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Reply #450
Question for anyone in the know...

How can I activate the "va" mode if i am using the BAND Tag for mp3s (so that it comes up in windows media and itunes) and not "album artist"?

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Reply #451
Can somebody help me how to display information about album length? I would like to see this information in Album  Mode column in the area where Format and RG info is displayed. Maybe it can be displayed in the row under Format and RG info. Or can RG info be replaced by album lenght info (I don't use RG)?

I usually have more albums in playlist, so if I want to see album lenght I have to select all album tracks and than album length is displayed in status bar. It's a bit uncomfortable.

Thanks for help.

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Reply #452
I don't think that is currently possible. When processing items in the list, It goes over them one by one. It has no recollection of previous items and as such, You can't count the time for each track in the album like that.
You might be able to display that with another plugin such as foo_cwb_hooks.

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Reply #453
I think that upgrading to the latest columns UI has messed up this config a little bit.  It seems like some of the columns in my playlist are running into eachother and it seems that the leading zeros have vanished from the playlist numbers.  Is there some code i can change to make it look normal again?


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Reply #454
It seems to me that there is a problem with handling alignment for tabbed strings in column ui.

For now just add spaces at the end of every line. Config is heavily commented, you won't get lost.

PS: Will share my edited config somewhat later.

upd: Ok, here is mine Navigator. Do not forget to backup your config.
Sharing delusions since 1991.

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Reply #455
Random gossip:

When i was using columns ui and coding Nav, i was thinking all the time how nice and more clear album headers ABOVE albums would look like. Now i've switched to single-column playlist and played around a bit - and have come to the conclusion that while it it looks cool, it actually looks less clear if album-headers are on top. And if you work with mixed playlists and move tracks around, it is absolutely irritating how the lines jump around adapting.

I guess, in the long run i will return to the classical "album info left, track info right"-layout.

- Lyx
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

 

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Reply #456
It seems to me that there is a problem with handling alignment for tabbed strings in column ui.

For now just add spaces at the end of every line. Config is heavily commented, you won't get lost.

PS: Will share my edited config somewhat later.

upd: Ok, here is mine Navigator. Do not forget to backup your config.


Ah, thank you very much

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Reply #457
Random gossip:

When i was using columns ui and coding Nav, i was thinking all the time how nice and more clear album headers ABOVE albums would look like. Now i've switched to single-column playlist and played around a bit - and have come to the conclusion that while it it looks cool, it actually looks less clear if album-headers are on top. And if you work with mixed playlists and move tracks around, it is absolutely irritating how the lines jump around adapting.

I guess, in the long run i will return to the classical "album info left, track info right"-layout.

- Lyx


Does it mean that we have chance to see single column style Navigator in future?
Sharing delusions since 1991.

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Reply #458
Probably not. I'm just doing this layout for myself. It may be useful for some people when its more mature (especially since its one of the rare(or the only?) layouts where colors can be set centrally in the globals). However, it is by far not as feature-packed and modular as navigator was.

So, yes i will probably post a new layout for SCPL some day, but it unprobable that it will be similiar to Nav - because i'm just creating a config which is useful for me - not one which is useful for as many people as possible.

- Lyx
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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Reply #459
Hi, I'm new here. I've just started using Navigator and find it really great -- a great space-saver. However, I've noticed a problem with the "Age" column. No matter how old a track is, it registers as being "1 days" old. I've checked the "last played" field in track properties, and there's no problem with that. Can anyone help?

I'm using the official play count dll in the 0.9x foobar. I can't understand it, but here's the code in the "Age" edit column screen:

Code: [Select]
// For CONFIGURATION, see the "Globals"-tab !
// ============================================

// calculate firstplayed-days since millenium
$if(%first_played%,
$puts(first_played,%first_played%)
$puts(firstplayed_d-2000,$add(
$mul($substr($get(first_played),3,4),365),
$select($substr($get(first_played),6,7),0,31,59,90,120,151,181,212,243,273,304,334),
$substr($get(first_played),9,10)))
// calculate days since first play
$puts(days_since_first_play,$max(0,$sub($get_global(system_d-2000),$get(firstplayed_d-2000))))

// age
$add($get(days_since_first_play),1)
$get_global(standard_color_low)' days'

)

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Reply #460
plum, problem is probably in system_d-2000. Try looking into it in the globals tab. Or try downloading my modification of Navigator. I've had somewhat similar problem in the begining. Though it was with older columns ui, so I'm not sure.

Lyx, as for me the main feature of Navigator is it's usefulness. So I'm eagerly waiting for the moment you'll share your config

Oh, by the way. I was wondering for a while. What is the way to handle playlists like "%Rating% IS 5" without using album-/single-mode switch? Such playlists contain album tracks that should be displayed as singles, because no full album usually appear in there. You said that Navigator2 will have no need in "-s-" switch. That was the first time the question arose. But then you abandoned the Navigator, so I decided to stuck to old Navigator fixing it whenever foobar changed behaviour. And now I'm trying to do something on my own and so I wonder.
Sharing delusions since 1991.

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Reply #461
Thanks slotos. I've copied your mod to the components folder, but nothing's different so far. Will it modify the settings retroactively, or will I have to wait at least 24 hours for the mods to work through?

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Reply #462
Thanks slotos. I've copied your mod to the components folder, but nothing's different so far. Will it modify the settings retroactively, or will I have to wait at least 24 hours for the mods to work through?


Open foobar2000 properties dialog.
Go to Display - Columns UI.
If you have made any changes to your config and want to save them - use Export button to do so.
Use Import button to import modified Navigator from the fcs I've posted.
Sharing delusions since 1991.

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Reply #463
Thanks sloto, that worked perfectly. Awesome work!

