Foobar2000 - Support and Discussions

Guybrush · 02-06-2010, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noise

hey tore, just right-click and choose 'add to playback queue'. if you have a queue manager panel set up you'll see it there.

but really, it's not so different than making a new playlist. which is a better system once you get used to it. you could even make a hotkey (or button) that sends selected items in the current playlist to a 'now playing' playlist and get the same effect.

how do you have your library filter set up? when you click things - artists, genres, individual albums - do you send them to a new playlist? that's a good way to do things.

playlists are just so quick and easy to make in foobar you might as well use them!

When I choose "add to playback queue", it plays that song next. What I'd like is a way to map a hotkey so that it can send the current selection to the bottom of the playlist I'm listening to at that moment in time. It should then get played eventually.

I've looked and looked, but I haven't found a way to do this. All I've found are ways to send songs to specific playlists, but that doesn't make much sense from a hotkey point of view.

edit :

By the way, I modified your play icon column slightly

Code:

$rgb(0,128,0,0,128,0)$if(%_isplaying%,▶,[%queue_index%])

In addition to whether a song is playing or not, now it also shows any song's position in the queue (as long as it has been added to the playback queue). I've also been looking for a text pause symbol, but I can't find one! Let me know if you do.

Guybrush · 02-06-2010, 09:54 AM

After much searching, I've not yet found a component which adds a simple "add song(s) to end of playing playlist" functionality. Why this is not out there is a mystery to me as I think it would be a nice way to build up a playlist.

I have, however, found two components that have the functionality "add song(s) to the playing playlist after the currently playing song". In other words, it can add songs to the currently playing playlist, but not to the end of it unless the last song in the list is playing.

I don't get why I can find no components that add to the end and two that add after the playing track. To me it makes more sense to add them to the bottom and if you want to skip some of the songs in the list and listen to the selection straight away, you use "play" or the playback queue.

noise · 02-06-2010, 10:31 AM

have you looked through the settings of your Library Tree component?

i use Filters, and i can right-click tracks and send them to the end of the active playlist.

you can also drag/drop tracks and drop them into a playlist.

or right-click, choose 'send to playlist'

there are any number of ways to do this...

also see this component:
http://members.multimania.co.uk/musi...nd_to_playlist

or this:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...hp/t18276.html

Guybrush · 02-06-2010, 10:58 AM

Thanks for the help. I can indeed send to active playlist, but active playlist only means whichever playlist I'm looking at - not necessarily the one which is playing. I get search results and so on in my playlist window, so I'm often looking at a playlist which is not playing.

I already checked out foo_utils and while it has a lot of functionality for sending stuff to playlists, it will only send to specific playlists. Like you can send stuff to your "party music" playlist. The problem is that's not useful as a hotkey.

The other component there is outdated

I'm gonna register on hydrogenaudio forums and complain

noise · 02-06-2010, 11:02 AM

haha well good luck! they can be pretty vicious over there

so where exactly are you trying to send tracks from??

i guess i just can't relate, i don't use my player like that. i either listen to an album, a pre-made playlist, or i shuffle through artists/genres/whatever...

Guybrush · 02-06-2010, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noise

haha well good luck! they can be pretty vicious over there

so where exactly are you trying to send tracks from??

i guess i just can't relate, i don't use my player like that. i either listen to an album, a pre-made playlist, or i shuffle through artists/genres/whatever...

Viciousness doesn't scare me one bit.

Quite often I'm not looking at my currently playing playlist. One reason is I have a searchbar which I use frequently. All search results are sent to the playlist window and thus become the "active playlist" (though not the "playing playlist").

I'd love to be able to mark a selection from my search results, press a button and WHAM - have them added to the playlist I'm listening to.

edit :

By the way, I noticed %path% also contains filename at the end. Do you know if there's a way I can remove the %filename% bit from %path%?

edit again : Nevermind, found out! $directory_path(%path%)

Zer0 · 03-23-2010, 05:35 PM

I tweaked my foobar a bit today. There's still a few more things i want to change such as the play buttons cos they're a bit on the small side. I also cant seem to figure out how to get the filter to ignore 'the' when sorting artists, could someone help me on this?

noise · 03-24-2010, 12:47 AM

$swapprefix(X)
Moves “A” and “The” prefixes to the end of X.

Example: “The Prodigy” becomes “Prodigy, The”

Zer0 · 03-25-2010, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noise

$swapprefix(X)
Moves “A” and “The” prefixes to the end of X.

Example: “The Prodigy” becomes “Prodigy, The”

Cheers. Yeah it pretty much worked for me, only i used $swapprefix(%artist%,The) cos i don't really mind the 'A' prefixes. I can't seem to find a way to sort it like that but still display the artist as 'The Artist'. Facets gives you this option but Filter in columns UI doesn't. I know it's only a small thing but it still bugs me haha.

noise · 03-26-2010, 12:51 AM

hmm never noticed that, but now it's gonna bug me. i'll post back here when i find a solution.

with foobar, there is always a solution

02-06-2010, 09:54 AM	#62 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	After much searching, I've not yet found a component which adds a simple "add song(s) to end of playing playlist" functionality. Why this is not out there is a mystery to me as I think it would be a nice way to build up a playlist. I have, however, found two components that have the functionality "add song(s) to the playing playlist after the currently playing song". In other words, it can add songs to the currently playing playlist, but not to the end of it unless the last song in the list is playing. I don't get why I can find no components that add to the end and two that add after the playing track. To me it makes more sense to add them to the bottom and if you want to skip some of the songs in the list and listen to the selection straight away, you use "play" or the playback queue. __________________ Something Completely Different

02-06-2010, 10:31 AM	#63 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	have you looked through the settings of your Library Tree component? i use Filters, and i can right-click tracks and send them to the end of the active playlist. you can also drag/drop tracks and drop them into a playlist. or right-click, choose 'send to playlist' there are any number of ways to do this... also see this component: http://members.multimania.co.uk/musi...nd_to_playlist or this: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...hp/t18276.html __________________ my flac collection

02-06-2010, 10:58 AM	#64 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Thanks for the help. I can indeed send to active playlist, but active playlist only means whichever playlist I'm looking at - not necessarily the one which is playing. I get search results and so on in my playlist window, so I'm often looking at a playlist which is not playing. I already checked out foo_utils and while it has a lot of functionality for sending stuff to playlists, it will only send to specific playlists. Like you can send stuff to your "party music" playlist. The problem is that's not useful as a hotkey. The other component there is outdated I'm gonna register on hydrogenaudio forums and complain __________________ Something Completely Different

02-06-2010, 11:02 AM	#65 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	haha well good luck! they can be pretty vicious over there so where exactly are you trying to send tracks from?? i guess i just can't relate, i don't use my player like that. i either listen to an album, a pre-made playlist, or i shuffle through artists/genres/whatever... __________________ my flac collection

03-23-2010, 05:35 PM	#67 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I tweaked my foobar a bit today. There's still a few more things i want to change such as the play buttons cos they're a bit on the small side. I also cant seem to figure out how to get the filter to ignore 'the' when sorting artists, could someone help me on this? __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

03-24-2010, 12:47 AM	#68 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	$swapprefix(X) Moves “A” and “The” prefixes to the end of X. Example: “The Prodigy” becomes “Prodigy, The” __________________ my flac collection

03-26-2010, 12:51 AM	#70 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	hmm never noticed that, but now it's gonna bug me. i'll post back here when i find a solution. with foobar, there is always a solution __________________ my flac collection