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Reply #6275
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My OCD is giving me fits over an inconsistency in alphabetical ordering of my playlist groups in CUI. It appears that for two strings that are equal up until the termination of the shorter string, the longer one is actually listed first. For example, I'll load up an artist and see this in the NG Playlist:

1. Albumname (Bonus Disc)
2. Albumname

I had the same problem with Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin always being listed after Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
I fixed it by adding a blank space at the end of the album title that SHOULD be listed first. It worked. The only
problem is it might mess up your playback statistics because you will actually be renaming the album, even though
it's only a blank space... Anyway, worked for me 

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Reply #6276
Thanks, but a more systematic fix would really be preferable if anyone is aware of one. I have a pretty large library, and it would be rather annoying going through and re-tagging every instance where this happens... plus I frequently manage my library with tagging software like TheGodfather that tends to trim leading and trailing whitespace from tags...

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Reply #6277
Is it possible to do grouping in NG play-list without showing group names? What i want is a solid line between albums. I tend to have many mixed play-lists so having groups for two-three songs is not an option.

If it isn't possible, was it requested?
If it was, why hasn't it been implemented?
And if it wasn't, would anyone else besides me want the feature?



You could use for the goup name the same color which is used for the background
Decalicatan Decalicatan

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Reply #6278
You could use for the goup name the same color which is used for the background


dude, you ROCK! well, not quite, but i thought i could make the font small, i mean, really small, and it worked! i chose some font at 1px and it appears exactly as 1px, and i also changed the bg color for the group title, so that it now looks like a solid 1px line. now...

is there a way to hide the nasty grouping column? .___.


just on the left from the selection

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Reply #6279
Noob question here that may or may not even be specific to ColumnsUI. I'm using it, though, so I figured I'd ask here.

My OCD is giving me fits over an inconsistency in alphabetical ordering of my playlist groups in CUI. It appears that for two strings that are equal up until the termination of the shorter string, the longer one is actually listed first. For example, I'll load up an artist and see this in the NG Playlist:

1. Albumname (Bonus Disc)
2. Albumname

This is really quite grating, given that I have several instances in my collection of bonus discs and such, and the bonus material gets listed before the main disc.

Is there any way around this? I have a feeling it might be embarrassingly obvious, but I spent a good half hour before starting this thread racking my brain to no avail.

Just on the off chance anyone else is ever wondering the same thing, I found a solution:

Go to Preferences -> Display -> Columns UI, then click the "Filter" tab.

Under "Sort incoming files by:" I simply changed the sorting preference from:

%date%,%artist%,%album%,%track%

to

%date%,%artist%,%album% " ",%track%

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Reply #6280
My OCD is giving me fits over an inconsistency in alphabetical ordering of my playlist groups in CUI. It appears that for two strings that are equal up until the termination of the shorter string, the longer one is actually listed first. For example, I'll load up an artist and see this in the NG Playlist:

1. Albumname (Bonus Disc)
2. Albumname


Either that, or sorting by 'album' should give correct results. My sorting method, which I put under Prefs - ColumnsUI - Playlist view - Columns - Some column - Scripts - Sort:
Code: [Select]
$if($or($strcmp(%comment%,'compilation'),$strcmp(%album artist%,Various Artists)),

// comp: end -> album -> tracknr -> song
// va: end end -> album -> tracknr -> song
$if($strcmp(%album artist%,Various Artists),?,)
?
$if2(%album%,?%directoryname%)
$repeat($char(32),20)
$if2(%discnumber%,999)
$if2(%tracknumber%,999)
$if2($meta(title),%filename_ext%),

//normal
$if2(%album artist%,????$directory(%path%,2))
$if($or($strcmp(%comment%,'live'),$strcmp(%comment%,'compilation')),2,1)
$if2(%date%,$if($and($strcmp($strchr(%directoryname%,'('),1),$strcmp($strchr(%directoryname%,')'),6)),$substr(%directoryname%,2,5),9999))

$if2(%album%,?%directoryname%)
$repeat($char(32),20)
$if2(%discnumber%,999)
$if2(%tracknumber%,999)
$if2($meta(title),%filename_ext%))


This sorts everything by artist->date->album->disknr->tracknr->title, trying to guess some values and putting compilations and lives to the very end of the playlist. $repeat($char(32),20) avoids inconsistencies in album names.

