Foobar2000:Components

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 foobar2000 forum or in the component repository page.

Much of the information here came from this thread which also shows a list of components not yet updated from earlier versions of foobar2000.

Interface

Column UI

Columns UI (foo_ui_columns) Very popular alternate interface for foobar2000 based on a columns and panel layout. It has a separated wiki that is located here.

Columns UI has its own plugin system and these plugins extend the user interface:

• Album Art Panel (foo_uie_albumart) (more info) Panel to display album art.
• Album Art Panel for matroska (foo_uie_albumart_mka) Albumart mod to read matroska covers.
• Album List Panel (foo_uie_albumlist) Displays the database in a treeview using customizable sorting methods (by genre, artist, directory, etc.)
• Album List Autoupdate Addon (foo_albumlist_autoupdate) Adds an autoupdate on any database change (add/remove/change).
• Bookmarks (foo_uie_bookmarks) Help you remember positions in songs.
• Dockable Panels (foo_dockable_panels) It allows you to create windows that host columns ui panels as floating windows that can be attached to the side of the main foobar2000 window or each other.
• Explorer Panel (foo_uie_explorer) (alternate download location) Displays a treeview of selected disks/folders.
• Lyrics Panel (foo_uie_lyrics_panel) Display lyrics stored in file tags.
• Music Browser (foo_browser) Panels for Browsing Library, Similar to iTunes.
• Playlist Dropdown (foo_uie_playlists_dropdown) Displays the playlist in a dropdown menu.
• Playlist Tree (foo_playlist_tree) Tree based media library with many available customizations.
• ProjectM Visualisation Panel (foo_uie_vis_projectM) Based on the ProjectM project, which is a reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL.
• Queue Manager (foo_uie_queuemanager) It provides a window that shows the queue's contents and allows you to delete parts of them or clear the whole queue.
• Quicksearch Panel (foo_uie_quicksearch) Search toolbar that sends results to a playlist.
• Single Column Playlist Viewer (foo_uie_single_column_playlist) (more info) Displays the playlist in a single column with "headers". Useful for creating a narrower and smaller layout.
• Tabs (foo_uie_tabs) Tabs allows you to break Pauli's Exclusion principle by placing multiple panels in the same position at the same time.
• Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo) (more info) Uses TAGZ to display information about a selected track.
• Track Info Panel Mod (foo_uie_trackinfo_mod) (more info) Improved Track Info panel with the ability to use multiple fonts in the same panel. Also has the ability to display images.

GFX

GFX window (foo_ui_gfx) is a skinnable user interface, which doesn't only focus on looking good but tries to be as fast and "lightweight" as possible, too. It uses lua as scripting language. Two skins are included in the archive. More info available in the 0.8 version discussion thread here.

Standard

Default user interface (foo_ui_std). Included in the standard installation package.

DSP

• 4Front Headphones (foo_dsp_headphones9) Effects for headphone users.
• ATSurround Processor (foo_dsp_atsurround) (more info) Reproduces surround sound information present in many stereo audio material and more.
• BS2D (foo_dsp_bs2p) (more info) Improves headphone listening of regular hi-fi stereo records.
• Voice Cut Filter (foo_dsp_centercut) Voice cut filter.
• Channel Mixer (foo_channel_mixer) (more info) Up/down mix to/from 1-6 channels
• Convolve (foo_convolve) (more info) Takes impulse response and does a fast convolution of the sound data with that impulse response.
• Crossfader (foo_dsp_crossfader) Allows crossfading between tracks.
• Crossfeed (foo_dsp_crossfeed) Filters the music to help reduce fatigue caused by listening to music with headphones
• Dolby Headphone Wrapper (foo_dsp_dolbyhp) (more info) Dolby Headphone engine DLL.
• LPCM <--> Delta-PCM Converter (foo_dsp_delta) Noise sharpening filter
• OSS/3D (foo_dsp_oss3ddsp) Audio enhancement. SHAREWARE.
• 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.
• Secret Rabit Code Resampler (foo_dsp_src9) Mega Nerd's Secret Rabbit Code sample rate converter.
• Skip Silence (foo_dsp_skip_silence) Detect and skip silence.
• Soundtouch (foo_dsp_soundtouch) Ajust pitch, tempo and rate.
• SSRC (foo_dsp_ssrc) (more info) Sample rate converter.
• Tube Sound (foo_dsp_tube) (more info) Emulate tube sound.
• VLevel (foo_dsp_vlevel) (more info) Dynamic compressor which amplifies the quiet parts of music.
• Winamp DSP Bridge (foo_dsp_winamp) Allows the use of Winamp DSPs.
• XOver (foo_dsp_xover) (more info) Implements this digital crossover to achieve active multi-amplification.

