Hydrogenaudio Forums > Format string puzzle

Hydrogenaudio Forums > Hosted Forums > foobar2000 > General - (fb2k)

kaiwei

Feb 16 2003, 05:12

Screenshot of what's wrong

Can anyone please help me? I'm damn puzzled as to why most of the playlist is displayed correctly while only a few entries are tilted right. HELP!!!

My format string is as follows

QUOTE

$if(%_isplaying%,aa0000,5B5B5B)$padcut($if(%artist%,%artist%,Unknown Artist),20) $padcut($if(%title%,%title% ,%filename%),30) $padcut(5B5B5B$if(%album%,%album%,%album%),30) 5B5B5B$num(%tracknumber%,2) $num(%__bitrate%,4) $if(%__replaygain_album_gain%,%__replaygain_album_gain%,%__replaygain_track_gain%)CTRLTAB%_length%

Feb 16 2003, 07:32

Well, I'm not where I can double-check it at the moment... but it looks like your "album" parameter is the culprit. I'm guessing it should be something like this, instead:

CODE

$if(%_isplaying%,aa0000,5B5B5B)$padcut($if(%artist%,%artist%,Unknown Artist),20) $padcut($if(%title%,%title% ,%filename%),30) $padcut(5B5B5B$if(%album%,%album%,Unknown Album),30) 5B5B5B$num(%tracknumber%,2) $num(%__bitrate%,4) $if(%__replaygain_album_gain%,%__replaygain_album_gain%,%__replaygain_track_gain%)CTRLTAB%_length%

In the screenshot, your albums are only taking up 22 characters, and I'm guessing the fact that you hadn't given an alternative if no %album% was present - and possible the extra characters you had before the $padcut length? - had something to do with this.

Of course, I could be on a completely wrong track. Like I said, I'm not where I can double-check at the moment.

- M.

_Shorty

Feb 16 2003, 11:32

see what happens if you take the colour control characters outside of the $padcuts

kaiwei

Feb 22 2003, 01:43

thanks shorty! that worked.

This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.