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Columns UI

Reply #2400 –
thanks musicmusic for yr great plugins

just 1 request for foo_uie_console: configurable font/background colors

again, thanks
 

Columns UI

Reply #2401 –
@musicmusic

[span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%']Proposal how to solve the whole albummode/hybridmode mess[/span]

The problem is that currently, there is no way for formatting-strings to properly distinguish between "playlist-contentgroups". To overcome this limitations, formattings have used tracknumbers as a hackish way to create playlist contentgroups - with the known downsides(it simply only works properly with continious full albums).

Some have proposed that formatting-strings should be able to "look-ahead" and "-behind". I once thought so as well - but upon recognizing that what's missing is not look-ahead/-behind but instead real contentgroups, i no longer think that any change to how formatting-strings work is necessary at all.


My proposal instead is the following:
- add some configurable "grouping-pattern" string to the columns ui prefs
- (important) this string should be included when importing/exporting
- columns ui uses this string to scan a playlist and build groups
- it then makes %_playlist_group_index%(integer) and %_playlist_group_total%(integer) available to formatting-strings
- thus, formatting-strings can recognize their current position inside of a contentgroup - and use this instead of tracknumbers
- possible complications: when files are moved/added/removed in a playlist, then the grouping needs to be updated. Maybe most reasonable way to do it would be to only create groups for all visible playlist-entries - and then update the grouping of all visible entries if changes happen to the playlist.


Solves:
- singles and albums in same playlist without the need for extra-tags or weird guessing
- incomplete-albums
- uncontinious albums in playlist(actually, free arrangement of playlist entries)
- display of albums consisting of just 1 or 2 tracks
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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Reply #2402 –
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pa16v2 released.

Just posting to confirm that the frame and hotkey issues have been fixed.

Keep up your excellent work
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Confirmed here too. And agreed - keep up the excellent work.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351361"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Thanks

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Another issue:  if I exit foobar while it's paused and then restart, the status bar reverts to the default "foobar2000 v0.9 beta 13" rather than what I've specified in title formatting.  If I restart the song, the status bar displays correctly. 

In addition, when restarting,  the now playing formatting in the playlist is off until the song is restarted. In prior versions (beta 12), the now playing formatting in the playlist would be visible even if the song was paused.
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Please see [a href='index.php?showtopic=39890']this thread[/a]. I see pretty much the same behaviour in default UI.

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thanks musicmusic for yr great plugins

just 1 request for foo_uie_console: configurable font/background colors

again, thanks
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Noted.

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@musicmusic

Proposal how to solve the whole albummode/hybridmode mess
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- add some configurable "grouping-pattern" string to the columns ui prefs
- (important) this string should be included when importing/exporting
- columns ui uses this string to scan a playlist and build groups
- it then makes %_playlist_group_index%(integer) and %_playlist_group_total%(integer) available to formatting-strings
- thus, formatting-strings can recognize their current position inside of a contentgroup - and use this instead of tracknumbers
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Actually, it sounds good and should be reasonably feasible too

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- possible complications: when files are moved/added/removed in a playlist, then the grouping needs to be updated.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351664"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
It could get a bit complicated, but not much of a problem (e.g. %_playlist_total% will cause everything to get invalided already when you remove/add a file)

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Maybe most reasonable way to do it would be to only create groups for all visible playlist-entries - and then update the grouping of all visible entries if changes happen to the playlist.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351664"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Of course, that is basically how the current formatting already works  Items are only formatted (and then stored in a cache) as needed.

In any case I will most likely give this a go sometime (maybe in a month or two or three..) and see what problems come up..

Thanks for feedback.
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Columns UI

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Another issue:  if I exit foobar while it's paused and then restart, the status bar reverts to the default "foobar2000 v0.9 beta 13" rather than what I've specified in title formatting.  If I restart the song, the status bar displays correctly. 

In addition, when restarting,  the now playing formatting in the playlist is off until the song is restarted. In prior versions (beta 12), the now playing formatting in the playlist would be visible even if the song was paused.
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Please see [a href='index.php?showtopic=39890']this thread[/a]. I see pretty much the same behaviour in default UI.


w00t. my thread was referred to

on another note, thanks for the continued work on the UI

Columns UI

Reply #2404 –
I have a brand new install of 0.9 beta 13, absolutely no customizations or other components installed.  I downloaded and installed the beta versions of both columns UI and console panel.  When I start fb2k, I get the old "failed to load dll" message on both dlls.  I have already verified I have the VC++ 2005 runtime libraries in the GAC. 

Any ideas?

