Foobar2000 Customization Topic

[bsommer]

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[Arckon]

I asked this a few pages back, but I guess it got overlooked. Can someone please post some examples for the autoplaylist?

[bsommer]

arkon

autoplaylists are playlists that automatically keep track of whatever field they are designated.

an example for year:

(date LESS 2000) AND (date GREATER 1989)

that would be for the 1990's

If a song doesnt have a date:

NOT date GREATER 1

any song without a date will be in this playlist

for codecs

%codec% IS aac

%codec% IS mp3

%codec% IS vorbis

%codec% IS wma

%codec% IS flac

(NOT %codec% IS mp3) AND (NOT %codec% IS vorbis) AND (NOT %codec% IS wma) AND (NOT %codec% IS flac) AND (NOT %codec% IS aac)

any song with a codec which is one of these will be assinged to that playlist and if it isnt one of those it wil be placed in the last playlist.

thank you to Dirhael for helping me out with all this...he is the one who pmd me this info.

What i still dont understand is hwo to get a autoplaylist for songs with missing tags and a autoplaylist for songs added to the library in the past week?

sort of like a last added playlist

[pawky]

arkon

autoplaylists are playlists that automatically keep track of whatever field they are designated.

That makes sense what you put there, but where would I put all that data for it to look at? I'm not too sure where that would go. Thank you :)

Edit: I think I found it actually. http://www.foobar2000.org/components/index.html you can download 'Autoplaylist Manager'. I am guessing this is what you use to do this. I haven't dled it yet, just wanted to post the link for the others who wanted to do the autoplaylists as well.

Also, I am trying to use: %playlist_name% in my Track Info panel though all it returns is a question mark. It works in columns, just not in the Track Info panel which baffels me. Anyone have any ideas?

Edited July 9, 2006 by pawky

[crimsonhead]

Hurrah!

:shiftyninja: Interesting selection :shiftyninja:

[pawky]

ok, I am trying to add the play counter component which should be easy, however I'm having trouble figuring out what the newest version is for it. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome :D

[Phrozty]

My Samui Config :)

[spex04]

What i still dont understand is hwo to get a autoplaylist for songs with missing tags and a autoplaylist for songs added to the library in the past week?

sort of like a last added playlist

For missing tags use:

<tag> MISSING

i.e. date MISSING for files without a date tag

About the last added thing, you need a plugin which adds a tag to each file as it is added to the database, and then you can do it, but until someone makes it (there was one for 0.8), then it can't be done.

[Lee G. Veteran]

Hurrah!

Nice setup (Y)

Ooh, and nice music too ;)

Also, does anyone know how to get the album list plugin to automatically update, so if I add an mp3 to my music folder, it would automatically be updated to the library?

[bbmartini]

here is my first stab at foobar

[bsommer]

great taste in music bbmartini .... i love iron & wine :)

[blackmartinix]

here is my first stab at foobar

what plugin is the artist and albums up top? btw your setup is so clean i love it

[bbmartini]

both of them are the foo_browser plugin

http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Foobar2000

from the site

"foo_browser allows you to browse your library using columns ui panels. Each panel can be configured for any tag and header you wish, but initially is set up for Genre, Artist, Album, Title and Title with Tracknumber. It also creates a Playlist named "*Browser*" which displays browser selection contents. foo_browser also adds "Browse" to context menu which will populate all the panels from your selections"

btw thank you both

[pawky]

First go-around:

Ok, so I've tried to code everything myself (except the components themselves :p) and I've learned a lot, though still a bit I don't get yet... Anyways, below are a couple pictures of my setup as is.

Album View:

Normal View

Playlist Tree (for a question below)

Please let me know what you think of layout and colors.

Now for a couple problems I have run into.

1) Still not sure how to do the rating for songs

2) foo_playcount : I am pretty sure I can figure this one out once I have the newest version. I am just having a hard time telling which is the newest foo_playcount and which ones are old and for v0.8.3

3) Track Info Panel on left side

3.1) For the headers I have --------------[song Info] etc, is there a way I can make a fading (as I have it now) line that is solid instead of dashed like I have using ---------

3.2) Progess bar has spacing between each bar, is there a way for me to reduce this or ideally make it solid?

