Hi all.

I just updated foo_advancedcontrols with the latest SDK.

I took the time to implement a function available in the Winamp version of this plugin but was missing in the Foobar2000 component - the Volume bar.

You can choose if you want the volume bar or the seeking bar to be shown on top of the control icons. You can assign a hotkey to switch between the volume and the seeking bar.

I also added a brand new function that may not completely fit in the Advanced Controls concept, but, well... why create a new component just for that? The function is an option to automatically pause the playback when entering screensaver mode. I find that very useful. Maybe that's not the case for everyone, so this option is disabled by default.

http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

Enjoy!

Thank you very much for this component!
Two problems:
1-the volume slider being reset to position slider after every foobar restart,no matter what i do
2-where should i put the skins files?

1- This is fixed for the next release, thanks
2- The folder tree is available in the zip file. You will get something like
Foobar2000
-- components
-- -- foo_advancedcontrol.dll
-- -- AdvancedControls
-- -- -- BlueXP
-- -- -- -- [icon files]
-- -- -- SilverXP
-- -- -- -- [icon files]

thanks for the plugin.but i've found a UI problem that the "seek slider" and "volume slider" radio button can be checked in the same time,and when you checked you can not cancel

Thanks, I was aware of this and it's fixed for the next release

v0.5.9.3 is now available.

Release notes:
- Fixed: Slider setting is not saved
- Fixed: Slider setting radio buttons are broken

http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

Great Plug In, Must Have!!

but I'm still having Slider setting issues, still doesn't save.
No big deal, just thought I'd let ya know.
Sooo, glad the volume was enable,answer to my prayers;


Peace

I'm sorry you have issues with the component not saving the Slider setting, but this is a problem I can't reproduce. The slider setting is saved correctly on all my test machines.

Please make sure you are using the latest version of the component.

I am also having this problem. I tried removing my foobar2000.cfg file, but the problem persisted. I also tried removing foo_advancedcontrols.dll, starting Foobar2000, answering that I did not want my settings from the disabled component saved, then reinstalling the DLL.

I'd love to have the volume slider. That's the main reason I want the component. Is there anything I can do to help you track down this issue?

Oh, I forgot to mention, I am using the latest version of the component.

Since this component is a port of the equivalent Winamp plugin, it doesn't use yet the standard Foobar2000 way to store its parameters (foobar2000.cfg), it stores them in the registry. This will probably be changed later.

Try removing the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Niversoft\FooBar2000 Advanced Controls
from the registry
There should be a value named VolumeSlider in it (REG_DWORD). 1=volume, 0=seek.

NH

I did additional tests while checking for the changes required to go to the standard foobar200 way to store config. I found out that we were both right about the volume slider config, I wasn't testing the right thing:

The volume slider config is saved. If you choose Volume slider, you close and reopen foobar then press play, the volume slider is shown.

However, both the config page and the submenu item does not display the current setting, they always display Seek slider. This is fixed in the upcoming release (the announcement will come later today or this week).

v0.5.9.4 is now available.

Release notes:
- Fixed: Slider setting is not displayed correctly in the config page
- Settings are now saved in foobar2000.cfg instead of the registry. Previous version's settings are automatically imported then deleted from the registry.

http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

I just noticed the delete-current-file-function. Fantastic!
AFAIK is this the only possibility to delete the playing song and jump to the next. Like the old massdelete-plugin for v8.x
I would love to see a standalone delete-current-file-plugin

Great Plugin. Thank You.

I second this request. Thank you for your development!

Your wish is my command... well... sort of.

Here comes the Delete Current Track component for Foobar2000:
http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/foo_DeleteCurrent.zip

Have fun.

Woooow. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

That was the only thing i missed. Now fb2k is perfect. This plugin is worth an own thread. I think there are some other guys who would like this.

Thanks again

Thread: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=53305

Really like this component, thank you!

I've downloaded some of the extra icon skins listed under the foobar version of this component, but they want to have winamp installed and won't proceed. Any chance of having dedicated foobar versions of them?

You're right, I overlooked that.

It's now fixed:
http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/?p=fsk

The downloadable version is still 0.5.9.3 (english)

Your browser or an upstream proxy may have cached an old version of the file, the available package files are verified 0.5.9.4 (unless you downloaded it from an alternate location which I don't control).

Tnx, it was apparently cached for 2 or 3 days here, but it's OK now.

Update to v0.5.9.4

The component is now available in several new languages (on the official page only)

English
Français
Deutsch
Español
Italiano
简体字 (Simplified Chinese)
Русская (Russian)
Cesky
Dansk
Eesti keel
Greek
Macedonian
Magyar
Nederlands
Polski
Português (do Brasil)
Romana
Slovensky
Swedish

http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

This plugin has always been great, thanks a lot!

Hi, I noticed that the version information in foobar2000 was corrupt in the 9 april dll.

Thanks for the notice. Problem fixed.

v0.5.10.0 is now available.

All langages are now integrated in the same library and selectable in component options. The component file is thus slightly bigger (260kb instead of 220kb...) but we have to maintain only one package instead of 20.

