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Columns UI

Reply #5050
Version 0.3.6.5 released, see changelog for details.
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Columns UI

Reply #5051
Hi MusicMusic
Thanks for the latest update. Whilst youre at it could you please take a look at sorting the problem with $swapprefix() and multi-value tags such as <%artist%> in the album list panel. You did say you'd make a note of it some time ago.

Thanks

Columns UI

Reply #5052
It is noted - as one of many things. I don't think I said I had any superhuman abilities to let me implement them all "whilst I'm at it"...
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Columns UI

Reply #5053
Thank you!

Time to drop foo_uie_albumart (although I'll miss the fading effect).

Columns UI

Reply #5054
Hmm, didn't even know it faded. It would be nice for when it is tracking the playing track, but it would annoy me when tracking the selection. I'll think about it (and maybe note it  )
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Reply #5055
But this functionality might be for my needs replaced by a more advanced filter panel, which would allow multiple columns. I think this is planned. It would be nice, if every filter would be in fact a NG playlist with the same possibilities.

i tried that with filters some time ago, but it lacks of NG capibilities obviously
nice idea around the same problem for separate playlist views

Btw. how do you force SCP to always show a certain playlist?

you can rightclick on a SCP and check on playlist > playing
then it will reflect the playlist which is playing, but consider also the "auto send" playlist

Columns UI

Reply #5056
Thanks musicmusic! Multiple artwork sources made my life a lot easier

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Reply #5057
You are welcome
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Reply #5058
In general, I am very pleased with Columns UI and would like to thank you once again.

I was glad to see "multiple artwork sources" added to the features. It is a good feature for someone who does not use a consistent naming system. However, it does not resolve my problem with the artwork display. (I posted about the problem in last June: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....t&p=570431)

When I rip CDs I usually scan all printed material if I like the artwork or the liner notes provide useful information. My typical album folder can contain 10 or more image files, for instance:


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I use a quite simple Columns UI configuration. I have a few different view tabs, most them are playlist views with lots of columns and maybe a small artwork placefolder, but one of them is configured to show just the maximized artwork and nothing else:


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Unfortunately the amount of images is limited to three (Front, Back, Disc). It would be nice if I could click through all scanned images. Now I must use other viewers like the XnView viewer in the screenshot.

Here's how I tried to configure the sources before I realized that it is not going to work:



I wonder if it would be possible to allow adding user configured categories to the drop-down list (in addition to Front, Back & Disc). For this example album I would need 15, but naturally that number can vary a lot.

 

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Reply #5059
For this example album I would need 15, but naturally that number can vary a lot.
For that reason, I don't believe that is a good solution. I was thinking about this kind of usage case though.

Something like:
-Adding an inner booklet category
-Being able to navigate through all matches (sorted by filename I guess), not just the first one (this multiple results behaviour would possibly be restricted to the inner booklet category)
-The navigation should be seamless between the different categories

is more in line with what I was thinking about (I stress thinking).
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Reply #5060
Yay, thanks for the natural number sorting - more fun with filtering  Even my "No. 05" "No. 5" are in order now...

Unfortunately the amount of images is limited to three (Front, Back, Disc). It would be nice if I could click through all scanned images. Now I must use other viewers like the XnView viewer in the screenshot.

Alex, the Fb2k builtin artwork viewer is too barebones. foo_uie_albumart will solve almost all your problems. You can define the sources hierarchically. You can read all your booklet contents inside fb2k. Don't care if it is listed as a "potential troublemaker" - I have never seen it crashed.

As the "Back" and "Disc" definitions aren't used in NG Playlist: Are those for the builtin Artwork viewer of fb2k core?

Lazy things ".." like $directory_path(%path%)\..\folder are not expected to work, i.e. regular title formatting necessary here? (I use $replace(%path%,%directoryname%\%filename_ext%,)folder now)

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Reply #5061
Lazy things ".." like $directory_path(%path%)\..\folder are not expected to work, i.e. regular title formatting necessary here? (I use $replace(%path%,%directoryname%\%filename_ext%,)folder now)

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$directory_path($directory_path(%path%))

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Reply #5062
As the "Back" and "Disc" definitions aren't used in NG Playlist: Are those for the builtin Artwork viewer of fb2k core?
foobar2000 has a built-in artwork reader (API). Columns UI has a built in viewer (and can do some reading itself). So yes the back cover and disc sources are used by the Columns UI built in viewer.

