diabolic53
11-09-2006, 04:01 PM
So... these are the basics when trying to modify iTunes, first you need these to ghet started:
-iTunes Editor
-Notepad
-Hex Workshop
So let's ghet started....the iTunes main menu is composed from several files, i will prezent to you each file and what it does and how to modify it.
Resource_DB - this is the main file that holds the skin but allsow the menu of iTunes, to modify it just open it with Hex Workshop....and go to the bottom of the file untill you see the main menu items(Ex. Songs, Mediaviewer, ) but allsow some others like Plugin1, Plugin2 ...etc. ,these only afect the name in the main menu, so if you add a new plugin you have to modify one of the names ( acording to the plugin's position-see nmm.plugin)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1986/menuvf6.th.jpg[/URL]
Allsow if you have a new version of iTunes i recommend that you update the menu's grafics manualy using iTunes Editor by extracting the new skin's grafics into a folder an then replacing the Resource_DB's grafics with thoes extracted
Allsow Resource_DB holds the names shown in the menu when pressing the Menu button, so you can change the name or disable what plugin you whant
[URL="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5...esdbtu7.th.jpg"]http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5...esdbtu7.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1986/menuvf6.th.jpg)
nmm.plugin - this file can be opened with Notepad and edited, you can add whatever plugin you whant but you have to introduce it's name twice just like in these examples:
[MediaViewer]
MediaViewer
MediaViewer
[Clock]
Clock
Clock
[plugin1]
null - these are just to show you hou a blank plugin looks like
null
nm.plugin controls the plugins that are dispayed when pressing the menu key you can edit this file just like the nmm.plugin file- this is not tested but i figure it works ... dunno for shure do .. dindn't have time to test it
nm.class - holds the Create iTunesDB? question when creating a DB so if you have a russian version of iTunes, this is the file you need to change to translate that message
ishell.plugin -this file holds the menu for iTunes iShell, and the image for the plugin directory -to add or to change the menu just edit this file with Notepad
Ex.
[Phone Manager]
/PMan/pm.png
PMan
[PB Tool]
/PB/pb.png
PhoneBook
Edit/Delete Message
-iTunes Editor
-Notepad
-Hex Workshop
So let's ghet started....the iTunes main menu is composed from several files, i will prezent to you each file and what it does and how to modify it.
Resource_DB - this is the main file that holds the skin but allsow the menu of iTunes, to modify it just open it with Hex Workshop....and go to the bottom of the file untill you see the main menu items(Ex. Songs, Mediaviewer, ) but allsow some others like Plugin1, Plugin2 ...etc. ,these only afect the name in the main menu, so if you add a new plugin you have to modify one of the names ( acording to the plugin's position-see nmm.plugin)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1986/menuvf6.th.jpg[/URL]
Allsow if you have a new version of iTunes i recommend that you update the menu's grafics manualy using iTunes Editor by extracting the new skin's grafics into a folder an then replacing the Resource_DB's grafics with thoes extracted
Allsow Resource_DB holds the names shown in the menu when pressing the Menu button, so you can change the name or disable what plugin you whant
[URL="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5...esdbtu7.th.jpg"]http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5...esdbtu7.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1986/menuvf6.th.jpg)
nmm.plugin - this file can be opened with Notepad and edited, you can add whatever plugin you whant but you have to introduce it's name twice just like in these examples:
[MediaViewer]
MediaViewer
MediaViewer
[Clock]
Clock
Clock
[plugin1]
null - these are just to show you hou a blank plugin looks like
null
nm.plugin controls the plugins that are dispayed when pressing the menu key you can edit this file just like the nmm.plugin file- this is not tested but i figure it works ... dunno for shure do .. dindn't have time to test it
nm.class - holds the Create iTunesDB? question when creating a DB so if you have a russian version of iTunes, this is the file you need to change to translate that message
ishell.plugin -this file holds the menu for iTunes iShell, and the image for the plugin directory -to add or to change the menu just edit this file with Notepad
Ex.
[Phone Manager]
/PMan/pm.png
PMan
[PB Tool]
/PB/pb.png
PhoneBook
Edit/Delete Message