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Columns UI

Reply #4300 –
Actually, %_playlist_number%, which was in 0.8.x, still works.
%playlist_number%, which I remember turning up with 0.9, is what no longer works.
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Reply #4301 –
Columns UI 0.3 beta 2 preview 5 released. See changelog for details.

For best performance when using artwork:
-Do not use wildcards.
-If you are not using it, disable the use of the foobar2000 artwork reader.

You will need to edit your artwork source scripts to not specify a file extension after upgrading.

Please report any issues encountered here.
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Columns UI

Reply #4302 –
Nice.

Is any of the ways of looking for artwork (relative paths colums-style or foobar's built in reader) better than the other is some way?
(speed/memory-wise)

Columns UI

Reply #4303 –
Hello Musicmusic,

would you mind making the Filter Panels last selections available across sessions?

Any scripting help?
Lets say a music file is in directory "hello\". I have my artwork either as:

..\hello\ front/back/cover.jpg
OR
..\hello\covers\ front/back/cover.jpg
OR
..\hello\..\covers\ front/back/cover.jpg

Can anybody help me expressing that in the columns ui preferences?

TY, Lodl

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Reply #4304 –
Meant to mention this before but it seems that the artwork column doesn't display a cover for albums that have illegal file name characters in the album name. I am using a central repository for my covers; there is no problem if the artwork is in the same folder as the music files. The path I'm using is
C:\Documents and Settings\ray\My Documents\My Music\Album Art\%album artist%\%album%\folder

Behaviour is the same whether or not the built-in artwork reader is used or not. The album art panel seems to display these covers ok.

Thanks a lot for all the work you have put into this component. It really has gone from strength to strength. Very much appreciated.

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Reply #4305 –
Quote from: zachastrife on
Nice.

Is any of the ways of looking for artwork (relative paths colums-style or foobar's built in reader) better than the other is some way?
(speed/memory-wise)

Generally, speed-wise the Columns UI method will be faster, but you lose support for embedded art that way. First it tries the Columns UI method, and falls back onto the foobar2000 method if enabled. So it's best to try and use one or the other rather than both; I'm not sure if there is a proper way to restrict the foobar2000 method to embedded art only.

Memory-wise there is no practical difference.

Quote from: Lodl on
Hello Musicmusic,

would you mind making the Filter Panels last selections available across sessions?

Lodl
It's maybe possible, I'll note it.

Quote from: aphasia on
Meant to mention this before but it seems that the artwork column doesn't display a cover for albums that have illegal file name characters in the album name. I am using a central repository for my covers; there is no problem if the artwork is in the same folder as the music files. The path I'm using is
C:\Documents and Settings\ray\My Documents\My Music\Album Art\%album artist%\%album%\folder
You need to use $replace - e.g. $replace(%album%,:,,?,,*,.). This way, you can use the same replacements you used when naming the files.

Quote from: aphasia on
Thanks a lot for all the work you have put into this component. It really has gone from strength to strength. Very much appreciated.
Thanks
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Columns UI

Reply #4306 –
Thanks for the update. I haven't got time to check my system time field issue yet, but I noticed a glitch:

This happens some times, if you don't release the mouse button after resizing.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, if you do something that refreshes the playlist view then it's ok after that.

Columns UI

Reply #4307 –
Quote from: thuan on
Thanks for the update. I haven't got time to check my system time field issue yet, but I noticed a glitch:

Ah, I know the problem, I'll fix it for next build, thanks for the report.

[edit] should be OK in preview 6
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Columns UI

Reply #4308 –
There was some bugs with relative artwork paths; these should be corrected in preview 7.

Quote from: Lodl on
Any scripting help?
Lets say a music file is in directory "hello\". I have my artwork either as:

..\hello\ front/back/cover.jpg
OR
..\hello\covers\ front/back/cover.jpg
OR
..\hello\..\covers\ front/back/cover.jpg

Can anybody help me expressing that in the columns ui preferences?
You can only have one source per artwork type currently, so you would only be able to use one of those. Although the foobar2000 reader should pick up the first, so you can misuse things a little and make the Columns UI one pick up one of the remaining ones. The strings for those last two (front cover) should be:
Code: [Select]
covers\front
..\covers\front
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Columns UI

Reply #4309 –
Wow, so fast, thank you.
Artwork problem fixed.
System time field problem fixed.
But, it's still "Auto-sizing g_columns" when right clicking on artwork column header.

Columns UI

Reply #4310 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
The strings for those last two (front cover) should be:
Code: [Select]
covers\front
..\covers\front

OK I see your point, but I still have to choose between one of those remaining 2, correct?

When I change to another panel, away from the ng playlist and return back, NG playlist has scrolled up to top position, this is not nice

Columns UI

Reply #4311 –
Quote from: thuan on
But, it's still "Auto-sizing g_columns" when right clicking on artwork column header.
Oh.. Yes.. I meant to leave that there..  We can call it an Easter egg (until it's fixed...)

