[wicked.ludicrous]

So I was trying to use the Facet UI in Foobar, but I couldn't get it working
 
Out of frustration, I opened foo_facets.dll with Foobar like an idiot, and Foobar won't display anything. Well, the only thing it'll display is the .dll file
 
Could anyone help me to get back to the normal display? And if anyone could help me with that, how do I properly integrate the Facets UI? I can't figure out how to "Add the UI"

 

[gurubhai]

Facets only works with DefaultUI. It won't load if you are using ColumnUI.
Go to preferences( Ctrl + P) to change between UIs.

 

[wicked.ludicrous]

Yeah, I'm not using Column UI. Not sure where you got that from...

 

[Phos]

Rerun the installer?  
 
And by the way, Facets is an extension of the default UI, you won't notice a big change right away.  You need to replace some UI elements with Facet elements for it to work.  
 
Ironically, based on your post I just downloaded it and (finally) got foobar set up the way I want.  

 

[bluzeboy]

why not  use  system  restore ?if  your using it restores everything on C/?

 

[wicked.ludicrous]

Got Foobar back to normal, so no worries there.
 
But my inexperience with Foobar is kind of getting to me; I still can't figure out how to get Facets working. I got the .dll file, put it in the Foobar folder. And I tried following Hydrogenaudio's guide, but don't see an add Facets as an UI Element... Any help would be appreciated

 

[khaos974]

Go to the Fobar Menu Bar > File > Preferences > components panel.
Click on Install, select foo_facets.dll, at this stage Foobar should asks you to restart the software, do so, it's now installed.
 
Go to the Fobar Menu Bar > View > Layout > enable Layout editing mode
Right-click on an UI element and you should have the option to add a splitter or replace that element.
You could for example replace the library viewer by facets, or split a visualization tab into 2 and use the empty part for facets.

 

[wicked.ludicrous]

Thanks khaos974
 
One last question: I'm trying to get Foobar to ignore "The" at the beginning of artist names, so it's suggested to use this: $swapprefix(%artist%)
 
Where do I insert that?

 

[khaos974]

Probably Preferences > Display > default user interface > custom colums/groupings
 
But I haven't tried it.
 
Also, the facets settings provides an "ignore 'the' when sorting" box to be checked.

 

[wicked.ludicrous]

Totally forgot about that.
Finally, it's all good! Thanks again