I modified the string to the following:
$ifequal(%skip%,1,<SKIPPED>,$if2(%artist%,<MISSING>))
which logically should group allfiles maked with %skip% tag in it's own category, but still nothing happens. It seems to ignore anything except the artist, and i DID refresh the contents

I can't manage to do ANYTHING which have been mentioned to work with foo_browser.

Now, I created %involved% which includes all involved artist in a multi-field tag. If this tag are not found, it should just return %artist% instead. I use the following code in "Format":

$if2(%<involved>%,$if2(%artist%,<MISSING>))

BUT IT DON'T CARE ABOUT %involved%! Anything i try (including the previous example) just returns %artist%. I tested my code in a Column to make sure i did not screw something up, but it returns the expected values even with this:

$ifequal(%skip%,1,<SKIP>,$if2(%involved%,$if2(%artist%,<MISSING>)))

can someone help me, whenever I switch between tabs the browser resets to the top.

Im using CepiPerez's layout for the most part, with dark1, dark2, and dark 3 as my layouts. On the top there are three buttons, and whenever I switch between them, the "Show Playlist" page resets. On that page I have a browser panel on top with it looking in my library using *Browser* as my playlist, and then I have a Singe Column Playlist using Browser, which works with my browser which is up on top

I tried unchecking things like automatically activate, and replace previous, in the Browser settings, but to my luck, it still resets for some reason

Is there a feature in this plugin that filters the library like the search box in the top right hand corner of iTunes?

If so, I'd definitely use it. I can't find such a feature though.

K, so I did some testing, and I took out my browser, and there is no problem at all, so it has to be my browser and that it is reseting.

Please, if someone could help me out, or if someone has gotten this to work.

Thanks

is it possible to make the Artist field sort by the BAND id3 tag and also fall back to the ARTIST id3 tag if the BAND tag is not present?

y'see i use the BAND tag for various artist albums. basically i want to know if it's possible for this to act like WMP does when dealing with BAND id3 tags. i.e. it sorts by the ARTIST tag unless there is a BAND tag in the file, in which case it defaults to that.

Is there a way to have multiple value tags list separately in a browser panel?

For example, I have a tag called style and for one song I have:

Style = Rock; Funk; Jazz; Mellow

I have a panel setup with this format:

$if2(%<style>%,<MISSING>)

But that returns all the values on one line separated by commas. I would want each value to be listed individually and when any of the values are selected the track would show up in the Browser playlist.

It works this way in Album List, but I can't seem to get it to work in the Browser.

Thanks!

same question as @tberman333 here....
i used to be ok, it doesn't anymore (maybe it has something to do with to move to Vista?)

No, i have the same issue.

Edit: Whatever, switched to 1.2.2c it works.

I don't use Vista either. Win XP here.

Hm. New here, and don't really have time to work my way through 29 pages...

So, a few questions:

1) is this plugin still delevoped? Is stuff happening?

2) Would it be at all possible to make the "population of lists" take place in the background or something? It's kind of annyoying having to wait several seconds for them to populate when I start the program, and I'd very much like to be able to do stuff right away...

no way of getting it to remember where it left off, or to not refresh when going through tabs???

Any idea where I can get a hold of this version?
thanks

Is there any way for foo_browser to play nicely with foo_ui_panels?
It seems to have update problems with the panel if the interface gets updated (e.x restore from systray, resize foobar)





Thanks!

Dennis

Thanks for answering my plea, cwbowron. It works much better now

Regards,

Dennis

Is it possible to make the browser just browse the active playlist and not the whole library?

got this version [july 6 2006] .. it's still doesnt work!

Temporary server due to bandwidth issues:

http://msu.edu/~bowronch/foobar/foo_browser.zip

Yes, just right click on the playlist in the playlist panel and select "Browse"

Yeah I knew that, but I'm lazy and would like it to be the standard, so that every time I change playlist, the browser will browse the new playlist, like in iTunes... But hey, it's not a very big problem, just would like it better that way.

I believe it is possible with another plugin to change the default action upon clicking... but I don't have fb2k here to test.

does anybody has an answer to that?
it's really bothering me

I use that same bit of code and it returns my multivalue tags as separate tags. Maybe the problem is that your style tag was not formatted as a multivalue tag? If that is the case, go to preferences > advanced > the properties dialog node. Within that node there is a Multivalue Fields setting where you can add tags you wish to be formatted as multivalue. Add your style tag to that.

You can tell if a tag is not being formatted as a multivalue tag when you're editing a tracks tag value. In the Edit Value window it says Use ; character to separate multiple values on the bottom of the window. If that phrase is grayed it means your tag will not be formatted as a multivalue tag.

