making previous columns visible?, reinstalling foobar Options

[jannek]

hi,

i have a slight problem with my foobar.


the thing is my windows 7 suddenly crashed without any reason and i had to format and reinstall everything. however as i reinstalled foobar i realized the previous columns settings i'd customized in the previous install weren't - naturally - available. in particular i am in need of a 'comments' column where i had written detailed descriptions of my audio files.

as i'm a newbie i have no idea how to retrieve this information. the audio files themselves are exactly as they were before formatting as i managed to save a backup of them before reinstalling windows 7. the problem is i don't know how to gain access to the information contained within those files such as the 'comments' column.

do you understand what i'm talking about? can someone please help me?


thanks

[tpijag]

Assuming
you are talking about seeing the information in a playlist
you are talking about the Default user interface
you are using the default playlist

Preferences>Display>DUI>Playlist View>Custom columns> ADD
name is whatever you want and pattern = %field name you want to see%

in the playlist view, right click on a column header and insert the new column

This post has been edited by tpijag: Sep 30 2012, 16:12

[Daeron]

Right click/Properties on your files to see which tag contains your comments. As tpijag said, you can show its content via '%tag%'.

I'd recommend adding brackets around it, so it won't show an '?' when your tag is empty/doesn't exist: '[%tag%]'

This post has been edited by Daeron: Sep 30 2012, 17:36

[jannek]

Assuming
you are talking about seeing the information in a playlist

yes.

you are talking about the Default user interface

yes.

you are using the default playlist

yes.

Preferences>Display>DUI>Playlist View>Custom columns> ADD
name is whatever you want and pattern = %field name you want to see%

in the playlist view, right click on a column header and insert the new column

yes, thanks i got it. thanks a bunch.

This post has been edited by jannek: Oct 2 2012, 15:11