Marking a song as favourite Options

[cheeseg]

Hey I have a small problem with the latest foobar2000 v1.2, i'm sure this question has been asked many times before but i cant seem to find an answer either on the official FAQ @ http://www.foobar2000.org/FAQ#tagging_files and through the search function on the forums, maybe because this is extremely obvious to everyone else but me. I want to mark some songs as favourites, similar to the checkbox in iTunes, so that when i play the entire playlist only my favourites play, for example. I have created a new column titled "Fav" but am unsure how to edit the box so that I may put an X in it.

From what i understand of the word "tagging" in english it means to mark a song with certain properties, but from the complex instructions given I believe Tagging has another meaning in the context of music files. Thus my problem is, how should i mark a song as a favourite, and could someone provide step by step instructions for me? Much thanks in advance


TL;DR How do i mark a song as a favourite, mark a little X next to it or similar

[db1989]

Hey I have a small problem with the latest foobar2000 v1.2

Not a problem in the correct sense of Support’s rules, which are prominently linked atop each of its pages:

1. This forum "Support - (fb2k)" is for [tech support] issues with the main application itself and official (bundled) components only.
"How to?" questions and feature requests should be posted to "General - (fb2k)".

Moved accordingly.

[Kohlrabi]

You can use foo_playcount to store and alter song ratings. It uses a rating system from 1 to 5. You can display the rating of a song using the titleformatting fields provided by the component:

CODE

%rating_stars% - song's rating, formatted as up to five stars, e.g. ★★★
%rating_stars_fixed% - song's rating, formatted as five stars, e.g. ★★★☆☆

Create a new column in your playlist view which uses either of the two options to show ratings in the playlist. Shoot if you need more help with that (try to google it yourself, there's a quite a lot of foobar2000 guides out there).

This post has been edited by Kohlrabi: Dec 31 2012, 19:24

[cheeseg]

You can use foo_playcount to store and alter song ratings. It uses a rating system from 1 to 5. You can display the rating of a song using the titleformatting fields provided by the component:

CODE

%rating_stars% - song's rating, formatted as up to five stars, e.g. ★★★
%rating_stars_fixed% - song's rating, formatted as five stars, e.g. ★★★☆☆

Create a new column in your playlist view which uses either of the two options to show ratings in the playlist. Shoot if you need more help with that (try to google it yourself, there a quite a lot of foobar2000 guides out there).

How do i edit a field? I feel really stupid for asking such a question

[Kohlrabi]

After installing the component, you can right click any track in the playlist, and change the rating via Playback Statistics->Rating. To create a new column , right click the column header bar in the Playlist View and click "More". You can also access this menu from the preferences via Display->Default USer Interface->Playlist View or similar, for other Playlist Viewers. Then create a new custom column which only contains one of the title formatting strings mentioned above. Now exit the menu, right click the column headers again, and activate the newly created column.

[cheeseg]

After installing the component, you can right click any track in the playlist, and change the rating via Playback Statistics->Rating. To create a new column , right click the column header bar in the Playlist View and click "More". You can also access this menu from the preferences via Display->Default USer Interface->Playlist View or similar, for other Playlist Viewers. Then create a new custom column which only contains one of the title formatting strings mentioned above. Now exit the menu, right click the column headers again, and activate the newly created column.

Thank you very much for your help
EDIT: If you are perhaps familiar with foo_playcount, is there any way i can remove the "?" question marks where there is no rating? I run 1 star as a favourite and would like to leave the field empty if it is not a favourite, for ease of viewing. thanks!


This post has been edited by cheeseg: Dec 31 2012, 21:50

[tpijag]

Put brackets [ ] around %whatever field is here%


Lots of good information in the foobar2000 wiki under titleformating and in your player under help
edit: added link

This post has been edited by tpijag: Dec 31 2012, 22:05

[NEMO7538]

Use [%rating%]

[cheeseg]

Use [%rating%]

Put brackets [ ] around %whatever field is here%


Lots of good information in the foobar2000 wiki under titleformating and in your player under help
edit: added link

I love all of you thanks