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=Components for Foobar2000 v0.9.x=
This page contains most Foobar2000 v0.9.x components available at time of last update. Descriptions where available. More information on these plugins can be found by searching the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showforum=28 foobar2000 forums].


Much of the information here came from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=42730&st=0 this thread] which may be more up to date, and also shows a list of components not yet updated from earlier versions of foobar2000.
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This page contains most [[foobar2000]] components available at time of history last update.


==Columns UI==
{{panel|This Page will show only components which are built for at least x86 64-bit versions of Foobar2000. Components which exist in 32-bit version '''only''', are now to be found on [[foobar2000:Legacy_components|Legacy Components]] page. Transition of wiki categories will take some time. Read more, here: [[foobar2000:Version_2.0_Release_Notes|Release Notes Version 2.0]]|color=green}}
[http://music.morbo.org/components.php Columns UI] is a very popular alternate interface for foobar2000 based on a columns and panel layout. It has a separated wiki that is located [http://music.morbo.org/wiki/columns_ui:columns_ui here].


Columns UI has its own plugin system and these plugins extend the user interface:
==Official components==
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html Album Art Panel (foo_uie_albumart)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Album Art Panel (foo_uie_albumart)|''more info'']]) Panel to display album art
The following components are created and maintained by the foobar2000 development team. Support for them should be asked for in the [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,29.0.html Support forum].
* [http://tmp.reharmonize.net/foobar/ Album Art Panel for matroska (foo_uie_albumart_mka)] Albumart mod to read matroska covers.
* [http://music.morbo.org/components.php Album List Panel (foo_uie_albumlist)] Displays the database in a treeview using customizable sorting methods (by genre, artist, directory, ..)
* [http://ku.myftp.org/goods/ Explorer Panel (foo_uie_explorer)] Displays a treeview of selected disks/folders.
* [http://foobar.s53.xrea.com/up/ Lyrics Panel (foo_uie_lyrics_panel)] Display lyrics stored in file tags.
* [http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Foobar2000 Music Browser (foo_browser)] Panels for Browsing Library, Similar to iTunes
* [http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Foobar2000#foo_playlist_tree Playlist Tree (foo_playlist_tree)] Tree based media library with many available customizations.
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo)|''more info'']]) Uses TAGZ to display information about a selected track


==DSP==
===Included in the installer===
* [http://www.andrewlabs.com/downloads/downloads.php ATSurround Processor (foo_dsp_atsurround)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 ATSurround Processor (foo_dsp_atsurround)|''more info'']]) Reproduces surround sound information present in many stereo audio material and more.
====Required components====
* [http://bs2b.sourceforge.net/ BS2D (foo_dsp_bs2p)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 BS2D (foo_dsp_bs2p)|''more info'']]) Improves headphone listening of regular hi-fi stereo records.
The following components are required for installation, in addition to foobar2000 Core module. These components are installed when type of installation is Minimal.
* [http://www.skipyrich.com/foobar/foo_channel_mixer.ptml Channel Mixer (foo_channel_mixer)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Channel Mixer (foo_channel_mixer)|''more info'']]) Up/down mix to/from 1-6 channels
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html#continuator Continuator (foo_dsp_continuator)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Continuator (foo_dsp_continuator)|''more info'']]) Allows for advanced crossfading between tracks
* [http://www.naivesoftware.com/software.html Crossfeed (foo_dsp_crossfeed)] Filters the music to help reduce fatigue caused by listening to music with headphones
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/dsp.php#132 Dolby Headphone Wrapper (foo_dsp_dolbyhp)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Dolby Headphone Wrapper (foo_dsp_dolbyhp)|''more info'']]) Dolby Headphone engine DLL.
* [http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uybc/foo_dsp_delta.zip LPCM <--> Delta-PCM Converter (foo_dsp_delta)] Noise sharpening filter
* [http://www.oss3d.com/index.html OSS/3D (foo_dsp_oss3ddsp)] Audio enhancement (SHAREWARE)
* [http://www.acc.umu.se/~zao/foobar2000/#foo_dsp_silence Post-track Silence (foo_dsp_silence)] Inserts a configurable amount of silence after each track to help external devices like MiniDisc players to sync track changes.
* [http://otachan.com/foo_dsp_ssrc.html SSRC (foo_dsp_ssrc)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 SSRC (foo_dsp_ssrc)|''more info'']]) Sample rate converter.
* [http://www.skipyrich.com/foobar/foo_dsp_tube.ptml Tube Sound (foo_dsp_tube)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Tube Sound (foo_dsp_tube)|''more info'']]) Emulate tube sound.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22057&view=findpost&p=374256 VLevel (foo_dsp_vlevel)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 VLevel (foo_dsp_vlevel)|''more info'']]) Dynamic compressor which amplifies the quiet parts of music.