Input

Audio Codecs

• AC3 Decoder (foo_ac3) Decodes Dolby Digital lossy audio compression technologies format (AC3).
• AC3 Packet Decoder (foo_packet_decoder_ac3) Needed for AC3 in Matroska.
• Acropolis's WMA decoder | (foo_input_awma) Alternative WMA decoder with tagging support.
• ALAC Decoder (foo_input_alac) Apple Lossless (ALAC) decoder (has known stability issues: random crashes during decoding).
• DTS Decoder (foo_dts) Decodes Digital Theater Systems (DTS) audio format.
• Matroska Plugin (foo_input_matroska) Decodes Matroska audio container format.
• MIDI Synthesizer Host (foo_midi)
• Monkey's Audio Decoder (foo_input_monkey) Adds decoding support for Monkey's Audio files (.APE) as well as APE Link files (.APL).
• OptimFROG Lossless Audio Decoder (foo_input_ofr) Decodes both the Lossless (OFR) and DualStream (OFS) audio format.
• Shorten Decoder (foo_input_shorten) Decodes Shorten (SHN) audio format.
• TTA Audio Decoder (unofficial) (foo_input_tta) Decodes True Audio (TTA) audio format.
• WavPack Packet Decoder (foo_packet_decoder_wavpack)

Other Codecs

• ADPCM Decoder (foo_adpcm) Plays GameCube ADPCM audio data and some. (DSP, ADP, GCM, HPS, STM, AST, etc.)
• Another Slight Atari Player (foo_asap) ASAP is a player/converter of Atari 8-bit music for modern computers. It provides high-quality, identical to the popular Atari800 emulator, emulation of the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 processor.
• DUMB Module Decoder (foo_dumb) Plays your favorite module files, and then some. (MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, PTM, PSM, MTM, UMX)
• 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).
• Game Emu Player (foo_gep) Plays several emulation formats. (GBS, NSF, SPC, GYM, HES, VGM)
• Ganbatte! (foo_ganbatte) Plays compressed Edlib (.d00, .d01) files.
• Lunar 2 PCM Decoder (foo_lunar2) Plays audio files found on the original Lunar: Eternal Blue CD (RP*.PCM).
• M1 Decoder (foo_m1) (More info) Plays arcade/pinball game sound.
• MDX Decoder foo_input_mdx MDX is a MIDI-like format that is designed to be played using the X68000's FM synthesizer.
• NSF Decoder foo_input_nsf NSF file is a sound data file containing instructions for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) sound hardware.
• PSF Decoder (foo_psf) Plays PlayStation Sound Format (PSF) files.
• SID Player 2 (foo_sid) Sound chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 home computers.
• S98 Decoder foo_input_s98 Sound format for the NEC PC-98 microcomputer.

Output

• ASIO Output (foo_out_asio) Adds ASIO output support.
• Kernel Streaming Output (foo_out_ks) Allows bit-exact playback bypassing Windows kernel mixer.

Visualisation

• ProjectM Visualisation (foo_vis_projectM) Based on the ProjectM project, which is a reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL.

Other

General

• Alarm (foo_alarm) Starts playback at the specified period of time.
• Binary Comparator (foo_bitcompare) Performs binary comparison between two or more tracks and reports differences.
• Channel Usage Visualisation (foo_vis_channelusage) Channel Usage Visualisation.
• Common Services (foo_common) Common services.
• Component Versions Viewer (foo_version)
• Decoding Speed Test (foo_benchmark) (more info) Measures decoding speed of audio files.
• File Integrity Verifier (foo_verifier) Checks specified media files for decoding errors.
• HyperIM (foo_2hyperim) Provides 19 media macros.
• iPod Manager (foo_dop) Experimental iPod plugin for foobar2000 0.9.2+, currently in alpha version.
• Logitech G15 LCD Display (foo_g15lcd.dll) Control the LCD panel on a Logitech G15 keyboard.
• Menu Addons (foo_menu_addons) Adds a few shortcuts in menu.
• Pause On Lock (foo_lock) Pauses/unpauses foobar2000 on workstation lock/unlock.
• Playlist Lock Test (foo_locktest)
• Preview (foo_preview) Play only part of each track in the playlist.
• Run (foo_run) Able you to run a external program with the foobar syntax.
• Run Commands (foo_runcmd) Search and execute menu commands.
• Scheduler (foo_scheduler) Plugin for scheduling actions like play, stop, system shutdown/wake up and many more.
• Send To Device (foo_sendtodevice) Add "Send to Device" feature.
• Shell Link Resolver (foo_lnk) Shell link resolver.
• Taskbar Remover (foo_notaskbar) Hides Foobar2000 from the taskbar, even when the window is normally visible.
• Titlebar (foo_managedWrapper) (more info) Create a personal title bar.
• Unpacker for JMA archive (foo_unpack_jma)
• Unpacker for LHA archive (foo_unpack_lha)
• 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.

