User Guide for v2.

Many thanks to: T.P Wang, Br3tt, fbuser and super-gau for their helping hands with scripting in WSH Panel mod aleco and grimes for their helping hands in creating the self-extracting file and to all of m beta testers!

For questions and pro lems that can!t e sol"ed y reading this user guide you can contact me on the following sites: "ar#$ne in t%e german foobar-users-&orum and of course on deviantart

Many thanks for using "ar#$ne v2.0 # $%&% tedGo aka 'erhard

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'. &irst steps

(esides the preparations) well known from the ()*"+)-file that popped up after extracting the *ark+ne package) there are some other steps to do to complete the appearance of *ark+ne,

1.1 Disabling frame styles

-t may happen that some of the integrated panels doesn!t .remem ers/ to start with disa led frame styles, -f this happens to you too) please set their frame st les to ,one as followed: *lbum list panel +),U - &ile - Preferences - +edia .ibrar - *lbum list panel 0 *dvanced ta 0 Windo/ frame st le &ilter +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 0 &ilter ta 0 )dge st le 1tem "etails Panel &,1 2ight-click on the 3rackinfo-Panel 4centre on the left1 0 $ptions 0 Panel edge st le $,1 2ight-click on the uttons on the lower right side 0 2plitter 2ettings 0 Panel.ist ta 0 select ")T 0 hit 0onfigure utton 0 Panel edge st le 1tem Properties 2ight-click on the uttons on the lower right side 0 2plitter 2ettings 0 Panel.ist ta 0 select 1,& 0 hit 0onfigure utton 0 Panel edge st le ,G Pla list Preferences - 0olumns U1 - Pla list vie/ 0 General ta 0 Pla list edge st le

1.2 Quick Search Toolbar adjustment

5nfortunately the settings of the 6uick Search 3ool ar 4on the upper right side1 can!t configuration file, 3hat for it is necessary to do the following steps to meet the appearance of *ark+ne "&,7: 2et frame st le to ,one3 +),U - &ile - Preferences - +edia .ibrar - 4uic# 2earc% Toolbar 0 &rame st le $t%er 2ettings3 choose Use custom bitmap and na"igate to the file 42.bmp in the "ar#$ne251mages folder choose 0ustom bitmap includes mouseover image click on the ox right esides Te6t 0olor and choose lig%t gre 7'82-'82-'829 0 $: click on the ox right esides Bac#ground and choose blac# 70-0-09 0 $: e stored in the

1.3 Background picture

8n image can e displayed in the ackground of the default Playlist "iew 49:Playlist and also the MiniPlaylist) see c%apters 2.; and 2.'01, (y default *ark+ne "$,% is set up to display an image that is called artist.< 4; means: .Wildcard/) not necessary to specify the file extension1 and is present in the musics folder, -f you want to change the path you ha"e to do this manually, Please click once with the right mouse utton on one of these three uttons rightmost a o"e the Playlist "iew:

Select Splitter Settings 0 Script 0 Per3rack and change the lue framed Script part illustrated elow to your desired Path and <aming format:

3itle Formatting skills may e necessary, Wildcards for file extensions or file names) e, g, artist<.< instead of artist=0'.>pg) are possi le,

2. Usage
2.1 ontrol buttons
3hese uttons should e self-explanatory, -t may e mentioned that the uttons position will e rearranged depending on your display resolution 4upper illustration shows the "iew on displays smaller than &$>%;x) in the middle smaller than &7%%;x and at the ottom higher than &7%%;x1 and that there will appear an additional utton on resolutions higher than &7%%;x, 3he .*2T.&+ utton as seen on the screenshot only appears if the optional Plugin foo?lastfm?radio,dll is present in your foobar20005components folder, +therwise there!s a 0.)*( .12T utton on resolutions smaller than &7%%;x and an *"" .$0. utton 4to add an 52: to the Playlist1 on higher resolutions,

2.2 !ating"#anel
8ccording to the chosen mode the stars in the rating panel will display (atings 7/%ite9) Pla counts 7green9 or an automatic rating 7blue9 generated y informations from the now playing track, 3he needed function is selecta le through a context menu y right-clicking the stars: 3he illustration on the left shows the context menu that is e6clusivel a"aila le during pla bac# of a file that is present in the Media :i rary) ecause the options only take effect on these files, -n 2T$P-state the .normal/ context menu of the panel 4Properties and 0onfigure only1 is displayed instead, For tracks outside the Media :i rary there is only a asic menu a"aila le during play ack) that allows the user to delete existing manual ratings 4"elete rating1 and allows access to the panels Properties and its script 40onfigure1,

