Guidelines

Ok, it seems the old configurations thread got a bit messy over time and I thought it would be a nice idea to have something a bit more organized this time. Especially to make it easier for users that just want to browse for a nice config and apply it.

So the idea would be that you upload your configs in the following pattern here:

Make a small post about your config with a small screenshot and use a second post right underneath to upload your config.

Please don't upload any screenshots without configs here, but use the new foobar gallery thread instead.

Also please post your questions and comments about any formatting somewhere else, maybe with a link to the corresponding formatting in case there is one.

Irrelevant posts may be removed from this thread by moderation at any time.


I'll post two quick example posts underneath to show I would think this thread could look like in the future.

Thanks for taking all this into consideration and for everyones participation in the last thread.


Link to old columns UI formatting thread

Insomnia

Album formatting string supporting user definable custom information. I specifically wrote this for fast rendering speed. This is why I left out most user configurations and tag guessing code. It is heavily dependend on properly tagged files.

Custominfo

Simply replace the default tags in the config part of the globals with the ones you like to be displayed instead. Use the format %tag% for this. The default is : disc, label, composer, performer and date.


Various artist guessing

Will recognize albums as beeing from various artists in case there is an album artist tag present and override the album information with album artist information in this case. Simpy set album artist to whatever you want to be displayed for various artist albums in your va files. It will append te artist (track artist) to the title then.

Single guessing

Will display files as singles in case they either contain a singletrack tag, the first three characters of the playlistname are -s- or the directoryname in wich they reside is called "=singles=".

Sorting

I personally sort my plalist by for proper display of this formatting.

Thanks to foosion for helping me optimize some part of this code for better rendering speed.

Might be able to speed it up a bit more with columns_ui's new globals handling and will try to do so as soon as I find the time for it.

Screenshot

I had a request for this foobar config so here it is.



edit: uploaded wrong one. Just a sec while I fix it.

edit2: fixed.

Well, I spent some time on this. I am not too disappointed since I started out not knowing jack when it came to configuring this thing. I did cheat as I used Leshita's config for most of it, I just changed a lot of the colors. What I did do differently is I modded the VU meter so that it appeared to be paneled, it isn't, I just removed the caption. And the one thing that I really don't like about it is that no matter what other windows are in focus, the VU meter is always on top, I am trying to fix that.

http://lmsb.no-ip.com\hosted\foobar_green.jpg
http://lmsb.no-ip.com\hosted\Green.zip

This config shows your missing tags for
Titel - Album - Artist - Genre - Date - Track
if you want!
Code for "Trackinfo" in download included.
For "Rating-Stars" you need to install "Arial Unicode MS"-Font. (14,72mb)



((((( Strictly4me )))))

Thanks for the code but I get all greyed circles now. I can't find out the reason why. Can you give me a link to that thread you're referring to?

Here's my config:
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Hot Blue

The primary purpose of this config is to demonstrate a working implementation of "hotness". This means that it's not (currently) designed for public consumption. Truth is it's not even up to my own standards yet. Some of its quirks are:

* "Hotness" indicator: A circle on the far right will indicate a track's hotness in shades of orange.
* "Mix" mode: any playlist with the word "mix" in the title will be displayed differently (no album/tracknumber info)
* "Tag editor" mode: any playlist with the words "tag editor" in the title will be displayed differently (with lots of raw tag columns)
* Bitrate indicator: a small column on the left will turn yellow if a track's bitrate is below 160kbps, and fade down to red as it approaches 56kbps.
* Audioscrobbler check: A check will appear next to a track once it is submitted to Audioscrobbler.
* %added% indicator: Tracks with no %added% tag will be yellow.
* Aquarius mode: any playlist with the word "aquarius" in the title will be displayed differently (used when listening to samples from aquariusrecords.org)

I had a request for this config.

I got a request for the fcs-file of my config (Post #655), so here it is.

Changed 23/19/2005.

My new one!
Same configuration like above (Post #7), but with "Playlist Tree" version 1.4.17 and perfect strings from "marcomk", which you can find here!
Also new "Track-Info" version made by "gob" from here. (Post #259)
Thanks to both of them!
For this config you will also need "Arial Unicode MS"-Font. (Download above Post #7)

With spectrum and Albumview



Without spectrum und Singleview



By this fcs-file you can change between this theme and the theme above! (Post #7)

((((( Strictly4me )))))

One more.



