blitzker :p

[Blitzker]

Like i said, its not a patch.
He has a zip with modified source files, thats not a patch. How do i know which lines are modified?

Sorry about that, i forgot to include the patch in my last update. I made a new one with r3864 available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nbb4gclb828ax

My BE_3864.patch http://www.multiupload.com/8PWOUO2PJ4 (also added to https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mp...1598#comment:5)

:thanks: for the patch file and the submit to the trac!

[sexus]

how bout some nice stylish red buttons for a change? would be appreciated a ton !!!!

[FarQueue]

Another one.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7726/2011914103458.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/2011914103458.png/)

Download mpc_toolbar_light_16 [16x16] (http://www.mediafire.com/?y3zvq8b6lbdw55c)

Can you upload it again? Link isn't working anymore.

[blaster00]

Can you upload it again? Link isn't working anymore.

Sorry, I am not very satisfied with this one, so I didn't keep it myself.

[Midzuki]

Not sure how much this will suck :o , but it's the best I could/wanted to do ATM

( "everybody" already knows I'm a square old-schooler alright :p )

http://forum.videohelp.com/attachments/10769-1328205027/yet-another-MPCHC-skin.png

Download from:

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=5ACF098E0EBAE8D5&id=5ACF098E0EBAE8D5%21153

[sexus]

omg i think im gona puke no offense...blarghhh!!!

p.s: i think now everybody does know how much of an flat square old-schooler you are lmfao xD

[Midzuki]

@ sexus: Thanks for the compliment :)

Also, :thanks: for the incentive, now my copy of MPC-HC is reasonably-adequate to my tastes :) :) :)

[sexus]

-.-' ugh...

[CruNcher]

Not a bad idea Midzuki whose gonna make the Tetris Skin ;)

[bobdynlan]

( "everybody" already knows I'm a square old-schooler alright :p )Very nice work! I could not resist...
https://public.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pltZbtjpO66K0YDKPNaleB9pchlizifgqmbG4KuEiWJ1OGbRRC2JPa8YePveRGI7OTbl5siARWlUuBVkSghTFjA/preview_red_toolbar_hahaha.png?psid=1
Download link (https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=d561cc7d122f3f32#cid=D561CC7D122F3F32&id=D561CC7D122F3F32!139)
:devil:

[sexus]

lols xD

[blaster00]

Two simple toobar skins. Rename *.bmp files to toolbar.bmp

[jos99]

Just created a new toolbar.

http://localhostr.com/files/E5lyT2f/toolbar.bmp

Preview:

http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/11/81/48/66/toolba10.png
http://piczasso.com/i/or53t.png

Sorry for digging this topic but I think we should create more "toolbars" to refresh old-looking MPC-HC :P

P.s: I'll make some more toolbars, maybe GUI modding|tweaking with Restorator "patch" feature :D



Black Toolbar:

http://localhostr.com/files/ELCrtoK/toolbar_black.bmp

Preview:

http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/11/81/48/66/black_10.png
http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/11/81/48/66/black_11.png

These are excellent:thanks:! Can someone add them to

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/wiki/Toolbar_images

[jos99]

These are excellent:thanks:! Can someone add them to

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/wiki/Toolbar_images
Now added.

[vBm]

Just send a pm to me if you guys think something else needs to be added to it.

[Toddler Naruto]

Here's some more:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4223/crystalblue.png

DOWNLOAD (http://www.mediafire.com/?gjamycmgcmm) (size 32)

Please make 16x16 and 24x24 versions of the Crystal Blue Toolbar skin...

(I only really need the 24x24 version)

[kasper93]

You can resize it by your self...

[Toddler Naruto]

You can re-size it by yourself.

What program should I use to re-size it?

I've tried re-sizing it before, but MPC-HC wouldn't recognize it.

[sexus]

anyone still makin toolbars if so id like to request some nice high rez buttons with a futuristic look for mpchc be edition , thanks


http://dev.mpc-next.ru/index.php/board,42.0.html?PHPSESSID=9tnrpu1tfs57m539jkrfsuvpp09pephu

[twtrade]

Here's a windows metro inspired toolbar.

