Hi guys, I used to use foobar quite some time ago, but switched to iTunes because it had a few extra features that I liked. I've seen the light now though and want to ditch iTunes and move onto something else, preferably foobar!
The one feature I'm after more than any in a media player is the ability to automatically organise files and folders depending on what I set as the ID3 tag. For example in iTunes you can have loads of random songs, just click and drag them into the iTunes window and it'll all be neatly sorted to:
Music Folder/Artist/Album/01 Track Name.mp3
This has saved me heaps of time in the past because you don't have to worry about renaming files, folders, moving things about etc, it just happens all very nicely in the background.
On a side note, can you rip and burn CDs easily now in foobar? Thanks!
Hi guys, I used to use foobar quite some time ago, but switched to iTunes because it had a few extra features that I liked. I've seen the light now though and want to ditch iTunes and move onto something else, preferably foobar!
The one feature I'm after more than any in a media player is the ability to automatically organise files and folders depending on what I set as the ID3 tag. For example in iTunes you can have loads of random songs, just click and drag them into the iTunes window and it'll all be neatly sorted to:
Music Folder/Artist/Album/01 Track Name.mp3
This has saved me heaps of time in the past because you don't have to worry about renaming files, folders, moving things about etc, it just happens all very nicely in the background.
On a side note, can you rip and burn CDs easily now in foobar? Thanks!
All of the above is possible.
1. Organizing the files
Use foobar's "move, rename or copy files" option with the following code:
%artist%\%album%\%tracknumber% %title%
2. Rip CDs
you need foo_cdda. You probably already have it
3. Burn CDs
you need foo_burninate. It needs Nero to be installed.
Ahhh! That's absolutely fantastic, I was looking at loads of stuff on this site yesterday and would of been absolutely gutted if it couldn't do what I need it to, this player has really come on heaps since I last used it, looks like a really brilliant player now!
Just wondering regarding the first bit, does that mean it'll only move and rename files when I first drag them into foobar's library, or does it mean if I rename a track or whatever in foobar it'll automatically rename the file too? Thanks again
Just wondering regarding the first bit, does that mean it'll only move and rename files when I first drag them into foobar's library, or does it mean if I rename a track or whatever in foobar it'll automatically rename the file too? Thanks again
Files will only be moved or renamed if you use the "File Operations/Move, Rename or Copy Files" command. Moving and renaming is not triggered automatically.
Ah I see, that's a shame, is there a plugin or a way to make it do it automatically?
Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to use this player anyway, I'm trying very desperately to set it up how I want it and I've just realised again why I ditched it last time; you spend more time tweaking it and customising it than you actually do using it
Ah I see, that's a shame, is there a plugin or a way to make it do it automatically?
Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to use this player anyway, I'm trying very desperately to set it up how I want it and I've just realised again why I ditched it last time; you spend more time tweaking it and customising it than you actually do using it
I understand what you're saying. I felt the same way the very first time I tried it. But I installed it a second time probably about a month ago, and I'm realizing no other audio player compares. It does take a while to set it up and tweak it, especially when it comes to the visuals, but it's so worth it. It doesn't always do things automatically, but in exchange you can customize it however you like and there are so many useful tools once you learn your way around it. I would really suggest taking a week or two to try to really learn foobar, and it'll totally be worth it.
Indeed, I just want a player with the same layout as this - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54415764/ (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54415764/) - and has the features I mentioned above (not so much the look, but I want it all listed nicely and with the ability to change different criteria at the top like iTunes)
Maybe there's an easy guide or something I could read when I get a chance, I just really wish that installing plugins and changing the appearance were easy to do
Sad to admit it, I basically want iTunes but not, if that makes sense ;p
Indeed, I just want a player with the same layout as this - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54415764/ (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54415764/) - and has the features I mentioned above (not so much the look, but I want it all listed nicely and with the ability to change different criteria at the top like iTunes)
Maybe there's an easy guide or something I could read when I get a chance, I just really wish that installing plugins and changing the appearance were easy to do
Sad to admit it, I basically want iTunes but not, if that makes sense ;p
Hmm maybe something that looks like this?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/gbadude/nodoubt.jpg)
Yup! Something with a layout like that would be perfect, I'd probably prefer lighter colours but that looks nice anyway Also not bothered really by album art or the lyrics, but I guess they're kinda neat additions (I listen to a lot of bands that wouldn't have these readily available too unfortunately)
Yup! Something with a layout like that would be perfect, I'd probably prefer lighter colours but that looks nice anyway Also not bothered really by album art or the lyrics, but I guess they're kinda neat additions (I listen to a lot of bands that wouldn't have these readily available too unfortunately)
Hmm I guess extra features isn't really something you're looking for. In that case you can't really go wrong with itunes. I mean it is a very simple and easy to use program. The only problem I had with it was that it was rather sluggish with a large music collection(4k+). With that being said, the configuration you're looking for is really quite simiple. The ability to have that criteria browsing thing like itunes can be achieved with a component called foo_browser. You should PM apul, because he's the one that created the configuration that you're looking for. Go to this thread, and on the last page there's a guy named apul that posted the picture you posted. PM him and ask him for help.
