MAKIs

[ariszlo]

MAKIs are skin-enhancement binaries that you can pack with modern skins. They are compiled from MAKI scripts with the MAKI Compiler.

Find a lot of MAKI scripts in Winamp forum's MAKI Cheats thread.

To compile your MAKI

• put your script in the MAKI Compiler folder
• launch cmd.exe
• cd to the MAKI Compiler folder
• type mc.exe followed by the filename of your script and hit enter, e.g.
  mc.exe myscript.m

Copy the compiled maki into the scripts folder of your skin.

[ariszlo]

This maki merges the Play and Pause buttons into a single toggle button. The version hosted at FrisbeeMonkey.com is packed with a lot of old skins but, unfortunately, it does not work in Winamp 5.x.

This is an updated version which works in both Winamp 3 and Winamp 5.x.

[ariszlo]

Playback buttons can show button states with the image, hoverimage and downimage parameters but they cannot show playback status (playing, paused, stopped) on their own.

Winamp Modern and Quinto show playback status on the playback buttons by overlaying layers, playback buttons and status images, which gives the desired results unless you use partially transparent button (and status) images.

This script works well with both opaque and partially transparent button images.

[victhor]

Are you going to replicate all the scripts from that thread?

[victhor]

By the way, some time ago I collected most of those scripts on a zip, available on my Winamp skinning resources thread: https://getwacup.com/community/index.php?topic=307.0
(see 'Complete collection of scripts (gathered all around the internet)').

I didn't gather all there were, maybe that could do a good addition / zip (some have a first version and an improved one, which is the useful one IMO).

[ariszlo]

Are you going to replicate all the scripts from that thread?

No, I have neither the time, nor the patience to do that. I meant this thread as a sequel to it.

I thought there might be some other enthusiasts of old skins hanging around here who would find a drop-in replacement of the old play2pause.maki useful. Even though there are several other later variants of the script that work well with Winamp 5.0+, I liked the comments in the Gonzotek/Vica/FrisbeeMonkey script so I decided to update it.

The other script was requested by a user at the Winamp forum and I thought it was worth sharing a more elaborate version of it here because it makes it much easier to add playback status to the playback buttons than the solution used in Winamp Modern or Quinto with layers, buttons and status tags (to which Quinto also adds a hover script).

By the way, some time ago I collected most of those scripts on a zip, available on my Winamp skinning resources thread...

Yes, I know about it. It is a very good collection.

[ariszlo]

This is for old songtickers with 2 states of ticker scrolling (on and off). For modern songtickers with 3 options (both directions, right to left, off), use tickerpopup from Ariszló’s Study Skin instead.

Toggle songticker scrolling on/off by left-clicking on it.
Script modified from Hammerhead & Jimmysmith's TickerToggleRightClick.m

[dro]

Was that that script causing the issue in the other thread about the vis not working?

-dro

[ariszlo]

It turned out that it was not. First I thought it was but now vis works with or without it. So I do not know what really broke the vis.

[ariszlo]

Displays elapsed time in percentage of song length.