Move to XML / PNG skinning

[jeroen]

PNG skinning is built into the player in versions 5.0 and above. (Version 4 SWF skins are also supported). The skin is created by setting up an XML file which points to the PNG files used for skinnable elements. In a future release, a ZIP file containing the XML and PNG files may be loaded.

Some bulletpoints on PNG skinning:

Controlbar skinning

• Contains colorizable background and shading elements
• The controlbar needs a default button background and vertical spacer component.
• Each button listed may contain an optional background and mouseover image.

Controlbar flashvars

• layout (button names & ordering)
• position
• size

Controlbar button skinnable elements

If no Over state is specified, the button graphics will be colorized on mouse over.

• playButton (playButtonOver, playButtonBack)
• pauseButton (pauseButtonOver, pauseButtonBack)
• stopButton (stopButtonOver, stopButtonBack)
• prevButton (prevButtonOver, prevButtonBack)
• nextButton (nextButtonOver, nextButtonBack)
• fullScreenButton (fullScreenButtonOver, fullScreenButtonBack)
• normalScreenButton (normalScreenButtonOver, normalScreenButtonBack)
• muteButton (muteButtonOver, muteButtonBack)
• unmuteButton (unmuteButtonOver, unmuteButtonBack)

Controlbar slider skinnable elements

• timeSlider (timeSliderRail, timeSliderBuffer, timeSliderProgress, timeSliderThumb)
• volumeSlider (volumeSliderRail, volumeSliderBuffer, volumeSliderProgress, volumeSliderThumb)

Additional controlbar elements

• back
• shade
• divider

Display skinning

• back
• playIcon
• muteIcon
• errorIcon
• bufferIcon (rotated)

Playlist skinning

• itemBack
• itemShade
• sliderRail
• sliderThumb

Dock skinning

• buttonBack (colorized)
• buttonShade

Coloring

• Used player-wide for whatever content each plugin wants it to use.

[jeroen]

Skinner should also be able to load legacy SWF skins.

[jeroen]

Interesting site that has a lot of JW Player skins:  http://www.flashskins.co.uk

We should make sure that 5.0 still supports the way they skin players.