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Xion Gallery Launched at WinCustomize!

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Xion Gallery Launched at WinCustomize!

https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=67
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Today, in response to popular demand from the skinning community here at WinCustomize, we have launched a gallery dedicated to skinning the media player application, Xion!

Xion is a growing favorite in the customization world because of its incredibly simple skinning system.  Here's a bit from the Xion homepage about how skinning works:

Xion features a new standard in skin support. Baffled by script syntax? Pulling your hair out over slicing up skin elements? Crying over spilt milk?

Xion's approach to skinning will remove all scripting and slicing requirements that other skin systems have placed on users. Xion will directly read a .PSD file and using layer names, instantly create your skin.

Xion also supports direct loading from Zip files which allow you to package several .PSD files in the one package. This has the added benefit of being compressed and therefore consumes less disk space.

If you want to see samples of some of the work that is going to soon be added to this new gallery, check out this thread on our forums:
https://forums.wincustomize.com/?aid=154135

Special thanks to vStyler for the gallery icon set used on WinCustomize and applications like Stardock Central and the WinCustomize Browser.  And, while Xion accepts .PSD files straight as skins, here at WinCustomize you'll need to zip them up first before submitting them.

I'm looking forward to seeing what cool looking skins the community puts together for this!

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have tried using Xion but just seems to be using too much CPU, I cannot do anything else while I have it running. It shows 95-97% as opposed to winamp 12-15% and foobar 6-10%. Oh well, I'll just stick with winamp and foobar.

Id rather my music player be useable than skinnable.


What sort of speed PC are you using? Which version of Windows do you have installed?

If you could give me some more information, that would be great!

Thanks!

Cliff
http://xion.r2.com.au/
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah Xion runs barely any CPU for me either, I love it.  
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And, while Xion accepts .PSD files straight as skins, here at WinCustomize you'll need to zip them up first before submitting them.


Best thing to do is select the files you want, add to zip and make sure the end of the name is .xsf, then take the .xsf file and add to a regular zip to upload here at WC. But you probably already knew that.
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've tried to run the installed a USB stick version on Vista Business and both crash.  It'll play half the promo loop and just die.    I am testing skins in an XP virtual PC with no issues.

Cliff, if I can provide more detail, I will.  Let me know what might be useful.
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I actually added xsf to the file format list yesterday shortly after making the post 

So the gallery accepts xsf and zip files.

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Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So the gallery accepts xsf and zip files.

Just in case anyone missed that...

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
actually added xsf to the file format list yesterday shortly after making the post
So the gallery accepts xsf and zip files


I Didn't miss it. That rocks.
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
buzzh58:I have tried using Xion but just seems to be using too much CPU,


I tried Xion when Boxxi first introduced it months ago when it was fairly new. While I liked it, I too could not use it unless it was minimized to my task bar. The CPU's shot up when I had the player on desktop. It would freeze my cursor and I couldnt run anything else. Buzzh58 and I both have older pcs with older graphics cards. So were not sure what causes this issue. So I'm going to re-down load Xion and try it again on my old PC and then on my new laptop that is faster and has more ram, and of course a more up to date graphics card...
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As before, Xion will not function on my desktop pc - I can't even open the SysTray when Xion is running on desktop-everything freezes up and cursor barely moves...

but
works fine on laptop that is 6 months old running XP.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Finally I can upload freeform Media Player skins, and not have them have the dreaded Magic Pink around them.

I love it!