Thread apul posted in (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=46093&st=75)
Yup, that foo_browser looks great thanks, I guess I just want that with a nice interface and the CD ripping/burning features
read my previous edit if you didn't
Do you think there'll ever be a section of the site listing all of the plugins and a few skins/themes or whatever? I'm trying desperately to find download links for stuff but just can't get it anywhere, foo_browser, foo_burninate and foo_cdda don't seem to have download links anywhere, and I've no idea where to download visual styles from
Edit: Brilliant cheers, will pm him
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...:Components_0.9 (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components_0.9)
I found that site, thanks, although unfortunately I didn't find any download links. (actually, just got one for burninate!)
Do you think there'll ever be a section of the site listing all of the plugins and a few skins/themes or whatever? I'm trying desperately to find download links for stuff but just can't get it anywhere, foo_browser, foo_burninate and foo_cdda don't seem to have download links anywhere, and I've no idea where to download visual styles from
Edit: Brilliant cheers, will pm him
foo_browser (http://www.msu.edu/~bowronch/foobar/foo_browser.zip)
foo_cdda (http://fs01n5.sendspace.com/dl/04745c5c998fbb05cb117b0216ffce99/463de257/pkjuvh/foo_cdda.dll)
For visual styles, there are threads in the upload sub forum that uses have posted the coding for their configurations. But it usually requires you to do at least some work, it's not like window blinds where you can just download a .thm file. But the visual style you're looking for should be fairly easy to do. Good luck!
What a star, thank you so much
I'm out. I'm sure foobar is a brilliant media player and I love it's lightweight approach to the situation but I've spent around 6 hours researching and messing about with things and I'm barely any further than when I first started.
Really pains me to say this since I absolutely hate the way iTunes uses so much resources and runs so painfully slowly on my computer, but seems I may have to go back to it yet again ;_;
I apologise for wasting the time of those that have helped me, I've really tried to like and use this player though, but it just doesn't seem like it's going to happen ;_;
foobar's not for everybody.
But it's a shame because it could be, everything just seems to overly complicated, it's almost like the developers made it that way just so that the general masses wouldn't stand a chance, I honestly think if foobar was made more accessible it'd be the best media player around by a mile, genuinely gutted I can't get the bloody thing working :/
Two final questions (sorry) just in case I can redeem it:
1) Where can I find the option to move/rename files and folders according to ID3 tags? I've looked and can't find it anywhere
2) Is there any easy way of making Foo look like one of these:
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4015/foobar5sp.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4015/foobar5sp.jpg)
http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ca...061824320hn.png (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture042220061824320hn.png)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/Too...-2006-05-23.png (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/Tool_Meep_Meep/screenies/happy-foo-2006-05-23.png)
Don't really want any of the fancy stuff like album artwork etc, but I'd like: Clean/nice UI, Browser, CD Rip, CD Burn & Library Organistation
1) Where can I find the option to move/rename files and folders according to ID3 tags? I've looked and can't find it anywhere
This is done through a context menu command called "Move, Rename or Copy Files". By default it is located in the "File Operations" submenu. If you can't find it - not even in the context menu preferences - you probably have not installed the masstagger component. In this case, just rerun the foobar2000 installer and select it.
