Winamp to QSD skin converter

[locdog]

It is skin converter of Winamp to QCD. It support resize playlist, skinnable visualation, and other features of QCD 4.5. The remarks and offers you can send to megahertz@olympus.ru.
PS: sorry for my bed English.

[ulmas]

PS: sorry for my bed English.

Dude! Never say sorry!
If you need help with translations to english, i will be glad to help.

[Matt]

Hey,

this is a great utility! Well done.

I'll have to find a place for this on the site. Are you planning for it to do more or is it complete?

[jkrzok]

This is good stuff. My favorite WA skin is now a QCD skin. Outstanding. Now if only it didn't say Winamp... The play rewind, etc buttons in the playlist window don't work but otherwise I'd think I was using a skin specifically designed for QCD. Thank you. Now I have one less reason to keep WA around.

Hey, even we Americans mangle the language. :cheeky:

You got your point across so it's all good.

[Toe]

Nifty!

On a somewhat related topic, whatever happened to that old K-Jofol skin converter?

[Todd The Kiwi]

Hey, even we Americans mangle the language.
i just got butterflies

color = colour
faucet = tap
trunk = boot
hood = bonnet
liter = litre
whiskey = whisky (ok so irish mangle their words too) :cheeky:

[matty28carter]

i just got butterflies

color = colour
faucet = tap
trunk = boot
hood = bonnet
liter = litre
whiskey = whisky (ok so irish mangle their words too) :cheeky:

center = center (ment Centre. whops :nervous:)

[krazyd]

One thing i've never understood is the whole "gas" thing. Cars run on a freakin' liquid! :cheeky:

[Todd The Kiwi]

One thing i've never understood is the whole "gas" thing. Cars run on a freakin' liquid! :cheeky:ha ha ha ha we say "gas station" here or "gassa" even though you're right...

i thought of some more
center = centre (matty28)
meter = a gauge
metre = 1000 mm :nervous:

[jkrzok]

elevator=lift.

What really bugs me about (should I say aboot?) Canadien english is that they "go to hospital" but Americans go to "the hospital." Irrational I know but it really really bugs me.

[Todd The Kiwi]

elevator = lift
yeah we call them lifts too
kiwis go to the hospital
the moving stairs that are in 'malls' etc we call "escalators"

refrigerator = fridge
vehicle = car
freeway = motorway
math = maths
erb = herb
thru = through - this one really pisses me off, the KFC drive "thru" indeed.

man this thread so needs to be moved ha ha ha

[rorythedog]

Sox > Socks

Pants > Trousers

Color > Colour

You're right Todd Drive THRU really bugs me too.

Actually, why, when they'll sell you a medium or a large, can they not supply a small. If there's no small, how can there be a medium! Is it just me?

[Todd The Kiwi]

Pants > Trousers
ha ha ha ha i thought "pants" meant something was no good :P

confucious say :If there's no small, how can there be a medium! Is it just me?
that's so profound mate, i agree though, if everything is relative, then there MUST be some basis for comparison...
we aren't stoned enough for this conversation ha ha ha :normal: :biggrin:

[rorythedog]

"we aren't stoned enough for this conversation ha ha ha".

Speak for yourself.

[fatal error]

another case of "hijacked thread"

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

ha ha ha ha we say "gas station" here or "gassa" even though you're right...

i thought of some more
center = centre (matty28)
meter = a gauge
metre = 1000 mm :nervous:

I always say petrol station in English. It's funny because in Dutch we call petrol, benzine. But in English benzine is actually equivalent to another chemical compound.

program => programme
"quote". => "quote."
ass => arse

I tend to keep to British English spelling as much as possible. Sometimes, i wouldnt know the difference so i may use so now and then American spelling.

Maybe a moderator can make this part of the thread a new thread, so we can continue to discuss the differences between languages :)

[matty28carter]

in britain we say "goto hospital" although it might be a yokal thing. :cheeky:
petrol is petrol. one thing that has been really pissing me off is news readers that refer to stories or incidents as "that incident" or "that case" really pisses me off.

[locdog]

Are you planning for it to do more or is it complete?
It's beta version. I want to finish it in month.

[jkrzok]

Wait a second. This on-topic posting troubles me.

Otherwise, I look forward to the finished version.

Is there a way to do WA's Modern skin? It doesn't seem to have a proper skin file.

[Todd The Kiwi]

ahem, why do we want qcd to look like winamp again ?

winamp = mcdonalds
qcd = local burger shop who makes them how you like them ;)

qsd converter = yummy local burger shop made burger with mcdonalds wrapper... :skull:

[ulmas]

This thread come out to be lots of fun!
That burger thing really made me go LOL!

Yeah, we really don't need a WA modern skin.
But we would not mind a skin that would look that cool (accept that guys, the modern skin is really ass-kicking, with all that fading-highliting-flashing things).

By this I'm explisitly turning this thread to another topic, that gotta be a hot discussion. FUN :)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I agree with Ulmas and Todd, but i respect those who want a bit of nostalgic winamp around before making the final transition to qcd. :evolved:

Winamp has some really good skins, i cant deny that. Too bad winamp cannot port some really good qcd skins heh heh.