Download includes all colour-themes made by myself. - Three now. (See above)

((((( Strictly4me )))))

heres one i just finished. it relies of properly tagged files. no tag guessing here. also with complete column sorting.

It shows as single if at least one of following is met :
1) file has SINGLE or SINGLETRACK tag
2) file doesn't have ALBUM tag
3) file doesn't have TRACKNUMBER tag
4) file has TRACKNUMBER tag but the number is zero
5) file has ALBUM but not TRACKNUMBER tag
6) file has TRACKNUMBER but not ALBUM tag

It also shows as Various Artists if file has VARIOUS or ALBUM ARTIST tag.

For download 3 new styles, based by OLiGhT 2.02.





One more with new buttons, 2nd trackinfo-panel, last played in playlist and arrows or points for skiped tracks



In attachment you will find: 3 fcs-files, trackinfo-codes and dll-files for 2nd and 3rd trackinfo-panel.
New buttons you can find here. (look for Post #1105)
Thanks to all guys, who made codes i use!

((((( Strictly4me )))))

darkblue for 0.9 beta. (screenshots are the same as above and slightly different)



It shows as single if at least one of following is met :
1) file has SINGLE or SINGLETRACK tag
2) file doesn't have ALBUM tag
3) file doesn't have TRACKNUMBER tag
4) file has TRACKNUMBER tag but the number is zero
5) file has ALBUM but not TRACKNUMBER tag
6) file has TRACKNUMBER but not ALBUM tag

It also shows as Various Artists if file has VARIOUS or ALBUM ARTIST tag.

Someone requested my iTunes style. Here it is.

Someone requested my .fcs config so here it is. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere else that this can be uploaded to without trouble. A lot of it is copy and pasted from other configs, but I have done quite a bit of tweaking to suit my needs.

Screenshot:

Had a request for this one.

screenshot

Didn't do it myself. Get it here.

moderation: please refrain from inlining images larger than roughly 800x600 and 80KB. please use thumbnails and/or links for large pictures instead.

Had a request for my latest config.

updated darkblue, fast rendering config. (this is for 0.9 beta)

-changed font to Tahoma.
-made it easier to customize colours.

Here's my configuration for Foobar 2000 0.8.3, designed to go with the VXP Windows theme:



Features:

• Greys out parentheticals such as (live) or (disc 2), as well as skipped songs
• iTunes-style alternating background and ratings' stars
• Sorts The Title (remix) as Title, The (remix), The Album (disc 2) as Album, The (disc 2), and The Artist as Artist, The
• Checkmark at 52% in Play Count column (the right-most) to indicate audioscrobbler submission
• Playlist tree features (automatically sent to the playlist when query is selected):
  • Top 150 songs sorted by highest-rated, most-recently played, unplayed, etc.
  • Sort by rating; 5 stars, 4+ stars, 3+ stars, 2+ stars
  • Display other songs on currently-playing album or by currently-playing artist
  • Display by genre, album, or artist

Requirements:

• Arial Unicode MS font (only available from MS Office 2000+) (used for playlist; without it squares will display for rating/checkmark/music notes)
• Calibri font (included with VXP theme linked above) (used for everything else)
• Columns UI (foo_ui_columns 0.1.2) (config file included below)
• Tabbed panel stacks (foo_uie_tabs 0.1.9) to contain everything in the sidebar, from top to bottom:
  • Album Art panel (foo_uie_albumart 0.045)
  • Simple Spectrum panel (foo_uie_simple_spectrum); low energy color=101/131/170, high energy color=128/0/255; HSV clockwise
  • Playlist Tree panel (foo_playlist_tree 1.7.14); you must have this version or later (config file included below)
  • Lyric Show panel (foo_uie_lyrics 0.2.3.7); background color=101/131/170
  • Track Info panel (foo_trackinfo 0.1.5); background color=101/131/170; to display composer, set to: $if($or(%composer%,%writer%),Written by: [%writer%][%composer%],)

Other recommended components:

