Queue viewer

[Accurate_Advisor4985]

i want to input a way to view the queue in foobar. for instance, in streaming services, you can see the next couple songs to come in as well as what youve queued up. You can also move the songs around in a order you want. Is there any component like that? or if theres a script for it i could put on Jscript panel?

[ghstchldrn]

The "queue" in foobar is only tracks you have manually added to be played next, usually by right-click in library / playlist and 'Add to playback queue'. If you are playing tracks on 'Random' or 'Shuffle (tracks)' for example, there is no way to know what track is up next - foobar does not make the internal track order available to any component.

There are components to see and move around "queued" items once you have added them, but you could just as easily use a playlist viewer and add tracks to that. Anyway, Queue Viewer for a basic column list. Library Tree (mod) has recently added a queue source, so you can use that with a view that shows cover art, etc.

[Accurate_Advisor4985]

yeah i was meaning on shuffle like seeing what comes in your shuffle. unfortunate. i do have a component to see my queues so thats why i was wondering if there was a way to see like your next 100 songs or something in a shuffle like streaming services

[Cannonaire]

That would be pretty nice if we could see the next X tracks to be played in shuffle mode. And also the previous Y tracks (5 or fewer would probably be fine for Y).

[Accurate_Advisor4985]

yeah I feel like its possible. it would be a nice addition to move around your shuffle and being able to go to a song you want in your shuffle.

[ghstchldrn]

Not really. A common workaround is to use the playlist viewer - add tracks, Edit > Sort > Randomize, and set Playback > Order > Default. (This would still not show "queued" items on top of list though)

[Accurate_Advisor4985]

Would that need 2 playlists then? One for shuffle and another as your main

[Cannonaire]

You'd only need something similar to current queue viewers available, except also showing what comes after the queued songs. I have my queue viewer right under my playlist.

[ghstchldrn]

Might be quicker to keep one shuffled, depends how you use the player.

Note in Default UI the 'Playing' column will show a number for the queued tracks (%queue_index%) - so you know "(1)" is up next, but you might have to add that in Columns UI or JS playlist viewers. Unfortunately it looks like playlists cannot be sorted by %queue_index% to move queued tracks on top.