==Input==
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Default user interface (foo ui std)|Default user interface (foo_ui_std)]] · Allows complex layout using building blocks that are called UI Elements, many of them already present after the installation. Additional Components, which are incorporated in Default user interface, are: Album List, Decoding Speed Test and File Integrity Verifier.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ AC3 Decoder (foo_ac3)] Plays Dolby Digital lossy audio compression technologies format.
* Standard DSP Array (foo_dsp_std) · Equalizer, resampler, advanced limiter, hard limiter, stereo to 4 channel upmixer and a couple other effects.
* [http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/foobar2000/ AC3 Packet Decoder (foo_packet_decoder_ac3)] Needed for AC3 in MKA.
* Standard Input Array (foo_input_std), which includes additional Components: CD Audio Decoder, FFmpeg Decoders and Monkey's Audio Decoder.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ ADPCM Decoder (foo_adpcm)] Plays GameCube ADPCM audio data and some. (DSP, ADP, GCM, HPS, STM, AST...)
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html ALAC Decoder (foo_input_alac)] Apple Lossless (ALAC) decoder (has known stability issues: random crashes during decoding).
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ DUMB Module Decoder (foo_dumb)] Plays your favorite module files, and then some. (MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, PTM, PSM, MTM, UMX)
* [http://shexec32.serveftp.net/products.aspx?id=foo_game Game Audio Decoder (foo_game)] Plays Westwood's audio (.aud), Sierra's sounds (.sfx/.aud), Core design's cd audio (cdaudio.wad), Funcom's music (.iss), Rome Total War's IDX (.idx/.dat), Timegate's format (.rwd), EA's Pathfinder audio (.mus) and Ben Gerard's music (.sc68).
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ Game Emu Player (foo_gep)] Plays several emulation formats. (GBS, NSF, SPC, GYM, HES, VGM)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ Lunar 2 PCM Decoder (foo_lunar2)] Plays the RP*.PCM files found on the original Lunar: Eternal Blue CD.
* [http://tmp.reharmonize.net/foobar/ Matroska Plugin (unofficial) (foo_input_matroska)] Matroska decoder.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ MIDI Synthesizer Host (foo_midi)]
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Monkey's Audio Decoder (foo_input_monkey)] Monkey (APE) decoder (this component has known unresolved stability issues with 0.9)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ PSF Decoder (foo_psf)] Plays PSF files.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ SID Player 2 (foo_sid)] Sound chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 home computers.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Shorten Decoder (foo_input_shorten)] Shorten (SHN) is a file format used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files.
* [http://tmp.reharmonize.net/foobar/ TTA Audio Decoder (unofficial) (foo_input_tta)] TTA (True Audio) Free Lossless Audio Codec


==Output==
====Optional components====
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html ASIO Output (foo_out_asio)] Adds ASIO output support.
[[Image:Optional_features.png|thumb|The Optional Features screen of the foobar2000 installer]]
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Kernel Streaming Output (foo_out_ks)] Allows bit-exact playback bypassing Windows kernel mixer.
In addition to foobar2000's core functionality, following components can be installed as needed, through choice of Type of install.


==Visualisation==
If selected "Normal", following components will be included, cumulative to Minimal:
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html#projectM ProjectM Visualisation (foo_vis_projectM)] Based on the ProjectM project, which is a reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL.
* [[Foobar2000:Converter|Converter (foo_converter)]] · Converts files to WAV or any other formats using command line encoders.
* [http://www.rabidhamster.org/R4/ R4 Visualisation] ([[Foobar2000:R4 Visualisation|''more info'']]) Stand alone visualisation, uses "What You Hear" sound as input
* [[Foobar2000:Equalizer DSP|Equalizer DSP (foo_dsp_eq)]] · Equalizer DSP (foo_dsp_eq) · An 18-band graphic equalizer based on SuperEQ library.


