Documentation
By Kian Andersen a.k.a. neksus
Please remember development of Azrael is stopped!
Columns
Playlistnumber (with dimmned zeros)
Artist & genre, album & date at track 2
Tracknumber
Title with now-playing marker animated now-playing marker
Length (running time / total length)
.extension column
Disabled
Replay-Gain
Encoding (codec name / rate)
Play Counter
Rating
Filename
Path
Supports
Various artist
Single Track
%DISC% (if %disc% then it will write (Disc #))
New Play_counter plugin
Config Part
Config Part in the Globals Area where you can
Choose rating character
All Lowercase or First letter Uppercase in ext column (lowercase by default)
Show ReplyGain info in title column (on by default)
Show album information on singletracks (off by default)
Use the Green Check and Red X in ReplayGain Column (off by default)
Switch album and artist position (artist first by default)
Switch on/off showing album_replaygain info (off by default)
Switch on/off $caps2() on the title column (off by default)
Singletrack if no album tag (off by default)
Various if album artist present (off by default)
Set Single file indicator of your choice
Singletrack if no replaygain_album info (off by default)
Set Various Artist indicator of your choice
Set Various if directoryname is only album (off by default)
Align Artist (Singletracks) (Right by default)
ReplayGain colors
Choose a color scheme (see further down about choices) (default is what I use when exporting)
Config Part in the Statusbar where you can
Show Codec info?
Show Bitrate?
Show Extrainfo?
Show ReplyGain info?
Use DD/MM-YEAR TIME format
Different Color schemes
Choose from this selection (under Globals)
em Meditation
WindowsBlinds skin by empty man
b0se Classic Blue
WindowsBlinds skin by Snidely Whiplash
b0se Classic Green
WindowsBlinds skin by Snidely Whiplash
Dark Red
Not inspired by a skin
Luna (Windows XP Blue Luna)
Windows XP Default Theme
b0se OpusOS Blue
WindowsBlinds skin by Snidely Whiplash
Pixel8
WindowsBlinds skin by essorant
Watercolor
WindowBlinds Skin by kmkkid
Goof
WindowsBlinds skin by essorant
ReButz2 Dusk
WindowsBlinds skin by brewman
Dark Purple
Not inspired by a skin
AdvancedPC
Made by acedriver
PixOS
WindowBlinds skin by Pixtudio
LaST (Cobalt)
WindowBlinds skin by mormegil
Prominence Pro
Msstyle skin by b0se
Luna Element
WindowBlinds skin by SkinStudio (Adam)
Oxidized
WindowsBlinds skin by mormegil
Largo
Limited WindowsBlinds skin by essorant
Tronnix
WindowBlinds skin by MikeB314
Fear Factory
WindowsBlinds skin by PixelPirate
Thunder Storm
WindowsBlinds skin by Pixtudio
Kimble
WindowsBlinds skin by essorant
Kapsules
WindowsBlinds skin by Pixelpirate
Fly OS
WindowsBlinds skin by Pixtudio
Luster
WindowsBlinds skin by MikeB314
Fresco (White)
WindowsBlinds skin by KoL
Fresco (Black)
WindowsBlinds skin by KoL
StealthOS
WindowsBlinds skin by MikeB314
5imple
WindowsBlinds skin by danilloOc
NOIRE
WindowsBlinds skin by Pixtudio
Release History Azrael
Azrael 5.8
Implemented new $set_style format
New Notification area tooltip code
Minor code changes and bug fixes
Some color scheme's has updated colors (seriously can't remember where or when I changed something)
Azrael 5.7
Big recoding (Too many changes to write this time)
New color scheme format
New color schemes: Tronnix, XPMC Alpha, Fear Factory, Thunder Storm, Fly OS, Luster & Fresco (White & Black)
Some color schemes have changed!