2.2.' &unctions of t%e (ating Panel

"elete rating *eletes existing rating informations 4only acti"e if rating information is present in the file1, 2%o/?enable rating *isplays rating informations in white stars and ena les the functionality to rate the now playing song y clicking on the desired amount of stars, (y mo"ing the mouse o"er the stars the Tooltip shows in ascending order the following hints: .(adA) .8"erageA) .'oodA) .Bery 'oodA and .9xcellentA, 2%o/ auto-rating *isplays the automatic rating in lue stars, 3his rating generates itself y the amount of play counts and the days a file has een left in the media li rary since it was first played, -t doesn@t c%ange the files or their data ase entries itself) ut is only and e6clusivel generated b "ar#$ne for this rating display, 3he exact formula is 4compara le1: 4Play countsC$1 D 4*ays in media li raryC4=7ECE11 3hat means that a file needs at least $ play counts to get one star, Howe"er) a song looses E stars per year or exactly & star per F= days - presence in the media li rary, (y mo"ing the mouse o"er the stars the Tooltip shows the generated "alue with one decimal place, T%e manual rating functionalit is disabled in t%is mode. 2%o/ pla counts *isplays the play counts of the now playing track in green stars, (y mo"ing the mouse o"er the stars the Tooltip shows the play counts as numeric "alue, T%e manual rating functionalit is disabled in t%is mode. (ate to t%e database -f 2%o/?enable rating is selected) ratings will e stored to the data ase, Gou may recognise the ena led data ase rating mode on the yellow .mouseho"er/ stars, (ate to t%e file tags -f 2%o/?enable rating is selected) ratings will e stored to the file tags, Gou may recognise the ena led tag rating mode on the white outlined .mouseho"er/ stars, Pla count limit -f 2%o/ pla counts is selected) you can set up the amount of play counts a song has to displaying all stars, e left efore

Properties Halls the Properties-Window of the panel, -f you D for whate"er reason - can!t imagine,,, - don!t want to use the context menu) you can change the "ispla +ode 40 for ShowCena le rating) ' for Show auto-rating or 2 for Show playcounts1) the (ating +ode 40 for 2ate to data ase or ' for 2ate to file tags1 and the Pla counter limit 4as num er from 0-61 here, 0onfigure Shows the script of the panel, 1t is strongl dis-recommended to c%ange an t%ing in t%is script /it%out an #no/ledge about t%e script language! ,ote3 3o a"oid a confusing mixed-rating-display the rating panel is set up to prefer tag rating if the file is dou le rated in the data ase *," the tags with different "aluesI 5nder this circumstances it may happen that database rating will e ignoredI

2.3 Trackinfo #anel

3he area where informations a out the now playing track are displayed is a 0olumns U1 1tem details panel, Gou can change the informations that are displayed in the panel with $ptions) a"aila le with right-clicking on it 43itle Formatting skills are necessary for this purpose1, Gou can also change the eha"iour of the panel with a rightclick, (y default it is set up to display informations a out the now playing track, (ut in "ispla ed trac# you can also choose to display information of a selected track or select an automatic mode instead,

2.$ Display
3he progress bar is also a see#bar in which you can drag with the left mouse utton or the mouse wheel to e"ery point in the playing file, 3he .seek time/ will elow, e displayed in the display

Since there is no seeking possi le in 2treams the seek ar function is deacti"ated y listening to them, 3here are further informations displayed in the display D as long as they are a"aila le, .$22A?.$22.)22 D shows if the playing file is encoded lossy or lossless, *U"1$ +"B D lights up when the playing file has a M*E checksum, ()P.*AG*1, D light up when the playing file has 2eplaygain info, 3he 9lapsed-C2emain-3ime and (itrate will e replaced y the "olume "alue on volume c%anges for a out t%ree seconds, 3here!s a Pea#meter elow the information unit) which appearance can e fit to your needs, 3o do so right-click on it and choose Preferences, 3o change its appearance may e necessary when you change the glo al colour scheme of *ark+ne 4see c%apter 2.'31 since the Peakmeters ackground colour doesn!t adopts the settings made in Holumns 5automatically, 3he according settings are db (ange 4in the upper left corner of the Preferences window1 and the 0olors utton 4downright of the window1, -f you ha"e changed its settings and you!re not satisfied with the result you can go ack to configurations default setting y choosing the P)*:default.pmf from the "ar#$ne25$t%ers52ettings folder with the 1mport 2ettings option in its context menu,

2.% o&er #anel

2.B.' C*lbum *rtD 7foobar2000 *rtreader9
-f a"aila le through the foo ar$%%% artreader al um arts from the now playing file will e displayed in the Ho"er Panel on the down left side of the configuration, -f there!s no image a"aila le through the foo ar$%%% artreader a *ark+ne default .,o0over / image will e displayed instead, 8l um art em edded to the file tags will e recogniJed automatically y the foo ar$%%% artreader, 3o display external artwork too you ha"e to addCchange paths and naming schemes) when yours are different than preconfigured,