==Other==
If selected "Full", following additional components will be included, cumulative to Normal and Minimal:
===Library tools===
* [[Foobar2000:Archive Reader (foo_unpack)|Archive Reader (foo_unpack)]] · Adds support for playing files directly from ZIP RAR and GZIP archives.
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Audio CD Writer (foo_burninate)] CD burning support (requires Nero to be installed on your system.)
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Freedb_Tagger_(foo_freedb2)|Freedb Tagger (foo_freedb2)]] · Tag retrieving support from freedb service for any set of files (mp3,mpc,flac,...-not only CDDA tracks).
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Autoplaylist Manager (foo_autoplaylist)] Presents a Media Library query in a dynamically-generated playlist (under development).
* [[Foobar2000:File Operations (foo_fileops)|File Operations (foo_fileops)]] · Renames, moves, or copies files according to specified patterns.
* [http://tmp.reharmonize.net/foobar/ Cuesheet Creator (foo_cuesheet_creator)] Cuesheet creator.
* [http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Foobar2000#foo_cwb_hooks Cwbowron's Title formating  (foo_cwb_hooks)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 CwBowron's Title formating (foo_cwb_hooks)|''more info'']]) Special title formating.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Database Search (foo_dbsearch)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Database Search (foo_dbsearch)|''more info'']]) Database search.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Freedb Tagger (foo_freedb2)] Freedb tagger.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=43012 History (foo_history)] Very basic song history.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Live Show Tagger (foo_tradersfriend)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Live Show Tagger (foo_tradersfriend)|''more info'']]) Live show tagger.
* [http://eludevisibility.org/music/ MeowDB (foo_meowdb)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 MeowDB (foo_meowdb)|''more info'']]) Takes the Media Library and outputs the results to a form and uploads it to your server using the cURL library.
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Play Count (official) (foo_playcount)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Play Count (official) (foo_playcount)|''more info'']]) Collects statistics about tracks from your Media Library being played.
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html#playcount Play Count (foo_playcount)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Play Count (foo_playcount)|''more info'']]) Keeps track of the amount of times, the last time, and the first time a track has been played.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Playback Queue Viewer (foo_pqview)] Playback queue viewer.
* [http://www.skipyrich.com/foobar/foo_playlist_bind.ptml Playlist Bind (foo_playlist_bind)] Synchronize playlist with contents of specific directory.
* [http://otachan.com/foo_playlistclear.html Playlist Clear (foo_playlistclear)] All playlists are cleared at startup.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Playlist Manager (foo_playlist_manager)] Playlist manager.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=43522 Playlist Name Enhenced (foo_playlist_name_enhanced)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Playlist Name Enhenced (foo_playlist_name_enhanced)|''more info'']]) Appends automatically playlist info ("items / length") to all playlist names.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Playlist Tools (foo_utils)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Playlist Tools (foo_utils)|''more info'']]) Provides various general commands.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Randomized Playlist Entry (foo_random)] Randomized playlist entry.
* [http://gro.clinux.org/frs/?group_id=737&release_id=1095 Special File Info Box (foo_infobox)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Special File Info Box (foo_infobox)|''more info'']]) A replacement of the built-in file info box.


===Notifier===
===Additional components===
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/general.php#40 AMIP Wrapper (foo_amipwrapper)] Complete now-playing plug-in for mIRC, PIRCH, Klient, Bersirc, other IRC and Mail clients, supporting full player control from mIRC, playlist search, clipboard integration, HTTP, dynamic image signatures, etc.
These components are provided as separate downloads, found on the [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/author/Peter Official Components page].  
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html#msn MSN Now Playing (alt) (foo_msnalt)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 MSN Now Playing (alt) (foo_msnalt)|''more info'']]) Show the current song as "Now Playing" in MSN and MS Live messenger.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/ABX Comparator (foo abx)|ABX comparator (foo_abx)]] · Performs a double-blind listening test between two tracks.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ On-Screen Display (foo_osd)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 On-Screen Display (foo_osd)|''more info'']]) On screen display of track information and volume bar.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/AdPlug (foo_adplug)|AdPlug (foo_adplug)]] Decoding support for all Adlib FM chip formats supported by the AdPlug library.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ On-Screen Display GDI+ (foo_osd_gdiplus)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 On-Screen Display (foo_osd)|''more info'']]) Same as foo_osd but uses GDI+ for osd drawing.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/ASIO Output (foo_out_asio)|ASIO Output (foo_out_asio)]] · Provides ASIO output support.
* [http://www.maroonspoon.com/foo_prettypop/ Pretty Popup (foo_prettypop)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Pretty Popup (foo_prettypop)|''more info'']]) Display a moderately sized popup of song information when a new song plays.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Audio CD Writer (foo_burninate)|Audio CD Writer (foo_burninate)]] · CD burning support.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Classical User Interface (foo_ui_classic)|Classical User Interface (foo_ui_classic)]] · The Default User Interface from early foobar2000 versions.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Command-Line Decoder Wrapper (foo_input_exe)|Command-Line Decoder Wrapper (foo_input_exe)]] · Allows to play or convert any audio format with a standalone command-line decoder available.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/DEAF Module Decoder (foo_deaf)|DEAF Module Decoder (foo_deaf)]] · Plays module files: MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, PTM, PSM, MTM and UMX.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper (foo_input_ffmpeg)|FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper (foo_input_ffmpeg)]] · Allows foobar2000 to read arbitrary file formats via user-supplied ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Game Music Emu Decoder (foo_input_gme)|Game Music Emu Decoder (foo_input_gme)]]· plays several emulation formats, based on the "Game_Music_Emu" audio library by Shay Green
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Masstagger (foo_masstag)|Masstagger (foo_masstag)]] · Automates various tag editing operations.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Monkey's Audio Decoder (foo_input_monkey)|Monkey's Audio Decoder (foo_input_monkey)]] Adds decoding support for Monkey's Audio files (.[[APE]]) as well as APE Link files (.[[APL]]).
*[[Foobar2000:Components/OpenMPT Module Decoder (foo_openmpt54)|OpenMPT Module Decoder (foo_openmpt54)]] · This component decodes modules, or music files combining both samples and sequence data and effects, using libopenmpt.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Playback Statistics v3.x (foo playcount)|Playback Statistics (foo playcount)]] Collects playback statistics for your Media Library content.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Quick Tagger (foo_quicktag)|Quick Tagger (foo_quicktag)]] · Adds customizable context menu commands for quickly setting tag fields to preconfigured values.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Text Tools (foo texttools)|Text Tools (foo_texttools)]] · Adds customizable context menu commands for copying information about the selected tracks to Windows Clipboard.  
*[[Foobar2000:Components/Utility DSP Array (foo_dsp_utility)|Utility DSP Array (foo_dsp_utility)]] · Contains the following utility DSP modules: Add Noise, DC Offset, Sample Offset, Scale, Upmix, Stereo Balance.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/UPnP MediaRenderer Output (foo_out_upnp)|UPnP MediaRenderer Output (foo_out_upnp)]] · Presents any UPnP MediaRenderer devices present on your home network as foobar2000 output devices.
*[[Foobar2000:Components/VST 2.x/3.x Adapter (foo_dsp_vst3)|VST 2.x/3.x Adapter (foo_dsp_vst3)]] · Allows VST effects to be used as DSPs in foobar2000.