Two final questions (sorry) just in case I can redeem it:
1) Where can I find the option to move/rename files and folders according to ID3 tags? I've looked and can't find it anywhere
2) Is there any easy way of making Foo look like one of these:
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4015/foobar5sp.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4015/foobar5sp.jpg)
http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ca...061824320hn.png (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture042220061824320hn.png)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/Too...-2006-05-23.png (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/Tool_Meep_Meep/screenies/happy-foo-2006-05-23.png)
Don't really want any of the fancy stuff like album artwork etc, but I'd like: Clean/nice UI, Browser, CD Rip, CD Burn & Library Organistation
Did apul talk to you about how he made his configurations? I can come up with a very simple, pretty much the same looking foobar as when you first load it after a clean installation, look that has the browser panels set up for you. I'm not quite sure how he did the other stuff, such as color scheme,buttons,etc.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/gbadude/th_columns.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/gbadude/columns.jpg)
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Sorry for asking what is evidently yet another ridiculous question, but where can I get masstag from? I've just been searching for around 10 minutes, ended up on loads of different websites, none of which had the download file ;_;
db78 that looks great, I'm after something very similar to that, and the browser bar across the top is perfect! How did you do that?
Sorry for asking what is evidently yet another ridiculous question, but where can I get masstag from? I've just been searching for around 10 minutes, ended up on loads of different websites, none of which had the download file ;_;
db78 that looks great, I'm after something very similar to that, and the browser bar across the top is perfect! How did you do that?
Masstag is a component that comes with the installation of foobar, but you have to manually check it yourself. Below is a .rar file, it contains a folder with components, and a .fcs file. The folder with components in it has the masstag component, a long with some other ones that could be useful to you, but most of them should already be in your component folder. Be sure to at least copy the masstag & browser components into your component folder. The .fcs is the configuration for the layout to the one I posted. Go to preferences, column ui, and you should be able to import .fcs files. I believe after importing, you should also have the browser panels.
foobar.rar (http://fs05n2.sendspace.com/dl/e956098f6d12dcb95f9a4533d949b57f/463e5913/4cq6lq/foobar.rar)
Wow! Thank you so much db78 After a bit of fiddling around with the masstag it's now doing exactly what I want it to (massive thanks to you and also kanak!) which is great since that's the number one feature I was after really.
I don't mind how it looks now, of course I'd much rather make it look decent, but now I've got it automatically renaming files/folders etc that's the main target accomplished
Going to try burning/ripping CDs sometime too, hopefully there won't be any problems, but for how often I do it I doubt there will be.
Thanks again!
Edit: Managed to get the brilliant foo blue and black working, since all of the files were present and in the correct folders it made for a nice copy and paste job, hehe. Not exactly what I'm after, but looks great anyway so I'm really happy with it! Just two hopefully quick questions (nggh, sorry!) 1. Is there anyway to quickly find, download and apply album art? I've never been interested in it before, but it looks lovely in this theme and I want it ;p 2. Is there anwyay to put the browser at the top by any chance? Even if the columns are only small/narrow it'd still be great.
Edit2: Double wow! It's playing my songs at the moment, quite a few albums in the library and it's using 3.8mb of memory, lol! foobar <3
Edit3: So happy with this, thank you so much for your help guys, especially db78, really appreciate it!
Edit: Managed to get the brilliant foo blue and black working, since all of the files were present and in the correct folders it made for a nice copy and paste job, hehe. Not exactly what I'm after, but looks great anyway so I'm really happy with it! Just two hopefully quick questions (nggh, sorry!) 1. Is there anyway to quickly find, download and apply album art? I've never been interested in it before, but it looks lovely in this theme and I want it ;p 2. Is there anwyay to put the browser at the top by any chance? Even if the columns are only small/narrow it'd still be great.
Edit2: Double wow! It's playing my songs at the moment, quite a few albums in the library and it's using 3.8mb of memory, lol! foobar <3
Edit3: So happy with this, thank you so much for your help guys, especially db78, really appreciate it!
LOL I knew you'd come around! Anyways I see that you went with dawxxx's blue and black configuration. I really liked his also, but like you I wanted the browser panels on the top. Most of his configurations would be too small to allow three browser panels placed on top without messing up the look. The first picture I showed you was my modified version of dawxxx's blue and black. If you would like my modified version with the panels on top, take a look at this thread, modified browser panel (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54605&st=25).
