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Support - (fb2k) / Re: display Album Art in actual size, if smaller than panel
Last post by Sancho -
I have a modded version of the component, and it does work in the 32-bit v2 with latest Columns UI (2.1). I had the DLL under "...AppData\Roaming\foobar2000-v2\user-components\foo_uie_albumart_mod\" (got there during upgrade to v2, I reckon), so the install instructions @

https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components/Album_Art_Panel_(foo_uie_albumart)
(this link should be properly clickable now; stupid closing ')' ;-)

caused a problem when I copied "foo_uie_albumart_mod.dll" to components under Program Files. The instructions are correct for adding the panel. I just set the stock Columns UI panel ("Artwork view") to Hide, though I guess it can be removed.

One mod I made to the Sources list was to add

-$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,)%filename%.*

which will pick up art that matches the audio file name. I do this for some things where each song has it's own art. I didn't test using embedded art.

Thanks for the heads up! and the code. I'm sure it will help someone down the line.
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: foo_vis_vumeter
Last post by TF3RDL -
Feature request: support skins designed for Analog Meter visualization for AIMP player in-addition to DRON's analog VU meter for foobar2000, so we can have classic and night variant of AIMP's analog VU meter visualization

Which is a .zip file (containing .ini file for configuration) rather than .bin file generated by VUEditor by DRON on Russian foobar2000 forums iirc

Also, how about a Mid/Side mode like in my own multichannel peakmeter visualizer? Which when selected, the VU meter visualization would display M/S (sum and difference channels respectively) instead of L/R channels

Obviously, this FR should only come once this component is out of the beta stage
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Audio Hardware / [necropost] Good headphones vs £300 stereo speakers?
Last post by FateTrap -
Quote from: ani_Jackal3 on
I lurk a lot audio based forums, I always seen this when people say they enjoy their headphones(ER3XR, HD650, etc). I remember having 2.0 speaker set up when i was 16 which i hated because it was a nightmare to get correct stereo sound. Never looked back after moving to headphones a few years later.

I usually prefer speakers because it can be more pleasant than having something on your head.
Headphones, in turn, have the advantage of not disturbing anyone around you.
This is what my speakers sound like.

[mid-range setup] Infinity Alpha 5 + Sony STR-DB790
[70 EUR newprice all in one budget setup] F&D F550X



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foobar2000 mobile / Re: QOL - album view displays artists issue 1.6.2
Last post by Akbis -
I have the same thing. When selecting only "Album" in the browser, for a folder with tracks with different artists (exactly such albums), the player takes data from the tags from the Artist, and not from the Album. This is a programmer's error. It should not be like this. My tags are fine. On other players, such albums open correctly. This is apparently done intentionally. But this is wrong. 100 covers appear on the screen, instead of one, in Album mode. The view on the screen is terrible.
p.s.
I edit tags in a program for Windows - Mp3tag ( https://www.mp3tag.de ). It allows batch processing of large albums. Many functions. You can also edit tags in the WinAmp player, but one track at a time. Therefore, I have no problems with tags. In other players, everything is ok!.
We need to inform the programmers somehow so that they fix this error. See screenshot.
On the screenshot for example, how the same albums look in the Pulsar player. In the Pulsar player everything is fine. One cover each.
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CD Hardware/Software / EAC, freedb, and DATA?
Last post by teh roxxors -
It appears that freedb has been altered in a way that all music is now categorized as "data." No other genre is ever listed for any disc I rip, and I imagine changes I submit to the database aren't recorded. This has been the case for at least a couple months, I believe.

Anyone have insight as to what happened?

As for why I use freedb and not one of the other databases—because it will be suggested: I try to avoid UNICODE in file names, something that plagues other services. Freedb also allows me to upload metadata for unknown CDs, which I've never managed successfully with other services. Finally, I've used freedb for over 20 years. Why change now?