Foobar2000(Req)

[Phat_Goat]

Im proposing a complete foobar guide that includes how to customize it and just add some nice functionality to it.

[Phat_Goat]

anyone?

[an4rew]

yes please

[HawkMan]

I suggest waiting untill .9 is done. as it's a lot easier to zustomize the UI layout and stuff on that.

[ev0|]

There is still room for improvement in the foobar guides, we really need a foobar for dummies book.

[Phat_Goat]

its true

[tOta]

Yes maybe someone could write a guide

and could update it when .9 becames full not beta.

Acedriver would be guy for that work IMO :)

[matt0]

Yeah, maybe a wiki type thing that people can put code snippets in, with an explanation of what the code is doing and how its working. like for example

$ifgreater($mod(%_playlist_number%,2),0,ffffff,000000)

Alternates row text colours.

$ifgreater( <-- Def: If number [a] is greater than number , return/execute [c], otherwise return/execute [d].

[a] $mod(%_playlist_number%,2), <-- Divides the playlist number by 2, and returns the remainder (0 indicates even number, 1 indicates odd number)

0, <- If the remainder is greater than 0...

[c] ffffff, <-- ...do this (set text colour to white)

[d] 000000 <-- ...otherwise do this (set text colour to black)

) <-- end of $ifgreater

Easy example, but it could really help people learn to read the code, and learn from other examples, rather than just copy pasting. The more people who understand it, the more people who experiment with it and come up with crazy new ideas. It's not hard.

[tOta]

Where did you learn it matt0? Any links?

[tmw]

I'd love to be able to customize foobar myself but the code has me totally confused. A guide would be awesome!

[matt0]

Where did you learn it matt0? Any links?

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Ah no, just the hard way, screwing around with it myself.

[edit] Also, just looking at examples from uploaded setups is a pretty bad way to learn the code, because the people who do it set it all up in a way that many people can use, with lots of different options, and routines for people whose tags arnt complete. When you're there trying to read it, it's more complicated than it has to be.

Edited October 30, 2005 by matt0

[FalledAngel]

Great idea! It will be really helpful to noobs like me... ehehe

But i propose to start a explanation based in Foobar2000 0.9 beta10 (latest today) and being "upgraded" until the final release...

[FalledAngel]

Up!

[mMuh]

There are already a couple of sites that explains some foobar syntaxes, there is a neat list at http://foobar.nub4life.net/columns/Links.html .I'd recommend the official wiki at http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php

[nguoixasu]

Hi guys,

I am a newbie, i donot know about foobar before. But some of my friends told me that it is really good. So is it stable and small than other player softwares? Thanks

[BuzzSaw]

IMO, Foobar is a good player. Less intrusive on resource, can play most audio files you can throw at, can encode audio files (there are some some external encoders you have to download separately in order to encode in different audio formats). Down side to it; setting it up can be a little complicated at times like changing the interface to give it a different look, doesn't support skins like most media players that are out there and has tons of options that can change the way Foobar works, which at times can be overwhelming if you don't know what you're doing.

Other then that it's a pretty good player.

[Punio4]

http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/9575...0Foobar2000.zip

The best guide for configuring foobar out there ^^

[phend-one]

http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/9575...0Foobar2000.zip

The best guide for configuring foobar out there ^^

More details at its official site: http://dizwell.com/main/content/view/49/69/