Please click on the +),U utton 4on the left a o"e the Playlist "iews1 and choose &ile - Preferences "ispla , Here is the place to add your naming schemes andCor paths for up to four images 4&ront cover, Bac# cover, *rtist 4for an artist picture1 and "isc1 you may want to display in the co"er panel and D at least the Front co"er and the 8rtist D in the Playlist "iews, 3itle-Formatting and Wildcards are possi le, -n addition you can set up paths to 2tub images for each ta to display when there!s no match in the Search pattern and you!re not satisfied with the default *ark+ne stu images, 3hese stu images will e displayed in the Playlist "iews too 4see c%apters 2.; E 2.'01, 8t least it is recommended to set up a stu image for the &ront cover when you ha"e acti"ated al um art display in <' Playlist 4see c%apter 2.81 since this Playlist "iew can!t e preconfigured to use the *ark+ne default images, -f you want to use the *ark+ne default <oHo"er--mage) that is already used y the configuration except y the <' Playlist) you!ll find it in the ...5foobar20005"ar#$ne251mages folder,

2.B.2 C0ustom PicturesD

-n addition to the images pro"ided y the foo ar$%%% artreader you can also display custom images in the co"er Panel, Please click with the right mouse utton on the co"er Panel and choose Properties, *ou le-click on one of the lines in the blue framed area as illustrated on the left and type in your path and naming scheme of the desired picture, Wildcards) relati"e paths and 3itleFormatting are possi le, So you can display up to fi"e different custom images in the co"er Panel, -f there is more than one image that fits this pattern you can force a priority for preferred file extensions as illustrated in the red framed ox, :ike preconfigured you need to separate the file extensions with a F, Hlick $: to apply your action,

2.B.3 +ouse actions

+nly acti"e during play ackI .eft mouse button Switches only etween existing images in 8l um 8rt or Hustom Pictures mode, -f you ha"e set up 2tub images in the foo ar$%%% artreader they will e switched tooI +iddle mouse button Switches etween 8l um 8rt and Hustom Pictures mode and Kumps to the first image of each mode 4Front co"er in 8l um 8rt mode) Picture & in Hustom Pictures mode1, -f there!s no image a"aila le here) the Ho"er Panel automatically Kumps to the first existing image, (ig%t mouse button 8cti"ates the context menu with the following entries: :eep aspect ratio D resiJes the image to the max, panel siJe ut keeps the aspect ratio ,oe6pansion D also keeps the aspect ratio ut doesn!t enlarges the image when panel siJe is igger than the images dimensions 2tretc% D resiJes the image to the max, panel siJe without respecting the aspect ratio 0ustom Pictures?*lbum *rt D switches etween the modes like middle mouse utton &ront 0over?Picture ', Bac# 0over?Picture 2, "isc?Picture 3, 1con?Picture G, *rtist?Picture B D chooses the associated image directly 4entry changes its name according to the acti"e mode1 Properties D opens the Properties window 0onfigure D opens the panels script, W*(,1,G3 "on@t c%ange 2cript parts /it%out Hscript 2#ills!

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2.' Spectral (naly)er

-n the middle of the configuration is a "isualisation called 0%annel 2pectrum Panel, 3his panel is preconfigured to its maximum capacity and may increase HP5 consumptionI 3o fit the channel spectrum to your needs) right-click on it and choose 0onfigure, -f you ha"e changed its settings and you!re not satisfied with the result you can go ack to configurations default setting y choosing the 02Pdefault.csp from the "ar#$ne25$t%ers52ettings folder with the 1mport utton,

2.* Buttonbar abo&e the playlist

3here!s a thin ar with additional uttons a o"e the Playlist "iews) that allows fast and easy access to their functions, 3he +),U utton opens the foo ar$%%% Menu, 3he +usic note Kumps to the file that is now playing) useful for instance if you were usy in another Playlist and want to return to the now playing file immediately, 2ight esides it there is the 2top-after-current utton that stops play ack after the now playing file, 2ight esides the Stop-8fter-Hurrent utton is the utton to change the Pla bac# $rder, When clicking on it a menu opens) that allows you to choose the desired play ack order as followed: "efault D plays files in the order they are in the Playlist (epeat 7pla list9 D repeats the acti"e Playlist (epeat 7trac#9 D repeats the now playing file (andom D chooses tracks randomly from the acti"e Playlist) where tracks may e played more than once 2%uffle 7trac#s9 D chooses tracks randomly from the acti"e Playlist) where tracks are only played once 2%uffle 7albums9 D chooses al ums randomly from the acti"e Playlist 2%uffle 7folders9 D chooses folder content randomly from the acti"e Playlist 3o indicate the chosen play ack order the utton image changes itself according to your choice, 3he three uttons on the right are switching etween the different Playlist "iews, 3he utton on the left acti"ates the default Playlist "iew 49:Playlist) see c%apter 2.;1, 3he middle utton acti"ates the <' Playlist 4see c%apter 2.81, 3he utton the right acti"ates the MiniPlaylist "iew 4see c%apter 2.'01 on the left down side of the configuration, 3he Ho"er panel .mo"es/ to the usual place of the Playlist instead and turns to the (ig Ho"er Biew,