Quote from: Lodl on
OK I see your point, but I still have to choose between one of those remaining 2, correct?
Correct.

Quote from: Lodl on
When I change to another panel, away from the ng playlist and return back, NG playlist has scrolled up to top position, this is not nice
Sounds like you re not using the built-in tab stack. But anyway it should be fine in the latest version.

Quote from: buktore on
Can I lock CUI window size? I'm able to do it in DUI and I want to do it in my CUI too.
No you can't. How does one accidentally resize a window?

Quote from: Veldryn on
Then, would it be possible to have an option to disable expansion to minimum height, like it was in preview 2 ? For now I'm stuck with it because I have a bunch of single files (which don't have album art), and no album with album art and only 3 or 4 tracks. So I was very happy with preview 2 behaviour.
But, you get clipped artwork then. I think it should be nicer with the default no cover image in the latest version.
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Reply #4312 –
The problem with NG playlist selecting the first track is fixed, thanks!

Are there any plans for allowing multiple artwork paths? Because otherwise I will have to re-organize my album art.

Columns UI

Reply #4313 –
Would it be possible to add an option to split Group line into several lines in NG playlit? Either by inserting some string ($char(10) for example) or automatically if Group line exceeds width of playlist.

Columns UI

Reply #4314 –
lwiczek, I know it's not what you want but I think you can make your group string sorter by making it into multilevel group strings.

Columns UI

Reply #4315 –
Thuan, thanks - that would be just fine if only empty groups wouldn't be displayed. (for the moment i've set grouping this way and it's quite ok  )
 

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Reply #4316 –
Foo_ui_columns is awesome and more than that since NG Playlist was introduce.

I have still two request :
- Is it possible to have a mirror effect for the cover ?

- I think one great things will be to add a column for the rating where you can click in to change it. The rating must be store in the tag %rating% i think.
The second one is perhaps possible now, I don't know if it is currently possible. But if it is can you explain me how to do that please.

Keep working and impress us musicmusic

Columns UI

Reply #4317 –
Is it on the todo-list to add a combined play/pause-button? After removing Panels Ui I really miss this feature.

Columns UI

Reply #4318 –
I have: [Main menu item] Playback/Play or Pause.

You can choose your own actions for the buttons.
Windows 10 Pro x64 // foobar2000 1.3.10

Columns UI

Reply #4319 –
^Yes, but the button image doesn't change depending on if a track is playing or is paused.

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Reply #4320 –
I'm trying out columns ui and like it so far. However there are a couple of things I'd like to get confirmed.

1) Is it possible to add info such as total tracks/albums, total length etc. next to entries in Filter and Playlist switcher? This was possible in default ui and very handy imo.

2) Can I edit the style of NG playlist groups? Currently my group script looks like this:
Code: [Select]
$if2(%album artist%,%artist%) - '['[%date%] [%label%]']' [%album%] '['[%genre%]']'

I'd like to bold %artist% and %album% and align %genre% to right side of screen.

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Reply #4321 –
Quote from: Lodl on
Are there any plans for allowing multiple artwork paths? Because otherwise I will have to re-organize my album art.
Fixed plans don't seem to work with this component, there's just too many things I would like to implement. But yes despite what I may have said previously, I would like to implement this, but we'll see how things go.

Quote from: lwiczek on
Would it be possible to add an option to split Group line into several lines in NG playlit? Either by inserting some string ($char(10) for example) or automatically if Group line exceeds width of playlist.
I don't plan to change this at the moment.

Quote from: bowen_tk on
- Is it possible to have a mirror effect for the cover ?
I already looked up the technicalities of the implementation, so what remains is that I actually implement it.. 

Quote from: bowen_tk on
- I think one great things will be to add a column for the rating where you can click in to change it. The rating must be store in the tag %rating% i think.
I definitely agree, this is the kind of thing would like to implement in the long term. So this is definitely planned but I don't know when I will implement it.

Quote from: mil3s on
Is it on the todo-list to add a combined play/pause-button? After removing Panels Ui I really miss this feature.
Well, I left room in the backend for different image states, but it's not actually implemented. I am not planning to implement it at the moment.

Quote from: orchid on
1) Is it possible to add info such as total tracks/albums, total length etc. next to entries in Filter and Playlist switcher? This was possible in default ui and very handy imo.

2) Can I edit the style of NG playlist groups? Currently my group script looks like this:
Code: [Select]
$if2(%album artist%,%artist%) - '['[%date%] [%label%]']' [%album%] '['[%genre%]']'

I'd like to bold %artist% and %album% and align %genre% to right side of screen.

1. You can add some info fields in the playlist switcher panel. See here. You can't currently in Filter Panel.
2. This is not possible.
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Columns UI

Reply #4323 –
Is there a way to turn off displaying default cover if there isn't any? I'd like to have covers in my playlist, but don't want defaults...

Columns UI

Reply #4324 –
No way now AFAIK, you can use a fake pic as default cover with the same color as your playlist view background.