Thank you very much... that worked for me. I had thought I had set my tag as a multivalue tag, but for some reason it did not stay. It is strange because it showed as seperate lines in Album List, but not in Browser (or Playlist Tree). I went back and changed the tag to multivalue, saved it, and then retagged the some files and it is working perfectly.

Hope this works for others that were having the same problem as well!

But did you fix this?:

hey
thank you for your answer. i did everything but im still missing something.

here is my preferences:
multiline fields: COMMENT;LYRICS;BIOGRAPHY
multivalue fields: ARTIST;ALBUM ARTIST;PRODUCER;COMPOSER;PERFORMER;GENRE
standard fields: Track Title=TITLE;Album Title=ALBUM;Date=DATE;Track Number=TRACKNUMBER;Total Tracks=TOTALTRACKS;Disc Number=DISCNUMBER;Total Discs=TOTALDISCS;Singletrack?=SINGLETRACK

i tried to rewrite tags with the separator ";" (it's was already like that) and rescanned my music library and still it doesn't work.
whats wrong with my foobar?

Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to implement a feature such as "Pin artist/album/whatever to top of list" in any future release. I use browser a lot of time, though I find there are certain artists and albums I select more than others, which I would like at the top. No problem if this is particularly difficult, it's just a personal preference.

you could change the sort string to do this.

Edit: I think this was fixed/changed. %<tagname>% works with latest version for me.

The "Sort" function is either entirely broken for me, or (hopefully, probably) I'm missing something really obvious. I have read that it is buggy, but I seem to be the only one who can't get it to do anything. I've read through this whole thread and tried things that other people have had success with, with no luck.

Anything other than an asterisk (*) in the "Sort" box results in the browser panel putting all the entries in a completely random order.

I don't really understand the coding well, but my browser format is currently set up to sort by album artist (to handle compilations by grouping them together) and place any leading "The" at the end of the artist name.

Format:

But if I put anything at all in "Sort," it shuffles everything out of order in the Browser panel. I am making sure to refresh by shift+right-clicking in the Browser panel and reselecting my checked browser; all this does is mix up all the artists like I have described.

What's the latest on this+Vista?

Is the newest version stable with Vista or not?

Is there any way of making this behave like iTunes/Winamp, where double clicking anything in the browser makes it play in the current playlist (in Winamp, double clicking in the library erases the contents of the playlist and plays whatever you double click, that's what I want)

There's probably a very simple way of doing this, but I'm a very simple person

It's not there anymore...where can I download this again?

Well I've switched back to 1.2.2c but multivalue fields still doesn't work - I I've reinstalled 1.2.3b because previous versions make my foobar to crash on Vista
So bad because it's a really useful plugin

Hi everybody!

Does anybody knows if it is possible to select an artist that is part of a compilation album, and show all the compilation in the list, not only that artist song?

I'll try to explain. I have three panels with genre, artist and album. I have a soundtrack album that have many artists. Actually, I have $if2(%album artist%,<MISSING>) in the artist panel, and use the album name in album artist field for compilations. In this way, I don't have a lot of artist with only one song in the playlists. The problem is that I can't actually see the artist that play in that compilation.

What I want is, if I select an artist that is part of that compilation, the playlist show all the album, an not only one or two tracks, that are played by the artist.

I have been trying a lot of diferent ways, but I don't know if it is even possible.

Well, thanks for your help, and regards!

Is it possible to create a browser panel with some manually entered filters, such as filter by codec, or date created, etc...

Is not possible????

I have a tag field called "style" which is a multi value field. Is there anyway to have them separated into individuals? So American Underground, Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hardcore Punk, L.A. Punk would be broke into 5 different lines. I hope you get what I meant.

If i remember correct %<style>% will split the styles, if they are multivalued (as your are).

Thanks for the reply but it didn't work.

I'm wrong

heres a screenshot to show what I'm talking about.

OMG now I've understood
You have to use %<style>% using the "<" and ">" too! Great!

Is it possible to configure this plugin that only "Album Artist" shows up if it is present in an album instead of each va artist?

Yes

%album artist% remaps to $meta(artist) if $meta(album artist) isn't present.

Learn more about field remappings here

I tried with $if2(%album artist%,<MISSING>) for artist but it did not work.

re-activing the panel solved the problem. thanks for the hint.

Hi All,

I was just wondering if anyone knew how to change the row heights of the browser panels?

I've changed the row height in the playlist window (ie. Display > Columns UI > Playlist View > [Option] = Vertical item padding = "x")
Changing "x" to what ever required will format the main playlist/song list - but I want to match the browser windows/lists to format the same...

Any help?

Thanks!

IDL

Change the font size in prefs page.