$if($strstr(%path%,MyPathHere),True,False)

$if($strstr(%path%,C:\),[%album artist%],)

$if($strstr(%path%,K:\),[%album artist%],)

Two separate foobar portable installs?

If you really wanted them both in the single foobar2000 profile you could divide the two sources using title formatting via a custom grouping column. I'm only familar using Facets and EsPlaylist for this purpose but it's probably possible with other library display panels as well.

See this semi-related post for an idea of how tabs can separate different parts of a library using either the $strstr() function (with Facets) or query syntax (with EsPlaylist). The basic premise is:

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$if($strstr(%path%,MyPathHere),True,False)

Which translates to: 'if the file path contains MyPathHere do True, otherwise do False'. So to include only tracks from one drive you could make a custom column for each tab that displays only that drive's music:

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$if($strstr(%path%,C:\),[%album artist%],)

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$if($strstr(%path%,K:\),[%album artist%],)

The %album artist% tag could be substituted for whichever tag(s) or formatting you normally group your music by.

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I'll add that for my portable music I simply replicate the same path structure (apart from the root directory) which makes it easier to create playlists since they share virtually the same paths (and there's no need to display the portable copies of the files in fb2k). So with just one find and replace tweak in the m3u I have a ready-to-use playlist that works on the portable device.

Tbh sounds way to convoluted

The editing of the m3u file sounds like a better idea because the music is synced via Create Synchronicity so the structures are very similar.

What's a good way to then do a 'Find & Replace', just use Word and edit the m3u file that way?

You can do a standard and a portable, no problem. I don't see why you have issues installing portable. You just select portable at the beginning of the install process and select a folder. There's nothing more to it. After that's done you can run two instances of foobar at once both the standard install and the portable install and you can configure each separately the way you like.

You can do a standard and a portable, no problem. I don't see why you have issues installing portable. You just select portable at the beginning of the install process and select a folder. There's nothing more to it. After that's done you can run two instances of foobar at once both the standard install and the portable install and you can configure each separately the way you like.

I think the problem is I can't install a portable one as the installer comes up with a pop up message saying 'standard installation found' and therefore doesn't give me the option?

Try installing the portable application to a secondary drive or a usb drive.   Move or copy the entire portable foobar installation to where you want it on your main computer.  FWIW, I put mine inside of my music library.

Best, LedHed8

Quote from: BruceBanner on 2018-03-15 07:34:27

Tbh sounds way to convoluted

It's actually rather simple. A GIF would explain it in a few seconds, comparatively. The playlist method is a lot more straightforward for the actual purpose though, absolutely.

Quote from: BruceBanner on 2018-03-15 07:34:27

The editing of the m3u file sounds like a better idea because the music is synced via Create Synchronicity so the structures are very similar.

What's a good way to then do a 'Find & Replace', just use Word and edit the m3u file that way?

Whatever text editor can find and replace all matches of some text and save it back as m3u. I personally use Sublime Text for this.