Removed some options
Design change
Some features where removed (some where readded again in a new way)
Changed settings default (see documentation)
Azrael 5.6.6
Readded Statusbar code from version 5.4
Uses new Play_counter tagz
Added option to use DD/MM-YEAR TIME format
New colour scheme Largo
Azrael 5.6
Changed albuminfo selected colouring (background and text)
Changed column seperator after albuminfo (small coding change nothing to see here)
Added abbreviation of long album names on singletracks in album mode
Smaller changes here and there (I'll never tell)
Azrael 5.5 Revived
New colour scheme Oxidized
Added abbreviation of long album names in single mode
Disabled extension column by default
Azrael Last Edition (5.4)
Fixed singletrack with tracknumber one bug (showed design line)
Changed size of length column to fix xx:xx times not showing the first x in elapsed
Exchanged the * in the rating column with circles
Changed size of rating columns to go with the circles
Added new option, it is now possible to choose your own rating char
Added 'va' tag as Various Artist detector
Fixed 3 digit tracknumbers starting with 00
Status bar: the trailing ']' is not drawn in all situations. bug fixed (thanks Christoph)
Azrael 5.3
Fixed Singletrack bug (column destroying colors)
Fixed using bonustrack tag in album mode bug (no space between title and *Bonustrack*)
Fixed colouring bug when title has tekst(tekst)tekst bug (last tekst was wrong colouring)
Fixed colouring bug with all columns using custom colours!
Added new colour scheme Luna Element (Mostly like Luna but another blue and some other colours changed!)
Azrael 5.2
Added new colour scheme (Prominence Pro)
More tracknumber types are now support (first album line)
Azrael 5.1
Fixed first line bug (tracknumber support issue)
Fixed not showing Unknown Artist on Various Artist albums bug
Recoding of trackrating no more speciel color codes and now shows * and not || (and much less code, global coded)
Clean up colorcoding to remove redundant trackrating colors
Made rating column smaller
Azrael 5.0
Removed option to not display extra codec info
Made ext column that shows .ext
Changed now-playing a little
Some Minor changes in the statusbar (can't remember all of them)
Removed progressbar from statusbar (I didn't like it)
Added Show ReplyGain info in title column option (so it is possible to remove the RG column
Removed different coloring of the first line
Added Starting line for albums
Added option set all lowercase or first letter uppercase in ext column
Added Selected color change to album info
Azrael 4.9.1
Added new color scheme: LaST (Cobalt)
Now playing animation now uses title colors
Made Now playing animation 3 chars and not 5 and changed a little
Changed the size of Artist and Title column
Azrael 4.9.0.2
Fixed album mode line showing for tracknumber 4 even if singletrack tag is set
Azrael 4.9.0.1 - Statusbar update
Rerranged stuff in the statusbar
Removed some spacers
Fixed a bug with tab() (old code that was not removed)
Cleaned up the code
Removed speciel musepack features
Made progressbar larger
Put [ ] around ReplyGain info
Show Codec info? (default off)[statusbar]
Show Bitrate? (default off)[statusbar]
Show Extrainfo? (default off)[statusbar]
Show ReplyGain info? (default on)[statusbar]
Progressbar length (default 100)[statusbar]
Azrael 4.9
New statusbar design (Recoded/Modified version of upNorth's design)
Tweaked finishing line a little
Turned on ReplayGain Column
Fixed Date text changing color when selected bug
Option show album info on singletrack is now turned off by default
Codec code now shows the soundfiles extension (in uppercase) it uses much less code
Codec code musepack now shows q3 -> q8 and not long preset names
Made encoding column smaller
Made lasttrack line work with tracknumber/lasttrack tracknumbering
Fixed some tracknumber compatibility issues
Azrael 4.8.8
Removed different coloring of tracknumber 4
Added bottom line to tracknumber 4
Genre/Composer tradede places with Discname/Disc/Date
If lasttrack then there will be a finishing line when an album ends!
