[m8o]

1) Install all the plug-ins the original poster links to (you know you have to shut down adn restart it I assume)
2) select "Columns UI" for the display interface
3) go into Columns UI >> Layout
4) and make the UI tree look like what he shows you in the image.

Works fantabulous. I've branched out and set it up how I like it.

Only wish there was a 'video plug-in', as I have AAC iPod videos in my library, so can't 'watch' them (can hear them).

 

[acedriver]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaroncort I'm having trouble figuring out how to make my music library in the same window as my playlist. As it is now my library only appears as a pop up seperate window which i find to be anoying. In the picture on the first page of this post his album library is to the left of his playlist in the same window. How do i set this up? Thanks, Aaron.

If you're using Columns UI, download Album List Panel, and add it to your layout. You can even stack em' (put em' in tabs) by using tabbed panel stack

example:

layout (stacking playlist switcher and album list panel)


screenshot

 

[acedriver]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m8o Only wish there was a 'video plug-in', as I have AAC iPod videos in my library, so can't 'watch' them (can hear them).

it's an audio player, not a media player

 

[aaroncort]

Quote:

Originally Posted by acedriver If you're using Columns UI, download Album List Panel, and add it to your layout. You can even stack em' (put em' in tabs) by using tabbed panel stack example: layout (stacking playlist switcher and album list panel) screenshot

I think I fooed up somewere. My prefrences looks nothing like that. I'll start over from the begining and see if i can follow the rules better this time. Thanks though.

 

[J-Pak]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Distroyed Nice job updating this to 0.9. So many things changed and were broken, I have yet to upgrade since I have things just right in 0.8. I would make one recommendation - avoid using the foobar library and just use a good file explorer to open music (e.g., directory opus). It's much more efficient and will make foobar load 10x faster and use less resources.

Whats the name of the directory opus plugin? Thanks

 

[aaroncort]

answered my own question.

 

[aaroncort]

Sweet fancy moses i figured it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know that i had to right click and add all of that stuff. I assumed that it would all be there since it didn't tell me the steps i had to do. I thought I had installed something incorrectly and had to figure that out before I went on.


Now that I know how to do this much it really makes me understand why I see so much posted on this little program here. It's amazing. I really want to learn more about it and how to costomize. I think I have found a fun hobby to help get through the winter. I'm going to do a google search for some more forrums about this. Thanks for all the help though!

 

[J-Pak]

Is there a plugin that will automatically download album art?

 

[adeut85]

First off I have to thank HiFire for help with the beautification

Unfortunately I am having a problem that nobody else has seemed to encounter yet. I set up everything (seemingly) exactly the way hifire did it. My player looks the same and everything but for some reason any other programs I have running behind foobar (gaim, firefox) and my desktop icons flicker every couple seconds now when foobar is also in view. When I minimize foobar the flickering goes away. I am thoroughly perplexed. I have reverted back to vanilla foobar for now but would like to get the pretty way working 100%. Appreciate the help.

edit: I notice now that it seems only my desktop icons and GAIM flicker. I just closed foobar and a warning popped up that said "metadb_handle leaks: 1 objects". Then a window popped up with the title Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library that said "Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe R6025 - pure virtual function call"

 

[acedriver]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaroncort Now that I know how to do this much it really makes me understand why I see so much posted on this little program here. It's amazing. I really want to learn more about it and how to costomize. I think I have found a fun hobby to help get through the winter. I'm going to do a google search for some more forrums about this. Thanks for all the help though!

Congrats on the new hobby

One of the best place to start is the official forum, http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...p?showforum=28

 

[adeut85]

In an update from before I seem to have pinpointed the source of my problems in the foo_uie_albumart version 0.2.4.1 which was just added on September 18. I would suggest to any new users wanted to update to avoid the current release of this and go with one of the archived versions.

 

[acedriver]

Quote:

Originally Posted by adeut85 In an update from before I seem to have pinpointed the source of my problems in the foo_uie_albumart version 0.2.4.1 which was just added on September 18. I would suggest to any new users wanted to update to avoid the current release of this and go with one of the archived versions.

the author uploaded a new build without changing the version number, try that.

also, "metadb_handle leaks: 1 objects" warning usually come out when you use the unofficial playcount plugin. Using the official component (playback statistic) should fix this.

 

[m8o]

Quote:

Originally Posted by acedriver it's an audio player, not a media player

...i'm sure that a plug-in could play the stream in a panel, just like the Album Art panel can show an image....

 

[m8o]

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Pak Is there a plugin that will automatically download album art?

It's not as slick as other players. The image has to be in the folder with the music or something like that.

 

[adeut85]

Quote:

Originally Posted by acedriver the author uploaded a new build without changing the version number, try that. also, "metadb_handle leaks: 1 objects" warning usually come out when you use the unofficial playcount plugin. Using the official component (playback statistic) should fix this.

This version of album art is still unstable for me but better than the one I had. I'm not getting the metadb_handle leaks warning anymore so I think I am happy with my setup for now.