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Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #250
Does this still work? I added the panel to columns ui, but it's always empty. Am I missing something?

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #251
Just to be sure, Do you have items in your playback queue?

The component just shows the queue, which is different from "what is going to be played next"?

But yeah, other users can probably comment whether the component still works for them. Personally I have not used it for a long time.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #252
Just to be sure, Do you have items in your playback queue?

The component just shows the queue, which is different from "what is going to be played next"?

But yeah, other users can probably comment whether the component still works for them. Personally I have not used it for a long time.

Ah okay. I don't know what use is a playback queue then... I could just create a playlist of the files I want to play.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #253
Hi,
just to answer this 2 year old
But yeah, other users can probably comment whether the component still works for them. Personally I have not used it for a long time.
for the ones, who want to try this component.

I was curious how it would work and so I installed this component in f2k 1.4.1.

It works ok, but I had some glitches/lags with the activated options of foo_keep_queue "keep queue" and "keep queue on exit". When deactivating those options in the Playback menu of f2k, it worked better/faster.

The UI is nice and you can configure it as you wish, but why the hassle?

In 2018, I'm expecting some more fancy stuff to handle a playback-queue.
you need some other components to make the playback-queue feature more useful, like foo_queue_random or foo_play_next or some other, I forgot about. However, the two mentioned components are very basic in their features, so don't expect great changes...

The component is far away from the (nowadays) intuitive queue-features of, say google's play or apple's itunes, or maybe any other modern player, and you probably install it only, because you thing it could be useful :) but it isnt. (no complaints here, just my usecase)

In the end (after 1h): It was no fun to play with, so I removed it.

Anyways, I'm more connected to the ways foobar2000 works with playlists.
If you use foobar2000, you don't really need a playback-queue-thingy, because, you. just. play. playlists. period. :)

From the Wiki: How do I have a Winamp style "now playing" playlist?



Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #254
I was curious how it would work and so I installed this component in f2k 1.4.1.

Thanks for testing it out, for what it's worth.

The component is far away from the (nowadays) intuitive queue-features of, say google's play or apple's itunes, or maybe any other modern player, and you probably install it only, because you thing it could be useful :) but it isnt. (no complaints here, just my usecase)

I'm sorry you got the wrong picture from the description. People have misinterpreted it before as well, e.g. here. In fact, the most recent post (before you revived the thread) discussed the same topic.

So I'm not sure what you are after with this "rant". The component does what it is meant to do -- showing the internal playback queue of the player, which is normally hidden. User can also modify the order of queue items. Please note that the playback queue is actually feature of foobar itself, not introduced by this component. There are (or at least were years ago when I was developing this addon) various limitations with queue, e.g. maximum number of songs in the queue is very restricted.

I certainly agree that the way foobar handles queue is not matching the other music players. I remember when I switched to spotify ages ago -- it felt so alien but now it feels quite natural, and I have grown into it.

I bet it is untrivial to change the foobar is deciding the order songs to play, it's pretty much deep in the player. That's why you probably had hard time finding anything to make it "more modern".

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #255
... quite old thread ;) about a really fine component!

I've assigned some (context menu) commands to hotkeys:
<Alt+Q> for 'Add to Queue'
<Ctrl+Q> for 'Remove from Queue'
<Ctrl+Alt+Q> for 'Clear Queue'
They all work fine and correspond well with Queue Contents Editor UI element in my personal DUI.

<Shift+Q> is assigned to 'Queue Contents Editor' from main menu 'View'.
Unfortunately this assignment doesn't work as expected.
Instead of activating the Queue Contents Editor UI element, it opens the standalone Queue Contents Editor window.

Did I miss anything? Is there a workaround or a newer version than 0.5.1? Thanks in advance.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #256
I am trying to install "Ver.0.5.1" of "Queue Contents Editor" on foobar2000 (Ver.1.5.1).

I installed the "Queue Contents Editor" component in the "Preferences" dialog of foobar2000, and then set up the "Queue Contents Editor" in the "Preferences" dialog.

I checked the "Enable Queue Playlist Feature" checkbox and then set the "Playlist name" text area to a string "My favorite songs" that was different from the default string "Queue", and then clicked the "Apply" button.
However, in the "Playlist switcher" panel, the playlist for the playback queue was created with the default "Queue" name instead of "My favorite songs".

