Category Archives: Foobar2000

Foobar2000 Audio Player

Foobar2000 ~ Extensible Audio Interface & Player

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An advanced freeware audio player for Android, Mac, Windows and Wine.

Foobar2000 v2.16 Default User Interface
Foobar2000 v2.16 Default User Interface
  • Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND… and more with additional components.
  • Gapless playback.
  • Easily customizable user interface.
  • Advanced tagging capabilities.
  • Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
  • Full ReplayGain support.
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
  • Open component architecture allows third-party developers to extend functionality.
  • Multiplatform: Android, Mac, Windows 32|64-bit and ARM (ARM64EC).

Foobar2000 is not limited to its own default user interface or DUI. The interface is modular and there is an alternate interface called Columns User Interface or CUI.

www.foobar2000.org
www.foobar2000.org/download
www.foobar2000.org/components
www.foobar2000.org/FAQ
www.foobar2000.org/screenshots
www.foobar2000.org/SDK
mobile.foobar2000.com
wiki.hydrogenaud.io
Version_2.0_Release_Notes

Packages & Store Versions:

apps.apple.com/us/app/foobar2000/id1072807669
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foobar2000.foobar2000
www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/foobar2000/9pdj8x9spf2k
www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PDJ8X9SPF2K (foobar2000 classic version 1.6x)
chocolatey.org/packages/foobar2000
aur.archlinux.org/packages/foobar2000/

Foobar Forums At Hydrogenaudio:

References:
Foobar2000 ~ The First Steps

Foobar2000 1.x ~ Installing Analog VU Meters

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Adding an analog VU meter to the old Foobar2000 1.x Default User Interface

Required component: foo_vis_vumeter

Directions:

  1. Download foo_vis_vumeter
  2. Navigate to File \ Preferences \ Components
  3. Drag foo_vis_vumeter.dll to the component window
  4. Click Apply and then Ok to restart Foobar
  5. Copy any .bin skin files to the …\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\user-components\foo_vis_vumeter folder (Shift+File>Browse configuration folder)
  6. Select View > Layout > Enable layout editing mode
  7. Right click the tab area in a panel and select Add New Tab
  8. Right click the new tab and rename it “Analog VU Meter” or whatever
  9. Right click the new display area and select Add New UI Element
  10. Select ‘Analog VU Meter’ from the list (Playback Visualization)
  11. Disable layout editing mode

Group Submenus:

Adding a new subfolder to the …\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\user-components\foo_vis_vumeter folder creates a listing with that subfolder’s name in the Group submenu. ‘.bin‘ meter files in those subfolders are then accessible via the corresponding group submenu.

Parameters:

Right mouse click on the meter display:

  • Layout submenu / Horizontal or Vertical / Dual or Single / Mono / Lock Aspect Ratio
  • Select skin

Preferences > Advanced > Display > VU Meter:

  • VU meter sensitivity – Default left and right preamp (db): 20 and rise time(s) 0.20s

Mouse wheel (hover over meters)

  • Adjusts meter sensitivity

Resources:
Analog VU Meter Skin Gallery
Updated version for Foobar2000 2.x

My Current Foobar Interfaces ~ Default User Interface (DUI)

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Four Panels & MusicBrainz Releases
Four Panels – All Music Review
Four Panels with Dynamic Range & Waveform Seektable
Four panel - EsPlaylist - Analog VU meters
Default User Interface (DUI) – Four panels – Playlist Organizer (foo_plog)
Four panel - EsPlaylist - Analog VU meters
Four panels – EsPlaylist – Analog VU meters
Four Panels - SimPlaylist - Visualizations
Four Panels – SimPlaylist – Visualizations
Six panel with lyrics
Six panel with lyrics and 4 star or better playlist
Four Panel - Seektable Waveform
Four Panel – Seektable Waveform
Six Panel - SimPlaylist - Default analog VU meters
Six Panel – SimPlaylist – Default analog VU meters
Six panel - Spectrogram
Six panel – Spectrogram
Current 4 Panel DUI
Four Panel – Playlist Organiser Script