Azrael 4.8.7
Fixed if no discname tag then disc tag is not displayed bug
Turned off some seperator columns
Added new column Path (turned off by default)
Added Start & End Line (design color)
Azrael 4.8.6
Fixed singletrack displaying all album info (like date etc.) bug
Azrael 4.8.5
Fixed is_single background bug
Changed which columns are shown by default (my needs have changed)
Removed some redundant code
Added an option to show album info from singletracks (on by default)
Azrael 4.8.1
Fixed genre / composer bug
Azrael 4.8
All new -s- (single playlist) code and design
Recoded album design core code (using of $select and not $if hacks)
Recoded coloring of album mode (using of $select and not $if hacks)
Some redesigning of album mode
Small fixes here and there
Removed different coloring of single lines in album mode
Removed different coloring of first line in title column
Rearranged all color schemes! (This makes them harder to read but uses less kb, I have not changed them on the web so if you need a template use them)
Azrael 4.7.3.1
Added PixOS Color Scheme
Azrael 4.7.3
Added an option to use the Green Check and Red X in ReplayGain Column
Azrael 4.7.2
Moved Genre info to track 4
Added an option to switch album and artist position
Removed No Trackrating text
Made rating column smaller
Added support for dynamic bitrate
Azrael 4.7
Changed ReplayGain and Now-playing so that Azrael now should support any font you wish to use
Fixed some coloring of track 4 info
Moved animation closer to title
Changed Rating to || for better support
Changed Rating color (all schemes) so it does not change on it's way up
Made rating compatible with %rating% and %trackrating%
Added all the color schemes to the file
Removed the selected item frame info from color selection (Look at the color or in the documentation)
Azrael 4.6
Rearranged some of the columns
Added an option to turn off the AlbumGain info in the RG Column
Optimized some coding
Changed codec coding (Musepack->MPC, Monkey's Audio->APE, The True Audio->TTA)
Made encoding column smaller
Added Unknown Artist and Unknown Album in Album mode
Turned off Encoding column by default
Changed the sizes of artist and title
Moved the now-playing animation to the title text
Azrael 4.5.2
Fixed singletrack with tracknumber 1 coloring failure
Changed some colors in Dark Red
Changed Artist alignment (it was wrong)
Made TTA show as 'The True Audio'
Changed so TTA compression is not calculated but taken from compression info
Azrael 4.5.1
Made Encoding column bigger
Added Compression info to Monkey's Audio Files (Fast, Normal etc.)
Azrael 4.5
Changed the color sections so they are a little smaller (not much but everthing counts)
Added TTA support to encoding column
Cleaned up some code here and there
Made Encoding column bigger
Made ReplayGain column smaller
Made Tracknumber column smaller
Change some of the seperator columns to "disappear" when selected
Moved genre up besides artist
Moved date to where genre was
Coded Caps2 features to Globals
Coded Encoding to Globals
Coded Now-playing animation to Globals
Made Now-playing animation have one color (I like this better)
Azrael 4.4.7
Recoded title code! (More optimized, first track on album now has same color as artist! (So it is easier to see)
Recoded playlist numbering! (More optimized, removed coloring of dimmed when is_playing)
Added bonusf color for coloring () and bonustrack in the first album track
Azrael 4.4.6
Disc & Discname now works together!
Changed Artist column size
Added links to skins that inspired the color schemes
Azrael 4.4.5
Added new color scheme (em Meditation)
Changed singletrack detection code (Thanks to nIRV)
Removed some color schemes out of the download (they are now available in the documentation)
Made a Custom color choice where users can insert there own color or one from my list
Azrael 4.4
Added changing row color on none album tracks
Added changing row color on info columns (playlistnumber, encoding, rg, play counter, rating, filename)
Fixed a design column that was coded wrong
Added WavPack, OptimFROG support to encoding code (hopefully)
Made Musepack output MPC
Changed encoding column size
Added 2 new color scheme (Watercolor & Stetz)
Added titlep for changing title playing color
Fixed Selected Various Artist Text in some schemes (artistvs did not exist in all schemes)
Azrael 4.3.5
Removed $roman tracknumber option (made # column to big and ugly)
Changed # column size
Dimmed leading zeros in tracknumbers (added alle 4 colors to global config)
Changed Last Time Played: "dd/mm/yy @ time" to direct output (please config play_counter to save in the format you want shown!)
