foo_uie_trackinfo, now-playing/selected-item panel Options

[Phi]

I figured it would be handy to have a sidebar panel that displayed some info (via TAGZ) about the currently playing or currently selected track. This will probably be a little redundant for people with complex/complete playlist displays, but for others that have limited info displayed in their playlist I hope this will be useful to you.

Check out a basic screenshot here.

The panel has two modes:

• now-playing mode - displays info according to the currently playing track
• follow cursor mode - displays info about the focused item in the current playlist

Switch between these modes by either double left-clicking or single middle-clicking on the panel. It also supports drag and drop in both directions: dragging a file over the panel will temporarily show the info for that track, and dropping will display that info until you left click.

You can configure the display for all modes using a single TAGZ formatting string in the preferences. It supports the regular TAGZ and special fields (%_isplaying%,%_ispaused%,%_time_total%,etc), plus a few specific to the panel:

• %_trackinfo_mode%
  a string containing either "Dropped","Follow cursor", or "Now playing" according to the current display mode of the panel.
• %_trackinfo_dropped%, %_trackinfo_followcursor%, %_trackinfo_nowplaying%
  one (and only one) of these strings will be "1" (the others will be an empty string), again depending on the current display mode of the panel (useful for $if functions)
• %_trackinfo_notrack%
  set to "1" when the panel has no track to display (happens when starting up in now-playing mode)

To get a line-break use $char(10). You can also change the alignment of a single line by putting either $char(1)C or $char(1)R at the very start of the line, where the C and R stand for Centered and Right (left aligned is the default). Below I have included the script responsible for the above screenshot, so check that out if you are unsure. Obviously you'd want some technical info displayed, but that is just an example. Most of you guys are much better at this than I am anyway.

Latest version (0.1.1):
foo_uie_trackinfo.dll
foo_uie_trackinfo-src.zip

Note: Make sure you download foo_ui_columns v0.1.2 beta 4 (or newer) if you are expecting to add this panel to a sidebar (as seen in the screenshot).

Uses some code from kode54's foo_osd, and foosion's foo_history.

Formatting string used in screenshot:

CODE

$if(%_trackinfo_notrack%,
$char(10)$char(10)$char(1)CNo track playing,
$char(1)Ca0caf3%_trackinfo_mode% mode$char(10)
$char(1)C$if(%_isplaying%,$select($add(1,$mod(%_time_remaining_seconds%,4)), ,.,..,...),)$char(10)
dcab50Artist:$char(10)
$char(1)C4040ff%artist%$char(10)
dcab50Title:$char(10)
$char(1)C4040ff%title%$char(10)
dcab50Release:$char(10)
$char(1)C4040ff%album%)

You can stop reading now .

This post has been edited by Phi: Dec 7 2004, 11:07

[jokull]

Great. Anyone have a cool format string to post?

EDIT: Suggestion: Double clicking the information area brings up the special info tag editor.

This post has been edited by jokull: Nov 13 2004, 19:18

[stroke]

Anyone have a cool format string to post?

I don't know if it's cool, but anyway here it is:

CODE

$char(1) Mode: %_trackinfo_mode%$char(10)$char(10)$if(%_trackinfo_notrack%,No track,
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CAbout the song:$char(10)
Artist: %artist%$char(10)
Title: %title%  ->%_length%<-$char(10)
Album: $if3(%album%,still unknown))$char(10)
Release date: $if3(%date%,not available yet)$char(10)
Comments: $if3(%comment%, no comments available)$char(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CTechnical stuff:$char(10)
$char(1)CCodec: %__codec%                                Bitrate: %__bitrate% Kbit/s$char(10)
Track Gain: $if3(%__replaygain_track_gain%, RG not applied)$char(10)
Album Gain: $if3(%__replaygain_album_gain%, RG not applied)$char(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CStatistics:$char(10)
This song was played %play_counter% times so far. $char(10)
Last played: %play_date% at %play_time%$char(10)
My rating: $if3(%rating% stars, not rated)

screenshot:



This post has been edited by stroke: Nov 13 2004, 21:31

[tberman333]

Anyone have a cool format string to post?

