B WPS Tags

These tags override the player setting for the display of the status bar. They must be noted on their own line.

B.2. ID3 Info

Tag	Description

%ia	ID3 Artist
%ic	ID3 Composer
%id	ID3 Album Name
%ig	ID3 Genre Name
%in	ID3 Track Number
%it	ID3 Track Title
%iv	ID3 Version (1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 or empty if no id3 tag)
%iy	ID3 Year

Remember that this information is not always available, so use the conditionals to show alternate information in preference to assuming.

B.3. Power Related Information

Tag	Description

%bl	Show numeric battery level in percent.
	Can also be used in a conditional: %?bl<-1\|0\|1\|2\|…\|N>
	Where the -1 value is used when the battery level isn’t known (it usually is).
%bv	Show the battery level in volts
%bt	Show estimated battery time left
%bp	“p” if the charger is connected
	(only on targets that can charge batteries)
%bc	“c” if the unit is currently charging the battery
	(only on targets that have software charge control or monitoring)
%bs	Sleep timer. Shows the remaining time if the sleeptimer is set

B.4. File Info

Tag	Description

%fb	File Bitrate (in kbps)
%fc	File Codec (e.g. “MP3” or “FLAC”). This tag can also be used in a conditional tag, %?fc<mp1\|mp2\|mp3\|aiff\|wav\|vorbis\|flac\|mpc\|a52\|wavpack\|alac\|aac\|shn\|sid\|adx\|unknown>.
	The codec order is as follows: MP1, MP2, MP3, AIFF, WAV,Ogg Vorbis (OGG), FLAC, MPC, AC3, WavPack (WV), ALAC, AAC,Shorten (SHN), SID, ADX, NSF, Speex, SPC, APE.
%ff	File Frequency (in Hz)
%fm	File Name
%fn	File Name (without extension)
%fp	File Path
%fs	File Size (In Kilobytes)
%fv	“(avg)” if variable bit rate or “” if constant bit rate
%d1	First directory from end of file path.
%d2	Second directory from end of file path.
%d3	Third directory from end of file path.

Example for the %dN commands: If the path is “/Rock/Kent/Isola/11 - 747.mp3”, %d1 is “Isola”, %d2 is “Kent” … You get the picture.

B.5. Playlist/Song Info

Tag	Description

%pb	Progress Bar
	This will replace the entire line with a progress bar.
	You can set the height, position and width of the progressbar (in pixels): %pb\|height\|leftpos\|rightpos\|
%px	Percentage Played In Song
%pc	Current Time In Song
%pe	Total Number of Playlist Entries
%pm	Peak Meter. The entire line is used as volume peak meter.
%pn	Playlist Name (Without path or extension)
%pp	Playlist Position
%pr	Remaining Time In Song
%ps	Shuffle. Shows ’s’ if shuffle mode is enabled.
%pt	Total Track Time
%pv	Current volume (x dB). Can also be used in a conditional:
	%?pv<0\|1\|2\|…\|N>

B.6. Runtime Database

Tag	Description

%rp	Song playcount
%rr	Song rating (0-10). This tag can also be used in a conditional tag, %?rr<0\|1\|2\|3\|4\|5\|6\|7\|8\|9\|10>

B.7. Sound (DSP) settings

Tag	Description

%sp	Display current playback pitch
%xf	Crossfade setting, in the order: Off, Shuffle, Skip, Always
%rg	ReplayGain value in use (x.y dB). If used as a conditional, Replaygain type in use: %?rg<Off\|Track\|Album\|TrackShuffle\|AlbumShuffle\|No tag>

B.8. Virtual LED

Tag	Description

%lh	“h” if the flash storage is accessed

B.9. Repeat Mode

Tag	Description

%mm	Repeat mode, 0-4, in the order: Off, All, One, Shuffle

B.10. Playback Mode Tags

Tag	Description

%mp	Play status, 0-4, in the order: Stop, Play, Pause, Fast forward, Rewind

B.11. Images

Tag	Description

%X\|filename.bmp\|	Load and set a backdrop image for the WPS. This image must be exactly the same size as your LCD.
%P\|filename.bmp\|	Load a Progress bar image for the WPS. Use %pb tag to show the progress bar
%x\|n\|filename\|x\|y\|	Load and display an image
	n: image ID (a-z and A-Z)
	filename: filename relative to /.rockbox/ and including .bmp
	x: x coordinate
	y: y coordinate.
%xl\|n\|filename\|x\|y\|	Preload an image for later display
	n: image ID (a-z and A-Z)
	filename: filename relative to /.rockbox/ and including .bmp
	x: x coordinate
	y: y coordinate.
%xdn	Display a preloaded image
	n: image ID (a-z and A-Z)

Example: image /.rockbox/bg.bmp with ID “a” at 37, 109 would be:
%x|a|bg.bmp|37|109|

B.12. Alignment

Tag	Description

%al	Text is left aligned
%ac	Text is center aligned
%ar	Text is right aligned

All alignment tags may be present in one line, but they need to be in the order left – center – right. If the aligned texts overlap, they are merged.

B.13. Conditional Tags

Tag	Description

%?xx<true\|false>	If / Else: Evaluate for true or false case
%?xx<alt1\|alt2\|alt3\|…\|else>	Enumerations: Evaluate for first / second / third / …/ last condition

B.14. Real Time Clock

Tag	Description

%cd	Day of month
%ce	Zero padded day of month
%cH	Zero padded hour from 00 to 24
%ck	Hour from 0 to 24
%cI	Zero padded hour from 12 to 12
%cl	Hour from 12 to 12
%cm	Month
%cM	Minutes
%cS	Seconds
%cy	2-digit year
%cY	4-digit year
%cP	Capital AM/PM
%cp	Lowercase am/pm
%ca	Weekday name
%cb	Month name
%cu	Day of week from 1 to 7, 1 is Monday
%cw	Day of week from 0 to 6, 0 is Sunday

B.15. Other Tags

Tag	Description

%%	Display a ‘%’
%<	Display a ‘<’
%\|	Display a ‘\|’
%>	Display a ‘>’
%;	Display a ‘;’
%s	Indicate that the line should scroll. Can occur anywhere in a line (given that the text is displayed; see conditionals above). You can specify up to 10 scrolling lines. Scrolling lines can not contain dynamic content such as timers, peak meters or progress bars.

Tag	Description

%we	Status Bar Enabled
%wd	Status Bar Disabled

B. WPS Tags

B.1. Status Bar