2.+ Default #laylist &ie, -./#laylist0

3he 9:Playlist is the default Playlist "iew of the configuration, -!"e tried to make the usage and end-users modification of the 9:Playlist as easy as possi le) Formatting skills are still necessaryI ut 3itle-

2.;.' Grouping and sorting

3he Playlist "iew is set up to group y 8rtist) 8l um and D if there is more than one disc and the files are correctly tagged D disc num er y default, -f none of the a o"e tags is present in the files) they are grouped y the name of the folder they are stored in, 3he sorting in the Playlist complies with the order the files are stored in their folders, 3hat for it is recommended that the file names are eginning with their track num ers, -f you want to change these default settings please right-click in the Playlist and choose 2ettings 0 Grouping ta ,

-n the red framed text ox in the illustration a o"e please type-in your desired grouping scheme, -n the blue framed text ox in the illustration a o"e please type-in your desired sorting scheme, 3here is the possi ility to set up additional sorting schemes in the 9:Playlist, Gou!ll find this possi ility under 2ettings 0 +isc ta 0 *dditional sort format for conte6t menu, Please gi"e your new sorting scheme an expressi"e name under "ispla name and type-in your desired sorting string in 2ort format, Hlick add after doing it and your new sorting scheme is added to the list, 3o access this sorting scheme from your Playlist "iew you ha"e to enhance your context menu with the entry 2ort, 3o do it) please go to the Be%aviour ta , 8t the ottom of this ta you!ll find the entry 0onte6t menu, Hhoose 2ort from the drop-down menu and ena le 2%o/, 8fter hit $: your changes are stored and you can use them,

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2.;.2 Transparenc for t%e Popup-Windo/

-f you mo"e the mouse o"er a trackCal um in the default Playlist "iew) a popup-window with informations a out the Playlist entry the mouse points to will open, Gou can display an image esides this informations 4see the following chapter 2.;.3 &ield definition1, Since transparency of the popup-window depends on your Windo/s Iisual 2t le it may e necessary to tell the popup-window the .transparency colour/, +therwise it may happen that the popup-window will get an ugly white appearance of the configuration, order that doesn!t fits to the and choose

3o tell the popup-window the correct transparency colour) right-click in the Playlist "iew 2ettings 0 +isc ta ,

Hlick on the colour... utton and choose the transparent colour 4as seen in the illustration on the left1, Honfirm your action with $: to return to the +isc ta , Gou can change the degree of transparency of the popup-window with Popup opacit , 3he default "alue is 22G, 3he lower the "alue the higher the transparency effect, 8fter hit $: your changes are applied to your Playlist "iew, ,ote3 Gou must do these changes for the +ini-Pla list 4the right utton a o"e the playlist1 separately) ecause it has a popup-window too,

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2.;.3 &ield definition

3o fit the 9:Playlists eha"iour to your needs please right-click in it and choose 2ettings 0 &ield definition ta ,

3o change an entry dou le-click on it and o"erwrite the content of the "efinition text ox with your desired stringC"alue,

2.+.3.1 1lobal Settings

+*1,.0$.$U( 3o change the colour scheme of the 9:Playlist 42-'-(1, 0$.$U(.T)JT?0$.$U(.T)JT.2).)0T)"?0$.$U(.T)JT.P.*A1,G Here you can change the colour of the lines in the 9:Playlist 4 normal) selected item) pla ing item1, 8ccording to the colours that are entered here the colours of the group %eaders te6t /ill c%ange automaticall I

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1+G.P*TK 3he path to the folder where the images for drawing the Playlist "iew are stored, P$PUP.1+G.P*TK 3he path to the image that is displayed in the popup-window, (y default the popup-window displays the 8rtist picture pro"ided y the foo ar$%%% artreader 4Lel=group=first=pat%L1, +f course you can change it and enter a concrete path to an image here, 3itleFormatting) relati"e paths and Wildcards are possi le 4for instance: Mdirector =pat%7Lpat%L95artist.< or 035+usic5*rtist Pictures5LartistL<.<) depends on your naming schemes and paths1, T%is ma be necessar /%en ou /ant to displa an artist picture %ere ) since the 9:Playlist only displays the image associated with the first file in a group when using the foo ar$%%% artreader 4for this reason a Iarious stu image will e displayed for Samplers y default1, P$PUP.1+G.$PT1$, 3he options for the path you!"e entered in P$PUP.1+G.P*TK, (y default the options are artreader=artist nodela ) that means that the foo ar$%%% artreader is used for displaying the .8rtist/ image 4artreader=artist1 and it will e displayed without delay 4nodela 1, -f you ha"e entered another path than the foo ar$%%% artreader 4 Lel=group=first=pat%L1 in P$PUP.1+G.P*TK you must drop the artreader part completelyI 3hen you!ll ha"e the following additional options: /c D ena les Wildcards for the path entered in P$PUP.1+G.P*TK no#eepaspect D the image will e stretched without respecting the aspect ratio noe6pansion D is only shrinking) not expanding, Gou can use more than one option and ha"e to separate them only with 2P*0),

