foo_infobox, a substitute for buildin file info box Options

[/\/irana]

The first zip link worked fine for me (having a winrar)...
but this other doesn't seem to...

you mean this link,http://www.yaguo.com/~n1ran4/foobar2000/pl...foo_infobox.zip,dont work?

[phwip]

The link to the zip file on www.yaguo.com doesn't work for me either. Error message "The web page might have been removed or had its name changed" on Firebird.

But the non-zipped version on docs.hydrogenaudio.org is fine.

[/\/irana]

Thanks
It seem I must find other webhost.That's headache.

off topic
Does anybody know where could find a good free webhost?

Edit:correct some words
Thanks for tolerating my bad english

This post has been edited by /\/irana: Oct 21 2003, 15:50

[TurinsRevenge]

Thanks very much for such a useful plug-in

First link worked fine.

Second link didn't work. Server name resolved OK but the IP address didn't respond to a ping.

[/\/irana]

v1.3.1

download link:foo_infobox.zip
mirror:foo_infobox.zip
(hope these link work for most people)

changes
-moved "override codepage","change focus","follow cursor" and "prev&next mode" into new config page;and whether or not displaying those items in dialog are optional
-added "sort other meta fields" option
-added a button for font setting in config page
-rearranged some button in window,added a button for opening config page

edit:for your information,the dll link in first post of this thread has been updated to v1.3.1 also.

This post has been edited by /\/irana: Oct 25 2003, 18:33

[anza]

One word: Great!

[nyarlathotep]

Another word: Great!

The first link didn't work for me.

[/\/irana]

Another word: Great! 

The first link didn't work for me.

Thanks for report
Hosting problem is painful for me

[TurinsRevenge]

Same here. First link is NG. It looks like a referer problem, i.e. you can't link directly from any page except the member's page.

Thanks again for the plug-in.

[PoisonDan]

It seem I must find other webhost.That's headache.

off topic
Does anybody know where could find a good free webhost?

Try this search engine, or pick one from this list.

Good luck!

[Dora68]

... thanks a lot for the new infobox! It works great!
Ciao
Dora

[guruboolez]

Thanks, too, especially for tag sorting: I really love it.

I just noticed a small difference between foo_infobox and the official one.
Fields name are not necessary showed in upper-case. For exemple, I have:

composer = Mozart
COMPOSITION = Concerto
etc...

with the official info box, same files informations are :
COMPOSER =
COMPOSITION =


This doesn't annoy me; feel free to correct it, or not

[Silverbolt]

whoa, great plugin; foobar's default infobox blew me away in comparison to the ones i used before switching to foobar (mostly winamp- fav used to be the winamp ogg infobox), but this one takes the cake~ ^^

just some minor suggestions (using 1.3.1 with Foobar v0.7.2 beta 6):
+ whenever I first open the infobox, it always initially highlights the Title and Genre fields (although I can sorta see the point for Title, I don't see how it'd be useful for Genre) maybe bug?
+ maybe change the order of the fields a bit; it might be better to have the ordering follow what most taggers do (in this case, slightly moving Date, Genre, and Track), i.e.
Title _____
Artist _____
Album _____ Track _____
Date _____ Genre _____
Comment _____

+ stretch the Date field just a bit more. that way, dates entered in the form YYYY-MM-DD can be displayed entirely (again, if the date field moved with the Genre line instead of Album, then there would be more than enough space as the space for Genre isn't nearly as important as Album)

+ move the "edit", "add new", and "remove" buttons to the same line as the "Other meta fields". I don't think it'd hurt that much to make the default width just a bit longer so that it wouldn't cover the "Other meta fields" title, and even if you wanted to resize it smaller, just covering it wouldn't really hurt (the default foobar infobox does this, for example).