===Online database===
==3rd party components==
* [http://www.last.fm/downloads.php Audioscrobbler (foo_audioscrobbler)] Audioscrobbler will send the name of every song you play on your computer to Last.fm. This effortlessly populates your profile to play radio you like and make personalized recommendations.
The following components are created and maintained by 3rd-party authors, using foobar2000's [http://www.foobar2000.org/SDK.html SDK]. Support for these components should be asked for in the [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,33.0.html 3rd Party Plugins forum]. Asking for help directly in the component's thread is usually preferred.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Foosic Music Database (foo_sic)] Sends track information to the [http://www.foosic.org/ foosic online database]. You can currently view your top artist, album and track statistics with foosic.
=== User Interface Modules ===


===Remote control===
==== Columns UI ====
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/general.php#138 Advanced Controls (foo_advancedcontrols)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Advanced Controls (foo_advancedcontrols)|''more info'']]) Control all the playback functions from icons in the Taskbar Notification Area (play, pause, next, previous, open)
[[Foobar2000:Components/Columns UI (foo_ui_columns)|Columns UI (foo_ui_columns)]] · Very popular alternate interface for foobar2000 based on a columns and panel layout.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ COM Automation Server (foo_comserver)] Allows controlling foobar2000 through COM Automation
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=38114 Control Server (foo_controlserver)] Acts as a server to control Foobar2000. Connect with a telnet client and control it using ASCII commands.
* [http://otachan.com/foo_ddecontrol.html DDE Control (foo_ddecontrol)] Control foobar remotelly with DDE interprocess communication (interface in japanese only).
* [http://foobar.daychanged.com/ HTTP Writer (foo_write_http)] It's TCP/IP server that listens on a specified port for incoming requests such as play, stop, etc.


===Misc===
Columns UI introduced components with [[#Panels|panel]] capability which extend the user interface.
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Binary Comparator (foo_bitcompare)] Performs binary comparison between two or more tracks and reports differences.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/#channelusage Channel Usage Visualisation (foo_vis_channelusage.dll)] Channel Usage Visualisation.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Common Services (foo_common)] Common services.
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Decoding Speed Test (foo_benchmark)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Decoding Speed Test (foo_benchmark)|''more info'']]) Measures decoding speed of audio files.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=37204 Fullscreen (foo_fullscreen)] Enable fullscreen mode.
* [http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/ LyricsDB (foo_lyricsdb)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 LyricsDB (foo_lyricsdb)|''more info'']]) Search lyrics basing on song's artist title and sometimes album.
* [http://www.crintsoft.com/minilyrics.htm Mini Lyrics (foo_ui_minilyrics)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 Mini Lyrics (foo_ui_minilyrics)|''more info'']]) Lyrics viewer for synchronizing and displaying lyrics of the currently playing song.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ Pause On Lock (foo_lock)] Pauses/unpauses foobar2000 on workstation lock/unlock.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=42736&hl=foo_sendtodevice Send To Device (foo_sendtodevice)] Add "Send to Device" feature.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Shell Link Resolver (foo_lnk)] Shell link resolver.
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html#notaskbar Taskbar Button Remover (foo_notaskbar)] Hides Foobar2000 from the taskbar, even when the window is normally visible.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=42941 Winamp API Emulator (foo_winamp_spam)] Designed to create a fake Winamp 1.x window which will act as a wrapper between applications written to use the Winamp API and foobar2000.
* [http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mwithers/foo_xm/ XM Radio Online Player (foo_xm)] Allow you to listen to XM Radio channels over the Internet by using XM Radio Online.


=Links=
=== User interface add-ons ===
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/index.html Official components site]  
==== UI elements ====
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/ Official third-party components site]
The [[Foobar2000:Components/Default user interface (foo_ui_std)|default user interface (foo_ui_std)]] · Included in the standard installation package, can be extended with the following component(s):
* [http://music.morbo.org/components.php musicmusic's components] including Columns UI
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Coverflow (foo coverflow)|Coverflow (foo_coverflow)]] · Interactive 3D Coverflow.
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html Several popular components ported to 0.9]
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Floating window (foo_flowin)|Floating window (foo_flowin)]] ·  a component that host Default UI elements.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21105 Most Sought-After Plugins] (forum thread, foobar v0.8.3 only)
* [[Foobar2000:Components/JScript Panel 3 (foo_jscript_panel3)|JScript Panel 3 (foo_jscript_panel3)]] · a component which allows creation of customisable panels that can be written with JavaScript rather than the C++ required by the foobar2000 SDK.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28647 Columns UI thread]: first post contains links to many Columns UI panel extensions
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Waveform Minibar (mod) (foo_wave_minibar_mod)|Waveform Minibar (mod) (foo_wave_minibar_mod)]] · Element for DUI with seekbar functionality on top of the waveform of the playing song.


