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Columns UI

Reply #6150 –
Hello,

I've recently been trying to make a switch from Winamp to foobar and one thing that is most annoying to me is the way foobar manages playback. Actually iTunes and most other players does this too and it really bothers me.

What I Want: When I double-click a file in my library (in foobar this is appears to be called "Filter Results") I want the player to create a new playlist with that one song I clicked on and only play that one song.

What Happens Now: When I double-click a file in my library, foobar plays that file and queues the rest of the files in the library.

Is there a component or a foobar preference I can set to achieve this?

Thank you very much.

Columns UI

Reply #6151 –
"Filter Results" is already a playlist, not your library. The library is the Filter, which is a list of artists or albums or whatever, which when clicked sends stuff to the Filter Results playlist. So it's already there. When you double click it should send it to a new playlist called "Filter Results (Playback)" I think (or maybe that's when you double click the filter).

Columns UI

Reply #6152 –
This is a little tough to describe, but here's what I'd like to do:
1.  Using the Columns UI, find a track and double click it to play.
2.  When the track is done, play the next track in my library. 

Another way to think about it is that every time I double click a song from the columns UI filters, I want it to add my entire library to a new playlist, then search out and play the song I clicked on. 

Is this possible?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Columns UI

Reply #6153 –
So the wiki page for columns (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components_0.9/Columns_UI_(foo_ui_columns)) points me to this site to download columns:
http://yuo.be/columns.php

But the .7z file I download contains a .dll file, and in Preferences -> Display -> Default User Interface, when I click "Import Theme", it's looking for a .fth file and doesn't recognize the .dll file.  I feel like I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm at my wit's end.

Columns UI

Reply #6154 –
Quote from: jas1290 on
So the wiki page for columns (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components_0.9/Columns_UI_(foo_ui_columns)) points me to this site to download columns:
http://yuo.be/columns.php

But the .7z file I download contains a .dll file, and in Preferences -> Display -> Default User Interface, when I click "Import Theme", it's looking for a .fth file and doesn't recognize the .dll file.  I feel like I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm at my wit's end.


You want to extract the file to your components folder, and the next time you start foobar, it will give you the choice of using Default or Columns UI.  You can also switch UIs in File/Preferences/Display

Columns UI

Reply #6155 –
Quote from: fromsilenceandanything on
My second question has to do with the artwork source title formatting. Does it follow the regular $if, etc. expressions? I actually tried a string in the vein of $if(back,folder,*) and it did work somehow, but very randomly and without any clear logic.


Quote from: fromsilenceandanything on
Is it possible to disable typefinding somehow? (I have NOT installed the typefind plugin which can be found on Columns' frontpage) My PC jams for a little while on a big playlist if I accidentally hit a key on my keyboard, and it's kind of annoying.

Plus, can you force force color override on a selected item? If I set an $rgb on any column on the NG playlist and that color differs from the default color, it's inverted. I'd prefer if it stayed black (like I've set it to stay) regardless of what color I pick for a particular column.
Could someone shed some light on these please? Would be much appreciated.

Columns UI

Reply #6156 –
Can someone please help me with this global style script. I'm trying to create a new list index that reset with each group, but I can't get it to work. Not sure if it's even possible. ??? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Code: [Select]
$if($get(x),,$puts(x,0))

$if(%_is_group%,$puts(x,0),
$puts(x,$add($get(x),1)))

$ifequal($mod($get(x),2),0,
$puts(back,$offset_colour(%_back%,$calculate_blend_target(%_back%),10)),
$puts(back,%_back%))

$set_style(back,$get(back),%_selected_back%,%_selected_back_no_focus%)

$if(%_is_group%,$set_style(back,ffffff))

Columns UI

Reply #6157 –
musicmusic. Found a small bug in the button panel. The blanking button doesn't respect the Windows font antialiasing setting.

It would be nice if it was possible to create just a label without it being a button or a grayed out text (blanking button).

EDIT: Just noticed it's possible with the Item Details panel. Nice

Columns UI

Reply #6158 –
Whenever I minimize foobar, the icon on the taskbar disappears.  I want it to stay there because I have the Windows 7 toolbar that lets me change the song and see the album art when I hover over it.

I think I may have messed with the settings one day, but don't know what did it.  Anyone have a clue about this?

EDIT: Nvm found it. Preferences > Columns UI > Notification Area > Minimize to icon

Columns UI

Reply #6159 –
Is there a code to have the flac level displayed like the mp3 one?
Ex FLAC 8, MP3 V0

Columns UI

Reply #6160 –
Its not possible to get the encoding level, but since FLAC is lossless it's encoding level is not as meaningful as mp3's V numbers. I personally use the compression ratio to give me similar information:
Code: [Select]
$puts(rawsize,$muldiv($mul(%samplerate%,%__channels%,%length_seconds%),$info(bitspersample),8))
$puts(ratio,$muldiv(%filesize%,100,$get(rawsize)))
$get(ratio)%%

Columns UI

Reply #6161 –
My current directory hierarchy is Artist/Album/*.files. Recently I decided to get all my tags straightened out and fill in the extra fields such as %date% for my audio files. The reason for this is so I can order my playlists by date so that I can listen to an entire Artists discography in chronological order. Sometimes its very interesting to see how an artist's sound changes from album to album and year to year.

