[eboomer]

I can figure out how to do most of the things I see in this thread, except for the alternating light/dark coloring and the way you get the artist and album name and such to display for only the first track. Can somebody give me an idea about that or point me to where I can find out about that?

 

[HiFiRE]

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Originally Posted by eboomer I can figure out how to do most of the things I see in this thread, except for the alternating light/dark coloring and the way you get the artist and album name and such to display for only the first track. Can somebody give me an idea about that or point me to where I can find out about that?

I imagine it's done using a conditional on whether the song's position in the playlist is an odd or even number. Usually this is done using a modulus function.

Check existing columns ui configurations for examples.

 

[Jforsyth89]

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Originally Posted by acedriver component: columns ui albumlist panel albumart panel track info panel tabbed panel guide: http://sayadia.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-fubar.html

I like that one a lot. I think I like it so much I'm gonna steal it

 

[HiFiRE]

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Originally Posted by eboomer I can figure out how to do most of the things I see in this thread, except for the alternating light/dark coloring and the way you get the artist and album name and such to display for only the first track. Can somebody give me an idea about that or point me to where I can find out about that?

My last reply was probably obtuse unless you're a programmer. I looked into the columns ui configuration i'm using and found this code that you can refer to.

Code:

[left]$if($strcmp($mod(%_playlist_number%,2),0) , $puts(bg_color,$blend($get(bg_color),$get(foreground),3,$get(contrast))) $puts(bg_color2,$blend($get(bg_color2),$get(foreground),1,$get(contrast))) ,)[/left]

replace the $blend functions with the colors you want and you're set.

 

[RichardCory]

guide: http://sayadia.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-fubar.html

How do you put in the codes for that guide? I found both the "track info" and "playlist switcher" panels, but can't figure out how to put any code in. Thanks.

 

[acedriver]

for trackinfo, click Configure button in layout tab or right click the trackinfo panel

for playlist switcher, Pref > Display > Columns UI > Playlist switcher > select "use titleformatting for playlist in panel"

 

[Csidinim]

how do you guys get the track selection screen to show the artists and album info grouped together (and with separators or lines)?

also where is a good place to download buttons?

this is a great thread.

 

[RichardCory]

Thanks, acedriver, but this is as close to yours as I could get:

I don't have any album art, but how can I get the same skin and have the same vertical display in the track info at the bottom?

 

[acedriver]

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Originally Posted by RichardCory Thanks, acedriver, but this is as close to yours as I could get: I don't have any album art, but how can I get the same skin and have the same vertical display in the track info at the bottom?

to "skin" foobar, you need to change WinXP default theme. You do that by enabling it to use 3rd party themes either using free uxtheme patcher, stylexp or Windowblinds.

for the tracks display, load the fcs file.

Pref > Display > Columns UI > "Main" tab. Import

Other columns ui's config:
toolej's configs
navigator-suite
azrael
misc. configs

Here's a good manual for foobar2000

 

[RichardCory]

Thanks, ace. This looks great!

However, is there a way I can make the text one size bigger? I tried adjusting it in preferences, but it seems like I'm forced to use size 7.

 

[acedriver]

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Originally Posted by RichardCory Thanks, ace. This looks great! However, is there a way I can make the text one size bigger? I tried adjusting it in preferences, but it seems like I'm forced to use size 7.

Pref > Display > Columns UI > Playlist view > "Colours and fonts" tab

Adjust playlist font

 

[RichardCory]

Yeah, that doesn't work. Screen shot.

It seems that I don't have the actual font, so I can't make any adjustments to it. Is there any way to get the font for free, or would I be better off just switching to another?

EDIT: A quick Google search showed me how to get the Frutiger Linotype font. All problems solved!

 

[acedriver]

I use Frutiger Linotype for playlist and playlist switcher.

 

[Csidinim]

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Originally Posted by hawky Just a modified version of Azrael's, with the color scheme #17, albumart, albuminfo and custom buttons.

how do you get the artist info to group like that in the playlist view (instead of showing it for every track/line)?

 

[acedriver]

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Originally Posted by Csidinim how do you get the artist info to group like that in the playlist view (instead of showing it for every track/line)?

use columns ui and Azrael