How to get current track time to show

2003-05-22 21:47:13

Hello
I am a brand new convert to Foobar and I love it's sound quality, but I do find it's minimal window a bit bare. I can learn to live with it, but I would like to have the current track time to show.

I have found out how to add the buttons to the top, but all I get below is a track number and track time. Can I get it to show the currently playing track time?

Another question concerns the default settings. I am looking for best quality to play mainly cds. I have no MP3s yet.

I am using W XP Pro, P IV 2.66 and 1 gb RDram, and have a M-Audio Revo sound card, Videologic Sirroco speakers and an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card, with a Toshiba M 1612 DVD drive and a Yahama CRW F1E cdrw,and 4 Western Digital SE hard drives.

I have read many threads on settings and quality, and some I understand and know how to do, and others, I am not sure what to do, or know if it will matter.

Thanks for any help.

I am sure you must get fed up with all these newbie posts, but who better to ask?

How to get current track time to show

Reply #1 – 2003-05-22 22:08:17

Look in the status bar.  The default status bar formatting string displays the current elapsed track time.

How to get current track time to show

Reply #2 – 2003-05-22 22:20:43

Sorry
I was just getting ready to edit my post. I saw to my chagrin that the current track time is shown at the "bottom" of the list.
Now another dumb question. Can I get it to show the track title? I have played around with the settings, but no joy. I really am a newbie to all this, and I am a bit older than most of the users of this forum as well I suppose, so go gently please.

Thanks again

How to get current track time to show

Reply #3 – 2003-05-22 22:26:34

Title is also in the status bar.

However, if your files use ID3v2 tags, you'll need to get the ID3v2 plugin.  (Foobar does not natively read ID3v2)

http://www.cqasys.com/projects/kode54/foo_id3v2.zip

How to get current track time to show

Reply #4 – 2003-05-22 22:43:02

Just looking now, and as the cd is playing, all I get at the bottom is, left hand side track # and 44000/s, and right side, track status bar and time.
This is a commercial cd.
Thanks

PS
I have no album info in the top either, just track # and time.

How to get current track time to show

Reply #5 – 2003-05-22 23:38:29

Ah, CDs.  I'm not sure if there's a way to use CDDB or not.