foo_bpm ~ Foobar2000 & BPM

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foo_bpm – A Foobar component for automatically analyzing the number of beats per minute in audio files.

Installing and using foo_bpm:

First download and install foo_bpm.fb2k-component.

BPM Installed
foo_bpm successfully installed

The second step is adding a new BPM playlist column to the DUI playlist viewer:

BPM Column
Right click the playlist header and select columns. Toggle the BPM column on.

The third step, add an Analyze BPM toolbar button:

  1. Right click on the metronome icon ico file shown below and download / save it locally
  2. Right click the Foobar toolbar
  3. Select the Customize button
  4. Select from Available Commands [context] > BPM Analyzer > Automatically analyze BPMs
  5. Click Add
  6. Click Change Icon and select the downloaded metronome.ico file
  7. Click OK
metronome.ico (right click and save the link ico file locally)
BPM Analyser > Automatically analyse BPMs


The fourth step is to select and scan files:

Once the toolbar button is installed, songs can be selected then scanned. The songs will now be tagged with the %bpm% tag and can be selected or sorted by beats per minute as displayed in the playlist column.

The fifth step is to update your entire library:

Open Library > Search and insert the query %bpm% MISSING then click … and then click Create Autoplaylist. Rename the new autoplaylist located at the bottom of the playlist switcher Missing BPM. Activate the playlist, select the entire contents, automatically analyze them and then apply the changes.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg_wJH6TjcY

References:

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_bpm
hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,77142.0
Updated Configuration
github.com/stengerh/foo_bpm
foobar.hyv.fi/?view=foo_bpm (latest version)

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