2.+.3.2 olumns"2anagement
0$.U+,.J.$, 4for the columns two and three onlyI1 Gou can ena le additional columns here) where the following entries can e done in the "efinition text ox: 0 M deacti"ated 4default1 ' M acti"ated 0$.U+,.J.T)JT Please type-in the text or 3itle Formatting string that should e displayed in the column, 0$.U+,.J.&$,T Please enter the font style for the column here, 3hat has to e done in means for instance: Mfont7*rial Unicode +2,'0,9 the following scheme: Nfont4O &$,TP)O&$,T21N)P)O$PT1$,2P1

4the columns will e displayed with the font style 8rial 5nicode MS with &% points siJe) without any options1

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3he following options are selecta le and can e com ined: bold italic underline stri#eout For normal text Kust lea"e the space ehind the comma empty, 0$.U+,.J.2K*"$W With entering the "alue ' you can ena le a shadow for the column!s text, *isa ling it is possi le with entering the "alue 0, 0$.U+,.J.*.1G, 3o set the horiJontal align of the column as left, rig%t or %center, 0$.U+,.J.W1"TK 3o set the width of the column 4column one adKusts its width automatically depending on the "alues you entered here for column two andCor three1,

2.+.3.3 !ating"Display
(*T)."12P.*A Here you can decide what to display in the rating area of the playlist) where following entries can e done in the "efinition text ox: 0 M display ratings 4/%ite1 ' M display an automatic rating 4blue1 4see chapter $,$,& for details1, 2 M displays play counts 4green1 (y default the rating area will display the rating 4Q 0.1, (*T).B*(.+$") Here you can choose if the rating area should e displayed as stars or a ar) where following entries can e done in the "efinition text ox: 0 M Stars ' M (ar (y default the rating area will e displayed as stars 4Q 0.1, P.*A0$U,T..1+1T -ndependent from the rating panel you can set up the amount of play counts a song has to e left efore displaying all starsCthe whole ar, Please enter a positi"e "alue for "efinition! (y default all starsCthe whole ar will e displayed when B0 play counts are reached, ,ote3 -f you enter a wrong "alue in one of the three options a o"e the default eha"iour will e executedI

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2.3 41 #laylist
3he <' Playlist is the second Playlist "iew in the *ark+ne configuration 4the middle of the three uttons rightmost a o"e the Playlist "iews1,

2.8.' *lbum art

-t is possi le to display al um art in this Playlist "iew too, -f you want it) please hit the +),U utton on the left hand a o"e the Playlist "iews and na"igate to &ile Preferences - 0olumns U1 - Pla list vie/ - General ta , 8t the ottom in the *rt/or# 7,G Pla list onl 9 area please acti"ate "ispla art/or# in groups, 3o choose which images ha"e to e displayed na"igate to 0olumns U- 0 *rt/or# ta , -f you want to use the foo ar$%%% artreader for displaying al um art in the <' playlist ena le )mbedded and e6ternal art/or# elow Built-in foobar2000 art/or# reader mode, 3o display an alternati"e image when no al um art can e found "ia foo ar$%%% artreader) please na"igate to +),U - &ile - Preferences - "ispla and set a path to a stub image for the &ront cover 4see also c%apter 2.B1, -t may e necessary to restart foo ar$%%% to take effect,

2.8.2 Grouping
3o synchroniJe the grouping in <' Playlist and the 9:Playlists 4Main Playlist "iew and MiniPlaylist1 you!ll find a ,G Pla list Grouping.t6t in the folder ...5foobar20005"ar#$ne25$t%ers52ettings that contains a suita le 3itle-Formatting string, Please copy this script preset to +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - Pla list vie/ - Grouping ta y dou le-clicking on the existing preset and o"erwriting it with the copied content,

2.8.3 (ating
Same as 9:Playlist and the rating Panel you can change the eha"iour of the rating display in the <' Playlist, Please na"igate to +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - Pla list vie/ - 0olumns ta and choose the columns (ating, <ow choose the 2cripts - "ispla ta , (ating +ode 3o switch the mode go to Mputs7rating.mode,09 and change the 0 7(ating9 to ' 4displaying the calculated *uto-(ating as descri ed in c%apter 2.21 or 2 4displaying the Pla counts1, Pla counter-.imit 3o set up the amount of play counts a song has to e left efore displaying all stars in rating mode $ go to Mputs7count.limit,B09 and change the B0 to the desired amount of play counts, Please read t%e 0olumns U1 "ocumentation for more details on %o/ to t%e options of t%e ,G Pla list.