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I have a brand new install of 0.9 beta 13, absolutely no customizations or other components installed.  I downloaded and installed the beta versions of both columns UI and console panel.  When I start fb2k, I get the old "failed to load dll" message on both dlls.  I have already verified I have the VC++ 2005 runtime libraries in the GAC. 

Any ideas?
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I had the same problem on winxp.
Than i saw this page: [a href="http://music.morbo.org/wiki/misc:vc2005_crt]http://music.morbo.org/wiki/misc:vc2005_crt[/url]
I used the solution for xp and above and it works like a charm now!

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@musicmusic

Proposal how to solve the whole albummode/hybridmode mess
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Actually, it sounds good and should be reasonably feasible too :)

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In any case I will most likely give this a go sometime (maybe in a month or two or three..) and see what problems come up..
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*big happy smile*

By the way - at least for me - the recent changes to how set_style works payed of well - i managed about 75% reduction of style-code because of the new behaviour.
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

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I have a brand new install of 0.9 beta 13, absolutely no customizations or other components installed.  I downloaded and installed the beta versions of both columns UI and console panel.  When I start fb2k, I get the old "failed to load dll" message on both dlls.  I have already verified I have the VC++ 2005 runtime libraries in the GAC. 

Any ideas?
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I had the same problem on winxp.
Than i saw this page: [a href="http://music.morbo.org/wiki/misc:vc2005_crt]http://music.morbo.org/wiki/misc:vc2005_crt[/url]
I used the solution for xp and above and it works like a charm now!
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I tried that as well (installing the three runtime library files in the components folder) but still no worky.  Same error.  I am running XP as well.  Framework 1.1 is installed on my machine.  My installation procedure for columns UI and console panel was simply to download the two dlls and copy them into the components folder.  I am assuming it is that simple.

Anyone?

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Reply #2408 –
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I downloaded and installed the beta versions of both columns UI and console panel.  When I start fb2k, I get the old "failed to load dll" message on both dlls.  I have already verified I have the VC++ 2005 runtime libraries in the GAC.  [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351804"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Verified how? Clearly they are not installed correctly or are the wrong version. Did you actually try running the installer ?

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By the way - at least for me - the recent changes to how set_style works payed of well - i managed about 75% reduction of style-code because of the new behaviour.
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Good to hear

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I tried that as well (installing the three runtime library files in the components folder) but still no worky.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351893"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
It explicitly states extract the archive to the components folder. Did you miss out the manifest ? If not, what service pack are you running ? And what is the exact error message shown?
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I downloaded and installed the beta versions of both columns UI and console panel.  When I start fb2k, I get the old "failed to load dll" message on both dlls.  I have already verified I have the VC++ 2005 runtime libraries in the GAC.  [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351804"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Verified how? Clearly they are not installed correctly or are the wrong version. Did you actually try running the installer ?

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I tried that as well (installing the three runtime library files in the components folder) but still no worky.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351893"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
It explicitly states extract the archive to the components folder. Did you miss out the manifest ? If not, what service pack are you running ? And what is the exact error message shown?
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I copied the manifest into the components folder and it works now.  I didn't realize it was an assembly manifest.  I thought it was an archive manifest.

FYI, I could never get the installer to work.  It downloaded, and then WinRAR gave me an error saying "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged."  I haven't had trouble with any of the other 7z files.

Also, on the first page of this thread, it still refers to the MSVC7.0 runtime libraries as being required for the lastest unstable version.

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I copied the manifest into the components folder and it works now.  I didn't realize it was an assembly manifest.  I thought it was an archive manifest.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351966"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Right..  Just so you know, leaving them in the folder structure would have worked too.

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FYI, I could never get the installer to work.  It downloaded, and then WinRAR gave me an error saying "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged."  I haven't had trouble with any of the other 7z files.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351966"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I just tested downloading in IE and Firefox and it opened fine in my (not up-to-date) WinRAR and 7-Zip. Truncated download maybe?

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Also, on the first page of this thread, it still refers to the MSVC7.0 runtime libraries as being required for the lastest unstable version.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351966"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
If you meant VC7.1 then correct, although it still referred to an old version of the component  I've just removed info about the unstable versions since up-to-date info is on the website now.
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Reply #2412 –
One small visual issue/wish with the playlist panel:

When dragging a selection (e.g. from the albumlist) into the playlist panel there is no visual feedback into which playlist the selection will go (although it will correctly go to the playlist under the cursor).

It would be nice if the selection in the playlist panel followed the cursor while dragging, and perhaps even change to a "no go"-cursor if currently over a locked playlist.

merry christmas,
Inuyasha

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Reply #2413 –
Inuyasha:

Go to Preferences | Display | Columns UI | Playlist switcher, open the Drag & Drop tab, and enable the first option.

