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Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

It's annoying to play back tracks that have intros. What would be cool is if you could specify a tag with the time stamp of the end of the intro so when it's played it'll skip to that position. Maybe there's a plug-in that can do this? If not, there should be. It'd be very simple to code.
Everything I've learned about space, I've learned from psytrance.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #1 –
I think such a plugin isn't available yet, but a workaround would do the same:

create a cue-sheet for that track with intro/track position
skip intro with foo_skip component

that will do the job also
 

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #2 –
Doesn't that defeat the point of having an introduction in a song?
err... i'm not using windows any more ;)

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #3 –
you could bind a global hotkey that seeks ahead X time.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #4 –
Let me write some additional informations about the foo_skip component. As far I remember foo_skip tries to write a new tag "skip" to file - but you won't be able to write a tag into cues! (except some rare rem-comments)
So you have to do another trick:
install also the foo_custominfo component and add a new custom entry:
Code: [Select]
Display Name: Custom Info/Skip/Skip Track
Field Name: SKIP
Value: 1

and a second one:

Display Name: Custom Info/Skip/Remove Skip
Field Name: SKIP
Value: 0
or
Value:
("null" + activate option: instead of writing an empty value, remove fields)

Via context menu/or two buttons you can now set/remove skips also to cued-tracks.

Cue file could look for example:
Code: [Select]
PERFORMER "Liquid Phase"
TITLE "Africa"
FILE "01-liquid_phase_-_africa.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Electro Feelings Pt.1 INTRO"
    PERFORMER "Liquid Phase"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Electro Feelings Pt.1 SONG"
    PERFORMER "Liquid Phase"
    INDEX 01 00:25:12

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Infernus on
I think such a plugin isn't available yet, but a workaround would do the same:

create a cue-sheet for that track with intro/track position
skip intro with foo_skip component

that will do the job also


Good thinking. This is the most realistic solution so far, though the problem is that I have to display multiple entries in the playlist for each part of each song, which is not perfect. I might go this route anyway, though. Thanks.

Quote from: ...Just Elliott on
Doesn't that defeat the point of having an introduction in a song?


By 'intro' I mean usually some boring skit that you don't want to hear every time you play the song.

Quote from: randal1013 on
you could bind a global hotkey that seeks ahead X time.


Not perfect. Every intro is of different length. Also, this requires that I hit that button every time. I want the intros skipped automatically.
Everything I've learned about space, I've learned from psytrance.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #6 –
I thought of this and requested it awhile back.  Some intros really annoy me.  I think it would really easy to add tags for START and STOP and use them during playback.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Kent Wang on
By 'intro' I mean usually some boring skit that you don't want to hear every time you play the song.

After purchasing Frances the Mute (which I have posted about the horrible clipping on </ot>) there's a song with 4 minutes of chirping at the start, and I listen to that.

But yeah, I suppose so.
err... i'm not using windows any more ;)

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #8 –
still no such plugin?

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #9 –
I second this. The ability to start (and to end) a given track at a precise given time is something that has been present in players like iTunes for several years now (iTunes lets you manually set a start time and an end time for every track). Quite useful IMHO. Why couldn't foobar do the same ?

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #10 –
I third this.

The Qotsa album Songs For The Deaf has tons of radio banter that's funny at first, but after a third time you really don't want to hear it anymore.

Cuesheeting is a reasonable alternative, though.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #11 –
Any update on this?
Everything I've learned about space, I've learned from psytrance.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #12 –
I believe you can set all songs to start/end at defined points using foo_seek’s Loop mode. If you want per-track control, perhaps you can define individual starting points for particular tracks using Dynamic DSP. I guess it’s worth a try, anyway.

Automatically seek to position in track in order to skip intros?

Reply #13 –
One possibility is by using Biography View component

You can set i.e. %seek% tag in your offending track, with value from one of available menu commands in "Playback > Seek" (you'll need to shift click the menu to see it)

Then just add this command as external script in Biography View preferences:

Code: [Select]
$if(%seek%,"C:\Program Files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe" /command:"Ahead by %seek%")


For example if I set %seek% tag to "30 seconds", track skips for 30 seconds after start.