[[Category: foobar2000]]
==== Panels ====
Panels extend the functionality of Columns UI components.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Album List Panel (foo_uie_albumlist)|Album List Panel (foo_uie_albumlist)]] · Displays the database in a treeview using customizable sorting methods (by genre, artist, directory, etc.)
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Console_(foo_uie_console)|Console (foo_uie_console)]] · Panel version of console. Displays diagnostic messages. Requires Columns UI 0.1.3 beta 1 or newer.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/JScript Panel 3 (foo_jscript_panel3)|JScript Panel 3 (foo_jscript_panel3)]] · a component which allows creation of customisable panels that can be written with JavaScript rather than the C++ required by the foobar2000 SDK.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Popup Panels (foo_popup_panels)|Popup Panels (foo_popup_panels)]] · This component allows displaying ColumnsUI panels in a popup window.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Waveform Minibar (mod) (foo_wave_minibar_mod)|Waveform Minibar (mod) (foo_wave_minibar_mod)]] · Waveform Minibar (mod) is a seekbar that shows the waveform of the track.
*[[foobar2000:Components/WebView (foo_uie_webview)|WebView (foo_uie_webview)]] · Exposes the Microsoft WebView2 control as UI panel.
 
===DSP===
====Converters====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/SRC Resampler DSP (foo_dsp_src_resampler)|SRC Resampler DSP (foo_dsp_src_resampler)]] · Secret Rabbit Code resampler.
 
====Effects====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Crossmix DSP (foo_dsp_crossmix)|Crossmix DSP (foo_dsp_crossmix)]] · Mixes the beginning of the next track over the ending of the previous track without any fading.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Effect DSP (foo_dsp_effect)|Effect DSP (foo_dsp_effect)]] · Adds miscellaneous effects.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Fade In-Out DSP (foo_dsp_fadeinout)|Fade In/Out DSP (foo_dsp_fadeinout)]] · Allows adding linear, sine, cosine, or logarithmic shaped fade-in and fade-out effects.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Vocal Exciter DSP (foo_dsp_vocal_exciter)|Vocal Exciter DSP (foo_dsp_vocal_exciter)]] · Adds harmonically related distortion to high frequencies to give more presence.
 
====Headphones====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/MathAudio Headphone EQ (foo_headphone_eq)|MathAudio Headphone EQ (foo_headphone_eq)]] · Helps to detect and compensate for the unwanted resonances in high-quality headphones and earphones.
 
====Multichannel audio====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Downmixer DSP (foo_dsp_downmixer)|Downmixer DSP (foo_dsp_downmixer)]] · Downmixes source to the selected output format.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Trifield LR-LRC Decoder DSP (foo_dsp_trifield)|Trifield LR→LRC Decoder DSP (foo_dsp_trifield)]] · Implementation of Michael Gerzon's Trifield decoder.
 
====Multi-purpose====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/MathAudio Room EQ (foo_room_eq)|MathAudio Room EQ (foo_room_eq)]] · Corrects deficiencies of room acoustics (multipoint compensation).
* [[Foobar2000:Components/mda Dither DSP (foo_dsp_mdadither)|mda Dither DSP (foo_dsp_mdadither)]] · Range of dither types for word-length reduction.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Stereo Convolver (foo_dsp_stereoconv)|Stereo Convolver (foo_dsp_stereoconv)]] · Take stereo audio and convolve each channel with two impulse responses.
 
====Utilities====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Post-track Silence (foo_dsp_silence)|Affix silence (foo_dsp_silence)]] Inserts a configurable amount of silence after each track to help external devices like MiniDisc players to sync track changes.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Amplifier DSP (foo_dsp_amp)|Amplifier DSP (foo_dsp_amp)]] · A simple volume adjustment DSP allowing the signal amplitude to be both boosted and lowered.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/EBU R128 Normalizer (foo_r128norm)|EBU R128 Normalizer (foo_r128norm)]] · This component provides a simple DSP for normalizing audio tracks using a running windowed calculation of the EBU R-128 standard.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Fake Gapless DSP (foo_dsp_fakegapless)|Fake Gapless DSP (foo_dsp_fakegapless)]] · Briefly fades track changes to silence to avoid glitches with gapless tracks when encoded with lossy codecs.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/GAP Killer (foo_dsp_nogaps)|Gap Killer DSP (foo_dsp_nogaps)]] · Removes silence from track transitions.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Hard Clip DSP (foo_dsp_hardclip)|Hard Clip DSP (foo_dsp_hardclip)]] · Clips peaks forcing foobar2000 output to match players that don't support floating point output.
* [[foobar2000:Components/Noise Sharpening (foo_dsp_delta)|Noise Sharpening (foo_dsp_delta)]] · This component boosts high frequencies.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Pregap DSP (foo_dsp_pregap)|Pregap DSP (foo_dsp_pregap)]] · Inserts silence before real playback begins.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/ReplayGain DSP (foo_dsp_replaygain)|ReplayGain DSP (foo_dsp_replaygain)]] · Alternative ReplayGain implementation with support for smarter automatic mode selection.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Skip Silence DSP (foo_dsp_skip_silence)|Skip Silence DSP (foo_dsp_skip_silence)]] · Automatically fast forwards over extended periods of silence.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Smart Dither DSP (foo_dsp_dither)|Smart Dither DSP (foo_dsp_dither)]] · TPDF dither DSP that leaves digital silence untouched.
 