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2.15 2ini#laylist6Big o&er 7ie,

With the third utton rightmost a o"e the Playlist "iews the default Playlist "iew mo"es to the place of the co"er Panel and the co"er Panel mo"es to the place of the default Playlist "iew, 3he default Playlist "iew will ecome a .MiniPlaylist/ with limited functionality, -t can e adKusted similar to the default Playlist "iew) since oth are made with 9:Playlist, +nly difference is the limitation of the options, 3o its configuration please see c%apters 2.;.' to 2.;.3.2,

2.11 7olume"8heel and additional buttons

3he 0$,2$.) utton opens the foo ar$%%% console) that offers "alua le informations when ripping H*!s or a out occurred errors, 2T*TU2P*,) and associated ar, 2T*TU2B*( opensCcloses the

With the "olume wheel you can adKust the "olume with the mouse /%eel or the left mouse button, Bolume changes are displayed with a lightened position indicator for a out three seconds and as "alue in the display on the left side of the configuration, Gou can select Iolume +ute with right-click on the "olume wheel, 3he position indicator will turn to red as long as the "olume is muted, For the functions of the 4uic# 2earc% Toolbar please read the Kelp page of in +),U - &ile - Preferences - +edia .ibrar - 4uic# 2earc% Toolbar,

2.12 2ultipanel"S,itcher

Gou can switch etween preconfigured panels with the uttons on the right down side of the configuration,

2.'2.' Preconfigured Panels 2.12.1.1 #/ 9 #laylist s,itcher - olumns :;0

With the P. utton you!ll show the Playlist switcher 4Holumns 5-1, -ts configuration can e done in +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - Pla list s/itc%er, -ts appearance can e changed in the 2criptbo6 y using 3itle-Formatting, Please read more in its *ocumentation and its special 3itle-Formatting-2eference,

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2.12.1.2 (/ 9 (lbum /ist #anel -Tree structure0

3he *. utton shows the 8l um :ist Panel that displays the content of the Media :i rary in an explorer-like user-defined or preconfigured tree-structure, -ts configuration can e done in +),U - &ile - Preferences - +edia .ibrar - *lbum .ist Panel , Gou!ll need 3itle-Formatting skills to define new vie/s,

2.12.1.3 <;/ 9 <ilters - olumns :;0

3he &1. utton shows the Holumns 5- Filters that .filters/ the content of the Media :i rary after predefined criteria, -ts configuration can e done in +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - &ilter ta , 2ead more a out it in its +nline-*ocumentation 4still under construction) though,,,1

2.12.1.$ /=! 9 /yrics Display

3he :G2 utton shows the :yrics Panel to display lyrics in 3ags or external files 4;,txt) ;,lrc1, Synced lyrics 4;,lrc1 will e displayed without the time-stamps ut won!t e synchroniJed with themI ,ote3 3he . rics 2%o/ Panel used in pre"ious *ark+ne "ersions is now replaced with a W2K Panel mod with limited functionality, 3his strategy was necessary ecause the :yrics Show Panel as well as its successor . rics 2%o/ Panel 2 is "ery unsta le and caused foo ar$%%% to crashCfreeJe on many systems, Since - don!t want to other the users of *ark+ne "$,% with hea"y crashware - had no other choice) sorry,,, -f there!s a sta le :yrics *isplay a"aila le in the near future - will pro a ly replace the WSH Panel mod :yrics Panel with it, +ouse actions 4only acti"e during play ack1 .eft mouse button 3o drag lyrics that are longer than the Panel height manually +iddle mouse button 3o refresh the Panel display, 2ight mouse utton 3o acti"ate the context menu with the following entries: (efres% D same as left mouse utton *uto-scroll D to scroll lyrics automatically o"er the panel height according to the playing files length &ading 4only acti"e with ena led 8uto-scoll option1 D turns on a fading effect Properties D opens the Panels Properties window to get optional settings 0onfigure D opens the Panels script "on@t c%ange 2cript parts /it%out Hscript 2#ills! .oading e6ternal l rics files 3o load external lyrics files you ha"e to tell the panel where to find them, 2ight-click on the panel and choose Properties,

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*ou le-click on the area that is blue framed in the illustration on the left and type-in your path and naming scheme, 3itle-Formatting and Wildcards are allowed, -t is possi le to load lyrics from the internet with additional) optional components, Since these components are in alpha-state or also insta le they!re not included in *ark+ne "$,%, (ut the lyrics panel is preconfigured for working together with foo?lyricsgra oth will store the found lyrics to the file tags, er andCor foo?lyricsd that are

