Trying (failing) to find Biography View Options

[vomer]

Hi, newbie to foobar and this forum here. I'm sorry to have to ask, but I'm going round in circles trying to find Biography View. Can anyone point me to a URL? I found one at http://foo2k.chottu.net but I don't know anything about this site and it's in Japanese. Thanks.

[PeteG]

Hi, newbie to foobar and this forum here. I'm sorry to have to ask, but I'm going round in circles trying to find Biography View. Can anyone point me to a URL? I found one at http://foo2k.chottu.net but I don't know anything about this site and it's in Japanese. Thanks.

It's the right place you've found. foo_uie_biography's HA thread you'll finde here: [Not my release] Biography view (some 20 pages)

Notice the URL in the very first posting.

[vomer]

Thanks PeteG, I saw how old the thread was and then saw 23 pages. I'll try the link.

[db1989]

Notice the URL in the very first posting.

Notice the bit in the very first posting here where vomer linked that same site already but said s/he couldn’t find a download due to the language barrier.

I found one at http://foo2k.chottu.net but I don't know anything about this site and it's in Japanese.

One needn’t know Japanese to figure out that it’s a list of components that the author of that page has released, with a download of Biography View provided near the bottom. Even if it weren’t so clear, there’s always Google Translate.

This post has been edited by db1989: Jan 30 2013, 15:13

[vomer]

I don't like to be pedantic, especially where moderators are concerned , but I did say "I found one", i.e. a download. I just don't like downloading stuff I don't know anything about, or haven't had recommended. But thanks for confirming this source is OK.

And to add difficulty (at least to me), it's a .dll which I don't have any experience of installing. At least I didn't till just now when I googled it. I'll have a go and let you know.

[PeteG]

Notice the bit in the very first posting here where vomer linked that same site already but said s/he couldn’t find a download due to the language barrier.

Well, vomer didn't explicitly write, that (s)he was unable to find a place from where to download the Biography View component (I noticed this bit: "I found one at ...").
I just tried to tell vomer, that other foobar2000 & HA users actually use that homepage when downloading the component...
Nevermind, if vomer begins using the bio component and experience difficulties (s)he knows that there is a dedicated HA thread – which is alive and well, even if it's some time (> 2 years) since the component has been updated by ssenna, the developer; no reason for learning Japanese this time .

[db1989]

Good points. It’s the author’s page, so it’ll be fine.

You should be able to install the DLL manually (as opposed to the newer, automatic method of using *.fb2k-component files) by copying it to the user-components folder of your installation in Program Files. Let me know if that works OK!

Edit: Actually, you may be able just to install using the Preferences and locate the file; it used to work with *.dll and *.zip files, too, although that functionality may have been removed according to a thread I just read… now I’m confusing myself, not to mention everyone else.

This post has been edited by db1989: Jan 30 2013, 19:13

[vomer]

Sucess! I unzipped into the components folder. I thought there was a problem till I found that the search doesn't appear till you hit play; just selecting an album in the library doesn't do it. Happy user here now. Thanks for your help guys.

Paul.