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Been a while since I've worked on anything foobar related..

currently making my own "Knorr" themed foobar, because I wasn't happy with the one that was available..

[snip image]

.. not finished yet, but when it is I'm sure I'll release it here.

Nice, very nice moglenstar. :)

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My foobar was becoming really slow, and I had no idea why. Opening it was a chore and sometimes going through playlists would sometimes result in long delays. A quick search made me realise something, I had plugins that were very old which resulted in loss of performance, and plugins that were disabled or unused, meaning they were taking up much needed resources and memory. So I set out to clean my Foobar by uninstalling and stripping every plugin and updating it or removing it altogether. And the result was a good one, now my Foobar is much faster and much leaner than before, using only plugins that I really use such as Columns UI. I also upgraded to the latest version, which means I can't use Panels UI for track display but I can live with that. Here's the result of my slimming:

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I think it's usable enough and pretty enough to be used on a daily basis. I'm now looking for something for ratings to complement it. I do have a question though, is there any way I can rename the two Filter results as Now Playing and Last Played so that it looks really tidy or is there another plugin I can use to make it happen?

Scirwode

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Been a while since I've worked on anything foobar related..

currently making my own "Knorr" themed foobar, because I wasn't happy with the one that was available..

mogknorr.gif

.. not finished yet, but when it is I'm sure I'll release it here.

I know it's not finished yet, but it looks a little empty. Im presuming/hoping that there will be a background?

Primie.uk

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Probably a 'noob' question, but if I've created a new PanelsUI config (In preferences->panels UI), how do I export it to .pui?

Thanks.

?? just make a copy of your .pui file, the file contain your config and you can share it like an export. Very strange question ;-)

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I know it's not finished yet, but it looks a little empty. Im presuming/hoping that there will be a background?

Primie.uk

I could add the feature, but it's not really necessary for me.. most of the time I have foobar out of view, and just use the media keys on my keyboard.

Currently the config is setup to be fluid vertically, so it can be made taller/shorter, but I need to redo the images to make it fluid horizontally so that it can be made wider/narrower.

i love u moglenstar and i can't wait for that release :D:D:D:D

easy now ;)

release should be some time this weekend, as I've got a bunch of exams towards the end of this week.

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Since the official foobar forums have closed threads about Panels UI, I thought I'd join here and take advantage of all your extensive knowledge ;)

Could someone give me a simple tut on how to go about creating multiple window modes in a layout? Basically I'd like to have a slim mode with just album art and track info and be able to switch to a larger mode which includes the playlist/media library, etc.

I've tried looking at other configs but I just can't seem to figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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from here:

POPUP:name

Opens a new Panels UI window, where name is the name of a PUI file. If no PUI file exists a file with the specified name will be created within the layout's Panel UI folder.

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Would anyone be able to upload the foo_uie_explorer plugin for me? Every link is dead, and it's now impossible to find. From now on, I'm going to back up my foo components before I format, lol.

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Since the official foobar forums have closed threads about Panels UI, I thought I'd join here and take advantage of all your extensive knowledge ;)

Could someone give me a simple tut on how to go about creating multiple window modes in a layout? Basically I'd like to have a slim mode with just album art and track info and be able to switch to a larger mode which includes the playlist/media library, etc.

I've tried looking at other configs but I just can't seem to figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You could have a button to toggle between display modes, and resize the foobar window.. I'd do it something like

$setpvar(displaymode,1)
// code to display layout based on value of "displaymode"
select($getpvar(displaymode),
		// display mode 1
		you would have the code to show your track info and artwork here
,
		// display mode 2
		you would have the code to show your playlist here
,
		// display mode 3
		you would have the code to show your media library here
)
// then you would have the code for buttons to toggle between modes. 
// in this example I'm writing as if using version 14.10+ of panels_ui, so using $textbutton() instead of $button2()..

$textbutton(x-position,y-position,Track info,Track info,SET:PVAR:displaymode:1,)
$textbutton(x-position,y-position,Playlist,Playlist,SET:PVAR:displaymode:2,)
$textbutton(x-position,y-position,Library,Library,SET:PVAR:displaymode:3,)

//and a button to toggle window size

// if window width is wider than 200px
$ifgreater(%_width%,200,
		// show button to make it 200px wide
		$textbutton(x-position,y-position,Small,Small,WINDOWSIZE:200:500:LEFT:TOP,),
		// else show button to make it 400px wide
		$textbutton(x-position,y-position,Wide,Wide,WINDOWSIZE:400:500:LEFT:TOP,)
)

That's kind of how I would do it anyway, but that's off the top of my head as I'm away from my computer right now, so there might be some errors. Anyway I hope that helps, and you get the idea.

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Is anyone running foobar on Vista? I've just recently installed vista and installed foobar, but sometimes when i close/refresh the library etc it closes foobar by itself giving me a bad allocation error.

Anyone know my problem?

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Thought I would share a config I am working on:

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Kinda of a mac-ish, quicktime type feel.

So, just a concept at the moment. Full .PSD will be available on request for anyone who would like to have a go at making it after it's completed.

Still to do:

Random buttoms - ie. min, close, shuffle, volume etc

Refine Playlist if no one likes it / not possible.

Tell me what you think, or if you want anything added before it started to be made.

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that config is hot... all it needs however is some sort of spectrum somewhere.. and possibly some nicer buttons up top. But i love the colors.

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Thought I would share a config I am working on:

Kinda of a mac-ish, quicktime type feel.

So, just a concept at the moment. Full .PSD will be available on request for anyone who would like to have a go at making it after it's completed.

Still to do:

Random buttoms - ie. min, close, shuffle, volume etc

Refine Playlist if no one likes it / not possible.

Tell me what you think, or if you want anything added before it started to be made.

The only thing I would like to see added to this config is a 'stop' button.

I never liked the idea of just a 'pauze' button.

Other than that, great config! I can't wait to play around with it.

Good to see some foobar configs again. :)

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