What's your ATF string?

[siebe83]

Yay, another one of those personal WA preference threads...

Do you have that one ATF rule that rules? Do you still pull the strings behind your playlist editor?


Seriously... I'm making some kind of overview of what's possible with ATF in Winamp. Of course ATF Extender and creating columns are already there. But maybe there's more?
%bitrate% > does anyone have info on that? It's undocumented but it seems to work?
%length% > song length in miliseconds, anyone found a use for it?
Any others?
$longest(...) is in the help dialog, but $shortest(...) works as well... Maybe more?

Or just post your ATF rule here, that'll do as well... Maybe there'll be some nice ones...
(would like to include some examples as well...)


(the attachment is for Nunzio )

[billyvnilly]

i believe ml_atfext.dll ATF Extender opens up alot more opportunities, just minus the cmp stuff.

more options courtesy of shaneH


________________________________________
moving on...

i have removed all my tags from comment, except those from various artists(VA). i put VA in teh comment field to make it easy

$if(%comment%,'3spaces'[%tracknumber% - ][%Artist% - ][%title%],'3spaces'[%tracknumber% - ][%title%]

along with dro's playlist separator.
>>>...%t....%a.....[%y].....[.on forever..]


perfect display for albums and soundtracks(and other VA)

[bgesley]

whatever it is, its default.

[Nunzio390]

Originally posted by siebe83
(the attachment is for Nunzio )

LOL @ Siebe
Am I to assume that my post here prompted you to attach a screenshot that I "might" be able to read?
Ahhh... okay. Rub it in. Make fun of my failing eyesight. I don't mind.

[DrO]

hmm, didn't i mumble something about allowing it to be resized... ah yeah, need to finish the resizable stream info box plugin and then do that (/me tries to triple the number of hours in the day )

-daz

[Nunzio390]

Originally posted by DrO
resizable stream info box plugin

Hmmm.. I imagine you're talking about the Enlarge "MP3 Stream Info Box" thread that's sitting in the Wishlist forum when you refer to this plugin. Right?
But I didn't know that you'd actually begun work on it. Cool

[billyvnilly]

@siebe a challenge for you
ok, so whats wrong with this:

$if(%Artist%,$if(%Album%,$if(%Tracknumber%,$if(%Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - %Tracknumber% - %Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - %Tracknumber% - NO TITLE),$if(%Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - NO ## - %Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - NO ## - NO TITLE)),$if(%Tracknumber%,$if(%Title%,%Artist% - NO ALBUM - %Tracknumber% - %Title%,%Artist% - NO ALBUM - %Tracknumber% - NO TITLE),$if(%Title%,%Artist% - NO ALBUM - NO ## - %Title%,%Artist% - NO ABLUM - NO ## - NO TITLE)),$if(%Album%,$if(%Tracknumber%,$if(%Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - %Tracknumber% - %Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - %Tracknumber% - NO TITLE),$if(%Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - NO ## - %Title%,%Artist% - %Album% - NO ## - NO TITLE)),$if(%Tracknumber%,$if(%Title%,NO ARTIST - NO ALBUM - %Tracknumber% - %Title%,NO ARTIST - NO ALBUM - %Tracknumber% - NO TITLE),$if(%Title%,NO ARTIST - NO ALBUM - NO ## - %Title%,NO ARTIST - NO ABLUM - NO ## - NO TITLE))



it weeds out stuff...

i spent like 45 minutes at this i still cant solve it..

[gaekwad2]

I'm not going to go through that mess () but at first glance it looks like it's supposed to do the same as

$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST) - $if2(%album%,NO ALBUM) - $if2(%tracknumber%,NO ##) - $if2(%title%,NO TITLE)

?

PS My ATF string is the default one.

[billyvnilly]

holy **** i over complicated it lol.

i did use $if( instead of $if2( for some reason but i forgot why.

thanks gaekwad

everyone is entitled to be stupid, but today i have abused the privilege

[edit]oh yeah now i remember, i was going ot rearrange the results so it group all of the 'no tag' at the beginning of each entry, but never got around to it because it was so confusing already...so the challenge is still open! [edit2]as well as just use %filename% when all 4 are 'no tag'

[siebe83]

$if(%artist% %album% %tracknumber% %title%,$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST) - $if2(%album%,NO ALBUM) - $if2(%tracknumber%,NO ##) - $if2(%title%,NO TITLE),NO TAGINFO - $filepart(%filename%))

There seems to be a 254 character limit to the ATF string (probably the reason your previous one didn't work...)
And which probably means rearranging the results isn't possible either...
Everything after the 254th character got cut off for me...