===Input===
====Music decoders====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/DVD Audio Decoder (foo_input_dvda)|DVD Audio Decoder (foo_input_dvda)]] · Decodes DVD Audio ([[DVD Audio]]) Disks.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/OptimFROG Decoder_(foo_input_ofr)|OptimFROG Decoder (foo_input_ofr)]] · Decodes OptimFROG audio format.
* [[foobar2000:Components/QOA Audio Decoder (foo_qoa)|QOA Audio Decoder (foo_qoa)]] · Decodes the Quite OK Audio (QOA) format.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/TAK Decoder (foo_input_tak)|TAK Decoder (foo_input_tak)]] · Adds support for decoding and tagging [[TAK]] files as well as reading embedded album art.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/TTA Audio Decoder (foo_input_tta)|TTA Audio Decoder (foo_input_tta)]] · Decodes True Audio ([[TTA]]) audio format.
 
====Other decoders====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Another Slight Atari Player (foo_asap)|Another Slight Atari Player (foo_asap)]]· adds playback of Atari 8-bit chiptunes to foobar2000.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/MIDI Player (foo_midi)|MIDI Player (foo_midi)]] · adds playback of MIDI files to foobar2000.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/sidplay (foo_sid)|SID Player (foo_sid)]] · adds playback of SID and MUS files to foobar2000.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/V2M Decoder (foo_input_v2m)|V2M Decoder (foo_input_v2m)]] · Farbrausch V2 module (V2M) decoder.
* [[Fobar2000:Components/vgmstream decoder (foo_input_vgmstrean)|vgmstream decoder]] (foo_input_vgmstrean) · allows playback of hundreds of streamed (prerecorded) audio formats used in video games.
 
===Visualisation===
* [[Foobar2000:Components/ProjectM Visualisation (foo_vis_projectM)|ProjectM Visualisation (foo_vis_projectM)]] Based on the ProjectM project, which is a reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Enhanced Spectrum Analyzer (foo enhanced spectrum analyzer)|Enhanced Spectrum Analyzer (foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer)]] Displays a detailed FFT spectrum in a logarithmic frequency scale.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Loudness Peakmeter (foo loudness peakmeter)|Loudness Peakmeter (foo_loudness_peakmeter)]] Displays a loudness meter and graph in real-time.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Spectrum Analyzer (foo vis spectrum analyzer)|Spectrum Analyzer (foo_vis_spectrum_analyzer)]] Display an audio spectrum visualization. Currently a remake of [[foobar2000:Components/Musical Spectrum (foo_musical_spectrum)|Musical Spectrum]] component for foobar2000 64-bit versions
* [[foobar2000:Components/MIDI Visualizer (foo_vis_midi)|MIDI Visualizer (foo_vis_midi)]] Visualize MIDI events.
 