Changed align code in -s- artist
Changed -s- artist size
Per request changed Play Counter to 1000 and not 10000
Changed Play Counter column size
Azrael 4.3
Added 'Last Time Played: dd/mm/yy @ time' to statusbar
Added if track four has %lasttrack% as tag it will have album info color and not the design color!
Changed The Codec code in the statusbar to be like in the Encoding Column (Plus added Channels, and Samplerate)
Changed Rating column to show No Trackrating if no trackrating tag is present
Recoded large parts of the statusbar code
Optimized Main title code and Systray code
Cleaned up encoding column code
Cleaned up PL column code
Cleaned up and optimized the title code (reduced the size to a little under half)
Play Counter now shows dimmed 00000 if files have not been played (Contains no play_counter tag)
Azrael 4.2.27
Added Play Counter Column (enabled)
Changed Now-playing animation code (very very small change)
Changed tracknumber column size (to match roman tracknumber option)
Fixed Luna Playing Background Color
Azrael 4.2.26
Fixed artist alignment option!
Azrael 4.2.25
Changed title code so when $caps2() is turn on it only wraps around titles, extra and bonustrack not artist
Changed title (-s-) code so that on various the artist is not shown (it is shown in artist column)
Changed playlistnumbering dimming (now does not use playlist_total but 1000)
Changed a color in Rebutz2 Dusk (Playlist dimmed selected)
Moved now-playing note to titles column
Moved now-playing animation into title (being in a column for it self just took to much space!)
Deleted now-playing columns
Changed artist and title size
Added an option to convert tracknumbers to Roman numbers
Fixed coloring in Filename column
Azrael 4.2.21
Added an option to use $caps2() on the title column
Azrael 4.2.20
Added new color scheme ReButz2 Dusk
Azrael 4.2.19
Added filename column (is disabled by default)
Added singletrack option (if not(album tag) then singletrack)
Azrael 4.2.18
Fixed a color in Pixel8
Added an option to make an album appear like various if directoryname is only album
Azrarel 4.2.17
Added an option that looks for replaygain_album info and if none is found sets track as singletrack (is disabled by default)
Added Composer info to track 4 (Looks like artist)
Azrael 4.2.16
Moved now-playing animation to own column (it sometimes destroyed titles if the title was long)
Fixed coloring mistake when using -s- indicator in playlist name
Fixed tracknumber showing on singletracks - showed 00 (this was fixed in a silent release)
Changed title and artist colum sizes
Added Dark Purple color scheme
Azrael 4.2.15
Reverted to $num(%tracknumber%, for different tracknumber style support (1/2, 01/12, 12 of 12 and so on)
Azrael 4.2.14
Added Pixel8 color scheme
Azrael 4.2.13
Added and option to move the artist (align left or right) on singletracks
Azrael 4.2.4
Moved album in singletrack so it shows like this artist [album]
Fixed some color bugs
Dimmed [album] in singletracks!
