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foobar2000 for Mac / Re: foobar2000 for Mac: bugs & wishes
Last post by slnc -
Thanks a lot for all the work, @Peter. I use foobar for many hours every day and every time I install an update it feels like Christmas.

Some minor suggestions for your consideration:

1) When I save a Playlist, the default export filename is Untitled.m3u8. Could we change it to be the playlist's name? I sync a dozen playlists across 3 foobar2000 mac installations and an iPhone one, and this would save me typos and time.

1b) A complementary and even better solution would be to add an "Export Library" menu option so that I have to do O(1) work per source computer each time I do a sync. At the same this would let me version control my foobar settings and track stats, and it would make my sync-across-computers setup much simpler.

2) I would like to use the "Save playback statistics on each track", but I'm not using it because when it's on, I get distracted 62 seconds after a track starts playing when the foobar2000 dock icon jumps (and an Updating Files foobar popup opens). Is it possible to update track statistics invisibly to the user?

3) Have you considered adding an "Automatically check for new foobar2000 versions once a week" feature? I now regularly "miss" on new features for days or weeks because I forget to manually check.

Thanks!
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General - (fb2k) / Re: Sort the index.txt file for standard Playlist Switcher
Last post by regor -
I can not care less if you like it or not, it's totally fine. Really.

Is just that you are writing nonsense without reason. You simply don't understand how to use it and are complaining things don't work how you want without reading the manual or understanding the script.

1. No. You simply didn't care to change the timeouts to update the playlist list. (which again is there for files, not just UI playlists).
2. I gave you the explanation on github.
3. Read 1. xd You can make it refresh on real time.
4. This is like saying foobar is overly complex when you only need WMP.
5. Again you don't understanding the features YOU have set. Because that feature is not active by default.
6. Wow 13 bugs on a year. Incredible. All fixed within a week. Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? I mean, if you read marc's threads, it's like sometimes he updates a plugin 3 times a day because of bugs or errors xd does that make him or his plugins bad? too many bugs? I don't think so.

I'm out of this conver, have no time to waste with people not reading manuals and just asking devs to set things to their liking.
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Support - (fb2k) / little bug with album cover in windows 11
Last post by Sebastianxy1 -
Windows 11 23H2 build 22631
Foobar2000 2.1.5 x64
prehistory, I've used it my entire adult life winamp, after that aimp 2 and 3, and now I decided to try foobar, I liked the player, it has a lot of functions, plugins and customizations, but I found a small bug in it, it appears not only in the player but also in browsers, after I manually change the track, in the player, in the windows panel it does not change and remains the same, in browsers it’s the same, but youtube videos that I’ve already watched can be displayed there, Problem in MS devs, but why let's say the player can't send api commands to windows and change the cover?
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foobar2000 mobile / foobar2000 mobile on eversolo?
Last post by jott_ha -
Hi everyone

How can I get access to the internal SSD on an eversolo streamer?
I have tried with the .apk-file installed on an DMP A6 and all I got was a network error…
The internal SSD is visible and useable with the eversolo‘s own music app and can also be adressed from my computer.

Has anyone succeeded or an idea of how to connect?

Thanx, Jay
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer
Last post by TF3RDL -
Quote from: darkflame23 on
Love this component, but just a couple of anomalies:

Even though I have tooltips turned on, I don't get a readout of the note frequency when I hover over a frequency bar, like I did with the old Musical Spectrum. Any way to do this?
There is no such thing as tooltips for foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer currently, though sneak peeks posted by @Crossover suggests that upcoming version 2.0.0.0 for Enhanced Spectrum analyzer component could have tooltips added

Quote from: darkflame23 on
Also, the vertical Octave divider lines don't coincide exactly with the actual frequency bars, which look kinda messy. If there's a setting I'm missing, please let me know. I'm trying to get as close to the old Musical Spectrum settings I had, as possible.
BTW, do you mean foo_vis_spectrum_analyzer instead of foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer?

