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Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #800 –
Quote from: Case on
I can't provide Mac version. I have no programming skills in Apple land, my Mac is over 10 years old and I don't want to spend any more money on Macintoshes. But if Peter was willing to write the required UI code and compile a copy, I wouldn't have a problem with that.
OK, I got it. Thanks for your reply.

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #801 –
It's 2024-12-23 00:30 atm and a track I played less than 24 hours ago isn't being skipped, Any suggestions?:


Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #802 –
Can't replicate. How are you playing those tracks? I see you don't have the "Skip even manually selected tracks" option enabled, so if you double click such a track it will allow playback.

I see the config dialog has truncated texts. Is that Wine or something? There should be plenty of extra space to account for DPI differences and such for the texts, do other parts of the player suffer from text truncation?

Edit: remember that you can always verify that foobar2000 core (and thus Skip Track) sees the information the way you see. With the problem files in the playlist open Playlist Search (Ctrl+F by default) and enter the query %last_played% DURING LAST 96 HOURS there. It should show the tracks that you expect to be skipped. And the tracks you see should be skipped by Skip Track when no randomness is involved in decision.

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #803 –
"add skip track bookmark" from the playback menu is not working.
(not using streaming, just in case you ask)

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #804 –
Nothing about this component works for me. Regardless what I set the bookmarks settings to, regardless what I set skipping manual tracks to, tracks never get skipped. Nor do they show up when searching for tracks played in the last 8 hours. Playing local files, running Windows 11, using the latest versions of fb2k and the component. Manually bookmarked tracks do not get bookmarked either. What am I missing?

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #805 –
Nevermind, I figured out through googling that the %last_played% statistic is dependent on *another* component entirely, Playback Statistics. Would've been cool if that were mentioned literally anywhere in the Skip Track documentation, download page, or homepage, so that I wouldn't have wasted an hour trying to figure this out.

Quote from: Rhennius on
Nothing about this component works for me. Regardless what I set the bookmarks settings to, regardless what I set skipping manual tracks to, tracks never get skipped. Nor do they show up when searching for tracks played in the last 8 hours. Playing local files, running Windows 11, using the latest versions of fb2k and the component. Manually bookmarked tracks do not get bookmarked either. What am I missing?

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #806 –
I don't fully agree with your complain. Nowhere on the docs is stated those tags come from this component, in fact the docs clearly states what the component does (and just gives hints about possible query usages which are obviously totally dependent on the user settings). If you think about it, the dev could add such hint... but it's not their responsibility.

If you are using a tag like %last_played% or anything else, is your work to make sure you really have that. Note all tags are shown on the properties window of every track (contextual menu), so you can check there whatever you have (actual file tags or by components).

Finally, I would say I don't get why a component like playback stats is not already installed by default without needing to look for it. We are at 2025, it's not like we need to save a few Kbs... and it would simplify people's life. It should be already part of the core... and having independent plugins for essential features is just adding unnecessary complexity. i.e. see musicbee, which also has plugins but for sure they don't try to cover what should be already on the core.

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #807 –
Quote from: elcosomalo on
"add skip track bookmark" from the playback menu is not working.
(not using streaming, just in case you ask)
The latest version actually happily allows bookmarking even a radio streams, though of course such bookmarks are useless.
I see I don't do a lot of error reporting. There are two possible scenarios I can think of: you try to bookmark a track that isn't playing (bookmark with zero timecode is intentionally rejected), or the metadb index for bookmarks is corrupted and the bookmark handling client never gets created because of an error.

Quote from: Rhennius on
Would've been cool if that were mentioned literally anywhere in the Skip Track documentation, download page, or homepage, so that I wouldn't have wasted an hour trying to figure this out.
I completely forgot there is a sample string using playback times on the official repository. I added a note that the variable used in the example needs foo_playcount.
 

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #808 –
I use this plugin on a daily basis and I love it. Here's a big thank you to all who contributed!

If I could suggest something it would be to have a toggle on/off option, or even better, a toolbar with a dropdown menu containing registered skip queries that we could switch on the fly, or even disable. And also an option to clear past entries, it can get confusing really fast.

Re: foo_skip: skip tracks that match a specified search query

Reply #809 –
You are welcome and happy to hear you like it!

There is an on/off toggle, menu option "Skip tracks & use bookmarks" in the Playback menu. You can also create a button out of it.

You can remove old entries by right clicking the down arrow at the end of the dropdown menu. It has options "Wipe history" to clear everything, and "Remove this history item" to remove the entry that is currently selected. You can keep the history clean.