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tedgo
Biography view

A new component from the PSS/ELPlaylist/Library Tree developer
http://foo2k.chottu.net/



It searches informations (biography, artist picture, cover) about the playing file from your local last.fm server.

I'd like to see something like that doing it with wikipedia, though
But its a good starting point smile.gif
qwertz
It looks very good, and I concur that Wiki would be nice. It misses a scroll function for longer text though:



Well it's still a young plug in, so thank you very much, developer.
tedgo
Best would be an option to choose the server the infos should come from.
2E7AH
don't want to request too much only happy to see this kind of component being developed smile.gif



you can even choose custom language wink.gif
starchaos
I like it biggrin.gif
Black_Over_Bills_Mothers
Yet another great plugin from this developer - thankyou smile.gif

I realise it's still young but I would like to see;
1) Scroll bars
2) A list of album and a list of artist sources. Selection would be from top to bottom. If no match then move to next source etc.
3) If used as an album art only - could we have the usual scaling\fit options

That's it for now - thanks again.
novembre
Interesting idea!
+1 for scrolling.
Anyway, great component!
_oao
QUOTE (tedgo @ Apr 3 2009, 12:22) *
I'd like to see something like that doing it with wikipedia, though
But its a good starting point smile.gif

Why?
Most of the last.fm biographies are sourced from wikipedia:

QUOTE (last.fm wiki rules)
Please read the following before posting:
* Submitted content must not violate copyright. It's illegal to plagiarise someone else's biography of this artist.
* You can copy from Wikipedia, or any other GFDL-licensed source, provided that you enter the URL to the source in the sources box below.
* All submitted content remains copyright of the author, and is licensed under the GFDL.


I also would like to see scroll bars and some sort of option to set a limit size to images or scaling\fit options.

this component seems to work well with the default UI + foo_dockable panels. Many thanks, this is a great component! smile.gif
tedgo
QUOTE (_oao @ Apr 3 2009, 18:39) *
Most of the last.fm biographies are sourced from wikipedia

That's right. But I may like to see the whole biography not only a few lines of it wink.gif
And with all artists i now tried with this plugin enabled i only got a short "prologue"
2E7AH
QUOTE (tedgo @ Apr 3 2009, 17:49) *
But I may like to see the whole biography not only a few lines of it wink.gif

unclick "short description" and you'll get full biography, but then you'll need really large panel as you can't scroll wink.gif
tedgo
Ah, thanks.
Haven't seen this option smile.gif
Bollerkopp
hi,

wow... great component! thank you very much for this. smile.gif

greets
_oao
i'm really enjoying this component: album mode also fetches album descriptions! biggrin.gif

btw i think i found a bug:
- when the bios/descriptions are big the end of the last sentence gets cut-off by a few words...
d0ng
A well developed but simple plugin +1 also for the scrolling. Great plugin so far.
tedgo
Yes, it is better than i thought.
I played around some time now and i love it!
TomBarlow
I'm not sure it needs scrollbars, just for aesthetical reasons. Everyone is always asking if they can hide them, and now all of a sudden they want them! Maybe a link to the last.fm page (e.g. 'read more...') would work? I think this is the reason it can give a briefer description...

This is a great component though, thanks very much to the developer.
tedgo
No not a scroll bar but scrolling option with the mouse wheel at least!
It works in ELPlaylist so it should also be possible in Biography view wink.gif

EDIT:
I noticed that it doesn't remembers the opacity value...
chongy5
This is a fantastic component, great work from the developer.
lokioki
QUOTE (tedgo @ Apr 3 2009, 23:11) *
No not a scroll bar but scrolling option with the mouse wheel at least!
It works in ELPlaylist so it should also be possible in Biography view wink.gif

EDIT:
I noticed that it doesn't remembers the opacity value...


