foobar2000 TripleQ theme

A minimalist yet versatile foobar2000 skin with 3 (switchable) view-modes
and several nice gadgets like:

       ◆   a playlist-view with an integrated playlist-manager

       a lightweight filesystem browser with quick-access to selected folders
             ... and the capability to sort files "in alphabetic order" or by "last modified date"

       library- and coverflow views
             ... to get a nice overview of your well sorted collection

       a tree view to search and filter everything in your media-library
              (including the stuff in messy unsorted folders)

       a queue content editor to keep track of what's going to play next

... and some equally nice utility-buttons that help with recurring tasks like

       quickly move & rename files and folders to a pre-defined structure
       apply replay-gain ( and notice if replay-gain is missing)
       set the output-device
       open containing folder
     change playback order

Installation (quick and easy)

✔ checked with foobar2000 (v1.6.7)

🏕 Portable:

1. Install Foobar2000 (portable) (don't start it yet!)
2. Copy all files into the installation folder (replace existing files)
3. Start foobar2000, open preferences (crtl + p) and set your music-directory in the "Media Library" tab
4. Enjoy!

🏡 Standalone:

1. Install Foobar2000 (standard)
2. Copy all files into your foobar2000 configuration-folder (replace existing files)
   • it is located at "%appdata%\foobar2000" (if it does not yet exist, start foobar2000 and close it again)
3. Start foobar2000, open preferences (crtl + p) and set your music-directory in the "Media Library" tab
4. Enjoy!

🌌 if you know how to deal with git

1. Install Foobar2000 (standard)
2. navigate to the configuration-folder and execute the following commands: (warning, files already present in the folder will be overwritten!!)

git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/raphaelquast/foobar2000_TripleQ.git
git fetch
git checkout -t origin/master -f

3. Enjoy!

General Infos

Hotkeys

🌍 GLOBAL

The theme incorporates the following global hotkeys (e.g. also working if the player is not in focus):
(they might interfere with other apps using similar assignments... however I've never had problems so far)

◯ If the player is focused

▷ If the playlist is focused

Folder structure

The theme is intended to be used with a well sorted collection...
... you'll get the best out of the TripleQ theme if your music is structured in the following form:
(note the () and () buttons that help with that task!)

To allow having both sorted and unsorted stuff in your music folders,
❗ any folder that starts with 2 underscores will remain hidden in the Library- and Coverflow views!
(It'll still be visible in the Tree view and File Browser tabs)

- Musik   (the base-directory of your "Media Library")
└─── __unsorted_folder (note the DOUBLE underline!)
│   └─── ... (all the unsorted stuff)
│
│   Artist_1
│   └─── Album Title 1 [Date]
│   │    │   01 - Track Title 01.mp3
│   │    │   02 - Track Title 02.mp3 
│   │    │   ...
│   │    │   Cover.jpg (possible names and formats specified in "Preferences/Display/Album art")
│   └─── Album Title 2 [Date]
│   Artist_2
│   └─── ...
│    ...
│
│   _Compilations (note the single underline in the beginning)
│   └─── Compilation Title [Date]
│   │    │   01 - Artist 01 - Title 01.mp3
│   │    │   02 - Artist 02 - Title 02.mp3
│   │    │   ...
│   │    │   Cover.jpg 

❗ Notice

• To make the buttons Move to sorted music () and Move to unsorted music () work, the directories must be adjusted.
  1. select an arbitrary song in the playlist
  2. click on () or ()
  3. go to More options (located at the bottom left of the popup-window) and change the "Destination Folder" for both presets
     • here you can also set your own file-naming convention if you're not happy with the default
  4. don't forget to hit save once you're done! one!

Thanks to

all the developers that created the awesome components that TripleQ is based on:

• Columns UI
• Spider Monkey Panel
• Panel Stack Splitter
• Waveform Minibar (Mod)
• EsPlaylist
• Queue Contents Editor
• UI Hacks
• Playback Statistics
• Coverflow
• Eole theme (thx for some ideas on .js routines)
• br3tt for his WSH Tree Explorer script