by Brad Wardell
For
years we've watched the media player wars. AOL's Winamp vs. Microsoft Media
Player. In fact, there's been a whole whole of really cool skinnable media
players over the years. And they all have one thing in common - they are very
very difficult to create skins for. Even simple skins for Windows Media Player
or WinAmp modern involve a considerable amount of coding. And then when you're
done, it's just a skin that only works if the person has the right version of
the media player installed.
What if there was another way? There is now. DesktopX 3. With DesktopX 3 you
can easily create your own MP3 players (along with pretty much anything else).
You don't even have to know how to code to make them. It's just a matter of
assigning the buttons and text and other elements with your images. And if you
have DesktopX PRO you can export your creations as stand-alone programs.
In the example pictured, that player is 500K - and it's a stand alone media
player that can be assigned to work on its own or remote control Media Player,
Winamp, or iTunes too.
To see how it's done, here's a 5 minute video demo of how to create a media
player from scratch and export it -- the whole process takes only a few minutes.
PDF available