    Anyways, I use the Columns UI interface in fb2k version 1.1 (the latest). What I want to do is make it so my playlists of multiple albums by the same artist are in chronological order in ascending order. If I click the date column header it will sort it that way, but I want to make it so THAT is the default sorting method. How do I do that? I tried under Media Library in the Album List and Album List Panel moving the 'by year' to the top but that didn't do anything at all as far as I can tell. Under the Columns UI > playlist view area the script > sort tab box appears to be for individual columns... I'm at a loss here and I'm sure there is probably an easy method to do this that I'm just missing. The way it sorts it by default now is by Album name in Alphabetical Order
--tia mn

Columns UI

Reply #6162 –
Is it possible to get '$set_style(frame-' to work on groups?

Columns UI

Reply #6163 –
hello,
I have an issue since foobar 1.1 and playback_statistics 3.0.
I show a column with the rating. Inline editing link to RATING does not work anymore.
something to change in my settings ? I use columns ui 0.3.8.6
thanks
edit : I just saw this in the playback_statistics change log
Quote
Please note that this component takes over %rating%, showing rating according to its own database. If you store rating in tags, use $meta(rating) to access it. This behavior has changed in version 3.0, previous versions would fall back to tag contents when rating information was not present in the database.

how to edit the new rating field via columnsUI ?
thanks

Columns UI

Reply #6164 –
I am currently grouping NG playlist with [%album%]. How can I make it so that the title of the album and the horizontal line next to it don't show up (they appear by default). On a spereate note, there is a slight indentation of all songs under a group. How can I get rid of this indentation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

Columns UI

Reply #6165 –
Quote from: spymercinator on
I am currently grouping NG playlist with [%album%]. How can I make it so that the title of the album and the horizontal line next to it don't show up (they appear by default). On a spereate note, there is a slight indentation of all songs under a group. How can I get rid of this indentation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

From what I understand you want a blank line? If so, try this.

Code: [Select]
$rgb(255,255,255)[%album%]$tab()


You can't get rid of the indentation (I think) but if you don't want grouping it's possible to disable it. That will remove the indentation.

Columns UI

Reply #6166 –
Quote from: mil3s on
Quote from: spymercinator on
I am currently grouping NG playlist with [%album%]. How can I make it so that the title of the album and the horizontal line next to it don't show up (they appear by default). On a spereate note, there is a slight indentation of all songs under a group. How can I get rid of this indentation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

From what I understand you want a blank line? If so, try this.

Code: [Select]
$rgb(255,255,255)[%album%]$tab()


You can't get rid of the indentation (I think) but if you don't want grouping it's possible to disable it. That will remove the indentation.


Hah, good enough.

Thanks very much for your help!

Columns UI

Reply #6167 –
How do I save something as an autoplaylist?  For example, if I have a "Mood" and an "Artist" filter, and I select "Chill" songs by "BT", how would I save an autoplaylist for that?

Also, how does the "Filter Search" panel/toolbar work?

Columns UI

Reply #6168 –
I just got started with Columns UI today. I sketched up a decent design on paper, and I'm trying to bring it to life.

I have a slight problem though. I'm trying to create a design specifically aimed at categorizing by artist, and I want it to act like a playlist switcher; click an artist, and all their albums are sent to the playlist.

Now, I realize it's possible to drag&drop tracks to their respective playlist, or artist in my case, but is it possible to import songs directly into Foobar2000 and having them end up in separate playlists (without designating them specifically)? 

Maybe there's a different approach to my problem? Basically, I just want a simple list of artists, and I want all the music by that artist sent to the playlist when I click on one.


------ EDIT

Nevermind, I found the "filter" panel. Any advice is still welcome, though.

Columns UI

Reply #6169 –
Like so:



As you can see, all the album artists are correct, and I haven't changed the grouping script. Any ideas?

Columns UI

Reply #6170 –
hi, people
I just wonder, is it possible to built in Album List & Equalizer in columns ui interface like in DUI ??
In DUI  I can make few tabs & put in each tab Play list, Album List & equalizer.

But I dont like some stuff of DUI, so I want to hawe the same in CUI.

I try to draw all this on picture.
The 1, 2 & 3 is DUI with elements I use, 4-th - the CUI I want to make, but dont know how to put in Eq & album list like in DUI.



If you know how, please tell me .
I think, it will be also usefull to other peoples)))



Sorry , If I print this message in a wrong place, I'm a junior )

Columns UI

Reply #6171 –
I also think, it would be nice to have an opportunity to use the same way diffrent dsp effects (winampn enhancer for example). If they appear in a separate window make them be in the main one)))

Columns UI

Reply #6172 –
I use Coulmns UI, and are very happy to use this UI (used winamp before).

One thing that bothers me, are the way radio channels work. I copy the URL of my few favorite stations into a playlist called radio. It works fine, and is similar to what I did in winamp.

But it's not very elegant. I would prefer a button per radio channel, instead of a playlist. Is it possible to assign a URL to at button? If not, is it possible to have a cover/art work for a URL. It would be nice to have the logo from the radio station as a cover/art work like with my ripped CD's.

Columns UI

Reply #6173 –
when you add custom button at the toolbar, setting its display option to "text" changes the height of toolbar.
Buttons wih text disabled:

Same buttons with text enabled:


I m not sure if this has more to do with foobar or windows,  but in case you are not using any themes(just old plain "classic windows theme"), the toolbar retains its normal height.

Is there any way to change this font padding?

Columns UI

Reply #6174 –
Dear all ... I'm a new to Foobar2000
Currently, I've learned how to hide/shown a Column (s) in 1-Playlist.
Now, I wish that I can learned how to hide/shown a Column (s) for more than one play-list ... but NOT all play-list.
Would you mind for doing a favor by guiding me? Please ...
Thank you.