UserGuide v2.0.pdf

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User Guide for v2.0

Many thanks to:

T.P Wang, Br3tt, fbuser and super-gaufor their helping hands with scripting in WSH Panel mod

aleco and grimesfor 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 thefollowing sites:

"ar#$ne in t%e german foobar-users-&orum

and of course on deviantart

Many thanks for using "ar#$ne v2.0

# $%&%ted Go 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 olumns 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 plitter ettings 0 Panel ist ta 0 select ")T 0 hitonfigure utton 0 Panel edge st le

1tem Properties2ight-click on the uttons on the lower right side 0 plitter ettings 0 Panel ist ta 0 select 1 & 0 hit

onfigure utton 0 Panel edge st le

G Pla listPreferences olumns 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 e stored in theconfiguration file,

3hat for it is necessary to do the following steps to meet the appearance of *ark+ne "&,7:

et frame st le to one+) U &ile Preferences +edia ibrar 4uic# earc% Toolbar 0 &rame st le

$t%er ettings choose Use custom bitmap and na"igate to the file 4 .bmp in the "ar#$ne251mages folder choose ustom bitmap includes mouseover image click on the ox right esides Te6t olor 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 $:

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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.'0 1,

(y default *ark+ne "$,% is set up to display an image that is called artist.< 4; means: .Wildcard/) notnecessary 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 yourdesired Path and


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2. Usage

2.1 ontrol buttons

3hese uttons should e self-explanatory,

t may e mentioned that the uttons positionwill e rearranged depending on your displayresolution 4upper illustration shows the "iewon displays smaller than &$>%;x) in the middlesmaller than &7%%;x and at the ottom higherthan &7%%;x1 and that there will appear anadditional utton on resolutions higher than&7%%;x,

3he * T.&+ utton as seen on thescreenshot only appears if the optional Pluginfoo?lastfm?radio,dll is present in yourfoobar20005components folder,

+therwise there!s a )*( 1 T utton on resolutions smaller than &7%%;x and an *"" $ . utton 4to addan 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 thecontext menu that is e6clusivel a"aila leduring pla bac# of a file that is present inthe Media i rary) ecause the optionsonly take effect on these files,

n T$P -state the .normal/ context menuof the panel 4 Properties and onfigureonly1 is displayed instead,

For tracks outside the Media i rary thereis only a asic menu a"aila le duringplay ack) that allows the user to deleteexisting manual ratings 4 "elete rating 1and allows access to the panels Propertiesand its script 4 onfigure 1,

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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,

%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,

%o/ auto-rating*isplays the automatic rating in lue stars, 3his rating generates itself y the amount of play counts and thedays a file has een left in the media li rary since it was first played, t doesn@t c%ange the files or theirdata 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=7ECE113hat 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 = 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.%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 databasef %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 tagsf %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 limitf %o/ pla counts is selected) you can set up the amount of play counts a song has to e left efore

displaying all stars,

Propertiesalls 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 0-6 1here,

onfigureShows 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%escript language!

ote3o a"oid a confusing mixed-rating-display the rating panel is set up to prefer tag rating if the file is dou lerated in the data ase * " the tags with different "aluesI5nder this circumstances it may happen that database rating will e ignored I

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2.3 Trackinfo #anel

3he area where informations a out the now playing track aredisplayed is a olumns U1 1tem details panel ,

Gou can change the informations that are displayed in the panelwith $ptions ) a"aila le with right-clicking on it 4 3itle Formatting skills are necessary for this purpose1,

Gou can also change the eha"iour of the panel with a right-click, (y default it is set up to display informations a out thenow playing track,

(ut in "ispla ed trac# you can also choose to display information of a selected track or select an automaticmode instead,

2.$ Display

3he progress bar is also a see#bar in which youcan drag with the left mouse utton or the mousewheel to e"ery point in the playing file,

3he .seek time/ will e displayed in the displayelow,

Since there is no seeking possi le in treams 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, $ A? $ ) D shows if the playing file is encoded lossy or lossless,

*U"1$ +" 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 outt%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 4seec%apter 2.'3 1 since the Peakmeters ackground colour doesn!t adopts the settings made in olumns 5automatically,

3he according settings are db (ange 4in the upper left corner of the Preferences window1 and the olorsutton 4downright of the window1,

f you ha"e changed its settings and you!re not satisfied with the result you can go ack to configurationsdefault setting y choosing the P)*:default.pmf from the "ar#$ne25$t%ers5 ettings folder with the1mport ettings option in its context menu,