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Reply #2414 –
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Inuyasha:

Go to Preferences | Display | Columns UI | Playlist switcher, open the Drag & Drop tab, and enable the first option.
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Oh, must have slipped my eye, thanks for the fast reply.
Still, would be nice to have an instant response without instant playlist switching. Is there an option to not switch to the playlist into which I drop something?
And it still "allows" me to drop things into locked playlists.

Oh, another question:
Are there any er.. tags besides %title% for formatting of the playlist titles? I didn't find anything about it. It would be nice to have something like %isplaying% to show a note next to the currently playing playlist, or %islocked% for a lock icon (if there exists any in unicode).

And shouldn't this formatting string also apply to the playlist switcher tabs? At least in the current beta it doesn't.

Inuyasha

P.S: Yay, finally some snow here!

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Still, would be nice to have an instant response without instant playlist switching. Is there an option to not switch to the playlist into which I drop something?
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I agree the feedback could be better. I will note that.

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Oh, another question:
Are there any er.. tags besides %title% for formatting of the playlist titles? I didn't find anything about it. It would be nice to have something like %isplaying% to show a note next to the currently playing playlist, or %islocked% for a lock icon (if there exists any in unicode).
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See [a href="http://music.morbo.org/wiki/columns_ui:config:playlist_switcher_titleformatting]here[/url]

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And shouldn't this formatting string also apply to the playlist switcher tabs? At least in the current beta it doesn't.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=352364"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Possibly it could be of some use. On the otherhand, you can't use colour codes there, and there is the possibility of playlists jumping around.
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Reply #2416 –
Is there any customs buttons ready to use with the new butons management of UI_columns, please ?

I use this toolbar GFX but it seem that the toolbar need to be set buttons per buttons, now.



Thank you

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Reply #2417 –
You will have to cut them up in order to use them now. However, after you have done that they can be distributed in a single fcb file.
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Reply #2418 –
first at all thanks musicmusic for this nice component.
i'm using it since the first public releases and it's getting nicer with every update

now to my problem
i had a nicly configured foobar 0.83 with columns ui and it worked like a charm.
i recently updated to foobar 0.9b13 with your latest components but the
playlist switcher doesn't work. i can drop and load playlists but the
playlist-switcher panel stays empty 
perhaps i'm missing some recent dlls?

system-specs: athlon tb 1300, winxp without any service pack

thanks

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Reply #2420 –
@Lyx && musicmusic

This is fabulous news about solving the album/hybrid mode mess!!  Since I started playing with columns ui I had always been looking for some new logic that would solve this problem.  You guys are my heros, hehe.  Seriously, I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works out once implemented and could be one of my favorite new features.

I tend to start off with albums and then move songs around within the playlist a lot (sometimes just to the top of the album, sometimes to the top of the playlist or elsewhere) as well as remove songs entirely from the playlist which would provide quite a workout for this new dynamic model.  Let me know if I can be of any assistance down the road when this does get worked on.

d4d

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Reply #2421 –
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You will have to cut them up in order to use them now. However, after you have done that they can be distributed in a single fcb file.
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Ok, thank you for the information.


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@Sinaptik I cut up the button's.
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Thanks a lot !
I've made an *.fcb file with them and changed two button (prev2 and rand2, it was incorrect buttons )

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Thank you for the help.

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first at all thanks musicmusic for this nice component.
i'm using it since the first public releases and it's getting nicer with every update [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=352804"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Thanks

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now to my problem
i had a nicly configured foobar 0.83 with columns ui and it worked like a charm.
i recently updated to foobar 0.9b13 with your latest components but the
playlist switcher doesn't work. i can drop and load playlists but the
playlist-switcher panel stays empty  
perhaps i'm missing some recent dlls?

system-specs: athlon tb 1300, winxp without any service pack

thanks
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Hmm sounds a bit odd. Have you checked you haven't enabled playlist switcher panel titleformatting with an empty string?
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Hmm sounds a bit odd. Have you checked you haven't enabled playlist switcher panel titleformatting with an empty string?


i didn't enabled title formating. with a non-empty title-formating it's the same issue.
perhaps it has nothing to do with columns ui. i can only drag'n'drop playlists.
loading playlists with the playlist-switcher and with the native foobar2000 menu
does not work.

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Reply #2424 –
You mean you are dragging playlists from the Load playlists dialog? In that case the drag and drop operation seems to handled by the playlist instead of the playlist switcher panel. I'll investigate.
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