Available languages in this version:

• English
• Français (French)
• Deutsch (German)
• Español (Spanish)
• Italiano (Italian)
• 简体字 (Simplified Chinese)
• Русская (Russian)
• Cesky (Czech)
• Dansk (Danish)
• Eesti keel (Estonian)
• Ρωμαίικα (Greek)
• македонски (Macedonian)
• Magyar (Hungarian)
• Nederlands (Dutch)
• Polski (Polish)
• Português do Brasil (Portuguese)
• Romana (Romanian)
• Slovenčina (Slovak)
• Svenska (Swedish)
• Türkçe (Turkish)

Release notes:
- Auto-pause on screensaver restarts (stop + play) music streaming instead of pausing (pause + play) it.
- Merged all languages in a single component file.

http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

I have noticed a bug. When I hover the mouse over the controls, an info balloon pops up with the Artist and Title. However, it always shows the artist and title for the previous track, not the current one.

Bug confirmed, thanks for the report. We will fix that asap.

Hello.

We updated the plugin with the latest foobar2000 SDK and the problem apparently went away. No change in the plugin code.

v0.5.10.2 is now available.

Release notes:
- Updated with the latest Foobar2000 SDK

http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

Is this plugin another casualty of the API change of version 0.9.5.3? It doesn't seem to load up at all. It's acting like a "Banned" plugin, although it is not listed as such.

Hello.

On my test systems, it runs well with both v0.9.5.2 and 0.9.5.3 beta 1.
Regards.

I see that the latest version now needs to be in the 'components" folder, instead of the root folder at least with version 0.9.5.3b1.

The plugin always had to be installed in the components folder. Maybe installing it in foobar root worked in previous version, but this is not supported.

Your zip file path has a blank path for dll & text files, while everything else has path folders. Since the path is blank, the dll & 2 txt files installs into the foobar2000 root directory. You may want to add "component" to the path for those 3 files. Thank you for the prompt help replies.

All components available on http://foobar2000.org/components/index.html are provided without the "component" path in the zip file. You are expected to unpack these zip files in the component subfolder, I don't see why Advanced Controls should be different?

Whatever!

Hello,

A bug which exist since a long time :

The icon is seperate, can you merge the icon ?

Thanks in advance

Neustradamus

This happens when another software inserts its icon at the same time foo_advancedcontrols inserts its two. There is no way to completely prevent that to happen.

When this happens, you can either close and reopen foobar2000, or select "Configuration" / "Reset Tray Icons" in the foo_advancedcontrols right-click menu.

N.

it is bad You really can't merge icon ?

No. Windows explorer supports only 16x16 icons. foo_advancedcontrols uses two icons wide, and the call to display an icon must be done once for each icon. While this doesn't happen often, there is always the possibility of another software inserting its icon at the same time, and Explorer displays the other software's icon between foo_advancedcontrols icons.

Most of the time the two foo_advancedcontrols icons are placed together. If it isn't the case on your system, there might be something else causing that - maybe your taskbar is on two or more rows?

Hi!

Thanks for this handy little control panel!

A couple of remarks:

1. Bug: In Preferences, select any foreign language (I selected French) and save. It is not possible any more to go back to English. (Selecting another foreign language works.)

2. Not really a bug: When selecting a skin saved on disc, F2K must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

3. When hovering the mouse pointer over an icon, no tooltip is displayed. Is the "Title" field in Preferences intended to define the content of the tooltip? It doesn't work for me, no matter what I type in the field. (The balloon appearing when a new track begins to play works fine.)

4. Suggestion: Add a configurable balloon duration in Preferences. Currently, it is way too short for me.

5. Question: Is it possible to remove completely the original F2K icon from the tray? It is now useless.

Merci beaucoup!

Hello.

1. Fixed for next release. Stay tuned.

2. I'm not able to reproduce this problem.

3. There is a tooltip. Sometimes tooltips of the taskbar are being displayed _behind_ the taskbar, that's a long-known Explorer bug. When this happens, one of the workarounds is to open the start menu, all programs, right-click on any of them and click "sort by name". Tooltips will then be shown in front.

4. The balloon display is currently fixed at 4 seconds. I'm not sure we want to add a preference field for that. EDIT: You're lucky, the option has been implemented

5. Foobar does not provide us with a way to remove its icon from the tray, but there is perhaps a possible hack. I will see what we can do. EDIT: You're lucky again

N.

v0.5.11.0 is now available.

We moved things around in the preferences pane to make some place for two new options (thanks r0lZ and others for the ideas/requests).

The Volume/Seek option has been removed from the preferences as it is already available in the tray icon context menu and the Foobar2000 main menu.

- New option: Hide the Foobar2000 notification icon. The SDK doesn't provide this option to component, we had to find another way. There's no guarantee a future version of Foobar2000 will not break this feature. This feature will work only on Windows XP and further versions.

- New option: Balloon hide delay, default 4 seconds, can be increased up to 10 seconds.

We also updated the the component to use the latest SDK.


http://www.niversoft.com/products/fac (official page)
or
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/show.php?id=138

Thanks for keeping this handy toy up-to-date.

v0.5.11.1 is now available.

We have been requested to remove the "Hide Icon" feature as it's possibly against the Foobar2000 SDK terms.

In the latest version of Foobar2000 there is already an option to do so, in the user interface components (colums ui and default ui). Check your Default UI settings.

Hi, thanks for a great plug in

For some reason in the FORMAT box %length% works fine but %playback_time% returns a question mark ?, is this a bug?

Try %length%.
%playback_time% is the current playback position and is not available for a static display such as the pop-up balloon.

As I said %length% is working fine but I wanted to be able to show the elapsed time too to replicate the display on the status bar which I have hidden. That's a shame, no way to show a changing display then?

Sorry, balloons are static.