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2.% o&er #anel

2. .' C*lbum *rtD 7foobar2000 *rtreader9f a"aila le through the foo ar$%%% artreader al um

arts from the now playing file will e displayed in the

o"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 . o over / image will edisplayed instead,

8l um art em edded to the file tags will erecogniJed automatically y the foo ar$%%% artreader,

3o display external artwork too you ha"e toaddCchange paths and naming schemes) when yoursare 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 toadd your namingschemes andCor pathsfor up to four images4&ront cover, Bac#cover, *rtist 4for an

artist picture1 and "isc 1you may want todisplay in the co"erpanel and D at least theFront co"er and the8rtist D in the Playlist"iews,

3itle-Formatting andWildcards are possi le,

n addition you can set up paths to tub 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 inthe Playlist "iews too 4see c%apters 2.; E 2.'0 1,

8t least it is recommended to set up a stu image for the &ront cover when you ha"e acti"ated al um artdisplay in


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2. .2 C ustom PicturesDn 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 theblue framed area as illustrated on theleft and type in your path and namingscheme of the desired picture,Wildcards) relati"e paths and 3itle-Formatting are possi le, So you candisplay up to fi"e different customimages in the co"er Panel,

f there is more than one image thatfits this pattern you can force apriority for preferred file extensions asillustrated in the red framed ox,

ike preconfigured you need to separate the file extensions with a F,

lick $: to apply your action,

2. .3 +ouse actions+nly acti"e during play ackI

eft mouse buttonSwitches only etween existing images in 8l um 8rt or ustom Pictures mode, f you ha"e set up tub

ima ges in the foo ar$%%% artreader they will e switched tooI+iddle mouse buttonSwitches etween 8l um 8rt and ustom Pictures mode and Kumps to the first image of each mode 4Frontco"er in 8l um 8rt mode) Picture & in ustom Pictures mode1, f there!s no image a"aila le here) the o"erPanel automatically Kumps to the first existing image,

(ig%t mouse button8cti"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

tretc% D resiJes the image to the max, panel siJe without respecting the aspect ratio ustom Pictures?*lbum *rt D switches etween the modes like middle mouse utton &ront over?Picture ', Bac# over?Picture 2, "isc?Picture 3, 1con?Picture , *rtist?Picture D

chooses the associated image directly 4entry changes its name according to the acti"e mode1 Properties D opens the Properties window onfigure D opens the panels script,

W*( 1 G"on@t c%ange cript parts /it%out Hscript #ills!

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2.' Spectral (naly)er

n the middle of the configuration is a "isualisation called %annel pectrum Panel ,

3his panel is preconfigured to its maximum capacity and may increase P5 consumptionI

3o fit the channel spectrum to your needs) right-click on it and choose onfigure ,

f you ha"e changed its settings and you!re not satisfied with the result you can go ack to configurationsdefault setting y choosing the Pdefault.csp from the "ar#$ne25$t%ers5 ettings 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 theirfunctions,

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 Playlistand want to return to the now playing file immediately,

2ight esides it there is the top-after-current utton that stops play ack after the now playing file,

2ight esides the Stop-8fter- urrent 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

%uffle 7trac#s9 D chooses tracks randomly from the acti"e Playlist) where tracks are only played once

%uffle 7albums9 D chooses al ums randomly from the acti"e Playlist

%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


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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) ut 3itle-Formatting skills are still necessaryI

2.;.' Grouping and sorting3he Playlist "iew is set up to group y 8rtist) 8l um and D if there is more than one disc and the files arecorrectly 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 isrecommended 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 ettings 0Grouping 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 underettings 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 desiredsorting string in ort format ,

lick 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 entryort , 3o do it) please go to the Be%aviour ta ,

8t the ottom of this ta you!ll find the entry onte6t menu , hoose ort from the drop-down menu andena le %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 definition 1,

Since transparency of the popup-window depends on your Windo/s Iisual t le it may e necessary to tellthe popup-window the .transparency colour/,

+therwise it may happen that the popup-window will get an ugly white order that doesn!t fits to theappearance of the configuration,

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

lick on the colour... utton and choose the transparent colour 4as seen in the illustration on the left1,

onfirm 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 22 ,3he lower the "alue the higher the transparency effect,

8fter hit $: your changes are applied to your Playlist "iew,

oteGou must do these changes for the +ini-Pla list 4the right utton a o"e the playlist1 separately) ecause ithas a popup-window too,

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2.;.3 &ield definition3o fit the 9 Playlists eha"iour to your needs please right-click in it and choose ettings 0 &ield definitionta ,