I don't know if it's cool, but anyway here it is:

CODE

$char(1) Mode: %_trackinfo_mode%$char(10)$char(10)$if(%_trackinfo_notrack%,No track,
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CAbout the song:$char(10)
Artist: %artist%$char(10)
Title: %title%  ->%_length%<-$char(10)
Album: $if3(%album%,still unknown))$char(10)
Release date: $if3(%date%,not available yet)$char(10)
Comments: $if3(%comment%, no comments available)$char(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CTechnical stuff:$char(10)
$char(1)CCodec: %__codec%                                Bitrate: %__bitrate% Kbit/s$char(10)
Track Gain: $if3(%__replaygain_track_gain%, RG not applied)$char(10)
Album Gain: $if3(%__replaygain_album_gain%, RG not applied)$char(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CStatistics:$char(10)
This song was played %play_counter% times so far. $char(10)
Last played: %play_date% at %play_time%$char(10)
My rating: $if3(%rating% stars, not rated)

screenshot:

Does anyone know what you need to get the "Statistics" working on this code?

[rocketsauce]

Anyone have a cool format string to post?

I don't know if it's cool, but anyway here it is:

CODE

$char(1) Mode: %_trackinfo_mode%$char(10)$char(10)$if(%_trackinfo_notrack%,No track,
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CAbout the song:$char(10)
Artist: %artist%$char(10)
Title: %title%  ->%_length%<-$char(10)
Album: $if3(%album%,still unknown))$char(10)
Release date: $if3(%date%,not available yet)$char(10)
Comments: $if3(%comment%, no comments available)$char(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CTechnical stuff:$char(10)
$char(1)CCodec: %__codec%                                Bitrate: %__bitrate% Kbit/s$char(10)
Track Gain: $if3(%__replaygain_track_gain%, RG not applied)$char(10)
Album Gain: $if3(%__replaygain_album_gain%, RG not applied)$char(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$char(10)
$char(1)CStatistics:$char(10)
This song was played %play_counter% times so far. $char(10)
Last played: %play_date% at %play_time%$char(10)
My rating: $if3(%rating% stars, not rated)

screenshot:

Does anyone know what you need to get the "Statistics" working on this code?

For the "play count" and "last played" items you need the play counter plugin:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=20719

For the track rating you need to use a tag called "rating" and then rate your tracks. This can be done easier using the quick tag plugin.

Rob

[salmonmoose]

I seem to have a problem with the information updating if I don't have the program set in Follow Curson mode.

Profiles with playback positions don't report the time unless I double click on the track in the playlist, track advance doesn't update at all.

I understand the need for it to be posible to see the selected track info as well as the currently playing info... possibly could there be a set of tags for currently selected and then currently playing? you could then have 2 instances of track info running with info panels set up for each task? yes? no?

[Phi]

Profiles with playback positions don't report the time unless I double click on the track in the playlist, track advance doesn't update at all.

I'm not sure what you mean by "profiles with playback positions" here. What formatting fields are you trying to use, specifically? None of the %_time_*% fields will work unless you are in now playing mode, or have selected the currently playing track in follow cursor mode.

I understand the need for it to be posible to see the selected track info as well as the currently playing info... possibly could there be a set of tags for currently selected and then currently playing? you could then have 2 instances of track info running with info panels set up for each task? yes? no?

I added the %_trackinfo_dropped%, %_trackinfo_followcursor% and %_trackinfo_nowplaying% tagz for that purpose - so you can use a different formatting for each mode that the panel supports. They're intended to be used like this:

CODE

$if(%_trackinfo_nowplaying%,
//
// we are in playing mode
// formatting string for now playing mode goes here
//
,
$if(%_trackinfo_followcursor%,
//
// formatting for follow cursor mode goes here
//
,
$if(%_trackinfo_dropped%,
//
// formatting code for dropped files goes here
//
,)))

As for multiple instances, when that's done, you will be able to set up each panel independently. Plus a default configuration to fall back on I guess.