Should one of these two components already exists in your foo ar$%%% components directory there will e automatically an additional entry in the panels Properties window with a suggestion for a suita le download command, 2%ould bot% e6ist in our components folder t%e . ricsgrabber /ill %ave priorit over foo=l ricsdb, Gou!ll also ha"e the additional command $nline 2earc% in the context menu, -f you download one of these two components after installing *ark+ne "$,% it may e necessary to go to the Properties window and hit 0lear to make the panel recogniJing the new component, (ut this will force you to enter your path and naming scheme to external lyrics files again, Padding 3here are two further options a"aila le in the Properties window to add padding etween the panel oarder and the lyrics 4see illustration a o"e1,

2.12.1.% B;> 9 Biography 7ie, #anel

3he (-+ utton shows the (iography Biew Panel that displays informations and images for the selected or now playing file, 3hese informations are loaded from last,fm, Gou can select your local last,fm ser"er in +),U - &ile Preferences - Tools - Biograp% 2erver - .ast.fm - General ta , 3he Panel offers extensi"e Properties and Settings) for instance if and where to download iographies and images on your local harddisc, 5nfortunately there is no reasona le 9nglish documentation for this component de"eloped y a Rapanese) so - ad"ice you to play with the options S1,

2.12.1.' D.T 9 ;tem Details #anel - olumns :;0

3he *93 utton shows an -tem *etails Panel 4Holumns 5-1 which is preconfigured to display Performer and Homment 3ags of the now playing file, Since the home splitter 4Panel Stack Splitter1 hides the default context menu of the -tem *etails Panel you need to right-click in the panel 0 2plitter 2ettings 0 select ")T in Panel.ist 0 disa le &orced .a out 0 $: if you want to change its default configuration, <ow you ha"e access to the -tem *etails Panels default context menu, 3o get the now hidden uttons ack) right-click again in the panel 0 2plitter 2ettings 0 select ")T in Panel.ist 0 ena le &orced .a out 0 $:,

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2.12.1.* ;4< 9 ;tem #roperties - olumns :;0

3he -<F utton shows an -tem Properties panel which contains edita le metadata informations a out the now playing or selected file as well as technical informations a out it, 3he reach its context menu you ha"e to do it as similar as with the -tem *etails Panel 4 ")T utton1 a o"e, (ut you need to do this for 1,& instead S1,

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2.'2.2 Panel-+anagement
-t is of course possi le to add) remo"e or mo"e panels) where y the panel-manager is limited to manage up to eig%t panels, 3o manage the panels please na"igate to +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - .a out ta , Scroll down to the following "iew: 3o remove a panel right-click on it and select (emove panel, 3o move a panel right-click on it and select +ove up or +ove do/n, 3o add a panel right-click on the Panel 2tac# 2plitter and select *dd Panel, 8fter this action please select the Panel 2tac# 2plitter and hit the utton 0onfigure... on the right down side of the window, Select the new added panel in the Panel.ist) set the cursor in the 0aption ox and gi"e it an up to three letters token, <ow tick &orced .a out for the new added panel and press $: to finish your action, Hlick on *ppl for applying your changes to the configuration,

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2.13 hanging olours and <onts

3he *ark+ne!s default colour and font scheme can e changed as followed:

2.'3.' 0%anging 0olours

3o change the colour scheme na"igate to +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - 0olours and &onts - 0olours ta , Select )lement3 Global, +ode3 0ustom and change the colour of an entry y pressing the associated 0%ange... utton, 3he *ark+ne default colours are: &oreground 1tem 2elected item 1nactive selected item &$>-&$>-&$> $EE-$EE-$EE &L$-&L$-&L$ Bac#ground &L-=%-=> 7=-&%%-&$F @@-F%->L

Use custom active item frame is acti"ated and its default colour is: 7=-&%%-&$F, 3oo ad that some components will ignore these colour settings,,, 3hese panels are Panel Stack Splitter) 9:Playlist and some parts of the *isplay, 3o change their colours please do the following: Panel 2tac# 2plitter 2ight-click on one of the three uttons rightmost a o"e the Playlist "iew,

Hhoose Splitter Settings 0 Script 0 Per3rack and change the lue framed Script part in the illustration elow to the desired colour 42-'-(-81:

8pply your action y pressing $:, ).Pla list Please read c%apter 2.;.3.' to see how to change the colours for 9:Playlist 4default Playlist "iew and MiniPlaylist1, *isplay Please read c%apter 2.G to see how to change the colours of the Peakmeter, Gou can also change the colours of the Trac# number) Pla ing Time) Bitrate and 1nfobo6es, 3o do so please right-click on the display) choose 0onfigure and change the blue framed Script parts as illustrated elow 42) ') () 81:

