Foobar. How do you sort by date?
Jan 27, 2007 at 3:18 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 22

Jon L

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None of the "sort" options seem to do it by date, i.e. date the file was created or added to the playlist, so that the latest additions go to the end of the playlist. Anybody know?

Also, under "search," is it possible to search for files more specifically, not all the files that contain the word typed? I'm thinking about search by artist only, song only, etc.
 
Jan 27, 2007 at 4:04 AM Post #2 of 22
I'm not sure - but I think that this may not be directly possible. Right click on a song and choose File Info (and/or properties). That's all the ID3 that Foobar works with and there is nothing there regarding when a track was added to Foobar.

The closest thing might be the playcount component:
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index....laycount%29%29

This will allow you to record the first time (and last time) that a file was played in Foobar. You could then create a sort string to work with that info. Not exactly what you are looking for though.
 
Jan 27, 2007 at 9:38 AM Post #3 of 22
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Originally Posted by Jon L /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Also, under "search," is it possible to search for files more specifically, not all the files that contain the word typed? I'm thinking about search by artist only, song only, etc.


Using the quick search toolbar you can select what to search for like artist, album etc...

I don't think there's a way to sort using anything other than tags and file path. That being said, I'm sure there's a way you could have the file created date put in a tag and then sort by that.

I use a play count plugin that writes tags such as first played, and number of times played.

It might be easier to just search using windows explorer for your music, use the detail view to sort by date modified, then drag those files into a playlist in foobar.

Good luck.
 
Jan 27, 2007 at 10:09 AM Post #4 of 22
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Originally Posted by Jon L /img/forum/go_quote.gif
None of the "sort" options seem to do it by date, i.e. date the file was created or added to the playlist, so that the latest additions go to the end of the playlist. Anybody know?


Choose Edit - Sort - Sort by. There you can sort your playlists exactly as you wish with a code string. I wanted to sort them with date also and this ability solved the problem. I use this code string but you can modify it for your likings.

%ALBUM ARTIST% - %DATE% - %ALBUM% - %PATH_SORT% - %DISCNUMBER% - %TRACKNUMBER% - %TITLE%

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Also, under "search," is it possible to search for files more specifically, not all the files that contain the word typed? I'm thinking about search by artist only, song only, etc.


Like HiFiRE said, you need a quick search plugin to make searching more accurate.
 
Jan 27, 2007 at 5:04 PM Post #5 of 22
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Originally Posted by Patu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Choose Edit - Sort - Sort by. There you can sort your playlists exactly as you wish with a code string. I wanted to sort them with date also and this ability solved the problem. I use this code string but you can modify it for your likings.

%ALBUM ARTIST% - %DATE% - %ALBUM% - %PATH_SORT% - %DISCNUMBER% - %TRACKNUMBER% - %TITLE%



Like HiFiRE said, you need a quick search plugin to make searching more accurate.



Patu,
That date string is the year that the album was recorded (and like you, I rely on it heavily - I also reconfigured my Artist sort to put the albums in order of release). But he wants the date that a song was added to his Foobar. That's a different and bigger problem.
 
Jan 27, 2007 at 5:23 PM Post #6 of 22
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Originally Posted by cooperpwc /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Patu,
That date string is the year that the album was recorded (and like you, I rely on it heavily - I also reconfigured my Artist sort to put the albums in order of release). But he wants the date that a song was added to his Foobar. That's a different and bigger problem.



Oh yeah, sorry. I misread the first post.

Weird way to sort the playlist.
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Jan 28, 2007 at 1:12 AM Post #7 of 22
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Originally Posted by Patu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Oh yeah, sorry. I misread the first post.

Weird way to sort the playlist.
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It's b/c I have such massively large playlists that I forget about some songs I added lately. Sometimes I just want to have the songs I added lately to show up at the end so I can play them more.

BTW, where can I download this quicksearch toolbar plugin?
 
Jan 28, 2007 at 11:17 AM Post #9 of 22
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Originally Posted by Jon L /img/forum/go_quote.gif
It's b/c I have such massively large playlists that I forget about some songs I added lately. Sometimes I just want to have the songs I added lately to show up at the end so I can play them more.

BTW, where can I download this quicksearch toolbar plugin?



Well now when I think about it, you have a good point there. My music collection is growing fast and some playlists are massive already. Sometimes when browsing through the playlists I find some artists I didn't even remember having there.
 
Jan 8, 2010 at 12:54 PM Post #11 of 22
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Originally Posted by skylaiden /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Did you ever figure out how to sort by date?


"2009 autoplaylist sort by added"

Query Pattern: %date% IS 2009
Sort Pattern: %added%
 
Jan 8, 2010 at 7:01 PM Post #12 of 22
If you use foobar's Library feature, and never sort the playlist, then the most-recently added albums will always be at the bottom.

It may not be what you're looking for, but it works for me...
 
Jan 9, 2010 at 10:35 AM Post #13 of 22
If you download foo_playcount.dll (playback statistics?) and add it to the components directory, then create a new column in Default User Interface/playlist view. Click Add New then you can create quite a few auto columns;

Name Pattern
Genre %genre%
Date Added %date_added%
Last Played %last_played%
Play Count %play_count%
Plays per Day %played_per_day%

Then turn the columns you want on and they will appear in "library viewer selection" and work when you export to another playlist, hope that's more or less understandable.
 
Jan 12, 2010 at 4:10 AM Post #14 of 22
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Originally Posted by sonci /img/forum/go_quote.gif
"2009 autoplaylist sort by added"

Query Pattern: %date% IS 2009
Sort Pattern: %added%



Thanks for the help so far. I figured out how to create a custom column, but how do I incorporate that "query pattern"?
 

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