The one in your first post is nice, thanks...
One use of the comment tag that should be mentioned...

Although I didn't quite get the separator part... For various artists albums, the separator would then give the artist of the first track of that album, right?

[gaekwad2]

In foobar that would be

$puts(string,$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST))
$puts(string,$if(%album%,$get(string) - %album%,$insert($get(string),NO ALBUM - ,0)))
$puts(string,$if(%tracknumber%,$get(string) - $num(%tracknumber%,1),$insert($get(string),NO ## - ,0)))
$puts(string,$if(%title%,$get(string) - %title%,$insert($get(string),NO TITLE - ,0)))
$puts(string,$if($strcmp($get(string),NO TITLE - NO ## - NO ALBUM - NO ARTIST),%_filename%,$get(string)))
$get(string)

(if you think ATF is powerful...)

But I did write a similar one for Winamp once (not for all tags though I think)
/goes digging through old threads

edit: search hates me and I'm tired

edit2 (re: ok, so whats wrong with this): It may well be too long or contain too many nested ifs, I think there's a limit for both.

[billyvnilly]

@siebe yeah, the only bad part about it is that VA albums show the artist from the first track

@DrO, in separator plugin, is it possible to compare artist between two tracks, and if they are different, use 'Various Artists' or soemthing of that nature?

[gaekwad2]

Almost perfect, there's only a problem left with getting the right amount of dashes:

$if(%artist% %album% %tracknumber% %title%,$if(%artist%,,NO ARTIST - )$if(%album%,,NO ALBUM - )$if(%tracknumber%,,NO ## - )$if(%title%,,NO TITLE - )[%artist%][ - %album%][ - %tracknumber%][ - %title%],NO TAGINFO - $filepart(%filename%))

(To get NO TITLE/NO TAGINFO I had to switch off metadata guessing in the Library prefs.)

[siebe83]

Nice!

Or is this reply a bit late?
Anyway, I think I'll use it, thanks.


Stupid question: how would you call $if, $pad, etc..?
Operators? Functions? Commands? Dunno...

[DrO]

Originally posted by billyvnilly
@DrO, in separator plugin, is it possible to compare artist between two tracks, and if they are different, use 'Various Artists' or soemthing of that nature?

hmm, i can't remember but have i done that yet or not?

-daz

[siebe83]

Yes, you did

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....74#post1646974

Manually adding a separator should now insert 'Various Artist' where applicable

[DrO]

ta, i'm getting really forgetful of what i have and haven't done of late

oh and i use the default string (getting the the thread back on track )

-daz

[siebe83]

that's because you do too much you should take the time to enjoy your own plugins once in a while

I use [%artist% - ][%tracknumber% - ]$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%))[ {%year%}]
in combination with some plugin called Playlist Separator: ---------- %a


I think I'll go for 'operator' for now...

[DrO]

hehe, i should do that
sounds like a dodgy plugin with a name like that

-daz

[gaekwad2]

Originally posted by siebe83
I think I'll go for 'operator' for now...

I'd say functions.

They get called with some arguments and return a value.
(Kinda like mugging victims.)

[siebe83]

Ah, it all makes sense to me now, thanks. Dunno what I was thinking. Functions it is.

DrO, would there be some easter egg in it which breaks the playlist editor in two?

[DrO]

i haven't really coded any easter eggs in to any of the plugins for a while now, i think the most are just functional 'extras' (there's at least one in the new jtfe which is useful i think)

-daz

[siebe83]

I like easter eggs
But you're right, functionality goes first.

Mmh, what about the JTF dialog jumping all over the screen when you type 'jump' in the search field?

[DrO]

hehe, nice idea though now you've said i can't do it since people will know what to look for i *may* add in a funky jtfe easter egg at some stage when a few more things get implemented into the code...

-daz

[Nunzio390]

Originally posted by siebe83
Mmh, what about the JTF dialog jumping all over the screen when you type 'jump' in the search field?

YES!!! I want that!
So it won't be an Easter Egg. Who cares? It'll be an added/extra "function" instead.
Do it, Darren! FUN FUN FUN!!! Hippity-hop! Jumpity-jump!

