[release]Valkyrie Beta 1 Released!

Beta 1

Winamp 5.04+ Required

(Latest Winamp version recommended)

In development since late last year (December 2004), Valkyrie is my fifth Winamp skin released to date. I've been wanting to make a skin like this for a while, and after a couple of attempts (started from scratch 4-5 times), this is what I came up with.

With this skin, I am trying to break away from my usual glossy lcd screen look and went for something more minimalistic, which I do think I've accomplished. The display area is the center of the whole skin. Aside from housing the currently playing song's information, it also holds the Equalizer (Alt+G) and Skin Configuration (Alt+C). Both are set up as display modes which you can switch between by using the Display Bar (the blue bar at the bottom of the display screen). You can use the Previous and Next Display Mode buttons or the Display Mode menu (on the left of the Display Bar) to switch between the 4 different modes (Player, Visualization, Equalizer and Configuration).

The vertical 3-button playback control idea came to me late one night when I thought of the direction playlists advance, which would be up and down, hence the previous button's placement above the play/pause button, and the next button below it. I'd say that makes this skin pretty unique since I have yet to see another skin incorporate the same idea.

That's all I can think of saying about the skin. It is still a work in progress, which is the reason behind it's Beta status, but I thought I'd give you, the public, a preview of what's to come. Hope you guys like what I've done so far. Enjoy.

#294748

A very nice start on a very nice skin. Thanks for sharing.. I will definitely use this once it is complete

A request.. could you release with access to the playlist from the main window? ...a hoverable control perhaps.

#294758

whooooooooooooo very nice skin man ...thanks you....

Gr MacEd

#294776

just the right stuff to pull me back to winamp

#295534

Cool and original ! Front Page news

#295571

you're good at this

another nice skin!

is there a windowshade mode? if not, are you planning one?

would be cool, and then I hope you include a button to show the playlist, as in the modern default skin

#295599

It's a sweet skin! A little on the big side but it has a very clean ergonomic look to it.. almost like a hardware MP3 player. I'll be using it when it's finished, in hope that colour schemes will be available for it...

#295620

Fantastic! Best skin I ever seen for winamp!

#295652

Beta 2 will have an Equalizer, which didn't make it into Beta 1 because I couldn't think of what to make it look like and I had to stick to my release schedule, a more customized Video Window, script optimizations, and a few other things I have planned which I'll keep as a secret.

And before anyone asks, Valkyrie will have color themes, but not until it hits Release Candidate status.

And

I am looking into ways of adding buttons for the Playlist, Media Library, Video windows. Probably put them on a drawer that will slide out from the bottom of the skin when the skin is in focus.

This is a Beta, which means I don't have everything that the Final version will have included, put into the skin yet. I know this skin needs a shade mode which will be added for Beta 2. It will also have a shuffle mode, which those who have used Avalon are familiar with, as well as a more compact mode that closely resembles the default mode.

Taken from the Valkyrie thread over at Neowin. Should answer any questions here.

I'm glad everyone likes it sor far. Thanks for the comments everyone.

#295685