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General - (fb2k) / Re: [Suggestions / Wishlists] for future updates
Last post by regor -
- Undo action for statistics rating. Ctrl+z only reverts playlist changes, but nothing more. A simple menu entry at Playback statistics submenu would do.
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- Settings to switch tag caching for specific tags, or at least skip non needed tags.
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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by KevinB52379 -
Quote from: JoshuaChang on
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EDIT:  OK I found a compile of Helix MP3 encoder on my external hard drive , the zip file is called helix_mp3enc_r11_x64.zip and the exe is called hmp3enc.exe.
I tried this version (I know it's one of the original Helix versions) but I was curious to see hwo this 64 bit version worked.

I did the test from my SSD and got 1300x to 1800x.

So what is different between Case's build, this old version and all newer compiles?

I believe I got that version of Helix from Rarewares or ReallyRareWares.

OK I tried copying my FLACS to the internal SSD and tried converting with foobar2000 from there.

I still average about 220x to 300x using your slow compile 64 bit version of Helix. 

Same speeds I got when converting from external hard drive...so I don't think USB is the issue.

I think i have the same problem, my cpu is zen2 4650g(6c12t), i got around 280~300x under command line @ single thread with autodidact's clang build or rarewares' gcc build, I also compiled helix myself with clang plus linktime optimization, my version got around 480x. maybe that's the key.
here's the binary, you can try it.


Thanks for contributing your compile.  I tried it, but for some reason it isn't creating mp3s on my end.  I kept the settings the same as I used previously for successful encodes, but literally just replaced the hmp3.exe file.

Also when using it with foobar, the system did hang again, and I saw the conversion dialog, but the "pause" and "abort" buttons never showed up and the file progress never continued.  What I mean is the progress bar was moving, but it was still showing that it was converting the first file still.  Weird.

Thanks for trying!
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Support - (fb2k) / Re: Foobar 2.1.4 Crash
Last post by marc2k3 -
3rd parties are not supposed to distribute portable packages. It against the terms of the license*.

Also, the official installers have had portable mode since forever.

*Plenty of half wits on this forum also do it. And they're usally stupid enough to bundle their entire folder totallng hundreds of megabytes when the required files are probably 10-20MB max. :/
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Support - (fb2k) / Re: Playlists Get Zero'd Out After a Library Search
Last post by yimyamflimflam -
Quote from: Case on
Are you claiming just using search overwrites playlists? Are you certain you don't hit enter after typing, that would send the results to selected playlist.
Note that if you overwrite a playlist by accident, you can hit Ctrl+Z to undo the damage. One doesn't need to manually save FPL files because of fear of misclicks.
The ellipsis (...) button at the end of input field allows you to send the files to a new playlist or to a new autoplaylist. If you have a habit of hitting enter accidentally, you can try if enabling 'Library viewer selection' playlist at Preferences -> Media Library makes the search work in a way you like.

Great to know! Have been using fb2k for a decade, albeit at a skill level amounting to nothing more than basic playback and tinkering with a component here and there (hell, I even forgot until just now, that I created this account back in 2020 when I tried register an account with my same address, lol). Gotta say I love how well foobar accommodates Ctrl-Z reliant doofuses like myself (lookin' at you, MS Excel...).
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: foo_vis_spectrum_analyzer
Last post by sveakul -
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Hi, I got a crash while adjusting this parameter to the extreme high
@Fabcore , that's not extreme high. Can you attach a preset that causes a crash? Also, which version of the component are you using?
I realize that the value he had in the screenshot is not "extreme"--heck mine is higher--but he referred to the "parameter" itself so I don't know what he had been inserting there that provoked the post.

Case, point taken, and Fabcore, no accusation intended, but I just get peeved when I get the impression that a brilliantly performing app is just getting poked to death by attempts to "let's see what way-off entry can make it misbehave."