Here's a .rar file of the components/images/.pui file you'll need to have the same features/looks as my modified version. My modified dawxxx666 (http://fs05n5.sendspace.com/dl/1c24ca7d5a23bc289511abb9880dc2cc/463e9863/7fv0b7/modified%20foobar.rar) Besure to add any components in my components folder into yours. Put the .pui file in your PanelsUI folder, and the images folder inside your foobar2000 installation folder. Just a quick note, I don't know if you're using the latest version of PanelsUI component, but I'm using 0.9.2 with my configuration because it's having problems with the ratings being displayed. The version you need is included in the .rar file I gave you, and be sure not to upgrade to a newer one if you want to use my modified black & blue.
1. The itunes like browser is there, with genre/artist/album.
2. There is a component called playlist dropdown in conjunction with another component called autoplaylist. Playlist dropdown just allows you to have a dropdown menu of the different playlists you have. Autoplaylist allows you to create playlists based on different criterias, such as recently added, all songs with rap genre, top 10 played, etc.
3. The album art and track info follows whatever is playing right now. The rating stars & the other buttons follow whatever song is highlighted.
4. There is a lyrics panel, which probably won't find all the lyrics you want, but it does in some cases, which is useful.
5. The buttons below the rating stars maybe a bit confusing at first, if you hover your mouse over it, a tooltip should come up telling you what each button does.
6. There's a component called dotnet_title.dll. You can delete that, I forgot to delete that earlier.
7. There's a component included called foo_run. It allows you to run external programs within foobar, which is used to grab album art. Thread with program to download album art (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51896) After you've installed the Album Art Downloader, the music button right below the rating stars should open up Album Art Downloader for you. When you save an image, it'll save to the folder the song you highlighted is in, as folder.jpg.
That's fantastic, thank you so much!
I've just installed your theme, looks pretty cool (one thing though; the browser style seems to be a default white colour, not sure why). I think I prefer the more minimilist approach of the original, but that's just me being a fussy git who doesn't like anything even remotely complicated, hehe. Out of interest how did you even get the browser at the top? I couldn't get it working at all originally!
Have to format my C: drive now anyway, going to have a good think about which theme to use, like I said I think from a visual point of view I slightly prefer the original, but the fact yours has a browser and some useful buttons makes me a little unsure Might just try and get the browser working with the original and put up with the scrollbars, not sure
That's fantastic, thank you so much!
I've just installed your theme, looks pretty cool (one thing though; the browser style seems to be a default white colour, not sure why). I think I prefer the more minimilist approach of the original, but that's just me being a fussy git who doesn't like anything even remotely complicated, hehe. Out of interest how did you even get the browser at the top? I couldn't get it working at all originally!
Have to format my C: drive now anyway, going to have a good think about which theme to use, like I said I think from a visual point of view I slightly prefer the original, but the fact yours has a browser and some useful buttons makes me a little unsure Might just try and get the browser working with the original and put up with the scrollbars, not sure
1. You can change the color of the browser by going to preferences, media library, and brower. Under the appearance section, you can change the color of the text & background color.
2. What scroll bars are you talking about? The veritcal scrollbars from browser? If that's the case then no matter what, you're going to have sthose crollbars, simply because there's no way to make foobar long enough. If you're talking about the horizontal scroll bars, then go back to the browser preferences, and uncheck "hide horizontal scrollbars." If you still have those horizontal scrollbars, widen your foobar window, which should get rid of them.
3. In order to get browser at the top, you have to change the code of the layout, which is something that's a bit complicated. If you want, you can study the code later on. But for now, it's pretty difficult to insert the browsers at the top because it requires coding with Panels UI. If you were to use Columns UI, it'd be easier but Columns UI doesn't give you the same fuction or customization as Panels.
4. What part of my modified version do you find unnecessary? It can be easily taken out, just tell me and I can take it out for you. I'm not trying to force you to take my version or anything, it's just that the browser interface you're looking for just isn't very practical, if possible, with the original configurations.
Jeez, since I did a format I've got in a right state here, tried re-importing the library and it won't pick up the track titles any more :D
Thanks again for the reply, I'm not really sure what I'd prefer, I'll admit I do like the icons very much on yours and think a few of them would be very useful, but ultimately I'm swayed towards the minimilist look of the original, but if I could find a way to put the browser at the top (I'm using Panels UI btw, you said that'll complicate things, but is it still possible?) - cool that you can remove the horizontal scroll bars too!
