Saturday 10 February 2007

Monday 29 January 2007

Foobar Config

Intro

This is very much a work in progress - so please check back for updates...

LINKS TO FILES AT BOTTOM: PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW FORUM LINKS - DIRECT QUERIES TO OFFICIAL FOOBAR FORUM ON HYDROGEN AUDIO

(Finished Example)



Basically this layout is made up of four squares - which can be resized along their axis to get the look that you want.






At it foundation each of the four areas base is composed of a "tabbed panel stack mod." This allows for the easy adding/ removing of components and more importantly - it makes it quick to setup.


Here is what it looks like in Columns UI:

As mentioned earlier certain "Elements" such as the menu and search bar will be included in this setup so that we can autohide them - so they only appear on mouseover.

So this is essentially the building blocks of my config. Once you've got the list of components you can add them here ( by right clicking) or on the main screen also by right clicking - see the link below for an example. Components Demo


This is what the final configeration looks like:



(Red dots indicate set to autohide in preferences).

These components can be downloaded @ hydrogenaudio and get dropped in the components directory.

Several require Net Transport 2.0.

{LIST}











Album Art

This is my album art setup - as everyone setups there library differently - you'll probably need to change certain elements - you can just copy & paste the lines you need into the sources:

[foo_uie_albumart]
$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,)folder.jpg
match:$replace(%_path%,%_filename_ext%,)*%title%*.jpg
$replace(%path%,%filename_ext%,)*.jpg
-$if($strcmp($left(%path%,7),http$char(58)$char(47)$char(47)),components\radio.*,components)
-components\default.png
[End]

Explanation:
Firstly it looks for album art called folder.jpg which the majority of my albums have, if it doesnt find that it tries the title of the track and if that doesnt come up with anything it takes any jpg in that path.
The forth line tells it to display a designated picture when listening to internet radio and the 5th line also a default picture for when no album art is found.





These are the two Images I use and can be found in the pack (to be added) to be saved in the components directory.




Track Info Mod

//Per Track
$alignabs($add($get(pos.x1),100),$add($get(pos.y1),-20),$sub(%_width%,$get(pos.x1),50,82),250,center,middle)
$font(Gentium,34,,205-191-171)
[%title%]$char(10)
$font(Gentium,24,,190-175-155)
[%artist%]

Simply copy and paste...

Playlist Tree

Config can be found in the pack.


Buttons (included)

(bottom left) - right click and customize - Import.



Ratings Buttons: (included)





See My Post on how to attach the Ratings Scripts to the Buttons (post#105)

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=35270&st=100

Other Info & Tweaks: (to follow)

Rating Column added to Columns UI, code used to show in display in case you want to dislay in a track info panel.

$if(%rating%,
$rgb(235,235,235))
$select(%rating%,
★,
★★,
★★★,
★★★★,
★★★★★)
)
)


Font used for the stars is Tahoma Sar - you can get it here: (post#77)

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31027&pid=467027&st=75&#entry467027


Desktop theme is Fresco VS by Kol

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22021460/


Hope this is useful - I know its rushed but I'll add and improve in the future little by little

TO DO LIST:

Lots....


Download:

http://www2.blogger.com/files/456358