Then what we who have trackball ? sad.gif
Good plugin, in use atm wink.gif
tedgo
Biography view 0.2 with scroll function (mouse-wheel)
Yes, that's it! smile.gif
Unfortunately it still doesn't remembers the opacity value...
novembre
QUOTE (tedgo @ Apr 4 2009, 14:05) *
Biography view 0.2 with scroll function (mouse-wheel)

yay! cool.gif
odyssey
1. Would be great if you were able to store specified info in tags once they were downloaded.

2. Would be even greater if it were able to get the tags-cloud and do same as (1) with it wink.gif
tedgo
Biography view 0.2.1
(very busy today wink.gif)
QUOTE
- opacity to save settings and forget was fixed.(v0.2.1)
(translated with Live Search Translator)

For me its perfect now smile.gif
d0ng
QUOTE
For me its perfect now smile.gif


Works beautifully. The mouse scroll works better than the scrollbar, didn't come to mind when I thought of that.
_oao
mouse scroll doesn't work with foo_dockable_panels... unsure.gif
fbuser
For me it works with foo_dockable_panels.
_oao
QUOTE (fbuser @ Apr 4 2009, 17:06) *
For me it works with foo_dockable_panels.

you're able to scroll text with foo_dockable_panels? huh.gif
strange, it's not working for me...
fbuser
QUOTE (_oao @ Apr 4 2009, 18:34) *
you're able to scroll text with foo_dockable_panels? huh.gif
Yes.
novembre
Feature request: since sometimes biographies for certain artists are not present in my language, a fallback to english would be useful
metal_termite
Something is different with font size in this plug-in. For instance, Tahoma with a font size of 8 does not match the size of Tahoma-8 throughout the rest of foobar. The font size is output a bit smaller in this plug-in.



Top portion is Tahoma-8 output by the biography plugin. Bottom portion is Tahoma-8 output by foo_uie_lylrics, which is consistent with the rest of foobar.

Edit: Ability to enable/disable custom border around artist/album image would be cool.
Yotsuya
Thanks for yet another quality component! I added this to a tab stack under PSS and it is working well under wine. Scroll is working fine for me, just put the mouse over the panel and use the scroll wheel.
_oao
QUOTE (fbuser @ Apr 4 2009, 17:54) *
QUOTE (_oao @ Apr 4 2009, 18:34) *
you're able to scroll text with foo_dockable_panels? huh.gif
Yes.

weird, it's not working for me...
what's your foo_dockable_panels version?
mine is Dockable Panels 1.0.7b [Mar 28 2007 - 09:18:48] (running with default UI) with fb2k 0.9.6.4.
fbuser
I didn't tried it with Default UI first, but even with Default UI it is working. I used the same versions as you, both Dockable Panels and fb2k.
chongy5
QUOTE (lokioki @ Apr 3 2009, 20:51) *
Then what we who have trackball ? sad.gif


Get a trackball mouse with a scrollwheel, I couldn't live without it! huh.gif
tpijag
Or check your options regarding trackball. It has been many years, but memory says you can define a button action / ball movement to mimic scroll.

terry
_oao
QUOTE (fbuser @ Apr 4 2009, 20:23) *
I didn't tried it with Default UI first, but even with Default UI it is working. I used the same versions as you, both Dockable Panels and fb2k.

are you also using XP sp3?
i have no ideia why scrolling doesn't work for me.
i'll guess i have to get used to resize the dockable panel when the text is too long... tongue.gif

btw the bug that caused the last sentence to be cut-off by a few words seems to have been fixed!
thanks
fbuser
QUOTE (_oao @ Apr 5 2009, 01:30) *
are you also using XP sp3?
Another yes.
Xerion
Nice Component. One problem: when using it in album mode, it sometimes gets the album info and sometimes doesn't (on the same album, which does have info on last.fm). Also there is no option for album info text caching (only image) in preferences like there is for artist info.
s33m33
QUOTE (Black_Over_Bills_Mothers @ Apr 3 2009, 20:43) *
I realise it's still young but I would like to see;
1) Scroll bars
2) A list of album and a list of artist sources. Selection would be from top to bottom. If no match then move to next source etc.
3) If used as an album art only - could we have the usual scaling\fit options


