Show Codec + Bitrate Prior to pressing play (Local Files)

Feature description:

I’d simply like for Symfonium to display the %Format% info prior to pressing play.

Problem solved:

This isn’t a huge issue but its a bit off seeing unknown on the now playing scrren before a song plays, recently I opted to use a custom string just under the progress bar to display the Format & timestamps. Unfortunately because i’m using conditional text (for spacing really) just before I hit play the now playing screen looks kinda funny. (See Images below)

Brought benefits:

This small tweak would delete the uncertainty just before playback & in my case eradicate this awkward moment of jumbled text.

Other application solutions:

It appears oto music player is able to retrieve this info immediately although I must admit their app automatically plays audio when you skip so there’s never a moment of pause. I personally like that I have the option to skip tracks without each one playing immediately, no need to jump-scare myself in the car while i’m skipping through shuffled tracks.

Additional description and context:

I’m not sure what more I can add here but I will fully fill out this request!

Screenshots / Mockup:

Don’t do duplicates, use \t and space between as explained in the FAQ.

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I’m ashamed at how much time i spent getting the spacing right

I was using this…

%player.position%
{ %|format+=“OGG”||format+=“WAV”||format+=“MP4”%}
{ %|format+=“FLAC”||format+=“MP3”%}
%format%
{ %|format+=“OGG”||format+=“WAV”||format+=“MP4”%}
{ %|format+=“FLAC”||format+=“MP3”%}
%duration%

5 Spaces / 10 Spaces for the different file types

the \t is so much better

Is there no way to get rid of the “unknown” before a track plays though?