Thank you.

It'll work on anything, right up to a desktop.

mw65719:

Hi NeoTechni,

I have ben following your efforts for a while - must say you are investing a lot of time, respect!

Just out of curiosity: Would your clone work on a "standard" tablet PC running XP tablet edition or does it require the device to be a UMPC?

There isn't actually any software classification to make a device be considered a UMPC.

Actually there is. The origami experience from Microsoft itself will not install on a non UMPC for reasons all their own. No doubt this program will run but I did notice that with the resolution of my R2H set to 1024x600 the program was windowd but I'll let the auther handle that one.

HerDinky:

Actually there is. The origami experience from Microsoft itself will not install on a non UMPC for reasons all their own. No doubt this program will run but I did notice that with the resolution of my R2H set to 1024x600 the program was windowd but I'll let the auther handle that one.

MS doesn't check if it's a UMPC. They check if it's a specific make/model that they approve, which excludes some UMPCs.

What do you mean by windowed? It's supposed to fill your screen but not cover the taskbar (unless you click restore, then it takes the fullscreen). Is it showing like that?

http://rapidshare.com/files/47872475/XPerience.zip.html

Progress report:

-Fixed a bug where if you were using mozaic transition when the program started, and switched to another one later on, it wouldn't have set up the proper thumbnail surface.

-Added video genres and photo tags

To add genres/tags you must go to settings, the genre/tag section. There you can add/remove them

To add said genre/tag to a file, you must select a file (not music, genres are handled automatically via the ID3 tag for music files), then click the (!) button, and pick the genre/tag. You will go back to the file list automatically.

Progress report:

I have successfully converted MS's convoluted XML file into an easily human readable ini

I have also reduced its size from 10.3 megs to 2.03

I feel these hours spent decoding that... thing... have convinced me inventing HINI all those years ago to replace XML was the right thing to do.

Now I have to look through the INI file for what data to import into the HINI media library.

Though, sadly, this will still take a while (for your computers to do). But I've optimized the hell out of the code, so that it's built specifically for this XML file format (You guys are screwed if other versions of WMP use different XML formats. I won't spend a day dismantling each one. This was infuriating) It takes my computer a couple minutes to do.

But this will be a process you won't do very often, as I am trying to replace WMP on UMPCs afterall.

I installed WMP11 and to my surprise, the XML format/schema is the same!

Bad news: I assumed this XML file was kept for programmers just like me. But no. I found out this XML file is created when you migrate from one version of WMP to the next. I discovered this by noticing the modified date remaining the same despite having edited the library in WMP.

This is a horribly inelegant solution, but if you want to be able to import WMP's database, you're going to need to obtain and run wmdbexport.exe. It does appear to be located in C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player, so I could actually make my program run it before accessing the XML file.

Oki, nvm. It's not such bad news as originally though. Just annoying.

Edit: I've added code to run the wmdbexport.exe program just before importing the XML file. It's completely behind the scenes, though the program will freeze for bit. Though it will freeze loading that huge*** XML file too so it doesn't matter.

I would like to download eXPerience to try it on a Sony ux-280p that I have but the links seems to be dead? Or am I doing something wrong at the site that it is hosted at?

Thanks,

--termnatr

What I meant with windowed is just that. It is a window at the size of 800x480 pixels. This happens when I force the resolution of my R2H to the size of 1024x600.

I also found some bugs.

- When I add a folder to the library but click add before specifically sellecting one I get an empty folder that cannot be removed.
- If I try and scroll through my library the program crashes.

termnatr:

I would like to download eXPerience to try it on a Sony ux-280p that I have but the links seems to be dead? Or am I doing something wrong at the site that it is hosted at?

Thanks,

--termnatr

http://rapidshare.com/files/47872475/XPerience.zip.html

This link works

 

HerDinky:

What I meant with windowed is just that. It is a window at the size of 800x480 pixels. This happens when I force the resolution of my R2H to the size of 1024x600.

I also found some bugs.

- When I add a folder to the library but click add before specifically sellecting one I get an empty folder that cannot be removed.
- If I try and scroll through my library the program crashes.

The windowed issue you speak of was fixed a while ago.

About scrolling through your library, is that with that empty folder that can't be removed?

I will fix that empty folder thing, which is odd..

I have a recent issue (maybe a week old) but I will try with the latest  version again.

The scroll related crash happens when I scroll through the a normal map that has only a few items in it (so it is not neccesary to scroll).

NeoTechni,

Thanks for the link. Can't wait to get home to give it a try.

--termantr

HerDinky:

I have a recent issue (maybe a week old) but I will try with the latest  version again.

The scroll related crash happens when I scroll through the a normal map that has only a few items in it (so it is not neccesary to scroll).

"scroll through the a normal map" ???

I'll fix it when I get home

Progress report:

I'm doing the final tests on importing album art from the WMP database now. Album art will also show in the little thumbnail in the bottom left corner.

I also fixed a bug where if an image's thumbnail wouldn't generate correctly, images after it in the list wouldn't generate either.

Fixed the bug the previous poster mentioned.