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

2.+.3.1 lobal Settings

+*1 . $ $U( 3o change the colour scheme of the 9 Playlist 42-'-(1,

$ $U(.T)JT? $ $U(.T)JT. ) ) T)"? $ $U(.T)JT.P *A1 GHere 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%angeautomaticall I

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1+G.P*TK3he path to the folder where the images for drawing the Playlist "iew are stored,

P$PUP.1+G.P*TK3he 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$%%% artreader4Lel=group=first=pat%L 1, +f course you can change it and enter a concrete path to an image here, 3itle-Formatting ) relati"e paths and Wildcards are possi le 4for instance: Mdirector =pat%7Lpat%L95artist.< or

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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,

$ U+ .J. K*"$WWith entering the "alue ' you can ena le a shadow for the column!s text, *isa ling it is possi le withentering the "alue 0,

$ U+ .J.* 1G3o set the horiJontal align of the column as left, rig%t or %center ,

$ U+ .J.W1"TK3o set the width of the column 4column one adKusts its width automatically depending on the "alues youentered here for column two andCor three1,

2.+.3.3 !ating"Display

(*T)."1 P *AHere you can decide what to display in the rating area of the playlist) where following entries can e done inthe "efinition text ox:0 display ratings 4 /%ite 1' display an automatic rating 4 blue 1 4see chapter $,$,& for details1,2 displays play counts 4 green 1

(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 edone in the "efinition text ox:0 Stars' (ar

(y default the rating area will e displayed as stars 4Q 0.1,

P *A $U T. 1+1Tndependent 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 0 play counts are reached,

otef 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. 4 #laylist

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2.15 ini#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 theco"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 tothe 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 $ $ ) utton opens the foo ar$%%% console)that offers "alua le informations when ripping *!s ora out occurred errors,

T*TU P* ) and T*TU B*( opensCcloses theassociated ar,

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 thedisplay 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 aslong as the "olume is muted,

For the functions of the 4uic# earc% Toolbar please read the Kelp page of in +) U &ile Preferences +edia ibrar 4uic# earc% Toolbar ,

2.12 ultipanel"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 4 olumns 5 1,

ts configuration can e done in +) U &ile Preferences olumns U1 Pla list s/itc%er , tsappearance can e changed in the criptbo6 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-likeuser-defined or preconfigured tree-structure,

ts configuration can e done in +) U &ile Preferences +edia ibrar *lbum ist Panel , Gou!ll

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*ou le-click on the area that is blueframed in the illustration on the leftand type-in your path and namingscheme, 3itle-Formatting andWildcards are allowed,

t is possi le to load lyrics from theinternet with additional) optionalcomponents, Since these componentsare in alpha-state or also insta lethey!re not included in *ark+ne "$,%,

(ut the lyrics panel is preconfigured for working together with foo?lyricsgra er andCor foo?lyricsd that areoth will store the found lyrics to the file tags,

Should one of these two components already exists in your foo ar$%%% components directory there will eautomatically an additional entry in the panels Properties window with a suggestion for a suita le downloadcommand, %ould bot% e6ist in our components folder t%e ricsgrabber /ill %ave priorit overfoo=l ricsdb ,

Gou!ll also ha"e the additional command $nline earc% in the context menu,

f you download one of these two components after installing *ark+ne "$,% it may e necessary to go to theProperties window and hit lear to make the panel recogniJing the new component, (ut this will force you toenter your path and naming scheme to external lyrics files again,

Padding3here are two further options a"aila le in the Properties window to add padding etween the panel oarderand the lyrics 4see illustration a o"e1,

2.12.1.% B;> 9 Biography 7ie, #anel3he ( + utton shows the (iography Biew Panel that displays informations and images for the selected ornow playing file,

3hese informations are loaded from last,fm , Gou can select your local last,fm ser"er in +) U &ile Preferences Tools Biograp% erver ast.fm General ta ,

3he Panel offers extensi"e Properties and Settings) for instance if and where to download iographies andimages 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 1,

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

3he *93 utton shows an tem *etails Panel 4 olumns 5 1 which is preconfigured to display Performer andomment 3ags of the now playing file,

Since the home splitter 4Panel Stack Splitter1 hides the default context menu of the tem *etails Panel youneed to right-click in the panel 0 plitter ettings 0 select ")T in Panel ist 0 disa le &orced a out 0$: if you want to change its default configuration,
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2.13 hanging olours and


