The Foxpop Masstagging Guide

How-to with screenshots for automated id3 masstagging with foobar2000.
Nov 2006

1. Install and setup foobar2000

Install foobar2000 and the columns ui component:

1. foobar2000 0.9.x: www.foobar2000.org
2. ColumnsUI component: yuo.be/columns.php
   Use winrar or winace to uncompress foo_uie_console-_._.7z.
   Then copy the foo_uie_console.dll into c:\Program files\foobar2000\components\.
3. Optional components (for power tips only):
    foo_run
    coverdownloader
    Album Art Aggregator
    
   

Set up ColumnsUI for mass tagging:

Add the variables File, Directory, Path and Path_sort to the ColumnsUI interface.

1. File\Preferences\Display\Columns UI\Playlist view\Columns [tab]
2. On the right, click New to add a new item into the Column list.
   Enter the following labels (Columns) and variables (Display)
    Filename - %FILENAME_EXT%
    Directoryname - %DIRECTORYNAME%
    Path_sort - %PATH_SORT%
    Genre - %GENRE%
3. Switch to Tabs: View\Layout\Playlist tabs or
   File\Preferences\Display\ColumnsUI\Layout\Presets, choose Playlist Tabs.
4. In the playlist window, right click on the column headers, and turn on all of them.
5. By dragging, arrange to map the following order:
   Directory name | Artist | Album | Date | Genre | T. | Title | Filename | Length | path_sort
6. Finally, turn on the volume control button: Right Click on the playback button\Toolbars\Volume

This is how the columns should look. By clicking on a column header, you can sort by that field.
 

Switch to Playlist tabs to gain screen area.
 

Enter the fields for the new columns.

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Last edited on 14-Jan-2007.

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