Fixed extra ')' in Lossless Audio Files
Recoded the Encoding Column (Optimized = less code)
Changed Musepack (105 kbps q5 sv to Musepack [q5 sv7] (105 kbps)
Made Encoding Column bigger
Azrael 4.2.3
Added VBR & CBR info to MP3 codec
Added q1 -> q8 info for MusePack codec
Added streamversion info for MusePack codec
Made Encoding column bigger
Azrael 4.2.2
Added support for making whole playlists look like singletrack (using the -s- indicator anywhere in the name will activate it)
Azrael 4.2.1
Added [album] to singletracks where it exists
Azrael 4.2
Changed some colors in alle the themes
Added Shortening of Windows Media Audio V7/V8 to WMA
Added Shortening of Windows Media Audio V9 Lossless Mode to WMA Lossless (compression ratio)
Changed size of Encoding Field
Fixed the text where parenthesis is dimmed first in track title
Added Commentary to almost everything
Changed the 'parenthesis is dimmed' code
Added new color theme: b0se OpusOS Blue (yes it is another blue but more smooth)
Fixed some title coloring
Fixed some playlist coloring
Added more color controls
Made Codec name be to the left and quality be on the right
Azrael 4.1.8
Changed standard size of album and title
Align Playlistnumber to the right
Fixed filename not showing anymore (when no title tag is present)
Fixed Playlistnumber color in Dark Theme
Added support for BONUSTRACK tag shows *Bonus Track* in dimmed color besides track title
Added grey Unknow Artist when no Artist tag is present on singletracks
Dimmed parenthesis in track title
Azrael 4.1.7
New Color: Luna (Matches Windows XP Luna (Blue)
Fixed a bug with singletrack background
Added more colors to control
Azrael 4.1.6
New Color: Dark (Red & Black Theme)
Added more color controls
Small corrections
Small bug fixes
Azrael 4.1.5
Various Artist update - Changed so that %album artist% and %performer% is shown if present (else various artist is shown)
Azrael 4.1.4
Better detection of Singletrack (Like Dynamic by upNorth)
Better detection of Various Artist (Like Dynamic by upNorth)
Azrael 4.1.3
Small bug fixes
Added b0se Classic Green color scheme
Mixed Normal and Rating to one version with Rating disabled by default
Azrael 4.1.2
Updated to beta 7 format
Small changes
Azrael 4.1
Made 2 color schemes (Goof, b0se Classic)
Fixed some small bugs
Azrael 4
Moved all colors to Global (making it easy to change colors)
Changed colors to fit my current skin Goof
Optimized some more code!
Azrael 3
Moved RG to outer right side (switched with encoding)
Moved now-playing marker from beside artist to beside title (works better)
Moved %discname% and %disc% to tracknumber 3
Moved %date% to tracknumber 2
Moved %genre% to tracknumber 3
Moved a lot of colors to global
No coloring of 1. track on albums in: RG, Encoding, Playlist
Added background to album info (custom coloring of artist column)
Added background to title (custom coloring of title column)
Made singletrack artist right align
Changed size of outer seperators
Some more code optimizing
Azrael 2.6.3
Bugfix (now tracknumbers 01, 02 ,03 ,04 etc. can be used!)
Azrael 2.6.2
Changed statusbar (so that it shows codec info like in column)
Azrael 2.6.1
More code optimizing
Using new $tracknumber() function of 8.1 beta (makes the code smaller)
Azrael 2.6
Optimized the code (made some more global and minimized some other things)
Azrael 2.5
Better various support (artist is shown as Various Artist and the artist name is shown in front of the title (Like Hybrid and Dynamic by UpNorth)
Azrael 2.4
an animated now playing marker in the title column
Dimmed zeroes in playlist numbers!
Zero not visible with tracknumber 1 and is_playing
Azrael 2.2
Changed background (does not change on each track! I didn't like that)
Made another seperator (1px after tracknumber to symbol title start)
Made the seperator before tracknumber only show on albums
Made more room for Encoding (Monkey's Audio (xx%) is now visible)
Made less room for playlistnumber
Made less room for tracknumber
Made less room for ReplayGain
Changed Statusbar (now shows running time / length = % and TGain & AGain info)
Made Playlist, now playing marker, tracknumber, Length, RG & Encoding not resize!
Changed size of outer seperators (design)
Made album, date, genre and now playing marker stay black even when selected
Azrael 2.0
New design (not so many columns more place for artist and title)
More use of separator (to make the cool look) They don't resize (Thanks to RotAtoR)
Genre included (this is for all of you I don't believe in genre each band plays it's way)
new length of artist and title (now all my album names and titles are shown)
Most likely other things I don't remember!
Azrael 1.12
Change Seperators to resize=0 (thanks RotAtoR)
Changed color of ReplayGain Icons (was hard to see)
Made ReplayGain Icons change color when selected
Azrael 1.10
Changed colors to match my current skin!
Made text color differ! (Selected, 1. track, others)
Azrael 1.01
Added "- -" in Date of albums
Fixed other small issues!
Azrael 1.0 - First Release