⚡ Autometa

Autometa is a minimalist JScript Panel designed to build autoplaylists based on the current track's tags with a single click.

• Info Mode

• Minimalist Mode

📢 What's New (v1.3)

• Single Playlist Mode: Added an option to reuse a dedicated "Autometa Search" playlist instead of creating a new one for every query, to avoid clutter.
• Theme Import & Export: Share and load custom color schemes directly via clipboard using JSON format.
• More Themable Elements: Expanded custom properties to 10 independent RGB variables.
• Date Truncation: Automatically extracts the 4-digit year from ISO date strings (e.g., 2020-03-26 becomes 2020) for the date quick-item in the submenu (full date grouping still available in the date item among the metadata tags section).

✨ Features

• Instant Grouping: Click the main button (⚡) to generate an autoplaylist of the assigned tag from the active track.

• Single or Individual Playlists Mode: Restrict generation to one reusable tab or create a new one for each query.

• Multi-Value Tag Support: Detects tags separated by ; . Prompts a sub-menu to isolate a value or query the combined string.

• Context Control: Hold Shift while clicking a menu item to set it as the new default. Hold Alt over the main button to invert your auto-play rule temporarily.

• Dual UI Modes: Swap between Minimalist (icon only) and Track Info (Artist/Title display).

• Deep Customization: System color matching, dark mode, or full custom RGB mapping with JSON import/export.

• Built-in Updater: Check for version bumps directly from GitHub via the options menu.

• Menu Contents (Nested)

📋 Requirements

• Foobar2000 v1.4 or newer.
• Spider Monkey Panel OR JScript Panel 3.
• OS: Windows 10 or 11 (Recommended for full Emoji support).
• Fonts: Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol.

📥 Installation

1. Add a JScript Panel to your layout.
2. Right-click the panel > Configure.
3. Load autometa.js as a package or paste its contents into the editor window.
4. Click OK.

🛠️ Usage

• ⚡ Main Area (Action Zone)
  • Left-Click: Execute default tag grouping.
  • Alt + Left-Click: Invert Auto-Play setting for this action.
  • Hover: Display active tag and status.
• Track Info Area (Artist/Title text)
  • Left-Click: Focus Foobar2000 on the currently playing track.
• ▽ Menu Button
  • Left-Click: Open context menu for one-time tag grouping.
  • Shift + Left-Click (on item): Assign tag as the new default quick action.
• Global Controls (Anywhere on panel)
  • Middle-Click: Toggle between Minimalist and Track Info layouts.
  • Right-Click: Open Autometa settings (Layout, Behavior, Theme, Updates).

🎨 Custom Themes

Autometa let's you customize several RGB variables.

1. Right-click the panel > Theme > Custom.
2. Right-click the panel again > Properties.
3. Edit the RGB values in text format (e.g., 255,0,0 for Red).

To backup or load configurations, right-click the panel > Theme > Import/Export Theme (Clipboard). The script parses standard JSON objects. Selecting "Custom" without editing values or importing a JSON will default to the Dark Neon palette.

🗺️ Roadmap

• Custom Tag Bookmarks: Allow manual input of non-standard tags or title formatting strings to pin them permanently to the quick actions, bypassing the active track metadata dependency.

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Made with 🤍 for the Foobar2000 community.