Suggestion for Foobar2000 (great work!)

2002-12-26 23:37:17

From the day I've discovered Foobar2000 I've permanently removed Winamp3 from my PC... 
I think is the best player for audio quality. I like minimal but power-user apps.

I've a suggestion:
Why don't you insert a search feature in playlist?
If I want play the song "John Doe - Don't Know.mp3" and I write "joh (..ecc)" after clicking inside playlist space the selection move automatically on interested songs (beginning with "joh"); then play directly the song with Enter key.
I think is a good feature.

Also add in right click menu the index "Remove Tag (ID3v1 and/or ID3v2)" from one or more song selected may be a good add-on.

Suggestion for Foobar2000 (great work!)

Reply #1 – 2002-12-26 23:54:37

huh?
foobar already has a search function...Is it some different way if searching you want?

Suggestion for Foobar2000 (great work!)

Reply #2 – 2002-12-27 00:01:51

I've seen the search function, but It'll be better if the seach is direct on playlist, without open an external window that block foobar if opened.

This direct search funcion may be active or disactive by an index in playlist or playback voice of menu:

Playlist -> Direct search (as "Follow the cursor")

This may block the hotkey function, but hotkey may be CTRL+Z/X/C/V ecc when the Direct search is active.

Suggestion for Foobar2000 (great work!)

Reply #3 – 2002-12-27 00:19:16

I think the search option should be like the "jump-to-file" box in winamp2 (press "J")

if you have many files in your playlist you always have to scroll the whole thing

Suggestion for Foobar2000 (great work!)

Reply #4 – 2002-12-27 00:32:49

Yes, it's also a good idea. 

However, if you know exactly the song you want, you have just to combine "Direct search" with "Follow the cursor" to obtain a fast and simple way to make a song sequence inside a playlist.

And what about the Remove Tags add-on?