Comes in black, blue, grey, and purple.

Preview:
http://i40.tinypic.com/4k74ee.jpg

Download (http://www.mediafire.com/download/e5e2upfyumjt3oh/MPC-HC_Toolbar_Skins_-_Windows_Metro_Theme_(32x32).zip) (32x32)

Enjoy!

[x32]

Did this toolbars for myself, and I'd like to share them with MPC-HC users.

mpc_toolbar_black_16.png
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mpc_toolbar_black_20.png
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mpc_toolbar_black_24.png
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Update:
mpc_toolbar_black_20_.png
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Update 2:
mpc_toolbar_black_edited_20.png
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[x32]

mpc_toolbar_black_gradient_16.png
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mpc_toolbar_black_gradient_20.png
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mpc_toolbar_black_gradient_24.png
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[x32]

mpc_toolbar_blue_gradient_16.png
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mpc_toolbar_blue_gradient_20.png
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mpc_toolbar_blue_gradient_24.png
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[twtrade]

Here's an updated version of my previous Metro inspired toolbar skin.

http://i57.tinypic.com/2q09iyw.png

Changes:
*Fixed bar and arrow size on step button.

Download here (http://bicycleestate.deviantart.com/art/MPC-HC-Metro-Toolbar-Skin-430639121)

[twtrade]

The MPC-HC Flatro Theme is a build on the Metro Toolbar Skin and includes additional changes to the MPC-HC GUI.

http://i60.tinypic.com/1zbs2o3.png

MPC-HC Flatro Theme Includes:
- New MPC-HC icon logo integrated into the mpc-hc64.exe and unins000.exe (see image title and top bar for example).
- All media file icons will be automatically replaced with the new logo.
- Added new metro/flat inspired icons to the bottom status bar. Includes new music/video file icon, CD/DVD icon, surround sound icon, and volume enabled and disabled icons.

Hope you enjoy!

Notes:
- Currently, the .exe replacement will only work for those who are running MPC-HC v1.7.3 x64 (these changes will not work for 32bit or older versions).
- Download also includes install instructions. Follow carefully.
- This is a work in progress. Expect more updates throughout the year.

Download here (http://bicycleestate.deviantart.com/art/MPC-HC-Flatro-Theme-433094582)

[Dark Eiri]

Love the Flatro themed MPC, but WebM and MP4 are video files. Their icons show as audio-only.

[rock]

@twtrade, could you share metro toolbar skin 24x24?
thanks :)

[vBm]

The MPC-HC Flatro Theme is a build on the Metro Toolbar Skin and includes additional changes to the MPC-HC GUI.


Looks good.

You can open ticket at our trac (https://trac.mpc-hc.org/) to supply icons and toolbar so we can include it on our wiki for starters.

[twtrade]

MPC-HC Flatro Theme updated to v1.2.1 for MPC-HC v1.7.3 x86 & x64

http://i60.tinypic.com/1zbs2o3.jpg

MPC-HC Flatro Icons Preview *All 43 supported formats have been individually customized*
http://i57.tinypic.com/o0ywko.png

Changelog:

[02.18.2013] - Update to v1.2.1
* Fixed mislabeled icons in mpciconlib.dll

[02.14.2013] - Update to v1.2
* Added custom mpciconlib.dll for MPC-HC v1.7.3 x86 and x64.
* Updated install instructions.

[02.11.2013] - Update to v1.1
* Added x86 theme files

[02.09.2013] - Release (v1.0)

Download here (http://bicycleestate.deviantart.com/art/MPC-HC-Flatro-Theme-433094582)

@Dark Eiri, I've gone ahead and made the appropriate icon fixes for MP4 and WebM.

@vBm Thank you, appreciate the suggestion.

@rock Sure, i'll have a 24x24 Metro Toolbar available sometime in the next few days for you.

Any feedback and or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

Enjoy! :)

P.S. For those who enjoy the infamous clapboard icon for MPC-HC, I decided to create a flat inspired icon for you to use.

