Here is a quick guide on how I did some animations for My 2GB nanoclone:
1 Play your favorite movie in Powerdvd, Windvd, or any player which allows screen captures. Capture a sequence of 16- 17 frames. Mine needs 16 frames. My shutdown sequence requires 8 bmp's. So capture 8 more pics for shutdown. You can of course simply use any pics in sequence already in your photos folder.
2 make sure saved format is correct for your player, BMP, OR GIF, ETC.
3 Resize to the resolution for your player IE, 128x128, etc. using :
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1313
or google IRFANVIEW which is another great FREEWARE tool, but more for expert photo editors.
Save.
4 Follow Admin's excellent tutorial on modding your firmware here :
http://www.mympxplayer.com/viewtopic.php?t=206
5 under END.RES go to ICON, then CO1 and start replacing bmp's or gif's with your new sequence.
6 Do the same for startup sequence at: LOGO.RES / ICON /AO1....ETC.
7 At this point you could also replace all of the background screens.
8 Save and rename your dump.bin file to ' new dump.bin"
9 That's it! You're done!
10 Post your new themes in uploads if you like...
It's actually quite easy to mod your new player.
Kinda fun too.
Hope this helps.
Since I haven't really seen anything on redoing startup amimations here... Good luck,
I.