Sorry to bump this, but I'd love to get it sorted
Jeez, since I did a format I've got in a right state here, tried re-importing the library and it won't pick up the track titles any more
Thanks again for the reply, I'm not really sure what I'd prefer, I'll admit I do like the icons very much on yours and think a few of them would be very useful, but ultimately I'm swayed towards the minimilist look of the original, but if I could find a way to put the browser at the top (I'm using Panels UI btw, you said that'll complicate things, but is it still possible?) - cool that you can remove the horizontal scroll bars too!
What do you mean it won't pick up the track titles anymore?
Anyways it's possible to add the browser on top, but like I said it involves coding. Go back to my modified version real quick, and then go to preferences, Panels UI, and then edit layout. Right around the middle, there's a code that looks like this
// PerTrack
$panel(Info,Track Display,$sub(%_width%,239),6,233,330,)
$panel(Seekbar,Seekbar,$sub(%_width%,232),338,222,13,)
$panel(Lyrics,Lyric Show,$sub(%_width%,233),430,225,$sub(%_height%,440),)
$panel(Playlists Dropdown,Playlists Dropdown,$sub(%_width%,232),400,222,22,)
$panel(Infoo,Track Display,$sub(%_width%,205),355,115,20,)
$panel(Playlist,Single Column Playlist,10,200,$sub(%_width%,250),$sub(%_height%,200),)
[b]$panel(Browser Genre,Browser Panel,1,3,150,198,)
$panel(Browser Artist,Browser Panel,150,3,236,198,)
$panel(Browser Album,Browser Panel,385,3,$sub(%_width%,625),198,)[/b]
That's the code to insert a panel, specifically the browser panel on top. As you can see, there's three different ones, with the dawxxx's layout, it's a bit hard to fit three of them in, without stretching out the window size. But if you really wanted to do it, you would have to put a similar code in the same place you found that code, but in his layout.
$panel() = you put a panel somehwere on the layout
Browser Album = name you want to give the panel, you can name it whatever you want
Browser Panel = *must always use that name in order for the browser panel to display*
The first two numbers after Browser Panel defines the position of the panel(x,y), the last two numbers define the dimension of the panels(length,width).
You're going to have to modifty the position and dimensions yourself to fit the windows, I can't give you specific numbers because I don't know the dimensions of your foobar. Play around with the numbers until you get it working.
Once again a big thank you for all your help, hope I don't seem rude with such a delayed response but I'm having absolutely massive troubles with my PC at home, think I'm going to have to start afresh with my foobar install unless I can somehow recover it from the drive, but with all of the information that you've given me I'm sure it won't take too long to get it back to a nice usable state Cheers
Right, err, I've had a quick go and as per usual I've failed in a rather spectacular fashion Your code was brilliant though thanks, and I grabbed the bit for the browser, made the ammedments and you suggested and...
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6198/untitledwc9.jpg)
It's kinda getting there, my main issues are:
1) The colour of the browser
2) The fact it seems to sit over the top of the playlist
3) The horizontal scrollbar
4) The fact I don't have any song titles showing up D:
Sorry again for being pain.
Right, err, I've had a quick go and as per usual I've failed in a rather spectacular fashion Your code was brilliant though thanks, and I grabbed the bit for the browser, made the ammedments and you suggested and...
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6198/untitledwc9.jpg)
It's kinda getting there, my main issues are:
1) The colour of the browser
2) The fact it seems to sit over the top of the playlist
3) The horizontal scrollbar
4) The fact I don't have any song titles showing up D:
Sorry again for being pain.
Lol it's cool, k let's see.
1. Color of browser can be adjusted at the preference and then browser menu. Under appearance, you can adjust the text color, background color, and highlight color.
2. The reason why it sits over the top of the playlist is that your code is telling it to basically, create a panel right over the playlist. You need to adjust the settings for the single column playlist. Could you paste for me the entire code of where you inserted the code for the browsers.
3. The horizontal scrollbars can only be fixed by widening the window size of foobar.
4. Again paste me the code, and I'll see
Massive thanks once again, made some more decent progress! Here's the code though, it still doesn't fit nicely at the top of the screen, and it doesn't resize when I widen foobar meaning it always has the horizontal scrollbar on the album list
//PerTrack
[code...]
// Browser
[b]$panel(Browser Genre,Browser Panel,1,3,100,150,)
$panel(Browser Artist,Browser Panel,100,3,160,150,)
$panel(Browser Album,Browser Panel,260,3,145,150,)[/b]
//Playback Order
[code...]
Hope that makes sense ^ Basically I placed that browser code in between the PerTrack and Playback Order sections.