===Other===
====General====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Cover Info (foo_cover_info)|Cover Info (foo_cover_info)]] · This component scans a selection of files for embedded album art and stores the results in a database.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Cover Resizer (foo_cover_resizer)|Cover Resizer (foo_cover_resizer)]] · Utilities for manipulating embedded art of files from within of foobar 2000.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Loop (foo_loop)|Loop (foo_loop)]] · This component offers looping in a track.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Metronome (foo_metronome)|Metronome (foo_metronome)]] · a simple console metronome.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/No Display Standby (foo_nds)|No Display Standby (foo_nds)]] · This component disables monitor power saving feature while music is playing.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/No Sleep (foo_nosleep)|No Sleep (foo_nosleep)]] · Prevents system from entering standby mode while foobar2000 is running.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Preview (foo_preview)|Preview (foo_preview)]] · Plays first seconds of consecutive tracks.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/QSearch (foo_qsearch|QSearch (foo_qsearch)]] · Provides 6 context menu items to create playlists or open a search window from the selected track's metadata.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Quicksearch UI Element (foo quicksearch)|Quicksearch UI Element (foo_quicksearch)]] Search toolbar that sends results to a playlist.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Replaygain Override (foo rg trn)|Replaygain Override (foo rg trn)]] · Provides a way to specify which replaygain modes to use for each playback order.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Renamer (foo_renamer)|Renamer (foo_renamer)]] · An alternative file renamer for people who wish to configure reserved character replacement rules manually.
* [[Foobar2000:Components 0.9/Run (foo_run)|Run Services (foo_run)]] · Allows you to run a external program with the foobar syntax.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Run Main (foo_run_main)|Run Main (foo_run_main)]] · This component has full support for dynamically generated menu commands.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Scheduler Mod (foo_scheduler_mod)|Scheduler Mod (foo_scheduler_mod)]] Plugin for scheduling actions like play, stop, system shutdown/wake up and many more.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Seekbox (foo_seek_box)|Seekbox (foo_seek_box)]] · Main menu item that pops up a box for seeking to a particular hh:mm:ss time in the current track.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Seek to Time (foo_seek_to_time)|Seek to Time (foo_seek_to_time)]] · This component allows defining timestamps to directly seek to with keyboard shortcuts.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Stop after Album (foo_stopafteralbum)|Stop after Album (foo_stopafteralbum)]] · This component allows stop playing according to defined tags.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/SQL Tree (foo_uie_sql_tree)|SQL Tree (foo_uie_sql_tree)]] · This component makes possible viewing the media library in a tree structure using SQL queries.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/SQLite Utilities (foo_sqlite)|SQLite Utilities (foo_sqlite)]] · This component allows viewing and changing the contents of the media library and the playlists by using SQL statements.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/SVG services (foo_svg_services)|SVG services (foo_svg_services)]] · This component provides an SVG renderer, for use by other foobar2000 components.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Timebomb (foo_timebomb)|Timebomb (foo_timebomb)]] · Stop playback / exit program after a specified time.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Timebomb2 (foo_timebomb2)|Timebomb2 (foo_timebomb2)]] · Stop playing after predefined time.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/PGGB-RT (foo pggb rt)|PGGB-RT (foo_pggt_rt)]] Real-time implementation of Remastero's PGGB resampling algorithm implemented as foobar2000 component. Only available as 64-bit component.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Vital_Bookmarks_(foo_vbookmark)|Vital Bookmarks (foo_vbookmark)]] · Provides playback bookmark functionality.
 
====Lyrics====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/ESlyric (foo_uie_eslyric)|ESlyrics (foo_uie_eslyric)]] · Alternative lyric show component.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Lyrics Show Panel 3 (foo_uie_lyrics3)|Lyrics Show Panel 3 (foo_uie_lyrics3)]] · Component which can download and display both timestamped and text only lyrics.
* [[foobar2000:Components/OpenLyrics (foo_openlyrics)|OpenLyrics (foo_openlyrics)]] · Modern replacement for Lyric Show Panel 3.
 
====Notifier====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Taskbar Playback Progress Bar (foo_taskbar_playback_progress_bar)|Taskbar Playback Progress Bar (foo_taskbar_playback_progress_bar)]] · Recompile of foo_taskbar_playback_progress_bar by Alexey V. Grishin. Fixed potential divide by zero crash and added 64-bit support.
 
====Online database====
* [[Foobar2000:Components 0.9/Audioscrobbler (foo_audioscrobbler)|Audioscrobbler (foo_audioscrobbler)]] · Audioscrobbler will send the name of every song you play on your computer to [https://www.last.fm/ Last.fm].
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Last.fm. Playcount Sync (foo_lastfm_playcount_sync)|Last.fm. Playcount Sync (foo_lastfm_playcount_sync)]] · This component fetches [https://www.last.fm/ Last.fm] playcounts and first played/last played dates as you listen.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Scrobble (foo_scrobble)|Scrobble (foo_scrobble)]] · This is component for scrobbling to [https://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]
 
====Online radio/video ====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Youtube (foo_youtube)|Youtube (foo_youtube)]] · This component adds possibility to play Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion clips directly by their URL.
 
====Playlist tools====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Cue Fix (foo_cue_fix)|Cue Fix (foo_cue_fix)]] · Component for foobar2000 to fix CUE/FLAC,APE,WAVE problems.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Cuesheet_Creator_(foo_cuesheet_creator)|Cuesheet Creator(foo_cuesheet_creator)]] · Component for generating cuesheet from playlist.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Play Next (foo_play_next)|Play Next (foo_play_next)]] · Adds the selected track to the beginning of the playback queue to be played next.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Play Track (foo_play_track)|Play Track (foo_play_track)]] · Adds a Play Track submenu to the main Playback menu.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Playlist Attributes (foo_playlist_attributes)|Playlist Attributes (foo_playlist_attributes)]] · This component uses allows assigning various attributes to a playlist.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Playlist Fix (foo_playlist_fix)|Playlist Fix (foo_playlist_fix)]] · This component uses title formatting to match dead playlist items against library items and updates the playlist entries.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Playlist_Tour_(foo_playlisttour)|Playlist Tour (foo_playlisttour)]] · Recently activated playlists prev/next history navigation.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Random Pools (foo_random_pools)|Random Pools (foo_random_pools)]] · is component for creating random playlist entries selected and grouped by various pool definitions.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Inactive Tracks (foo_skip)|Skip Track (foo_skip)]] · Skips tracks that are marked via a tag as inactive.
 
