[Riboge]

Is there a way to get a Foobar playlist tree to list and/or quicksearch by composer. The default options include artist, title, genre, album only.

 

[skudmunky]

Well, if you're using Columns UI then you can add a composer column if you know the code for it (ie [%title%] or [%track%] etc). Dunno if it'd work, but its worth a shot. You'd have to have composer information in the ID3 tags though I think.

 

[Riboge]

Quote:

Originally Posted by skudmunky Well, if you're using Columns UI then you can add a composer column if you know the code for it (ie [%title%] or [%track%] etc). Dunno if it'd work, but its worth a shot. You'd have to have composer information in the ID3 tags though I think.

The playlist tree is a separate listing from the active playlist in columnar form. One would use %composer% to do what you described, but that is a wholly different thing.

 

[HiFiRE]

* Click Library menu->Playlist Tree->Root->New Query
* Change the label to "Fancy Artist Sort" or whatever your liking is and replace the contents of the format box with the quoted text below:
Quote:

%composer%|%album%|$num(%tracknumber%,2). %title%

* Check "sort by display name after populating"
* Click OK
* Right Click some empty space in the Playlist Tree Panel->Select File
* Type "playlisttree" or any filename you want and click save. (If you don't do this your settings will be wiped the next foobar restart)
* If you want to remove the default "by artist" tree keep reading...
* Left Click the tree where it says "by artist" (highlight "by artist")
* Click Library->Playlist Tree->Selection->remove
* If you want to remove the root of the tree keep reading...
* Click File->preferences->Media Library->Playlist Tree Panel
* Check "Hide Root"
* Click Close.


that might result in an ugly tree. dunno. try it out.

 

[Riboge]

HiFiRE, thanks so much. That generates just the 'by composer' subtree I wanted. Thanks.

One thing, though, doings this:
"* Right Click some empty space in the Playlist Tree Panel->Select File"
does not bring up "select file" but "redraw tree/collapse tree...". The composer listing remains on restart anyway without following these steps (with v0.9.4)

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Big classical fan?