[EDIT]
Hmmm... I dunno now. Me-think-s this needs Re-think-ing.
I have "Jump" by Van Halen in my collection.
Could be a problem.

[iron2000]

My ATF string:
$if2(%comment%,'[???]')[' ['$num(%tracknumber%,2)']']': '$if2(%artist% ,'[???] ')'- '$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%))

I use the comment field to store the category of the music.
(mostly anime titles)

Recently this system got me abit confused and I ended up with duplicates.
(alanwo from hong kong, I don't need the whatever program you recommend)

[MarkRH]

Here's what I use:

$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%))[ {$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST)$if(%album%, - %album%},})]

[gaekwad2]

Originally posted by Nunzio390
[EDIT]
Hmmm... I dunno now. Me-think-s this needs Re-think-ing.
I have "Jump" by Van Halen in my collection.
Could be a problem.

Yes, that is a problem.

But don't worry, we'll hide you from the style police.

[benaw]

i'v been using this for a while but i think i might give it a re-think are there more ATF expressions than whats in sibe83's attachment "the attachment is for Nunzio ", and where can i get a list of all avalible?

'BAW'__$num(%year%,4)__$upper(%artist% -) $filepart(%filename%)_.$fileext(%filename%)

it's pretty good, yes it is.

[siebe83]

The functions in that list are pretty much all that are available. Only $shortest isn't mentioned there...

Another list with more info will be available shortly (with the same functions, just some more info on them).


But why 'BAW' at the beginning of each entry?

[benaw]

thats just my initials it started off just as an easy way to see if the [(playlist ATF tags)not sure of the terminology] were being updated. now it's just ownership i guess, my winamp playlist. winamp is so customizable that every one's is probably very very diffrent my winamp has my initials in the playlist because it's mine. i love winamp it is my most favorite program ever. don't really know why my initials are in it. how about, because i can!

[benaw]

i have copied my ATF string into the flack decoder and it doesn't work. my flac files come up with unknown but the syntax reference seems to be the same for the decoder.
any idea's

[siebe83]

*cough*

The overview I was working on never really got finished, and is now terribly outdated anyway...


Shane started an ATF wiki, explaining all Winamp 5.2+ tags/functions/etc, which is nice I think:
http://www.myplugins.info/winamp-wik...tle_formatting

[h3ctic]

$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST) - $if2(%album%,NO ALBUM) - $if2(%tracknumber%,NO ##) - $if2(%title%,NO TITLE)

REALLY Liked this one!!

One thing tho, is it possible to get it to read and use the leading zeros in %tracknumber from id3v2.4 tags???

Example: Now my id3v2.4 tag shows "02" in track-number, but it will still show "2" ???

[DJ Egg]

Use $num(%track%,2) or $num(%tracknumber%,2)

Not sure if it'll work with $if2 though, heh.


Whilst I'm here, I may as well put my current (5.3 beta) atf string in here :-D

code:
[$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%) - ][%album% - ][$num(%track%,2) - ]

$IfStrNotEqual(%artist%,$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%),[%artist% - ])[$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%))]

[$if($fileext(%filename%),'    ( ',)][%year%  |  ][$fileext(%filename%) ][$if(%bitrate%, '|'  ,)]

[%bitrate% 'kbps' ][$if($fileext(%filename%),')',)][    $repeat(* , %rating%) ]

[h3ctic]

Problem with that one is that if there is no track-number in the id-tag, it'll display:

"4294967295"

???

Ie:

$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST) '{'$if2(%album%,NO ALBUM) $if2($num(%track%,2),NO ##)'} ' - $if2(%title%,NO TITLE) '{' - %comment% - %genre%'}'

[h3ctic]

same if I use $num(%tracknumber%,2)

[DJ Egg]

which is why you need brackets round it

[$num(%track%,2)]
[$num(%tracknumber%,2)]

[h3ctic]

I still get

"4294967295"

using:

$if2(%artist%,NO ARTIST) '{'$if2(%album%,NO ALBUM) $if2([$num(%tracknumber%,2)],NO ##)'} ' - $if2(%title%,NO TITLE) '{' - %comment% - %genre%'}'

whats wrong?

[DJ Egg]

Brackets round a string means that if (as in this particular case) there is no track# then nothing will be displayed. Therefore you should just use [$num(%track%,2) - ] and not the $if2 argument.