well i'd rather have them both, Colums for sorting and Looks when playing main foobar minimized.

I agree with upNorth. This are last moment of foo_looks . I don't see any other active skinmakers here so i feel little alone fighting with this little old plugin.
But unlill this plugin work i will develop skins (with BerRo i hope) . I discover that creating code make me feel good (this skins is my first code from 5 years).

I'm planing now to bypass miss function of diplay selected and make full working playlist and i'm planing to make next skin like skin menager with little screens of all skins that i know from foo_looks (like little gallery with links , authors ...).


Regards Hadda

It seems that Hadda is already making a full UI for Foobar lol... it's almost finished too, the basic functionality anyway. all that's left is the menu... other than that i only use the skin

And Hadda your conding doens't only make you happy your skin is really great and everyone loves it! it just makes foobar that much better

Even if foo_looks isnt developed much further, i still think skins will be developed. I personally would enjoy developing a skin (as i do tweaking my columns_ui config) if only there was a comprehensive faq on how to. the ones i saw at btinternet.com (site last updated: 7th Feb 2004!) were hard to understand (either that or i am juss too lazy to read further). But upnorth is probably right, unless we can find a new developer the future of foo looks seems rather bleak.

ed

@chowe: This are wery useful links:
1. tk32 Skins Tutorial (I was started from here.)
2. Foo_looks script reference
3. more here
4. and here
5. and Lua tutorial
6. You can instal TextPad editor and add some upNorth's file to configure this editor. Then you can controll beter your code (you can find it on foo_looks thread but not 2.1).

Some part of code are already writed by skinmakers here: scrolling, progress bar, volume bar and more.
I can separate playlist code very easy to implement but i need ask on this. This "smart button" i can separate too. This is all i use to writing skins and this forum this thread asking

Hadda: thanks for the links, im sure i will make my own skin, tho prob not atm coz of exams. btw my skins wont nearly be as beautiful as haddas; i plan on making some small skins. Don't expect anythin yet tho:P

Ed

New file avitable. Richer info and little changes,some bugs fix.


download "Foopilot one RC3" here ~230 kB


:edit: I just updated last file. From now new commands are avitable: "next album" and "prevoius album" on (R->)(<-R). This command scan for now simly next album name, or directory and play first. I can scan if artist is changed too to more detail scan. Next i think i'll add next/previous directory. I need raport: if stars(rating) on info works fine, which info do you use and scale of this to put all posibilities. I guess codec to display this ico in album info, so i need raport too if ico not work with some extensions and what the codec dispay with this extension (for example: MP3, Windows Media.. etc. (five first letters is enouth)).

Regards Hadda

hey hadda, i love that skin. i saw that and it was the first time i used foo_looks in ages. i just want to know, i want to modify it a little bit, like making the info view being the default view to open, and maybe change the order/text/icons of the side bar. it would be sweet to make the applet auto expand/shrink when you double click the album art. ive set the play button to toggle play/pause on all left clicks, but the rest is a bit tricky to change.. also the codec icon is always showing MP3. any tips?

gob: I just updated skin so download again and see now : '!ok_phone_tweak_2.cfg' file. I separete this value from skin and you can set album info as default if you wont.

I added fast switch betwen blue and graphit style so try it on doubleclick on diode .
regards Hadda

just wanna say that i always try to put Haddas latest version on my mirror so you can grab it there if Haddas server is down or whateva

Hadda, great now file icons work - wonderful
i also found out by looking in another skin, how you can make the path for the no_cover.png file relative (because my foobar directory differs from yours, so i must change the path in the skin on every new version)
just use:
lua albumartDisplay
defaultArtFile =look_folder..'Foopilot_one/No_cover.png'

I hope you can put this in your skin.

fantastic Hadda
all the icons are working correctly 4 me 2.. ogg/mp3/mpc

@dano : nicely donne.. I was having trouble downloading the latest version no problem from the location u provided though

Hey, I can't download it off your site. I get a 404 error when I click on the link.

hmm... the new one is different than the graphite skin above. where is the album art?

edit: damn.. i wich i could hack up the first one a bit..