Oh by the way, what code do you need to see the track titles? fwiw the default.pui shows the track titles just fine, it's just none of the 'Black and Blue' (or whatever it's called, sorry) ones seem to work.
Massive thanks once again, made some more decent progress! Here's the code though, it still doesn't fit nicely at the top of the screen, and it doesn't resize when I widen foobar meaning it always has the horizontal scrollbar on the album list
//PerTrack
[code...]
// Browser
[b]$panel(Browser Genre,Browser Panel,1,3,100,150,)
$panel(Browser Artist,Browser Panel,100,3,160,150,)
$panel(Browser Album,Browser Panel,260,3,145,150,)[/b]
//Playback Order
[code...]
Hope that makes sense ^ Basically I placed that browser code in between the PerTrack and Playback Order sections.
Oh by the way, what code do you need to see the track titles? fwiw the default.pui shows the track titles just fine, it's just none of the 'Black and Blue' (or whatever it's called, sorry) ones seem to work.
1. Right now you're browser panel's sizes/position are static, meaning they're not going to change. What you need to do is use the $sub(,) fucntion. For example, look at this code
$panel(Browser Album,Browser Panel,385,3,[b]$sub(%_width%,625)[/b],198,)
It's basically telling foobar to subtract the width of the foobar window by 625, and the new number will be the width of the panel. That means it'll adjust to the window size of the foobar. Make sure you use the $sub(,) function for the width of the panel. I know it's a little confusing, but experiment with $sub(,) to understand it. Sorry if it's unclear, I couldn't find any better way to explain it.
2. You're row sizes are too small. To fix it, go to where you can edit the layout. On the top right, There's a little box with a bunch of listings. Scroll down until you find the one that says "Playlist [Single Column Playlist]" Highlight it, and click on the settings/edit button. A new window should show up that lets you adjust the layout. There should be a little box that says "row height." Increase it to 13, if you still can't see your titles, keep on increasing the value until you can. Tell me if that fixes it. Actually, the place where you adjust the row height, paste me the code also.
Ah that second one worked a treat thanks, for some reason the font is a lot bigger than it should be, but at least now I can see the titles
No luck at all with the browser, changed all of the values after %width% to ~310 but it still didn't completely fill the width of the screen and was really buggy, like if I clicked anything it'd go all distorted and over one another
Ah that second one worked a treat thanks, for some reason the font is a lot bigger than it should be, but at least now I can see the titles
No luck at all with the browser, changed all of the values after %width% to ~310 but it still didn't completely fill the width of the screen and was really buggy, like if I clicked anything it'd go all distorted and over one another
It's buggy because that panel is overlapping other panels. Why don't you send me your .pui file, and i'll see if i can change it.
blitzeH, don't give up, it takes weeks of gradually assimilating information and getting inspired by other people to make something decent.
Here is my crappy first config:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/Tool_Meep_Meep/screenies/th_foo_lookin_cool.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/Tool_Meep_Meep/screenies/foo_lookin_cool.jpg)
Here is the latest:
(http://images.xx0r.be/hykx/th_fb2k-2007-06-13.png) (http://images.xx0r.be/imageview.php?i=387)
Looking good tool++! :-)
db78 if you wouldn't mind taking a look at it that'd be fantastic, what file(s) do you need?
Looking good tool++! :-)
db78 if you wouldn't mind taking a look at it that'd be fantastic, what file(s) do you need?
Under your PanelsUI folder, can you give me the one that you're currently using? Just copy and paste whichever layout you're using onto your desktop and upload it to sendspace or something.
Here you go; http://rifers.org/paste/show/4695 (http://rifers.org/paste/show/4695)
Here you go; http://rifers.org/paste/show/4695 (http://rifers.org/paste/show/4695)
Hmmm I don't need it in a text format. Okay if you go to preferences and then Panels UI. Under layout, you see the name of the layout that you're currently using. Go to your PanelsUI folder, and copy and paste that layout. I want the file itself, in .pui format.