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2.'3.2 0%anging &onts

3o change the default Fonts please na"igate to +),U - &ile - Preferences - 0olumns U1 - 0olours and &onts - &onts ta , Hhoose )lement3 0ommon 7list items9, +ode3 0ustom and change the Font y clicking on 0%ange..., 3he default Font is 2egoe U1 ;pt Bold, For other elements than list items you may need to go to the 9lement and change its Font separately, 5nfortunately doesn!t all components recognise these Fonts settings) so you may ha"e to change the Font style in these components as followed: ).Pla list Please read c%apter 2.;.3.2 to see how to change list items Fonts 40$.U+,.J.&$,T or 0$.U+,.&$,T in +iniPla list1, Buttons and "ispla 3o change the Fonts for (uttons and the *isplay you need to edit the glo al Script of these elements, 'o to the folder ...5foobar20005"ar#$ne25$t%ers5W2K 2cripts right-click on the file "$2 Global 2cript.>s and select )dit, Hhange the following red coloured script part to the desired Font style: var btn=font O gdi.&ont7P*rial Blac#Q, R, 09 var dsp=font O gdi.&ont7P"ar#$neC, '8, 09 Means: 7C&ont st leD, &ont siSe, options9 Please note that the Font siJe has to So 2egoe U1 ;pt are approx, '' Pi6el, 3here are the following options: 0 D <ormal ' D (old 2 D -talic 3 D (old italic G D 5nderline ; D Strikeout e set in Pixels not PointsI @ Pixels corresponds to = Points,

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3. Troubles%ooting
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T%ere are some parts of t%e -n "ery rare cases the Panel Stack Please restart foo ar$%%% configuration 7images?panels9 Splitter seems to .forget/ some missing after foobar2000 start- details up! foobar2000 cras%es randoml Gou are using outdated or Plugins uggy Please search for updates or use Plugins pro"ided with the *ark+ne installer 2emo"e unused and pro a ly outdated Plugins from your ...5foobar20005components folder Please inform me a out crashes when they are caused y Homponents pro"ided with the *ark+ne download so - can remo"e them immediatelyI T%e (ating Panel and t%e rating 3he play count limit is set much Hhoose a higher limit for the play displa in t%e Pla list are too low, counts as descri ed in c%apters displa ing al/a s all stars?t%e 2.2.' and 2.;.3.3 /%ole bar in Pla counter mode! T%ere are no covers displa ed in 3he 9:Playlist is using the t%e ).Pla list! foo ar$%%% artreader ut your al ums don!t ha"e em edded al um art nor al um art that the artreader can recognise, Hhange the name of your co"ers to folder,;) co"er,; or front,; 8dd a new suita le naming scheme to Preferences - "ispla Hhange P$PUP.1+G.P*TK and P$PUP.1+G.$PT1$, in the 9:Playlists field definitions as descri ed in c%apter 2.;.3.' T%e ).Pla lists Popup /indo/ 3he 9:Playlist only displays the doesn@t s%o/s t%e correct image! image associated with the first file in a group when using the foo ar$%%% artreader, Hhange P$PUP.1+G.P*TK and P$PUP.1+G.$PT1$, in the 9:Playlists field definitions as descri ed in c%apter 2.;.3.'

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'o to the affected WSH Panel) right-click on it and choose 0onfigure, -mport the associated script with the 1mport utton from the folder "ar#$ne25$t%ers5W2K 2cripts

1 made some c%anges in t%e +ops,,, ).Pla list but /ant to return to t%e default settings!

2ight-click in the 9:Playlist) choose 2ettings 0 1mport and import the file ).Pla list.elp from the folder "ar#$ne25$t%ers52ettings 2eimport the file "ar#$ne v2.0.fcl

1 made some c%anges in t%e Shit happens :1 configuration but /ant to return to t%e default settings!

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foobar2555 free)es on track change ,hen listening to last.fm -optional0 for a fe, seconds

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foobar2000 often freeSes during Gou use outdated or uggy Plugins Please search for updates or use pla bac#! Plugins pro"ided with the *ark+ne "$,% package 3he Biograp% vie/ panel is set 2ight-click on the (iography "iew up too power consumpti"e for panel and deacti"ate $ptions 0 your system *uto 0 cle 1mage 2ight-click on the (iography "iew panel) choose Panel Preference... and select &ront (enderer G"1U (*+ usage raises %ig%er and 3he Biograp% vie/ panel seems *eacti"ate *uto 0 cle 1mage %ig%er during pla bac#! to sa"e all informations and images loaded during play ack in 2ight-click on the (iography "iew your 28M without disposing them panel) choose Panel Preference... and deacti"ate 2%o/ Te6t and 2%o/ 1mage

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