Hey just starting my first skin now
Just a few questions: is it possible to make the "section background" a transparent. Ive found that when i apply the background it is transparent until i mousover it, then it becomes completely solid again.

Edit: and another thing, using gimp to edit pngs anyone here have any expereince im tryin to create a black border but best i can do is draw it in any ideas?

Perhaps we should start a new thread for skin development questions?
cheers
Ed

Is there any other download location?

yes look on the site 28

on bottom

there where stans "mirrors"

One not very good possible is to use this line in your sprite:


You can use better way if you not change windows size is using deactivate function (sprite is display and deactivate but picture is steal on screen and not rewrite on mouse enter . This could be something like this:


I'm using this function in foopilot one to show shadow in skin.

this thread what you mean is already exist but last post before main is sound like: happy new year all skins makers.

@dano: next version will have correct path to cover art. I do not knew untill now how to make it. Thanks.



@gob: nice shorter modification . It is not so simply to get this .

thanks for the new version hadda, good work.

edit: i changed the colors back a little for reading purposes, hope you don't mind.

This colours are with no gradiend easy to paint. I make this waiting for new graphics from BerRo . I'm happy when i see new modes of foopilot.

here is the modified graphics template too if you want it.

gradients like this



would be nice, but might be hard to do since the images need to resize?

Great Skin Hadda !! Thanks!!

Two questions:

1. In my task bar appears one tab with foo_looks. Is this normal? It is not possible to take this off?

2. the album cover do not appear. What must I change?

Tks

1. Uncheck Preferences\looks\'Show in Taskbar'.
2.1 Playlist.ski : edit defaultArtFile variable to match your path.
2.2 AFAIK, you must have an image file near the playing file.
Take a look at the 'sprite albumart' inside Playlist.ski file.

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Strange, I've got the SQL error while posting previous message

For now i have little break from skin making (busy). But i just fix two bugs. One with path to no cover image. Second i fixed volume bar. So i decided to update file.

And next very little update but it can not work correctly so becouse of this new file. I add to "!ok_phone_tweak_2.cfg" file possibility of changing mouse wheel speed of all areas (in setion //Tweak 2C//).

Foopilot one RC4 wheel edition ~250 kB

(I have one raport of not changing info when next song is plaing [and need to click again info button]. Can any one confirm ?)


:edit: spelling and not correct link.

I confirm that bug Hadda...

Hadda I'm posting your skin at a Portuguese forum - givin u full credit of course
keep up..

Thanks. Have you follow cursor enabled in your foobar ? I suppose that the reason of exist bug but not sure.
I add new file with bug fix (i hope) test it.

Test file

Hey hadda thanks for the code i will test it out sometime
Right now not enough time to do anythin got exams, will try to get to the skin afterwards tho

Ed

I can't seem to download the LUA.dll files (error 404). Do I need them? (I'm presuming I do, as it says so on the foo_looks site)

thank you for your help!!

concerning point 2 my problem is that I'm only using zip files. To show the cover I need to extract to a folder and put the album cover in the same folder.

No you don't, as stated in the very first post of this thread.

Tried downloading twice, Winzip says zip file is corrupt.

@Digisurfer: Use a download manager

RIKA

I had the same issue... u can continue to use zip files... u just cant have directories inside those zip...
that way the album art will appear

u may only compile the files.. and put the zip and the jpg in the same directory
if i was unclear ask again

@hadda: i'm goin to test the bug fix in a few moments..
i dont have follow cursor enabled though (i think)

@Hadda: It's perfect.. working perfectly now.. the music/file nfo and the Album art changes when it's suposed to..

I was meaning to ask you... is there a way to make the zoomed album art display the default display action when you right click the progress bar? Instead of the playlist display..

@kalimeru: Thanks. You can do that by editing "!ok_phone_tweak_2.cfg" in section Tweak 2B. You can increse size of playlist to 30 but i tryed this and make some error console. I'll try to fix this. But i think that you mean to remember last using (zoomed or not). I'll update by this way next version.

This test file is last version from now and if you don't use follow cursor this version is recomended. This is simply enable follow cursor only when album art info is active. I can do this without follow cursor but right/double clicking on path in album info would stop work correctly.

