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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 F
ILE
B
ROWSER
and the
menus. The backdrop image must be a
.bmp
file of the exact same dimensions as the
display in your player (220x176x16 with the last number giving the colour depth in
bits). To use an image as a backdrop browse to it in the F
ILE
B
ROWSER
and open the
C
ONTEXT
M
ENU
(see section
4.1.2
(page
23
)) on it and select the option S
ET
A
S
B
ACK
-
DROP
. 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 in-
formation 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, Al-
bum 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 G
ENERAL
S
ETTINGS
→
D
ISPLAY
→
B
ROWSE
.
WPS FILES
. There is
a related option to browse
.rwps
files for player’s with LCD remote controls in-
stalled. This will load a similar WPS screen for the remote but with usually a
simpler and more concise layout.
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
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