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Reply #6281
Musicmusic, can you give us information on what your development plans are? You're rarely seen here. No offense, just curious.

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Reply #6282
When using Columns UI with the Seekbar toolbar or panel visible, World of Warcraft suffers noticeable graphics lag while music is playing. This does not happen if the music is paused or stopped, if the seekbar is hidden, or foobar2000 is minimized. Is there some way to reduce the redraw rate of the seekbar, or use the seekbar component of the default UI (which does not have this problem) in my Columns UI layout?

Moderation: Moved to foo_wave_seekbar thread on Zao's request.

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Reply #6283
The redraw rate is not tunable currently, it's 100 Hz for Direct3D, 40 Hz for Direct2D and 20 Hz for GDI. As for CUI vs. DUI, it's really the same component, the UI specific bits are very thin. Of course, I may have an unsuitable style in the CUI bits, or your CUI layout may be complex or overlapping the window.
Does it still misbehave with a clean CUI layout with just a dumb playlist and the seekbar? As an aside, it helps if you post in threads that I read regularly, like say, the seekbar thread.
Stay sane, exile.

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Reply #6284
Yes, the problem still happens in a clean Columns UI layout.

EDIT: I was talking about the normal seekbar that comes with Columns UI by default. I guess I should try foo_wave_seekbar and see if that works.

EDIT2: foo_wave_seekbar works great.

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Reply #6285
Morning everybody !

I am using a rather default layout, with NG playlists enabled:


How do I disregard "Date" for grouping?
I have some samplers with each track tagged with an individual year, and I want to script something like:

If Various = true then disregard %Date% for Grouping !

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Reply #6286
Nevermind, I didn't see the "%date% in the default string !
Removed it, everything works fine :-)

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Reply #6287
Hi!
I have a problem. Whenever I want to disable or enable/disable, add/remove or show/hide a panel in columnsUI's layout manager foobar crashes. Tried older versions, but it didn't help. Foobars crash reporter doesn't capture it so I can't send anything. I'm on windows 7 x64.

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Reply #6288
Have a question about scrollbars. How possible to hide (vertical) scrollbars in Playlist switcher and NG playlist?
I`m use last version of foobar2000 and Columns UI as 3rd party plugin.


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Reply #6289
is there a way i could have two cui foobar windows?
basically, what i want to do is have a foobar window always on on my 2nd monitor, with information (current playlist, album art, lyrics etcetera), and a normal full-on window for my main monitor, for normal use.
running two instances of foobar would obviously not be a solution, since you'd just have them running side by side, not two interfaces for the same program.

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Reply #6290
is there a way i could have two cui foobar windows?
basically, what i want to do is have a foobar window always on on my 2nd monitor, with information (current playlist, album art, lyrics etcetera), and a normal full-on window for my main monitor, for normal use.
running two instances of foobar would obviously not be a solution, since you'd just have them running side by side, not two interfaces for the same program.


I don't think that's possible, but you could try foo_title to show needed information on your 2nd monitor.

