gotjuice

Lots of work and quite a learning curve (for me at least), but I've finally got the components, panels, etc. where I want them. Theme is pretty basic still, but there's plenty of time to spruce that stuff up. Ratings I'm still playing with (I can get it to display ten stars, but I can't get any more than 5 to actually fill), so they're not shown obviously.

Pretty much a ripoff of noise/tore, but what can I say, noise's picture in the thread on the general music forum was what finally inspired me to give foobar a shot

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noise

hey, looking good!

post the script you're using for ratings, and describe how you want it to work. i'll see what i can do to help

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Guybrush

I have encountered a problem with my foobar >.<

I have no "foo_freedb2.dll" in my components directory. It's used for auto-tagging stuff against the freedb database. It says on the developer's site that the file should be included in the installer so there's no download for it. What the hell? Versions I have found from other sites are outdated and not accepted by the program ..

Could any of you send me your file?

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I'm terrified of reinstalling cause I'm scared my lovely setup is gonna disappear

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By the way, I've found a simple way to make foobar download album art for me. It happens when you play the albums and requires no additional work on your part once you've made the few changes. It completely eliminates the time you might have otherwise spent getting cover art - as least as long it can find the pictures online of course.

Lemme know if you're interested and I'll explain it.

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hey tore,

i don't have that dll either. you have to specifically tell the installer you want to include freedb tagging support during setup.

here's what you do - grab the installer, run it, and choose a portable install. then send it to a temp folder some place. be sure to tick the option for freedb. once it's done, go in and grab the dll you need.

or, just unpack the installer with Universal Extractor...

i actually use a portable install all the time. that way, my entire foobar folder is self-contained, so i can keep it on a non-system drive and nothing happens to it when i reinstall windows

and by the way, you can export your config. there's also a component called foo_jesus that 'saves' your config every time you run foobar

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Guybrush

Yay, that worked.

Today, I completely revamped the style of my foobar only to find out many hours later I preferred it the way it was. This program sure can be a timesink Still, I think I got most of the visuals sorted out now - although I do tend to tweak stuff constantly.

Here's what my setup looks like at the moment : Screenie

I'm quite happy with it and, of course, a lot of it came from you. Without your help, I would've struggled and spent a lot more time. Thanks again!

Gotjuice, yours is looking good too!

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noise

yeah it can suck up your time, but i just love doing that sort of thing.

my file manager (Directory Opus) is similar. not so much scripting, but you can customize/tweak everything you see. it took me months to get it just right!

anyway happy i could help. i learned what i know off of other people, so there's a great big chain of foobar script sharing that must stretch all the way around the world. i love the internet

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Guybrush

By the way, does foobar adjust volume once replaygain information is in place or do I have to do something first?

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noise

it's automatic, you should notice a difference the moment a track's gain value is written to the database. but be sure you go to Preferences/Playback and set the source mode - album or track - then decide how to apply the gain. below that you can adjust the preamp if you need to.

there are two further ways to fine-tune how replay gain works.

first is with a component called Replaygain Override. it lets you choose which gain source is applied to which playback mode. for example, you can set Default mode to apply album gain, and Shuffle to apply track gain. i use this and it's very helpful.
Zao's foobar2000 components

second, you can get a different component called Playlist Attributes. this let you assign certain properties to individual playlists, and one of those properties is the gain source. so you can set one playlist to apply track gain, and another to apply album gain.
foo_playlist_attributes - Hydrogenaudio Forums

not sure how well the two play together, so i would choose one or the other

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Guybrush

Super! That works brilliantly

The only thing left which bugs me now are two things. There's no way to include drive letters in relative paths which makes portable installs just slightly trickier. It means I have to make sure my external USB drive has to be the same drive each time. I'm surprised the devs haven't done anything with this (?) as portable install is an option.

Then there's the context menu. There are a few things I'd love to get in there, for example quick ways to write some of my custom tags to the files. Hopefully they'll make it so I can without having to write my own component from scratch!

Other than that, I'm very satisfied.

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1. not sure about relative paths. it's a new feature in 1.0, which was just released a few weeks ago actually. i do use a portable install, but only so i can keep foobar on a different internal drive to keep it from being wiped when i reinstall windows. i actually do this with most of the apps i use...

2. it sounds like you need Quick Tagger

foobar2000: Components Repository - Quick Tagger

i use it mostly for ratings. i have bound CTRL+[1-5] as a global hotkey so i can rate the currently playing track no matter what i'm doing on my computer.

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