• Toaster (foo_toaster 0.1.6) (config files included below)
• Play Count plugin (foo_playcount 1.7.6)
• Skip Control (foo_skip 0.1)
• Quick Tag (foo_quicktag 0.6.1) to set ratings
• Volume control toolbar (foo_uie_volume 1.4)

Included in the zip file attached below is:

• Columns UI config file (VXP.fcs)
• Toaster skin (upsized and customized from the famous Myxomatosis skin) (toaster.zip)
• Playlist Tree config file (playlist_tree.col)
• Foobar 2000 config file (foobar2000.cfg) (I don't know if this transfers well to another installation. Backup your own first! You'll also have to fix the directories and other misc. settings to match yours), containing:
  • Layout
  • Masstagger rename script: \Artist Name, The\Album Name, The (disc 2)\Track - Title (with parentheticals like this stripped).ext
  • Everything else I have painstakingly customized, and that you probably won't like

My configuration files are hereby placed in the public domain, and may be freely used and redistributed, with or without credit (does not apply to Myxomatosis's CD case image, which does not belong to me, but which I believe to be redistributable).

I hope someone likes it. Questions can be posted here.

Requested FCS.

Figured I would share my fcs for my latest fooby setup.



17 color schemes.

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darkblue. updated again for 0.9 beta 13 and 0.1.3 pre-alpha 16.
...and some small changes.

Update to my fooby config:
- Added columns to show missing tags, file type & play count
- Added audioscrobbler submission indicator
- Made track time display configurable (1:23, -3:37, 1:23/5:00, -3:37/5:00)
- Streamlined track info
- Added audioscrobbler submission indicator to track info
- Added color schemes to track info to match columns config
- Added 4 new color schemes



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darkblue for 0.1.3 pre-alpha 16 v2.
changed "Style" code using $set_style().

Update to my config.



CHANGES
2005-12-21 14:37
- new album based column layout
- new classical music based column layout
- user defined color schemes for columns ui and track info panel
- options to hide or show sections in track info panel
- track info panel displays appropriate info for classical music
- 1 new color scheme

Click to view attachment

darkblue, updated for 0.9 RC and 0.1.3 pre-alpha 17v2.



Bitrate will be shown as percentage (62.5% or etc.) when tech info "encoding" is "lossless",
otherwise ("lossy" or "hybrid") in kbps (192kbps and so on).

Upps! Take it from here or here.
If you have some troubles tell me.

((((( Strictly4me )))))

Here you go.
Buttons here: http://www.famfamfam.com/

darkblue
updated for 0.9 final and 0.1.3 pre-alpha 17v6.



fixed a few points.

lextune requested this:


here it is Click to view attachment

EDIT: removed double attachment

Hmh, didn't feel like updating my old config entirely to fb2k 0.9 and new Columns UI so I just did a new one.

Works best with properly tagged files.

Tags supported:

Album Artist
Artist
Album
Venue
Label
Date
Genre
Composer
Performer
Tracknumber

Relatively crude single detection: Goes into single mode when either the file has a %singletrack% tag, if the path contains a folder named =singles" or the playlist name starts with -S-.


Not too happy with the vis colour yet, but oh well.

Screenshot and fcs attached.




And since I had so much fun messing around with the new columns settings here I give you a little Hydrogenaudio Themed version as a litte bonus.

So in case you don't know what to do during the next forum downtime you can just stare at your fb2k playlist.

Alright, I finally cleaned up this thread a bit. Please read the topic discription in the first post of this topic carefully before posting here.

Offtopic posts split to here. Future offtopic posts will get deleted,

Otherwise I can only say. Keep them coming. If you feel the need to share your fcs please do so here.

dBaines ColumnsUI Config
Heavily Modified Soap.fcs by Mixcherry
Last Updated: 2006.04.21







Playlist Switcher Code


Buttons
Here

Update (25th April)
I've attached a second file, a suite.
This includes the FCS, the buttons, and very detailed documentation for the layout, titleformatting and such. It's a fairly big file size increase, so I've left the original FCS aswell, for people that only want the FCS.

FCS
my pack ~5.6M

frooptech

Whipped this up after looking through Brother John's guide then doing some serious changing of things, adding some extra columns and changing colors to something more my preference. Only the Artist/Album and Track columns resize so it works fine if you resize your window.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.