[ace2701]

Very cool, iocdog. One small problem, however. When I save a converted skin, it does show up in my skin folder as (name of skin).qsk. But in the QCD browser, it shows up as winamp2qcd.qsk. This means you can only have one converted skin at a time in the folder. Aside from that, it's an excellent program. Looking forward to the next version.

[ace2701]

Just checked my other machine, and more than one converted skin does show up. However, they are both listed as WinAmp2QCD so you really don't know which one you're choosing.

[Qaz]

Can't you rename them?

[ace2701]

Can't you rename them?
They're renamed in the folders, but it doesn't carry through to the skin browser in QCD.

[fatal error]

sounds like its naming them all the same in the skinkid.ini. the skin browser gets the name and notes from inside there.

[ace2701]

sounds like its naming them all the same in the skinkid.ini. the skin browser gets the name and notes from inside there.
YES! You are correct. Now, how can I edit that first line so it takes the info on each individual WinAmp skin and carries it to the conversion.

[Qaz]

Rename the skin.qsk to skin.zip and find the skinkid.ini from there. There should be line Skin name: WinAmp2QCD. Just change the name and then rename it again as skin.qsk.

[ace2701]

Yeah, Qaz, that does it. The only problem is it seems that it's an awful lot of steps to accomplish this. Thanks for the help.

One other thing. When converting a skin, a lot of times the program says there is a specific bmp missing. I've taken a corresponding bmp from another skin, copied it over and converted successfully. Any ideas on this glitch? If iocdog is watching, can you explain this?

[ace2701]

OK, I finally figured it out. iocdog's convertor will not do it's thing if the avs.bmp is missing from the winamp skin. Copying the proper bmp from another skin does the trick. The only problem with the avs skin is it converts too large. I can adjust it along the horizontal, but I can't shrink it to a convenient vertical size. Anybody have any suggestions for this problem?

[BALTY]

Sox > Socks

Pants > Trousers

Color > Colour

You're right Todd Drive THRU really bugs me too.

Actually, why, when they'll sell you a medium or a large, can they not supply a small. If there's no small, how can there be a medium! Is it just me?


Sorry if redundant (or re-done-that! ha ha)

:robot: tele = TV
teletubby=TV Fat things
Holliday = vacation
Holliday = Holiday = Holy Day = Christmas = X-mas
Keep Christ in Christmas ! ! !!
Peace out!

[fatal error]

Sorry if redundant (or re-done-that! ha ha)

:robot: tele = TV
teletubby=TV Fat things
Holliday = vacation
Holliday = Holiday = Holy Day = Christmas = X-mas
Keep Christ in Christmas ! ! !!
Peace out!
i cannot stress this point any stronger......

THREAD HIGH-JACKING IS NOT COOL!

[fatal error]

OK, I finally figured it out. iocdog's convertor will not do it's thing if the avs.bmp is missing from the winamp skin. Copying the proper bmp from another skin does the trick. The only problem with the avs skin is it converts too large. I can adjust it along the horizontal, but I can't shrink it to a convenient vertical size. Anybody have any suggestions for this problem?
email me a copy of an example of skin that is doing what you describe.
fatal_error1313@hotmail.com

[locdog]

I fixed some bugs. This is final version with Delphi sources.

[ace2701]

I fixed some bugs. This is final version with Delphi sources.Very cool, locdog. It seems to work without errors now. However, could you check out why the avs can't be shrunk horizontally? I sometimes need a window that is wider than tall, and, as of now, I can't do this. Aside from that, this is one terrific converter. A job well done! :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:


WOW!! Just realised .. You even corrected the names that are saved in the QCD skin folder. I now give it 5 :beer: .

[locdog]

However, could you check out why the avs can't be shrunk horizontally?
ok, unpack this archive to main Winamp2QCD folder

[ace2701]

ok, unpack this archive to main Winamp2QCD folder

locdog, YOU ARE THE MAN !! I'll never know how you did it (I can't program), but the whole converter program now works flawlessly. :laugh:

[ulmas]

Hey, just had an idea here:

On the converted skin, the volume and balance sliders are just 7*8 px black squares.

I did a little work, and ported the framesets from volume.bmp (WA) to the SliderSet.bmp (QCD). I reworked the Map.bmp (QCD) so that the internal map matches the frameset (as instructed in QCDSkinHowTo).

And it actually works. I was just interesting if you could implement this in your program.

If you want, I will send you the original WA skin I worked on, one ported by your program, and the one I made in MS Paint.

[philipptr]

i dont know if youre still working on this but heres a list of a few little bugs i found:
1. this is 1px to low
2. transparency missing
3. numbers are shorter than normal, which works in winamp fine (see screenshot) but the w2q converter adds these black squares here
4. font is not the original one
5. no volume/balancebar moving + black squares
6. eq bars dont move as far as they normally do
7. erm... i dont know how this happens :D

another suggestion: could you move the info text into the freesapce in the playlist (green arrow) would look better i guess

[Oscar]

I am having problems converting the Winamp 2 Classic (http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=136110) skin... :depressed

Error messsage: "File not found."

Note: Both Winamp3 Classified (http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=142442) and Winamp5 Classified (http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=143266) work.