3.3) I know I can change color in the code [$rgb(xx,xx,xx)], is it possible for me to change font and boldness as well? Or am I stuck w/ the same font throughout the whole thing?

4) The grey areas (tabs, seekbar, borders, etc..) can I change these colors? and where/how can I do such?

5) The Playlist tree: In the picture I showed you can see where it says Playlists--> *Browser*, Default, New Playlist, etc... Anyways, I don't have any of these playlists any more though they remain and the new ones don't show, why is this? How can I fix this?

5.1) I found and read all of this: http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Playlist_Tree_Tutorial however I still cannot figure out how to really customize the Playlist tree, I must be missing something big...

Oh yea, the components I am using are:

foo_ui_columns [v. 0.1.3 beta 1v5]

foo_uie_quicksearch [v. 2.8f]

foo_uie_trackinfo [v. 0.8]

foo_uie_tabs [v. 0.2.0]

foo_uie_albumart [v. 0.2.1]

foo_playlist_tree [v. 2.2.beta2 [Jun 26 2006 - 11:41:51]]

foo_infobox [v. 2.0.1]

foo_prettypop [v. 1.2.3]

Thank you all very much for your help. :D

[spex04]

1) Still not sure how to do the rating for songs

2) foo_playcount : I am pretty sure I can figure this one out once I have the newest version. I am just having a hard time telling which is the newest foo_playcount and which ones are old and for v0.8.3

3) Track Info Panel on left side

3.1) For the headers I have --------------[song Info] etc, is there a way I can make a fading (as I have it now) line that is solid instead of dashed like I have using ---------

3.2) Progess bar has spacing between each bar, is there a way for me to reduce this or ideally make it solid?

3.3) I know I can change color in the code [$rgb(xx,xx,xx)], is it possible for me to change font and boldness as well? Or am I stuck w/ the same font throughout the whole thing?

4) The grey areas (tabs, seekbar, borders, etc..) can I change these colors? and where/how can I do such?

5) The Playlist tree: In the picture I showed you can see where it says Playlists--> *Browser*, Default, New Playlist, etc... Anyways, I don't have any of these playlists any more though they remain and the new ones don't show, why is this? How can I fix this?

5.1) I found and read all of this: http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Playlist_Tree_Tutorial however I still cannot figure out how to really customize the Playlist tree, I must be missing something big...

1) Try this. It saves the rating to either the media library, or a text file.

Although this did seem to cause me some problems by making foobar crash on random songs, so be warned..

2) I think this is the newest playcount.

3.1) Use the character map program, and see if there are any symbols in the font you're using that join together to form a line..

3.2) Same as 3.1

3.3) Stuck with same font, unless you use a vertical splitter, and several panels, but that can get ugly.

4) They depend on the visual style you're using. You can change them but it causes the whole windows theme to change. It's in right-click on desktop > properties > appearance tab > advanced > change the colour of the 3D objects item.

5) Edit the 'Playlists' item and check the box that says 'Automatically update' or something along those lines.

5.1) I'll let someone else help on this, as it can be confusing ;)

[Michael1406]

My latest setup (pretty much a recolourisation of my LE5-inspired theme that matches the Royale Vista VS):

[evilmunky]

My setup at the mo.

To go with nano - whistl3r VS

[Shannon]

Also, does anyone know how to get the album list plugin to automatically update, so if I add an mp3 to my music folder, it would automatically be updated to the library?

You could try the foo_dirwatch component.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=41298

[Strictly4me]

@evilmunky

Nice setup! Mind sharing your *.fcs? Would be nice. :whistle:

((((( Strictly4me )))))

[evilmunky]

Thanks :D

sure pm me your email addy and i'll send it you.

[Arckon]

You could try the foo_dirwatch component.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=41298

foo_dirwatch does not work with .9.x yet. I hope it gets updated soon because this is something I've been looking for so I don't have to rescan my whole library all of the time.

[buckaroo]

[Phrozty]

Grey Day :)

[spex04]

Here's my latest (animated):

[Boeing 787]

Damn send that one to me if you could. :)