Adding an analog VU meter to the Foobar2000 2.x Default User Interface
Required component: foo_vis_vumeter
Directions:
- Download foo_vis_vumeter
- Click on foo_vis_vumeter which should install the component
- Click
Applyand thenOkto restart Foobar - Copy some .bin skin files to the …\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000-v2\vumeter folder (Shift+File>Browse configuration folder)
- Select
View > Layout > Enable layout editing mode - Right click the tab area in a panel and select
Add New Tab - Right click the new tab and rename it “Analog VU Meter” or whatever
- Right click the new tab display area and select
Add New UI Element - Select ‘
Analog VU Meter(DirectX 12)’ from the list (Playback Visualization) - Disable layout editing mode
Parameters:
Right mouse click on the meter display:
- submenus – Layout / Mode / Levels / Decay / Tuning / Options
- Fullscreen
- Skin Selection
Mouse wheel (hover over meters)
- Adjusts current Tuning selection
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I have installed the .bin files / VU meters into the vumeters file folder. NONE of the instructions online still allow me to install the VU meter. I am right clicking on the blank area that the new VU meters tab on the player provide me. It comes up with a box that has a bunch of options for Containers/DSP/Playback Information/Playback Visualization.
The Playback Visualization has two options for VU meters: VU Meter and VU Meter (Direct X 12).
How do I choose and install the VU Meters from this box or am I even in the right box?
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I suspect you just need to select the component from the list.
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Hi! I can’t find the option of skin selection with right click. And I don’t know how to change the vumeter without erasing the previous bin and change it for the new one.
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Are you using the new version or the old?
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On the latest version of Foobar2k, how do I actually install the .bin files after I install the DX12 file? I cannot find any information on what to do or how to import them. They’re downloaded and in my Components folder in my VU Meters folder.
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Copy .bin skin files to the …\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000-v2\vumeter folder (Shift+File>Browse configuration folder)
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anyone know how to get it working with foobar 2.0?
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This now works with the 2.x 32bit version.
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Thank you for the update. Tried the links you shared but same result. ‘Access Denied’ . If you need screen grabs of the issue let me know.
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Hi, I’ve fixed all the links so please try them again and let me know if you find any that aren’t working. Thanks.
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Kudos and Thanks.
Some of the skins mentioned in the gallery here https://audio-file.org/foobar2000-vu-meter-skins-gallery/ are not downloadable as they require google drive access with permission from the owner. Any ideas how to get them ?
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Which ones?
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Technics RS 671 by SanJose
SONY TC K80 by SanJose
Akai GX 620 by SanJose
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Thanks
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try
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvGsS6WHzXudEV4YUlhVHhmSG8/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvGsS6WHzXuZ1VLMHZYTzY3am8/view?usp=sharing
http://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxvGsS6WHzXuaUV2QmM4cWoyU2M
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To make it work correctly and change among the meter styles you have to put the .bin files in: C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\components. Ciao
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not correct as far as I know, what makes you say that?
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Hello! im facing an issue,here is no folder for skin installing! i tried to put them on the user-component folder and i created a foo_vis_vumeter folder and put the files in and nothing! any clue?
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Hi, is your install a permanent or portable installation of Foobar2000?
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reinstall everything … restart Foobar? restart system?
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Bonjour,
Je suis parvenu à déplacer les Vu-Mètres, étape suivante:
1 – redimensionner la fenêtre “vu-mètre”
2- placer les onglets au dessus de cette fenêtre
3- insertion des pochettes dans la fenêtre au dessus des vu-mètre
Merci beaucoup, bonne journée
Jluc
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Bonjour,
Merci pour votre tuto, c’est super, deux questions :
1 – je n’ai récupere que le “Vu métre” par defaut, où récupérer ls fichiers “.bin” ?
2 – comment faites vous pour faire glisser les vu mètres au bas de la fenêtre ?
Meci de votre réponse
Jluc
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.bin files ~ https://audio-file.org/foobar2000-vu-meter-skins-gallery/
2) repositioning is done in foobar’s “Layout” mode
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Bonjour,
Merci beaucoup de votre réponse, je m’y penche.
JLuc
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Bonjour,
Je suis parvenu à déplacer les Vu-Mètres , étape suivante :
1 – redimensionner la fenêtre “vu-mètre”
2- placer les onglets au dessus de cette fenêtre
3- insertion des pochettes dans la fenêtre au-dessus des vu-mètre
Merci beaucoup, bonne journée
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Good Information… Thanks for sharing, mecoinst Dual Input Thermometers
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Glad to help!
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Do you know where I can find the application to make my own meter?
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try starting here http://foobar2000.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5023
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Hello. When I right click on the VMU meters and then select “layout” there is no “skins” option. Everything else is there Left+ Right, Left Only, Right Only, Mono, etc, but no “skin”.
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Hi, you will only see skins listed if the .bin files are properly installed in the AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\user-components\foo_vis_vumeter folder
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Hi!, I am having the same problem. And the .bin files are in the “AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\user-components\foo_vis_vumeter folder”
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Outstanding tutorial with all the relevant links that actually work, thanks. I updated my Fooobar to the latest version which messed up the VU plugin I already had. This article helped to reset everything and even let me use some new .BINs. Thanks again
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You’re welcome. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to link to some more great VU meter skins soon. 🙂
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how can I display two couple of vu meter with independent skin ?
Thanks
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You’ll need to duplicate the second part of the install, from step 7 on, and add a second foobar panel or tab.
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It worked pefectly, thank you very much for this guide
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You are most welcome!
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Hi,
Can you please share a link as to where can we download the skin as you use with green letters and grey frames. Thanks!
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Hi, I’m not using a skin, what you see is the default user interface (DUI) with a custom configuration. https://tom2tec.wordpress.com/2015/10/31/current-foobar-interfaces-dui-default-user-interface/
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