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Topic: Displaying Bits per Sample in Status Bar If Encoding Is Lossless (Read 1758 times) previous topic - next topic
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Displaying Bits per Sample in Status Bar If Encoding Is Lossless

Hello, I am editing my status bar within Foobar2000. Currently, I have set the following to display:

FLAC | 16/44.1 kHz | 716 kbps | stereo | 3:37 / 4:02

This is displayed - and works as desired when lossless files are played - with the following string.

%codec% | $info(bitspersample)/$div(%samplerate%,1000).$right($div(%samplerate%,100),1) kHz | %bitrate% kbps | %channels% | %playback_time%[ / %length%]

However, when playing a lossy encoded file (mp3 and AAC in my case), bits per sample is not displayed; instead showing the following, for example:

MP3 | /44.1 kHz | 320 kbps | stereo | 3:37 / 4:02

When playing lossy files, I would like the following to instead appear (without the above slash prior to sample rate); with bits per sample returning while playing a file with lossless encoding.

MP3 | 44.1 kHz | 320 kbps | stereo | 3:37 / 4:02
FLAC | 16/44.1 kHz | 716 kbps | stereo | 3:37 / 4:02

What must be edited in the string to ensure bits per sample appears if the file is lossless encoded; but not appear if the file is lossy encoded?

Thank you.

Re: Displaying Bits per Sample in Status Bar If Encoding Is Lossless

Reply #1 –
Enclose the variable with surrounding punctuation marks in square brackets to display it only if it is present. This is a shorthand for $if().

[$info(bitspersample)/]

To display something based on the encoding accuracy, do this:

$if($strcmp(%__encoding%,lossless),[%__bitspersample%/],)
 

Re: Displaying Bits per Sample in Status Bar If Encoding Is Lossless

Reply #2 –
Quote from: j7n on
$if($strcmp(%__encoding%,lossless),[%__bitspersample%/],)

Thank you - that's exactly the result I was after. Works flawlessly. I appreciate that greatly.