Really like the simple audio player layout.

Unfortunately, the default width is too wide for the space I'd like this to live in, and my page background color is different from the player default, so it shows up with a white background. Any chance that either or both of these properties might eventually be configurable? I know I can always pull down the code and do the tweaks, but if it's something you're considering I might wait.

Thanks!

hi, I'm afraid I haven't had any time to work on this recently. I'll bear your feature request in mind for the future though

Hi Mark,

I found a workaround for the background and width issues. On the background, I had forgotten that it's possible to simply set the background on the <object> tag itself, like so:

<param name='background' value='#00000000'></param>

The param element above makes the background transparent by including the alpha channel. Note that this requires the "windowless" param to be set to "true".

For the width issue, I simply added a new initParam called ExpandOnPlay, and check the value in the Play method. If it's set to "false" I don't call Begin on the expand animation. Granted, it's a bit of a hack, since it means you don't get the progress bar or the text, but when you need a very compact version of the player, it's a simple enough way of doing that.

I'd be happy to contribute the code if you like...it's pretty straightforward.

Another update...decided that I wanted a richer option than just hacking the control to not expand, so I wrapped the control in a Viewbox, and used an initParam to set up the width of the Viewbox, if it's set by the <object> element (I've simplified the markup for clarity...the additional Canvas element is necessary since the Viewbox can only have one child):

SimplePlayer.xaml:

     <my1:Viewbox x:Name="TheViewbox">
            <Canvas Width="300" Height="100">
                <Rectangle x:Name="hiddenRect" />

                <Canvas x:Name="MidCanvas" >
                    ...
                </Canvas>

                <Canvas x:Name="LeftCanvas" >
                    ...
                </Canvas>
        
                <Canvas x:Name="rightCanvas" >
                    ...
                </Canvas>
                <Canvas >
                    ...
                </Canvas>
        </Canvas>
     </my1:Viewbox>

Added the following to Application_Startup in App.xaml.cs:

this.Resources.Add("playerWidth", double.Parse(GetInitParam(e.InitParams, "PlayerWidth", "0")));

And added the following to Page_Loaded in SimplePlayer.xaml.cs:

if (App.Current.Resources["playerWidth"].ToString() != "0") {
   TheViewbox.Width = (double)App.Current.Resources["playerWidth"];
}

I'm betting there's probably a more elegant way to pull it off, but this works for me, and gives me all of what I was looking for, without sacrificing any of the player functionality. You can see it in action at http://www.communitymegaphone.com/ (click the "Podcast" tab in the left hand pane to see the inline players).

My pleasure...I appreciate you making the player code available!