Evaluation in foobar2000 - how it works
In the media player "foobar2000" you can give ratings for your songs, as is also possible with numerous other players. To do this, you must first integrate such a rating tool. In this article and our picture gallery, we show you how to do this.
Insert evaluation tool in foobar2000
The installation of the rating system in foobar2000 is a little complicated, but the subsequent application is quite simple. You set up the rating system in the following steps:
- First install the foobar2000 plug-ins Columns UI and Playback Statistics. To do this, unzip the downloaded files in the Components folder (usually under "C: \ Program Files \ foobar2000 \ components \").
- Now start foobar2000. Select under "File"> "Preferences"> "Display"> "Columns UI"> "Colors and Fonts" and under the "Fonts" tab the font "Lucida Sans". This font contains the star symbols for the rating.
- Then navigate to "Playlist View" and the "Columns" tab. Now click on "New".
- Enter the name "rating" in the "Options" area of the "New Column" and insert the following code under "Scripts" in the display field: "$ rgb (233, 155, 12, 233, 155, 12) $ repeat (★, % rating%) $ rgb () $ repeat (✩, $ sub (5% rating%)) "
- Navigate to "Keyboard Shortcuts" in the menu.
- Click on "Add new" and enter "rating" in the search field "Filter list by". Now select the number 1 in the field below.
- Click in the "Key" field and press the key combination [Ctrl] + [1]. From now on, songs are rated with a star using this key combination.
- Repeat steps 6 and 7 for 2, 3, 4 and 5 stars. To be able to remove ratings again, do this for "" and the key combination [Ctrl] + [0].
- Assign [Ctrl] + [+] and [Ctrl] + [-] to the commands "+" and "-", you can increase or decrease the rating of a song by one star.
- Then confirm all entries with "OK". A "Star Rating" column will now appear in your playlists. You can rate each highlighted song using the assigned keyboard shortcuts. You can also read the complete instructions in our picture gallery.
In another practical tip, we will tell you how you can fundamentally configure foobar2000.
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Unzip the DLL files in the "Components" folder of foobar2000 and then start foobar2000.
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Under "File"> "Preferences"> "Display"> "Columns UI"> "Colors and Fonts" and under "Fonts" choose a font with asterisk symbols (eg "Areal Unicode MS", "Cambria" or "Lucida Sans ").
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Enter the name "rating" in the "New Column" in the "Options" area and paste the code above under "Scripts".
"Add new"> "Filter list by:"> "rating". In the field below, select "1"> "Key"> press [Ctrl] + [1].
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The ratings are not only displayed then. You can also sort playlists in ascending or descending order by rating.
Foobar2000 stores all ratings in the "% rating%" field. You can also search your media library for specific ratings