Preview:
http://i60.tinypic.com/v81keu.png

Download .ico here (https://www.mediafire.com/?cco23a2st95wgan)

[Dark Eiri]

This clapboard icon. I think I wanna marry it. So pretty!

Thank you SO MUCH! Also, for the icons! You're a genius, I love your work.

Also, I was thinking about trying to port your icons to MPC-BE in a dark-grey color scheme (MPC-BE has a slightly different icons dll structure).
Would you give me permission to do it, crediting you, of course? :D

[nautilus7]

Very nice theme. Thank you.

[clsid]

Some tips to make mpciconlib.dll much smaller:
1) Use png compression for 256x256 icon.
2) Remove 128x128 icon. It is useless because Windows uses the 256x256 one for all larger views.
3) Remove 64x64 icon. Also not used by Windows.

Some video extensions you forgot:
amv, divx, rmvb, m2ts, ogv (ogg video), 3gp, dv, mxf, asf, bdmv (bluray index), mpls (blu-ray playlist)

Some audio extensions:
oga (ogg audio), opus

Playlists:
m3u, mpcpl

Some mistakes:
mka is audio
rm is practically always video
pls is a playlist file

Can you also add two generic icons for audio and video? Those are useful for labeling rare extensions.

Can you also add an archive with the .ico files? That allows building a custom dll.

[twtrade]

MPC-HC Flatro Theme updated to v1.3 for MPC-HC v1.7.3 x86 & x64

http://i60.tinypic.com/1zbs2o3.jpg

MPC-HC Flatro Icons Preview *Updated*:
http://i60.tinypic.com/af8uxg.jpg

MPC-HC Flatro Taskbar Control Buttons Preview:
http://i58.tinypic.com/ritgyg.jpg

Changelog:

[2.21.2013] - Update to v1.3
* Added custom button icons to taskbar player
* Changed to only 16.8mil colors for all icons
* Fixed mislabeled MKA, RM, and PLS file extensions
* Removed 128x128 & 68x68 icon sizes from mpciconlib.dll
* mpciconlib.dll file size has now been reduced from 15.6 MB to 943 KB for x64 and 933 KB for x86
* Updated status bar and logo icon sizes for both .exe's
* Added .ico archive for those who want to build a custom .dll icon library

[02.18.2013] - Update to v1.2.1
* Fixed mislabeled icons in mpciconlib.dll

[02.14.2013] - Update to v1.2
* Added custom mpciconlib.dll for MPC-HC v1.7.3 x86 and x64.
* Updated install instructions

[02.11.2013] - Update to v1.1
* Added x86 theme files

[02.09.2013] - Release (v1.0)

Download here (http://bicycleestate.deviantart.com/art/MPC-HC-Flatro-Theme-433094582)

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@clsid Thanks for the feedback. I've implemented your suggestions and fixes to the new update. In the .ico archive, I've also added the requested extensions you were needing.

@Dark Eiri Thank you, glad you enjoy my clapboard icon! You're welcome to port the extension icons to MPC-BE so long as you credit.

Have fun and enjoy!

[nautilus7]

Thanks! Great work again.

[vBm]

@twtrade

[17:35:39] <Stanzilla> vBm: can you tell him that .smi, .rpm, .d2v are missing icons please
[17:35:45] <Stanzilla> I have no doom9 account :p

[Dark Eiri]

M
@Dark Eiri Thank you, glad you enjoy my clapboard icon! You're welcome to port the extension icons to MPC-BE so long as you credit.

Have fun and enjoy!

Of course! Thank you! I'll work on it and ask for your final approval as soon as the port is finished! :D

I L-O-V-E the taskbar buttons and the playlist icon! Also, nice optimization of the .dll!

You should work on the seekbar if you have the time, it's the only thing non-Flatrofied now!

The MPC-BE seekbar is closer to a flat style, so maybe porting that to your version would be easier to work on? (also, the OSD menu with the close and lock buttons that hover on the top-right of the video on BE would be a nice addition, if Flatro-fied!) - I'm not a coder at all, so I'm sorry for asking things and not being of much help to execute it... :(

But I'm pretty sure the BE team would be glad to help you on getting the code resources to do it! :)

I'm not really sure how to say this exactly but you have no idea how thankful I am. I moved to BE a long time ago because I couldn't stand the 20 year old looks of HC and how you fixed it while keeping things clean and fast. Really, you're a blessing to this software!