====Playback statistics====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/foo enhanced playcount|Enhanced Playback Statistics (foo_enhanced_playcount)]] · This component collects and maintains enhanced statistics for played songs.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Statistics (foo_statistics)|Statistics (foo_statistics)]] · Collects all kind of foobar2000 statistics and prints them to console.
 
====Remote control====
 
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Beefweb Remote Control (foo_beefweb)|Beefweb Remote Control (foo_beefweb)]] · Provides web interface and REST-like API for controlling player remotely.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/HTTP Remote Control (foo_httpcontrol)|HTTP Remote Control (foo_httpcontrol)]] · is a remote control component for the foobar2000 player.
 
====Tagging====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/BPM Analyser (foo_bpm)|BPM Analyser (foo_bpm)]] Automatically calculate the BPM of songs. Manual BPM calculation also available.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Discogger_(foo_discogger)|Discogger (foo_discogger)]] · Retrieve info and album art from Discogs.com database.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/External Tags (foo_external_tags)|External Tags (foo_external_tags)]] · This component adds tagging support for non-taggable file formats.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/MusicBrainz Tagger_(foo_musicbrainz)|MusicBrainz Tagger_(foo_musicbrainz)]] · Musicbrainz tagger.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/MusicBrainz64_(foo_musicbrainz64)|MusicBrainz64 (foo_musicbrainz64)]] · Musicbrainz tagger (alternative).
* [[Foobar2000:Components 1.0/TagBox component (foo_tagbox)|TagBox (foo_tagbox))]] · Tag editing UI element (no pop-up dialog needed) and standalone window.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Tag Normalizer (foo_tag_normalizer)|Tag Normalizer (foo_tag_normalizer)]] · This component Normalizes Unicode characters in tags.
 
====Utilities====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Audio MD5 (foo_audiomd5)|Audio MD5 (foo_audiomd5)]] · Component for generating and verifying MD5 checksum of audio data.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Feature Watcher (foo_whatsnew)|Feature Watcher (foo_whatsnew)]] · This Component watches available features and reports changes.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/Recorder (foo_record)|Recorder (foo_record)]] · Record audio from selected sound card input.
 
===Output===
====Interfaces====
* [[Foobar2000:Components/WASAPI shared output (foo_out_wasapis)|WASAPI shared output (foo_out_wasapis)]] · Shared mode WASAPI output for Vista and newer Windows versions.
* [[Foobar2000:Components/WASAPI shared output (debug) (foo_out_wasapis_debug)|WASAPI shared output (foo_out_wasapis_debug)]] · Shared mode WASAPI output for Vista and newer Windows versions, with additional debugging capabilities.
 
==External links==
* {{foobar2000|http://www.foobar2000.org/components|Components Repository}}

Latest revision as of 19:25, 8 July 2024

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This page contains most foobar2000 components available at time of history last update.

Official components

The following components are created and maintained by the foobar2000 development team. Support for them should be asked for in the Support forum.

Included in the installer

Required components

The following components are required for installation, in addition to foobar2000 Core module. These components are installed when type of installation is Minimal.

  • Default user interface (foo_ui_std) · Allows complex layout using building blocks that are called UI Elements, many of them already present after the installation. Additional Components, which are incorporated in Default user interface, are: Album List, Decoding Speed Test and File Integrity Verifier.
  • Standard DSP Array (foo_dsp_std) · Equalizer, resampler, advanced limiter, hard limiter, stereo to 4 channel upmixer and a couple other effects.
  • Standard Input Array (foo_input_std), which includes additional Components: CD Audio Decoder, FFmpeg Decoders and Monkey's Audio Decoder.

Optional components

The Optional Features screen of the foobar2000 installer

In addition to foobar2000's core functionality, following components can be installed as needed, through choice of Type of install.

If selected "Normal", following components will be included, cumulative to Minimal:

If selected "Full", following additional components will be included, cumulative to Normal and Minimal:

Additional components

These components are provided as separate downloads, found on the Official Components page.

3rd party components

The following components are created and maintained by 3rd-party authors, using foobar2000's SDK. Support for these components should be asked for in the 3rd Party Plugins forum. Asking for help directly in the component's thread is usually preferred.

User Interface Modules

Columns UI

Columns UI (foo_ui_columns) · Very popular alternate interface for foobar2000 based on a columns and panel layout.

Columns UI introduced components with panel capability which extend the user interface.

User interface add-ons

UI elements

The default user interface (foo_ui_std) · Included in the standard installation package, can be extended with the following component(s):

Panels

Panels extend the functionality of Columns UI components.

DSP

Converters

Effects

Headphones

Multichannel audio

Multi-purpose

Utilities

Input

Music decoders

Other decoders

Visualisation

Other

General

Lyrics

Notifier

Online database

Online radio/video

  • Youtube (foo_youtube) · This component adds possibility to play Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion clips directly by their URL.

Playlist tools

Playback statistics

Remote control

Tagging

Utilities

Output

Interfaces

External links