+1


Great plugin. Takes foobar one step closer to perfection smile.gif
MasterT
Feature request:
A function to change the edge style (None, sunken, grey) of the panel would be very useful.
Nemphael
I love this plugin! I've used it to get some album art (folder.jpg), which it is really great at, and it's already replaced my album art viewer! I've noticed how it doesn't handle album names if they have illegal characters (For instance "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - 0kB file truncated as "The Chronicles of Narnia"). Otherwise - thanks, I love it!
grounder
QUOTE
if they have illegal characters (For instance "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - 0kB file truncated as "The Chronicles of Narnia"). Otherwise - thanks, I love it!


illegal characters may fix use
E:\COVERS\Artists\$replace(%artist%,'/','-','\','-',':','-','*','-','?','-','"','-','<','-','>','-','|','-')
and
E:\COVERS\Album\$replace(%album%,'/','-','\','-',':','-','*','-','?','-','"','-','<','-','>','-','|','-')


mystNZ
laugh.gif Something amusing: for songs that lack tags (hence "?" is sent), the panel reads "Mysterious lo-fi punk from Hungary. They use toy instruments and substandard guitars of the communist era. The name of the band is pronounced in Hungarian as ‘Kérdőjel’ which means question mark in English. " with a funny image of a guy with a sock on his head. My music is tagged properly of course, so this only happens with new pre-library songs smile.gif

Great component by the way, thanks to the dev!
emoryy
QUOTE (mystNZ @ Apr 6 2009, 01:26) *
laugh.gif Something amusing: for songs that lack tags (hence "?" is sent), the panel reads "Mysterious lo-fi punk from Hungary. They use toy instruments and substandard guitars of the communist era. The name of the band is pronounced in Hungarian as ‘Kérdőjel’ which means question mark in English. " with a funny image of a guy with a sock on his head. My music is tagged properly of course, so this only happens with new pre-library songs smile.gif

Great component by the way, thanks to the dev!


Put
$if3(%artist%,)
instead of %artist% into the artist field in server settings
_oao
Biography View v2.2 out

QUOTE
Fixed memory leaks are. (v0.2.2)

(translated with google) tongue.gif
tedgo
Full changelog:

QUOTE
* Added the scroll function.
* Fixed some bugs.Text saved as a cache to worth out of character; the one time, thrown away.
* opacity to save settings and forget was fixed.(v0.2.1)
* Fixed memory leaks.(v0.2.2)
lokioki
QUOTE (tedgo @ Apr 6 2009, 14:33) *
Full changelog:

QUOTE
* Added the scroll function.
* Fixed some bugs.Text saved as a cache to worth out of character; the one time, thrown away.
* opacity to save settings and forget was fixed.(v0.2.1)
* Fixed memory leaks.(v0.2.2)



How does one scroll with trackball where middle-click is not available ? :I
TomBarlow
That's a good point. I wonder if it would be possible to have clicking and dragging on the text as another way to scroll? I think I'd like that, even though I have a scroll wheel. I guess we have to hope the dev sees this and adds it. smile.gif
Nemphael
QUOTE (grounder @ Apr 5 2009, 22:31) *
QUOTE
if they have illegal characters (For instance "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - 0kB file truncated as "The Chronicles of Narnia"). Otherwise - thanks, I love it!


illegal characters may fix use
E:\COVERS\Artists\$replace(%artist%,'/','-','\','-',':','-','*','-','?','-','"','-','<','-','>','-','|','-')
and
E:\COVERS\Album\$replace(%album%,'/','-','\','-',':','-','*','-','?','-','"','-','<','-','>','-','|','-')

I know, but if I'd like to see a workaround implemented. $replace(%tag%,'/','-','\','-',':','-','*','-','?','-','"','-','<','-','>','-','|','-') is cumbersome.
Black_Over_Bills_Mothers
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