Lazy things ".." like $directory_path(%path%)\..\folder are not expected to work, i.e. regular title formatting necessary here? (I use $replace(%path%,%directoryname%\%filename_ext%,)folder now)
I don't know what the question is, but there should be no need to use such things with the built-in viewer. You can use relative paths, so you can enter "folder" or "..\folder" or whatever and there should be no problem.
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Reply #5063
An option for the NG Playlist like this one in Facets would be nice.


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Reply #5064
Something like:
-Adding an inner booklet category
-Being able to navigate through all matches (sorted by filename I guess), not just the first one (this multiple results behaviour would possibly be restricted to the inner booklet category)
-The navigation should be seamless between the different categories

I think it would do what I need. My sources could then be:

Front Cover
folder
%album% - Front

Back cover
%album% - Back

Disc cover
- this would be empty, because I would like to be able to show more than one image (CD1, CD2, etc)

Inner Booklet cover
%album% - Booklet*
%album% - CD*
%album% - Inlay

Perhaps the name of the new category could be something like Additional Images.

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Reply #5065
Alex, the Fb2k builtin artwork viewer is too barebones. foo_uie_albumart will solve almost all your problems. You can define the sources hierarchically. You can read all your booklet contents inside fb2k. Don't care if it is listed as a "potential troublemaker" - I have never seen it crashed.

Thanks, I wasn't aware that it can show more than one image. It can do everything I wanted and more. Its "cycle sources during playback", "open in external viewer" and "open directory" features are very useful.


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Reply #5067
It can do everything I wanted and more. Its "cycle sources during playback", "open in external viewer" and "open directory" features are very useful.
Indeed, and you can also specify no-cover and stream radio images if you like.

Alessandro

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Reply #5068
foobar2000 has a built-in artwork reader (API). Columns UI has a built in viewer (and can do some reading itself). So yes the back cover and disc sources are used by the Columns UI built in viewer.
Seems like I was confused about who offers Album Art display, anyway: foo_uie_albumart seems the most mature amongst them all, maybe you have a look at that one. At the horizon I see an NG playlist with a more interactive album art, e.g. which changes the view to an album art panel whenever you click on NG playlist album art miniatures.

You can use relative paths, so you can enter "folder" or "..\folder"
Ah, that was the hint I needed, thanks.


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Reply #5070
An option for the NG Playlist like this one in Facets would be nice.


http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...ormat_Reference


Thanks. 

I used this very "short" function: $if($strcmp($left(%artist%,4),The ),$right(%artist%,$sub($len(%artist%),4))', 'The,%artist%) 


These functions work better:
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$stripprefix(x)
Removes A and The prefixes from x.

$stripprefix(x,prefix1,prefix2,...)
Removes the specified prefixes from x.

$swapprefix(x)
Moves A and The prefixes to the end of x.

$swapprefix(x,prefix1,prefix2,...)
Moves the specified prefixes to the end of x.


So, you can make it like: $swapprefix(%artist%,'A ','The '), and for any tag, not only Artist.

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Reply #5071
Hi there.

Ive a Question... By default ColumnsUI comes with something like the following Style-Script:

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$if(%_themed%,,
$ifequal($mod($if2(%_display_index%,%list_index%),2),0,
$puts(back,$offset_colour(%_back%,$calculate_blend_target(%_back%),12))
$puts(back-selected,%_selected_back%)
$puts(back-selected-no-focus,%_selected_back_no_focus%)
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$puts(back-selected,$offset_colour(%_selected_back%,$calculate_blend_target(%_selected_back%),7))
$puts(back-selected-no-focus,$offset_colour(%_selected_back_no_focus%,$calculate_blend_target(%_selected_back_no_focus%),7))
$puts(back,%_back%)
)
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What does the %_back% and %_selected_back_no_focus% represent? I assume they get their values from the global ColumnsUI Color Settings... If thats true, whats the variable-name of the "Item Foreground" Color? AND: Is there a description for the Functions $offset_colour() and $calculate_blend_target()? They arent described in the ColumnsUI Wiki... (which is very... simple at all).

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Reply #5072
Are there plans to add a search bar to filter, ala facets? I am really missing this feature since the switch  Currently using quicksearch but of course that doesn't filter the filters themselves which is weird.

Columns UI

Reply #5073
i think you mean this: rightclick on a filter and select search

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Reply #5074
Using %length% when sorting for example, the sort result by filter panel differ from sort result by column header.

It seem that filter panel doesn't use 'natural number sorting' yet, Am I correct?