Required Tags

%artist%, %title%, %album%, %tracknumber% and %album tracks% are essential.

%disc%, %date%, %album artist% and %album date% are also supported.


Preview


Download

ChaosTECH

I wanted to write a proper 0.9 style scheme for a long time, Haven't found the time till now. Courtesy of Brother John's guide aswell, Well written (Although i have to say i was aware of all the bells and whistles needed for the album layout).

Essential Tags - %artist% / %title% / %album% / %tracknumber% and %totaltracks% (Standard tag that replaces brotherjohn's tag).

$meta(album artist) indicates VA album, %totaltracks% = 1 indicates a single track.
%discnumber%, %date%, %genre% are also displayed.

Colors are customizable in the globals section. I've tried to comment stuff as much as possible to allow easy moding.

Enjoy! Let me know about any bugs, Suggestions, Comments, Etc.

NOTE: This probably breaks completely with funky albums - Incomplete albums or albums with various artists but NOT tagged as such (using the ALBUM ARTIST tag).
I'm not gonna account for that, and thus, there is no 'singles' playlist. The reason is, That i define my music (and tag it accordingly) as either a full album, or single tracks(s).



FCS is attached, Made using WinRAR v3.50, ZIP format.

Here's my latest iteration: Foobar Milk.



fcs and trackinfo code

If you enjoy using this config, leave a bit in the tip bucket.

It's not mine foobar but i dont know how someone did those stats on the left bottom???

Image comes from http://foobar.s53.xrea.com/up/files/up173.png

I would be greatful for help

My lates horizontal setup:



Required tags: %album%, %artist%, %album artist% (for VA), %tracknumber%, %totaltracks%, %performer% (for Classical).

Not much going on in the globals department just some sorting with the above-mentioned tags, files with missing fields will not appear correctly, pretty simple configuration overall.

Components: Columns UI, Album List Panel, Playlist Dropdown, Album Art Panel.

The components aren't heavily modified from the defaults, I mostly just matched the colors with the playlist.

Layout settings:



Album list autohide:



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dBaines ColumnsUI Config
Heavily Modified Soap.fcs by Mixcherry



Previous post with older screenshots

Changes

• Three new colour schemes: Lime Green, Black, and Dark Blue (preview above)
• Removed Top-Border-For-First-Track and replaced with Bottom-Border-For-Last-Track (requires the use of %totaltracks%, see documentation for more info, I've left the code for "top-border-for-first-track" so you can re-enable it, again see documentation for more info)
• Fixed a couple of colour mis-matches
• Several columns hidden by default, feel free to enable/disable any to suit your needs/preferences.
• Added an Alternate Elapsed Time/Length column, styled the same way as the darker columns, with alternating background colours (see preview image)
• Heavily updated documentation (see documentation for a list of changes)

Matching Buttons
Here

Notes
As last time, there are two uploads here, the FCS by itself, and a suite. The suite comes with the FCS, documentation, and the buttons all in one ZIP file.
All layout information, titleformatting strings, and various columns help can be found in the documentation.
An online version of the documentation can be found here.
Previous versions of the FCS can be found here.
If you have any questions or problems, feel free to PM or e-mail me.

My iTunes layout... Updated with lots of additions. :3

Layout:


Album view: use VARIOUS = 1 for compilations


Singles view:


Top trackinfo:


Bottom trackinfo:

The fcs for this setup was requested:



So here it is.

...and here is the layout as well, for those who might be interested.

This is my one-column hybrid mode config made without styles - so it's suitable both for default and columns UI. It's had very clean code and it's very fast.

Also i always wanted to fill empty space in album column - so i put there ASCII logo.


old screenshot

Updated status bar and rating column.

You can get it here:
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This is my columns ui playlist switcher titleformatting config



Here is the screenshot:


Larger screenshot

Here's the config for this:




Includes fcs, track info code, layout diagram and buttons

http://file.uploadr.com/8f1b

If you don't know what to do with these, don't PM me. Ask on the forums.

OT: im sory i know its not your fault but next time pls choose some free opload server which at least ever heard about w3c. no offense but uploard.com was completly unusable in Opera i had to swith to FF for short time to download it.