After playing with the existing interfaces I noticed one big problem with all of them: they use synchronous requests, making the updates require screen updates. So I wrote this AJAX powered webui!

Due to the way this plugin is designed you'll have to open http://localhost:8888/index.html instead of just http://localhost:8888/ in your browser (the "index.html" part is important, else you'll just get some text) but besides that it works just fine.



Download: http://www.2shared.com/file/3717567/6947f4...ntrol_data.html
Mirror: http://www.uploading.com/files/9XPZ4C6M/fo...l_data.zip.html

Note: Doesn't work with IE, tested in Opera 9.5 and Firefox 3

- The "playlist row" field in the HTTP Control preferences must be set to the following, or some variation thereof:

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{ "artist": "$ifgreater($len(%artist%),29,$cut(%artist%,29)'...',%artist%)", "album": "$ifgreater($len(%album%),29,$cut(%album%,29)'...',%album%)", "number": "%tracknumber%", "track": "$ifgreater($len($replace(%title%,",)),28,$cut($replace(%title%,",),28)'...',$replace(%title%,",))", "len": "%length%" }

Wondering what code I would need to call to make a button to remove the current playing track from the playlist and skip to next track? If thats possible?

Quote from: Kev0 on 2009-03-02 15:04:02

Wondering what code I would need to call to make a button to remove the current playing track from the playlist and skip to next track? If thats possible?

by design you cannot execute more than one command at once, and there is no builtin macro representing the currently playing item index.

v0.63 05 Apr 2008
    add: clickable path in browser;
    add: previously played track is highlighted in playlist;
    fix: list of playlists wasn't always updated;
    fix: additional safety checks and fixes;

v0.68 12 May 2008
        add: playback enqueue/dequeue (LIFO) control, q/w hotkeys;
        add: playlist focus control, shift hotkey;
        add: playlist entry remove control, ctrl hotkey;
        add: configurable page autorefresh;
        fix: compacted control template JS;
        fix: invisible glitches;

Just a thought, is there anyway I could implement the effects of the following into the action of a button or two, on a template without a displayed playlist? I could then just remove the previous played track if I wanted to.

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ([IS_PLAYING])
{
    trk=[TRACK_NUM];trk-=1;
    document.write('<a href="/?cmd=Del&param1='+trk+'">Remove currently playing track</a>');
}
//--></script>

Oh, and I had the same problem as bronc and analbeard with Aurics iphone skin, even after checking and double checking the playlist config details. Unlikley, but is it because I'm not using an iPhone and it has some specific iPhone code, maybe the CSS?

judging by the error code, path C:\Users\Ryan\Programs\Foobar2000\components\foo_httpcontrol_data\ doesn't exist
do you have foobar2000 installed to your user directory?

I have been following this thread for quite some time. Is there a keyword search function for the playlist and directories yet? Or is this not possible? I'm looking for something similar to this

Quote from: oblikoamorale on 2009-03-01 06:51:38

judging by the error code, path C:\Users\Ryan\Programs\Foobar2000\components\foo_httpcontrol_data\ doesn't exist
do you have foobar2000 installed to your user directory?

yeah i do.  do i need to reinstall in program files for this to work??

d'oh. sorry! removing currently playing track (in case it is from the currently chosen playlist) is obviously possible right now with something like this:

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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ([IS_PLAYING])
{
    trk=[TRACK_NUM];trk-=1;
    document.write('<a href="/?cmd=Del&param1='+trk+'">Remove currently playing track</a>');
}
//--></script>

and of course you don't need playlist for this to work.

Not looking for anyone to go out of their way and do it for me, but some pointers on how to go about it, or somewhere that might explain it a little better would be appreciated.

the working principle of Auric's AJAX interface is based on retrieving JS-formatted object from foo_httpcontrol, which describes the current state of the player, and then building the interface outlook based on received data.
format of the object is defined in foo_httpcontrol_controls_tpl.html. after eval()-ling received data, you can easily access object fields within your JS and do whatever you want.
that's very basic info, but it should point you towards the right direction. for implementing playlist switcher you need to include [PLAYLISTS_JS] and [PLAYLIST_ACTIVE] into the state object. check readme.txt for details on these macros.

Are you suggesting I would be better off using Aurics JS file (instead of the one by sIIhZt/larskl) as my backbone for getting the information from fb2k, and then working the html interface ontop of that? I'm hoping the bulk of the html layout I already have set up could be used with the other JS file besides some renaming of the commands/headings called, etc?

I'm guessing the structure in the foo_httpcontrol_controls_tpl.html is - "substituted object name for use in the JS" : [OBJECT INFO PULLED FROM FOO_HTTPCONTROL], and that the subsituted name isnt predefined anywhere but here, I could call them anything? And controls_tpl.html is just a list of all of the headings you need to pull from foo_httpcontrol to get the information you need, the order listed isnt important?

Is it possible to make a drop down selection (default, random, shuffle etc) have its effect without redrawing the whole page.

"DefaultRepeat (playlist)Repeat (track)RandomShuffle (tracks)Shuffle (albums)Shuffle (folders)"