Oops sorry, here's a link; http://www.box.net/shared/5pqm6gdpe2 (http://www.box.net/shared/5pqm6gdpe2)
Try it now
Modified (http://fs01n1.sendspace.com/dl/1364c5b53deac96255e16607e0ee3954/46474ffa/vd5y6y/dawxxx666nextgen.pui)
Many thanks for the upload, unfortunately though when I try and load the pui file it crashes foobar completely, not sure why, tried downloading the file a few times too just incase it wasn't downloading correctly
Many thanks for the upload, unfortunately though when I try and load the pui file it crashes foobar completely, not sure why, tried downloading the file a few times too just incase it wasn't downloading correctly
Ahh it's probably because I updated to the newest version of panels component. Try updating yours. For some reason the new version of panels component has problems with displaying the ratings. You're supposed to move your images folder into your PanelsUI folder after you switch to the newer version of the component. Instead of just moving your images folder, copy and paste it into your PanelsUI. It seems to work out okay that way
Thanks again, the only place I can find the latest foo_ui_panels.zip is http://users.bowie-cass.com/singa/foo_ui_panels.zip (http://users.bowie-cass.com/singa/foo_ui_panels.zip) though and that's down :/ Even tried Googling it, but every hit was that one ^
Thanks again, the only place I can find the latest foo_ui_panels.zip is http://users.bowie-cass.com/singa/foo_ui_panels.zip (http://users.bowie-cass.com/singa/foo_ui_panels.zip) though and that's down :/ Even tried Googling it, but every hit was that one ^
Here (http://users.bowie-cass.com/singa/foobar/bin/foo_ui_panels.zip)
Worked an absolute treat! Thank you so much!
Final question (eep! sorry) - how do I change the font size of the titles/albums/artists etc on the main window (not the browser). I know it's working fine since I changed the line height but the font size is still a bit bigger than it should be and is a lot bigger than I'd like it to be.
Worked an absolute treat! Thank you so much!
Final question (eep! sorry) - how do I change the font size of the titles/albums/artists etc on the main window (not the browser). I know it's working fine since I changed the line height but the font size is still a bit bigger than it should be and is a lot bigger than I'd like it to be.
Right click on the playlist, and go to settings. You should see a portion of the code that looks like this
$font(Swis721 Cn BT D-Type,8,bold,200-200-200)
$alignabs($get(xoffset),8,$eval(%_width% - $get(xoffset) - 5),14,left,middle)
%artist%
$font(,7,,0-200-255)
$alignabs($get(xoffset),19,$eval(%_width% - $get(xoffset) - 5),14,left,middle)
%album%
$font(Swis721 Cn BT D-Type,7,uppercase,200-200-200)
$alignabs($get(xoffset),32,$eval(%_width% - $get(xoffset) - 5),13,left,middle)
%date%
$alignabs($get(xoffset),32,$eval(%_width% - $get(xoffset) - 5),13,right,middle)
%genre%
$font(Swis721 Cn BT D-Type,7,uppercase,200-200-200)
$alignabs($get(xoffset),19,$eval(%_width% - $get(xoffset) - 5),13,right,middle)
%_itemcount%$font(Swis721 Cn BT D-Type,7,uppercase,120-120-120) TRACK$ifgreater(%_itemcount%,1,S,)],
Whenever you see a code thats $font(x,y,z,f), that's where you can adjust the font options.
x = font name you want
y = size
z = font options, eg. bold, italic, uppercase, etc
f = color of font
Brilliant cheers, great explainination of the $font paramaters too, for some reason though it seems to have absolutely everything listed there other than the main font which is what I'm trying to change
One other question (sorrrryyyy!!!)
What's the correct procedure for re-doing the ID3 tags on a song?
[rightclick] -> Properties -> [editfiles] -> Apply
[rightclick] -> Tagging -> Rewrite tag files
One other question (sorrrryyyy!!!)
What's the correct procedure for re-doing the ID3 tags on a song?
[rightclick] -> Properties -> [editfiles] -> Apply
[rightclick] -> Tagging -> Rewrite tag files
Uhh I've never used the rewrite tag files feature. I either just go to properties and edit the tag or use masstagger. By the way, learn to use masstagger as it'll become one of the most useful features of foobar.
Oh yes, the masstag thing that lets you rename files and folders is excellent, but how do you use it actually as a tagger?
Oh yes, the masstag thing that lets you rename files and folders is excellent, but how do you use it actually as a tagger?
Masstagger guide (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Masstaggers_User_Guide)
It's a little more complicated than simply going into properties, but it's a lot more useful when it comes to doing things like auto numbers, convert to caps, formatting titles, etc. Experiment a little with it, because it's something that takes a bit of getting used to.