Because again, frequency bands mode is currently not available for Enhanced Spectrum analyzer component, though upcoming Enhanced Spectrum analyzer 2.0.0.0 could have one, like my dream I've experienced last time where this component got an update that not only added Musical Spectrum-esque bars but also an option to use IIR filter bank instead of FFT
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General - (fb2k) / Re: Sort the index.txt file for standard Playlist Switcher
Last post by stevehero -
SMP doesn't suit my needs (you're dead right about that). Sorry if I offended you by not liking it. Don't put your software on public domain if you don't like criticism.

Let me point out what I don't like about it, since you asked.
  • It's very slow in comparison to Marc's Playlist manager.
  • UI keeps jumping around the place, that last bug report I posted on github, you say isn't one. If that's by design then, it's a new one on me. Imagine deleting a folder in File Explorer and the scrolling goes way off to somewhere else. If you deleted a track from a playlist and the scroll went elsewhere would you class that as by design?
  • Playlist numbers don't update quickly (If at all).
  • Overly complex for what it is.
  • Playlist duplicates themselves for no reason. Latest Github report I put up, you say it's how I've set up your component that's causing it. Then remove it, if that's the case.
  • Would also like to clarify and rectify your info about only 2 bugs lately. It's been 13 bugs in total in the last year. https://github.com/regorxxx/Playlist-Manager-SMP/issues?q=author%3Astephen147+label%3Abug

I wouldn't get too hung up on what I think. I mentioned your plugin as I don't like it anymore and if you feel aggrieved by that, well that's not my issue.

I'm looking for an alternative now. Sorry about that.
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General - (fb2k) / Re: Sort the index.txt file for standard Playlist Switcher
Last post by regor -
Biting on this because your comment was unrealistic, involves misinformation and is not representative of the plugins you mentioned. Not sure which SMP manager are you talking about but for sure mine has a tree view (since it has folders) xd

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No one has complained about "too many bugs", but you. I mean, just because you have found "2 bugs" lately, doesn't mean you are right. Specially when every single report I have got about any of my scripts on github, has been usually fixed and closed in less than a week (saying this because I usually offer support and care about making things work, even when people have exotic setups, Wine or whatever). More funny is your "bugs" are not bugs... just you not understanding the usage or the settings you used.

Also, you are comparing a manager with thousand of features with things that mainly sort UI playlists in a tree view. I mean, if that's what you need, then fine. It's an apples/oranges comparison. My manager is meant for people who are tired of having 2000 ui playlists loaded everytime on foobar, so it's meant to be used along playlist files. Using it as a foo_plorg replacement was just an extra, but it's clearly not the intended usage as stated everywhere on github, the HA topic, the readme PDF, ... Also most complex functionalities can be removed (and menus simplified) at the features submenu.

I simply found ironic that you complain about something being more complex than whatever you need... then clearly the problem is you used something not suited for your needs.  I am glad there are other options, like foo_plorg replacement or the js smooth manager, so we have choice. It's perfectly fine some people need simple things, it's also fine if some people need more complex things (which are not unusable just because you don't get them).

Finally, about the other JSP manager, maybe and just maybe it's more productive to report in their thread your performance problems so the author can take care of it (or warn about a limit with the number of playlists).

PD: Would also like to clarify and rectify your info about foo_plorg being broken after V2. It was already broken on V1, as reported multiple times.
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Other Lossy Codecs / Re: exhale - Open Source USAC encoder
Last post by C.R.Helmrich -
Quote from: Case on
I took a quick look at exhale sources and I don't see it doing anything to source WAV file channel order. If that's the case @john33 is absolutely correct and multichannel files encoded with it are quite broken, unless manually reordered to correct channel order.
My apologies, you're absolutely right, I totally misunderstood how the extensible WAVE format works regarding multichannel (I thought it allows to reorder the channels... which it doesn't). Just committed a fix to exhale's main branch, along with a minor tuning for the low-rate BA_MORE_CBR modes. With that the channel ordering should be correct.

Chris