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2.'3.2 %anging &onts3o change the default Fonts please na"igate to +) U &ile Preferences olumns U1 olours and&onts &onts ta ,

hoose )lement ommon 7list items9, +ode ustom and change the Font y clicking on %ange... ,

3he default Font is egoe 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 Fontstyle in these components as followed:

) Pla listPlease read c%apter 2.;.3.2 to see how to change list items Fonts 4 $ U+ .J.&$ T or $ U+ .&$ T in+iniPla list 1,

Buttons and "ispla3o 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%ers5W K cripts right-click on the file "$2 Global cript.>sand select )dit ,

hange the following red coloured script part to the desired Font style:var btn=font O gdi.&ont7 *rial Blac#Q, R, 09var dsp=font O gdi.&ont7 "ar#$neC, '8, 0 9

Means: 7C&ont st leD, &ont siSe, options9

Please note that the Font siJe has to e set in Pixels not PointsI @ Pixels corresponds to = Points,So egoe U1 ; pt are approx, '' Pi6el ,

3here are the following options:0 D


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3. Troubles%ooting

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T%ere are some parts of t%econfiguration 7images?panels9missing after foobar2000 start-up!

n "ery rare cases the Panel StackSplitter seems to .forget/ somedetails

Please restart foo ar$%%%

foobar2000 cras%es randoml Gou are using outdated or uggyPlugins

Please search for updates or usePlugins pro"ided with the *ark+neinstaller

2emo"e unused and pro a lyoutdated Plugins from your

...5foobar20005componentsfolder

Please inform me a out crasheswhen they are caused y

omponents pro"ided with the*ark+ne download so canremo"e them immediatelyI

T%e (ating Panel and t%e ratingdispla in t%e Pla list are

displa ing al/a s all stars?t%e/%ole bar in Pla counter mode!

3he play count limit is set muchtoo low,

hoose a higher limit for the playcounts as descri ed in c%apters

2.2.' and 2.;.3.3

T%ere are no covers displa ed int%e ) Pla list!

3he 9 Playlist is using thefoo ar$%%% artreader ut youral ums don!t ha"e em eddedal um art nor al um art that theartreader can recognise,

hange the name of your co"ers tofolder,;) co"er,; or front,;

8dd a new suita le namingscheme to Preferences "ispla

hange P$PUP.1+G.P*TK and

P$PUP.1+G.$PT1$ in the9 Playlists field definitions asdescri ed in c%apter 2.;.3.'

T%e ) Pla lists Popup /indo/doesn@t s%o/s t%e correct image!

3he 9 Playlist only displays theimage associated with the first filein a group when using thefoo ar$%%% artreader,

hange P$PUP.1+G.P*TK andP$PUP.1+G.$PT1$ in the9 Playlists field definitions asdescri ed in c%apter 2.;.3.'

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1 c%anged a script part of a W KPanel and it doesn@t /or#an more!

Seems you made a mistake 1 'o to the affected WSH Panel)right-click on it and choose

onfigure ,

mport the associated script with

the 1mport utton from the folder"ar#$ne25$t%ers5W K cripts

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

+ops,,, 2ight-click in the 9 Playlist) chooseettings 0 1mport and import the

file ) Pla list.elp from the folder"ar#$ne25$t%ers5 ettings

1 made some c%anges in t%econfiguration but /ant to returnto t%e default settings!

Shit happens :1 2eimport the file "ar#$ne v2.0.fcl

PU-consumption is muc%%ig%er /it% "ar#$ne v2.0!

3he "isualisation is set to itshighest capacity

hange its Settings as descri ed inc%apter 2.

foobar2555 free)es ontrack change ,henlistening to last.fm-optional0 for a fe,

seconds

5nknown reason 5nknown :4

foobar2000 often freeSes duringpla bac#!

Gou use outdated or uggy Plugins Please search for updates or usePlugins pro"ided with the *ark+ne"$,% package

3he Biograp% vie/ panel is setup too power consumpti"e foryour system

2ight-click on the (iography "iewpanel and deacti"ate $ptions 0*uto cle 1mage

2ight-click on the (iography "iewpanel) choose Panel Preference...and select &ront (enderer G"1

(*+ usage raises %ig%er and%ig%er during pla bac#!

3he Biograp% vie/ panel seemsto sa"e all informations andimages loaded during play ack inyour 28M without disposing them

*eacti"ate *uto cle 1mage

2ight-click on the (iography "iewpanel) choose Panel Preference...and deacti"ate %o/ Te6t and

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Documents

UserGuide v2.0.pdf