After that, in the "Preferences" dialog of foobar2000, I changed the name of the playlist for playback queue to "test" and clicked the "Apply" button. However, in the "Playlist switcher" panel, a new playlist "My favorite songs" was created, separate from the "Queue" playlist. Moreover, those "Queue" and "My favorite songs" playlists cannot be deleted from the "Playlist switcher" panel.

After that, I tried restarting foobar2000. Then a new playlist "test" was created in the "Playlist swtcher" panel...

... is this a bug?

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #257
Thanks for reporting this and clearly documenting the workaround as well.

Since the playlist feature is legacy (has been a decade now :)), I am not planning to pursue bug fixes for that.

Best
kerpondile

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #258
Hi, I found this component by the end of the last year when invited to a party to perform as an amateur DJ. Equipped with f2K, external soundcard, computer and a braille display (I am blind) and this and other components installed, I had a great time enjoying this session as I browsed my premade playlists of various genres, sorted by BPM, placing songs one by one into a playback queue, or when I wanted to have a break, placed e.g. five songs to played in a row and when I realised their order in the queue was chosen wrongly or could be simply better I chose this Queue playlist and simply rearranged them. For me is much better choice than a separate panel or window. Many thanks to all who allowed me to have great success with this session.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #259
I realize no tooltip on long text with narrow column. Can you please fix this? Also is it possible aero style on selected item, like themed style on Column UI so they looked consistent on layout? Thanks

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #260
The component just shows the queue, which is different from "what is going to be played next"?
Sorry, if it's a dump question. I'd like to know, 'what comes next', e.g., in shuffle mode, and therefore I found and installed this component (foo_queuecontents; https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=103038.msg847651#msg847651).

However, the queue is empty. I find out, when I manually add a song to the playlist queue, it will be displayed in the queue. Fine.

Can you recommend a method to display the list of upcoming items in shuffle mode (perhaps for random mode, too, and of course it might work in default mode as well)?

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #261
You can select all the tracks in your playlist, then in the menu use "Edit > Sort > Randomize". Now you can play the playlist top to bottom and always see what comes next while having the same playback order that shuffle tracks would provide.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #262
Great! Thanks!

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #263
Hello! Thank you for making this component.

Bug report:
The scrollbar in the Queue Contents list does not appear the right colors in dark mode.
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Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #264
Hello! Thank you for making this component.

Bug report:
The scrollbar in the Queue Contents list does not appear the right colors in dark mode.
This component hasn't been updated in the last 8 years. It won't support dark mode unless somebody forks it and edits it releases a new version themselves.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #265
Hello! Thank you for making this component.

Bug report:
The scrollbar in the Queue Contents list does not appear the right colors in dark mode.
This component hasn't been updated in the last 8 years. It won't support dark mode unless somebody forks it and edits it releases a new version themselves.
Aww, Thanks for the info.
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Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #267
Uploading a picture of the visual bug.
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Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #268
Thanks for the ping.

Indeed I have "moved on" so to say. It's quite impossible for me to fix this but I can accept the fix via github (with build instructions) or alternatively just fork the code.

Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #269
I see. Is the source code available somewhere? I'm not capable of any kind of programming right now, but maybe someone else would be able to if the code is there. Thank you for responding.  :)
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Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #270
Yes, please see first post


Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #272
I made a quick and dirty replacement from scratch. It has limitations though....  :o

It has zero preferences and you cannot drag/drop tracks from library viewers/playlists on to it. Once items are queued the old fashioned way, you can manage the queue by multi-selecting and deleting, dragging to re-arrange etc. It should follow UI colours/fonts. It's fb2k 2,0 only so dark mode and 64bit are supported.

https://github.com/marc2k3/foo_queue_viewer/releases


Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #273
Being honest, the plugin I'm already using is basically perfect how it is. The only issue is cosmetic, and it only appears when I add like 10+ items to the queue. I can live.

Thanks for making a new one! I'll copy my (portable) install and try it, but I'll probably stick with the old one for now.
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Re: foo_queuecontents - View and edit queue

Reply #274
I didn't announce 1.0.1 but it had a terrible bug which would cause crashes if the playback queue was active before adding a panel to a layout. Yeah, I'm that stupid. It should now be fixed in 1.0.2

https://github.com/marc2k3/foo_queue_viewer/releases