[twtrade]

@nautilus7, Thank you and if you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to post them :)

@vBm, I'll be sure to add the requested file extensions from user Stanzilla in the next coming days. Thank you.

@Dark Eiri, Sounds great! I look forward to seeing your port :) I plan on expanding the icon library with any requested file extensions I receive from users. I'll have the .ico files available to you and anyone who would like to build their own custom lib.dll in upcoming Flatro Theme versions.

In regards to the seekbar customization, I've been researching how to change the look of the MPC-HC seekbar since I began work on the Flatro Theme. But according to MPC-HC's Project Manager

The volume and seek bar's cannot be made skinnable without a massive refactoring of the gui code.

And if anyone considers doing that they might as well rewrite the gui in QT to make it not only faster but also completely skinnable (to the point that you could even change the gui to look like a star if you wanted to).

Since I am not very familiar with the programming languages used in MPC-HC (such as C++ etc), I would definitely need assistance from the MPC-HC project developers to make such a large undertaken happen.

But I will keep on improving the Flatro theme and maybe even compile a custom installer (instead of the end-user having to replace files from a pre-existing install).

Whenever someone asks me what is a great multimedia player for them to use, I always recommend MPC-HC. But unfortunately, the first thing I hear out of their mouths is how dated the GUI looks. This reason alone is why some users switch to other media players like VLC and Potplayer. But to me, because of MPC-HC's small footprint and overall playback quality (among many other advantages), I've always preferred MPC-HC over the rest. Especially with the addition of madVR.

In terms of customizing MPC-BE, I'll have a look into this media player when I have some more downtime.

I also want to personally thank you for your support, feedback, and kind words on my little side-project. I too have been a fan of MPC-HC since I discovered the multimedia player one year ago. Put off by its current GUI, it has led me to customize bits and pieces of the player to help give it a more updated/modern look based off of current metro/flat/semi-flat design trends.

Here are some elements and overall design changes I would love to integrate into MPC-HC's GUI with the help of the MPC-HC team...

http://freebiesbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/psd-freebie_videoplayer_byvelagapati.jpg

http://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/74249/screenshots/1266702/player-white_1x.jpg

http://3.s3.envato.com/files/67552698/preview.jpg

[vBm]

You can find our devs on IRC ( #mpc-hc (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=mpc-hc&prompt=1&uio=d4) / #mpc-hc-dev (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=mpc-hc-dev&prompt=1&uio=d4) at Freenode (http://freenode.net/)) during evening hours in CET timezone. Feel free to come around.

btw. Armada (https://github.com/armada651/mpc-hc) is doing research on modernizing the GUI without the loss of simplicity and usability.

[twtrade]

You can find our devs on IRC ( #mpc-hc (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=mpc-hc&prompt=1&uio=d4) / #mpc-hc-dev (http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=mpc-hc-dev&prompt=1&uio=d4) at Freenode (http://freenode.net/)) during evening hours in CET timezone. Feel free to come around.

btw. Armada (https://github.com/armada651/mpc-hc) is doing research on modernizing the GUI without the loss of simplicity and usability.

Thank you for the dev IRC information. I'll be sure to drop in during the evening (CET time) to talk about the possibility of updating MPC-HC's GUI and hear their input on the matter.

Thank you for the link to Armada's Github. Looks promising.

[kerimcem]

nice skin..thanks..

[Dark Eiri]

@twtrade:

I finished porting the icons to MPC-BE. Below there's an image of how they turned out - if I have your approval on them, I'll upload the .dll - can I call the set "Flatro Dark (twtrade's Flatro for MPC-BE)"? Or would you prefer to be credited as "bycycleestate", as on DeviantArt?

http://i62.tinypic.com/2rdbxw4.png

Also there's no problem if you don't like the results and don't want it to be public. If that's the case, I'll keep them for my private use only :D