+ aw, I was kinda fond of the more-accurate display of the Length (i.e. 2:52.093 as opposed to 2:52). maybe it's just me though :p

+ some alternate space-saving naming:
> "Track number" -> "Track #" or just "Track" (I don't think anyone can confuse what "Track" is :p)
> "Undo change" -> "Undo" (really obvious)
> "Reload info from file" -> "Reload info" or "Reload" (I don't know about this one :p)

+ maybe change file size notations? ("MB" -> "MiB", "KByte" -> "KiB") <- again, I don't know about this. these abbreviations are the recent IEC standard, but I haven't seen them used elsewhere besides BitTorrent tracker sites ;p

of course, everything's up to you. everyone else, feel free to post comments to the above suggestions.

keep up the great work! (and THANK YOU for the tag sorting <3) :D

Edit: SI -> IEC. sorry 'bout that :p (thanks to foosion for pointing that out)

This post has been edited by Silverbolt: Oct 29 2003, 03:25

[zegilles]

Thanks, too, especially for tag sorting: I really love it.

I just noticed a small difference between foo_infobox and the official one.
Fields name are not necessary showed in upper-case. For exemple, I have:

composer = Mozart
COMPOSITION = Concerto
etc...

with the official info box, same files informations are :
COMPOSER =
COMPOSITION =


This doesn't annoy me; feel free to correct it, or not

It happens when you reload info from file, but not for all tags :
PERFORMER->PERFORMER
COMPOSER->Composer
LYRICS->Lyrics

I don't know if it's the same for everyone though.

[Sniffer]

Very Good Plugin.


Thanks for your work.

[foosion]

<ot>

these abbreviations are the recent SI standard, but I haven't seen them used elsewhere besides BitTorrent tracker sites ;p

Perhaps because they're not an SI but rather an IEC standard? At least the page you linked clearly says so:

It is important to recognize that the new prefixes for binary multiples are not part of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system.

</ot>

[/\/irana]

v1.3.2

changes
-most of Silverbolt's suggestions have been applied,too lazy to list them all
and thank you,Silverbolt
-added "multi-edit" button.
If you were using new 0.7.2beta,you could click this button to open new default "multiple items" file info box

Still haven't found a good webspace,so I uploaded it to doc.hydrogenaudio.org
Hmm...I'm missing new dynamic 3rd party plugins site

download link:foo_infobox.dll
mirror:foo_infobox.zip

Edit: added a mirror link

This post has been edited by /\/irana: Oct 28 2003, 18:51

[mazy]

great plugin!

i would like buttons for copying info to clipboard:
- filename
- directory
- full filename (path + filename)

i know i can do this using copy info comman, however these could still come handy

[neoufo51]

Is the project dead?

[atici]

This plugin seems great. Is it possible to include this in the special version of Foobar at least? I think it could easily replace the default one. Just came right when I needed it.

This post has been edited by atici: Dec 4 2003, 02:52

[herr klang]

so just a few more suggestions for this plugin..

what'd be really nice in the multi-edit box is if the default fields displayed in the normal, single-item view were there too, similar to iTunes.

[treech]

What would be really useful (at least for me) is to have some kind of tabbed view over different tagtypes, like one for idv1,idv2 and apev2 tags, also to be able to add(?)/remove a certain type of tag(s) (i'de really like to strip off idv2 tags for example), sometimes i have a hard time keeping track of what tags contain what data

This post has been edited by treech: Dec 4 2003, 10:53

[/\/irana]

great plugin!

i would like buttons for copying info to clipboard:
- filename
- directory
- full filename (path + filename)

i know i can do this using copy info comman, however these could still come handy

I missed this post until neoufo51 pump it.
I will add this feature in next version ASAP,perhaps in this weekend.

Is the project dead?

More exactly,it is dormient. Now somebody try to wake it up.

@herr klang

so just a few more suggestions for this plugin..

what'd be really nice in the multi-edit box is if the default fields displayed in the normal, single-item view were there too, similar to iTunes.

Hmm...I just uninstalled iTune a few days ago,and I can't understand what you mean exactly.

@treech
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=15524
This thread has more discussion about multi-type tags.

[atici]

Is it possible that I could now erase the original "Show File Info". Is there a .dll corresponding to it, so that when I delete it it'll be gone?

Edit: Aha I did it through the Prefs One needs to catalog all these useful plug-ins. I happened to see this by chance.

This post has been edited by atici: Dec 4 2003, 16:49

[RedawgTS]

Great plugin. Very useful. Now if it could automatically goto the multi-edit when you select multiple songs that would be great.