I add new file. Now skin remember if album art is zoomed and display this. Section "Tweak 2B" in tweak file i changed so mod this if you have your own config.

Foopilot one RC 4.1

@Hadda: ok thanks.. RC 4.1 is almost what I want, I'll just try to edit a little this weekend to see what I can do more

Now i have disabled scroll and progress when skin is in hide mode. So becouse of some trouble with some graphisc card blink in games and in becon vis for example and to save CPU . So download from last link (updated file). I do not know if this work so need raport.


:edit: PS "Tweak 2B " i changed with that update.

Hadda, I am new to Foobar and just found Foopilot one. It is amazing! Thank you for all your work on it.

Hi
Today i made some discover. This is very simply discover but i don't expect that will work. I copied foo_looks.dll to foo_looks2.dll and both works fine and i can lunch two skins on the same time. So becouse of this i'll try to make double skin (or more) working project. Playlist i'll set free as next skin. This is olso save cpu (becouse all area would not refreshing with scrolling). I love foo_looks again . This fact rich foo_looks. So wait for next skins .

Regards Hadda .

Please do it is my favorite skin!

Does anyone know where to download this plugin? The link http://www.loodi.com/foo_looks.zip brings back a 404 error.

Thanks.

mirrors

Maybe we should start posting the mirror list everytime this thread gets a new page... :B

Thanks!

I have tried to install AlbumDisplay 2.0. When I try to change to get that skin I get the following error message:

INFO (foo_looks) : Initializing GDI+
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Unabled to find import file - [Line: 9] Token = 'import'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 245] Token = 'color.gray'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 342] Token = 'color.null'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 343] Token = 'color.black'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 353] Token = 'color.black'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'draglook' encountered in section 'background'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'hideOnMouseOver' encountered in section 'background'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'albumartDisplay' encountered in section 'albumart'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'draglook' encountered in section 'albumart'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'pauseToggle' encountered in section 'pause'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'draglook' encountered in section 'user5'
INFO (CORE) : startup time: 1750 ms
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\The Beatles\The Beatles [White Album] (2 of 2)\The Beatles - Honey Pie.mp3" (0)
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\The Beatles\The Beatles [White Album] (2 of 2)\The Beatles - Savoy Truffle.mp3" (0)
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\The Beatles\The Beatles [White Album] (2 of 2)\The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry.mp3" (0)
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\The Beatles\The Beatles [White Album] (2 of 2)\The Beatles - Revolution 9.mp3" (0)
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\The Beatles\The Beatles [White Album] (2 of 2)\The Beatles - Good Night.mp3" (0)
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\Steve Earle\19960117 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA - Disc 2\Steve Earle - Nothing Without You.mp3" (0)
INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback :
INFO (CORE) : location: "file://F:\MP3s\Steve Earle\19960117 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA - Disc 2\Steve Earle - When Will We Be Wed.mp3" (0)
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Unabled to find import file - [Line: 9] Token = 'import'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 245] Token = 'color.gray'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 342] Token = 'color.null'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 343] Token = 'color.black'
WARNING (foo_looks) : [Warning] Undefined value - default used - [Line: 353] Token = 'color.black'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'draglook' encountered in section 'background'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'hideOnMouseOver' encountered in section 'background'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'albumartDisplay' encountered in section 'albumart'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'draglook' encountered in section 'albumart'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'pauseToggle' encountered in section 'pause'
WARNING (foo_looks) : Reference to undefined script 'draglook' encountered in section 'user5'

Any thoughts?

open the .ski file with a text editor
locate the lines that start "with import"
there is probably some thing like:
import foo_looks_common.ski
change to
import Default/foo_looks_common.ski

That worked. Thanks!!!

OK... I know I am asking a lot of questions, but I am new to Foobar and sick of Winamp so I want to figure out how to use this program!!! Anyway, I was using AlbumDisplay and I clicked the close cutton (x on the top left of the skin). Now I can't get an skin to open. There are no error messages, but when I go onto preferences and choose Look and pick a Current Look, nothing happens. Does anyone know how to make this work again?

Sorry for all the newbie questions . Thanks for the help!