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Reply #464
Oh, by the way. I was wondering for a while. What is the way to handle playlists like "%Rating% IS 5" without using album-/single-mode switch? Such playlists contain album tracks that should be displayed as singles, because no full album usually appear in there. You said that Navigator2 will have no need in "-s-" switch. That was the first time the question arose. But then you abandoned the Navigator, so I decided to stuck to old Navigator fixing it whenever foobar changed behaviour. And now I'm trying to do something on my own and so I wonder.


I had no plans to support such features in "single/albummode", mainly because i think that the single/albummode approach is fundamentally flawed and a hack - so trying to support such playlists amounts to writing a hack for a hack. In a hybridmode-playlist which works via contentgroups, all such problems dissappear, because you no longer need to "fake it".

Unfortunatelly, AFAIK Columns UI still does not support contentgroups. Single-Column Playlist does support them, but has no straightforward way yet to group singles. So, to put it simply: currently, there is no sane method available to implement hybridmode playlists via contentgroups.

- Lyx
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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Reply #465
Hmm...I loaded album.fcs but nothing changes:



What's wrong with that? Once I loaded it, it worked. I am confused

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Reply #466
It seems to me that there is a problem with handling alignment for tabbed strings in column ui.

For now just add spaces at the end of every line. Config is heavily commented, you won't get lost.

PS: Will share my edited config somewhat later.

upd: Ok, here is mine Navigator. Do not forget to backup your config.


Hi I use your fsc but i`don`t have any rating... tag-matrix, Where is a problem ? I`have playcount unofficial.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7554/73836505ta9.jpg

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Reply #467
Hi I use your fsc but i`don`t have any rating... tag-matrix, Where is a problem ? I`have playcount unofficial.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7554/73836505ta9.jpg


As I see tag-matrix is working quite good. You have properly tagged files and all fields of tag-matrix are highlighted.
Navigator uses %rating% tag for rating display, both file tag and custominfo field works.
If you want to see your playback statistic in the playlist (though it is quite space consumptive) - go to Preferences - Display - Columns UI - Playlist View - Columns (tab) and check the Show Column checkbox for Daily plays/Total plays/Last played. Alternatively you can right-click at the playlist column titles and select playcount statistic fields to display.
Also I don't understand the reason for using unofficial playcount plugin, because official one has everything you need IMHO - %first_played%, %last_played% and %play_count% and is able to write statistic to file tags automatically. If play count is not displayed - possible reason is that unofficial component uses %play_counter% tag instead of %play_count%. If it is the case I can modify config so it will allow setting play count field in globals tab.

PS: It is Navigator-Suite developed by Lyx. I've only updated it to latest foobar2000 and added some specific "fixes" for foo_dumb and official playcount component. Those minor fixes do not make this config mine in any way.
PPS: Now I'm using Navigator-Suite 2 Alpha (very) slowly modifying it to satisfy my needs. So I beg you pardon if I'm slow in understanding your problem. Things may have became messed up in my head.
Sharing delusions since 1991.

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Reply #468
Official playcount was not supported because:

1. even though the community spent about a whole month deciding on a standard for playback-stats, and there was already a plugin out which honored that, official playcount ignored that and used its own scheme. So i continued to support what was decided by the community, not by a single person.

2. Official playcount does NOT have everything which Navigator needs. It lacks first_played support.

3. Official playcount was originaly only meant as a test for peter.

edit: nevermind, i saw that you wrote that official playcount now supports first_played. At the time i wrote Nav, this was not the case.
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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Reply #469
Hi I use your fsc but i`don`t have any rating... tag-matrix, Where is a problem ? I`have playcount unofficial.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7554/73836505ta9.jpg


As I see tag-matrix is working quite good. You have properly tagged files and all fields of tag-matrix are highlighted.
Navigator uses %rating% tag for rating display, both file tag and custominfo field works.



Ok thanks for your advice. I back to using Navigator_1.4.3 - albummode default, with play_count unofficial and now I have switched on stats (last play,age...etc), but for the whole time the rating dosen`t work  Doesn`t mater if the song was played 10 times or 2 times field rating doesn`t change

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Reply #470
i use album mode, where it says Format: MP3 / VBR2 or VBR V2 how do i change it to display the average bitrate for the album so it says something like Format: MP3 / 255kbit VBR ?

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Reply #471
I am not certain if i changed the position where it is defined in the 2.0.0 alpha release.

Anyways, it is either defined in the globals in the "metadata detection core" at the position where the "quality" var is defined - or it is defined directly in the column.

- Lyx
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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Reply #472
I can't figure out how did you manage to make it display strings within brackets in different colour? I'm not very bright in coding, can you just point it out for me?

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Reply #473
$replace is your friend :) Just (ab-)use it to inject colors before the opening bracket and after the closing bracket.

P.S.: Even though $replace is very useful, it is also one of the slowest functions. If you need to do multiple replaces, then you can save resources by stacking them all into a single $replace, instead of multiple ones. A general rule of thumb when estimating code-efficiency is to count the number of $$$ in your code - the more $'s, the more "expensive" your code is, lol.

P.S. 2: if columns ui could just finally get contentgroups, i may get interested in returning to columns ui coding. I'm fed up with the mess which SCPL and the like are.
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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Reply #474
Code: [Select]
 
$puts(ratio,
$if($or($strstr(%__compression%,Lossy),$stricmp(%codec%,DualStream)),,
$muldiv($info(bitrate),1000,
$div($mul(%samplerate%,$info(bitspersample),$channels()),100)
)))
$ifgreater($get(ratio),0,$ifequal($get(ratio),100,,$get(ratio)'%' compr.)
,[%bitrate%kbit])


what do i change here to get the average bitrate for the album?