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Reply #6291
Have a question about scrollbars. How possible to hide (vertical) scrollbars in Playlist switcher and NG playlist?
use the component Panel Stack Splitter.
It takes awhile to grasp it but it's good.
I have my layout in CUI + PSS

anyways... make your layout so:
Quote
Vertical Splitter (Base)
--Spectrum Analyser
--Panel Stack Splitter (instead of the normal vertical/horizontal splitter)
----Playlist Switcher
----NG Playlist
--Horizontal Splitter
----Seekbar
----Buttons
----Volume
in the PSS settings, you will need to specify it as a forced layout and make the ng playlist overlap the scrollbar part of the playlist switcher.
additionally you will have to make the ng playlist wider than the window can show.

to make it easier for you now right now, view these:
1- Theme Layout


2- Theme Look


3- Panel Stack Splitter Settings 1:


4- Panel Stack Splitter Settings 2:

the settings in this one are:
left: $sub($div(%_width%,4),22)
width: $add($sub(%_width%,$div(%_width%,4)),44)


to access the PSS settings pane, generally you need to right click on the borders, so don't lose the borders completely (i.e: the padding settings)
also, you may have to play around with those integer values a bit.

--
but i don't recommend getting rid of the scroll bar for the ng playlist atleast.
it becomes a pain in the ass when the list is super huge and irritating when the list is so short as to not have a vertical scrollbar.
hmm... i guess you will soon understand what i mean

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Reply #6292
laite, i found the old foo_dockable_panels, but that's one panel per item, not an overall screen.
is there an updated version of it?

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Reply #6293
matav
Big thanx, man! 

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Reply #6294
hi,
I've registered this forum before but I have no idea which email adress or nickname..

anyway, I have problems with MM keys. Actually, It works fine with default interface but not with Columns UI

-only Play/pause key is problematic
-I tried to manually bind the key, doesnt work.
-There is no manual binding in Foobar menu now.
-Tried other MM keys; works with Columns UI
-ALL MM keys works on Default UI
-My keyboard is Logitech Wave
-I use setpoint CC ver. 4.80.103, driver ver. 4.82.11


I read about 5 topics in this forums about this but none could solve my problem. Is there a way to fix this ?

addendum: OS is 7 64-bit, using realtek ALC889a chip..

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Reply #6295
@ musicmusic,

Hi,

Columns UI is really great but could it be possible to add in a future version an option to change the colors of the tab and also the colors of the background of splitters such as Playlist Tab &  Tab stack ?

Thanks in advance,

Decalicatan Decalicatan
Decalicatan Decalicatan

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Reply #6296
Hi !

Im new to the hole Columns UI thing and have some questions:

1. Please take a look at this picture:


How can i sort the Albums by Date that the most actuall album (2011 for example) is on top ?
And why are some albums correctly sorted by track-number and other dont ?
I want all sorted by Artist->Album->Track-Number.
Another problem is that if there is a CD1 and CD2 of a album the hole thing is messed up and i cant see any reason for this. Tracks are randomly thrown in as single entry but they should be grouped as two albums (CD1 and CD2).

Thanks for your help !

 

Columns UI

Reply #6297
Hi !

Im new to the hole Columns UI thing and have some questions:

1. Please take a look at this picture:


How can i sort the Albums by Date that the most actuall album (2011 for example) is on top ?
And why are some albums correctly sorted by track-number and other dont ?
I want all sorted by Artist->Album->Track-Number.
Another problem is that if there is a CD1 and CD2 of a album the hole thing is messed up and i cant see any reason for this. Tracks are randomly thrown in as single entry but they should be grouped as two albums (CD1 and CD2).

Thanks for your help !


...sorry but it looks like im no longer able to edit my above post.
I fixed the problem with the sort by track-number by myselfe but still im not able to sort the albums in the album-filter by date (newest on top).
And if i minimize foobar and i place the mous above the icon it only tells me the name of the current sang but not artist and album...is there any way to get it working this way ?

Columns UI

Reply #6298
@ Wiggum, go in preferences --> columns ui --> filter, and add this field "%date% %album%" for date filter.


ps, is it possible to remove album art for a specific playlist?

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Reply #6299
Hello!

Is there any possiblity to have layout automatically change, when fb's dialog is resized above/below specific metrics? This would enable having two (or more?) layouts best fitted to small/big dialog.