Foobar2000:Preferences: Difference between revisions

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foobar2000
Preferences

Components
Display
Keyboard Shortcuts
Media Library
- Album List
Networking
Playback
Shell Integration
- File Types (Windows XP only)
Tools
- ReplayGain Scanner
  - Alter File Content (1.5.7 and lower)
- Tagging
  - freedb Tagger
Advanced

Deprecated pages

General
Tools
- Converter

Pages marked * are added via third-party components.

Preferences in foobar2000 is where you do most of player's configuring.

Dialog Overview

Standard preferences dialog for foobar2000 v1.0.2.1 is shown on the picture. You can access it through the foobar2000 main menu item (File > Preferences) or by hitting Ctrl+P (by default).

The sidebar on the left selects which page of preferences is displayed on the area to the right. The preferences page displayed on the screenshot is General.

There are buttons at the bottom of the right area, which appear no matter what page you selected.

Reset all will reset the whole configuration, including Media Library and playlists of foobar2000.
Reset page will reset only the current page's settings; this button is active only when component or page supports it.
Help will open the corresponding wiki page on Hydrogenaudio, in the default browser.
OK applies any configuration changes and closes the dialog.
Cancel closes the dialog discarding any changes made to the configuration.
Apply applies any configuration changes but without closing the dialog.

Components

Main article: foobar2000:Preferences:Components

This is the Components page. It contains a list of all of the components installed, and allows you to find out about the components. By clicking on the table headers, you can sort the list by component name, DLL name or version. For many of the components (for example, Standard DSP array), if you double click an item in the list you get a popup with more detailed information.

Display

Main article: foobar2000:Preferences:Display

This is the Display page. It allows for selection of user interface and several other display-related options.

General

Main article: foobar2000:Preferences:General

This is the General page. It contains general foobar2000 configuration information.

Networking

Main article: foobar2000:Preferences:Networking

This is the Networking page. It allows configuration of several streaming-related options.

Playback

Main article: foobar2000:Preferences:Playback

This is the Playback page. It allows configuration of several playback-related options.

Advanced

Main article: foobar2000:Preferences:Advanced

This is the Advanced page. It contains additional options for foobar2000 and any additional components. Users should be careful when making amendments to these options.

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-<small>Legacy preferences support here: [[Foobar2000/Preferences (v0.8.3)]]</small>
+{{fb2k prefs|Preferences-General.png|Preferences}}
+Preferences in foobar2000 is where you do most of player's configuring.
-=Overview=
+== Dialog Overview ==
+[[Image:Preferences-General.png|thumb|left|foobar2000 v1.0.2.1 Preferences]]
-[[Image:Preferences.png|thumb|Overview]]
+Standard preferences dialog for foobar2000 v1.0.2.1 is shown on the picture. You can access it through the foobar2000 main menu item (File > Preferences) or by hitting Ctrl+P (by default).
-This is the standard preferences dialogue for foobar2000 v0.8.3. You can access it through the foobar2000 main menu item or by hitting Ctrl+P.
+The sidebar on the left selects which page of preferences is displayed on the area to the right. The preferences page displayed on the screenshot is General.
-The sidebar on the left selects which page of preferences is displayed on the area to the right. The preferences page displayed on the screenshot is from the Simple spectrum visualization plugin.
+There are buttons at the bottom of the right area, which appear no matter what page you selected.
+* ''Reset all'' will reset the whole configuration, including [[Foobar2000:Preferences:Media Library|Media Library]] and playlists of foobar2000.
+* ''Reset page'' will reset only the current page's settings; this button is active only when component or page supports it.
+* ''Help'' will open the corresponding wiki page on Hydrogenaudio, in the default browser.
+* ''OK'' applies any configuration changes and closes the dialog.
+* ''Cancel'' closes the dialog discarding any changes made to the configuration.
+* ''Apply'' applies any configuration changes but without closing the dialog.
+== Components ==
+[[Image:Components.png|thumb|left|Components page]]
+{{main|foobar2000:Preferences:Components}}
+This is the Components page. It contains a list of all of the components installed, and allows you to find out about the components. By clicking on the table headers, you can sort the list by component name, DLL name or version. For many of the components (for example, ''Standard DSP array''), if you double click an item in the list you get a popup with more detailed information.
 {{clr}}
+== Display ==
-{{foobar2000:Preferences:Component Libraries}}
+[[Image:Foobar2000-Preferences-display.png|thumb|left|Display page]]
+{{main|foobar2000:Preferences:Display}}
-{{:foobar2000/Preferences/Components}}
+This is the Display page. It allows for selection of user interface and several other display-related options.
-{{:foobar2000/Preferences/Core}}
 {{clr}}
+== General ==
-=Database=
+[[Image:Preferences-General.png|thumb|left|General page]]
+{{main|foobar2000:Preferences:General}}
-[[Image:Database.png|thumb|Database]]
+This is the General page. It contains general foobar2000 configuration information.
-This is the Database page. It allows for the configuration of foobar2000's database.
-'''Database settings section'''
-----
-'''Database enabled'''
-Check this option to enable the built-un database function in foobar2000. Restart of the player is required to effect changes.
-'''Restrict directories to:'''
-In this dropdown select or type the path to directories that should have its contents added to foobar2000's database. The scan button forcens scanning in these directories.
-'''Restrict file types:'''
-Use proper wildcards to restrict the file types that should be monitored by the database.
-'''Other settings'''
-----
-'''Remove dead entries from database (slow)'''
-Press this button to force foobar2000 to check if the files added to the database are still available in your hard disk. Dead entries (ie the ones that foobar2000 cannot locate) will be removed from the database.
-'''Nuke database'''
-Press this button to drop foobar2000's database. Use with caution.
-'''Block tag update operations'''
-Check this button to blog the tag update in your files from within foobar2000.
 {{clr}}
-=Display=
+== Networking ==
+[[Image:Preferences-Networking.png|thumb|left|Networking page]]
-[[Image:Display.png|thumb|Display]]
+{{main|foobar2000:Preferences:Networking}}
+This is the Networking page. It allows configuration of several streaming-related options.
-This is the Display page. It allows for selection of user interface and several other display-related options.
-View the Display sub-entries at [[Foobar2000:Preferences:Display]].
 {{clr}}
-=Playback=
+== Playback ==
+[[Image:Foobar2000-Preferences-playback.png|thumb|left|Playback page]]
-[[Image:Playback.png|thumb|Playback]]
+{{main|foobar2000:Preferences:Playback}}
 This is the Playback page. It allows configuration of several playback-related options.
-View more detailed information at [[Foobar2000:Preferences:Playback]].
-{{clr}}
-=Visualization=
-[[Image:Vis.png|thumb|Visualization]]
-This is the Visualization page. Visualization-related options can be configured here.
-View more detailed information at [[Foobar2000:Preferences:Visualization]]
 {{clr}}
-<small>(Note: All screenshots were made possible using [http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html MWSnap]. It's freeware, and good-quality freeware at that.)</small>
+== Advanced ==
+[[Image:Foobar2000 Preferences Advanced.png|thumb|left|Advanced page]]
+{{main|foobar2000:Preferences:Advanced}}
+This is the Advanced page. It contains additional options for foobar2000 and any additional components. Users should be careful when making amendments to these options.