Library tools

• Audio CD Writer (foo_burninate) CD burning support (requires Nero to be installed on your system.)
• Autoplaylist Manager (foo_autoplaylist) Presents a Media Library query in a dynamically-generated playlist (under development).
• Bin Pack (foo_binpack) Creates playlists from a list with a maximum length.
• Command Playlist (foo_cmd_playlist) Add /playlist-activate:"Name" to the foobar command line to activate the named playlist.
• Cuesheet Creator (foo_cuesheet_creator) Cuesheet creator.
• Cwbowron's Title formating (foo_cwb_hooks) Special playlist title formating.
• Database Search (foo_dbsearch) (more info) Database search.
• Highlight Playing (foo_highlightplaying) Highlights actual now playing item even when the playlist has been broken.
• History (foo_history) Very basic song history.
• Inactive Tracks (foo_skip) Skips tracks that are marked via a tag as inactive.
• 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.
• Navigator (foo_navigator) Advanced history component.
• Play Count (official) (foo_playcount) (more info) Collects statistics about tracks from your Media Library being played.
• 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.
• Playback Queue Viewer (foo_pqview) Playback queue viewer.
• Playlist Bind (foo_playlist_bind) Synchronize playlist with contents of specific directory.
• Playlist Clear (foo_playlistclear) All playlists are cleared at startup.
• Playlist Manager (foo_playlist_manager) Playlist manager.
• Playlist Name Enhenced (foo_playlist_name_enhanced) (more info) Appends automatically playlist info ("items / length") to all playlist names.
• Playlist Tools (foo_utils) (more info) Provides various general commands.
• Playlist Tools for Matroska (foo_utils_mka) Provides various general commands.
• Quicksearch Panel (foo_uie_quicksearch) Search toolbar that sends results to a playlist. Non-ColumnUI obsolete version.
• Randomized Playlist Entry (foo_random) Randomized playlist entry.
• Rating (foo_rating) Display an icon in the systray with a tooltip popup from which you can choose a rating between 1 and 5 for the currently playing file.
• Remove Played (foo_removeplayed) It removes tracks from the playlist once they've been played.
• Track Finder (foo_trackfinder) Displays a context menu that lets you quickly find songs based on their album title or artists name.
• XSPF (foo_xspf) Adds XSPF support. XSPF is an open, XML based playlist format.

Lyrics

• Gasazip Lyrics (foo_gasazip) Search for lyrics and displays it in external window.
• LyricsDB (foo_lyricsdb) (more info) Search lyrics basing on song's artist title and sometimes album.
• Mini Lyrics (foo_ui_minilyrics) (more info) Lyrics viewer for synchronizing and displaying lyrics of the currently playing song.

Notifier

• 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.
• Miranda IM Notifier (foo_mim_notify) Sends configurable information about the current playing song to Miranda-IM and shows popup windows with this info.
• MSN Now Playing (alt) (foo_msnalt) (more info) Show the current song as "Now Playing" in MSN and MS Live messenger.
• On-Screen Display (foo_osd) (more info) On screen display of track information and volume bar.
• On-Screen Display GDI+ (foo_osd_gdiplus) (more info) Same as foo_osd but uses GDI+ for osd drawing.
• Pretty Popup (foo_prettypop) (more info) Display a moderately sized popup of song information when a new song plays.

Online database

• 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.
• Foosic Music Database (foo_sic) Sends track information to the foosic online database. You can currently view your top artist, album and track statistics with foosic. Now support FooID fingerprints.

Online radio

• MSLive (foo_input_mslive) Support for MMS and RSTP broadcast radio protocols.
• XM Radio Online Player (foo_xm) Allow you to listen to XM Radio channels over the Internet by using XM Radio Online.

Remote control

• Advanced Controls (foo_advancedcontrols) (more info) Control all the playback functions from icons in the Taskbar Notification Area (play, pause, next, previous, open)
• COM Automation Server (foo_comserver2) Allows controlling foobar2000 through COM Automation
• Control Server (foo_controlserver) Acts as a server to control Foobar2000. Connect with a telnet client and control it using ASCII commands.
• DDE Control (foo_ddecontrol) Control foobar remotelly with DDE interprocess communication (interface in japanese only).
• HTTP Server(foo_httpserver) Foobar HTTP Server Remote Control.
• HTTP Writer (foo_write_http) It's TCP/IP server that listens on a specified port for incoming requests such as play, stop, etc.
• Joystick Control (foo_joystick_control) Control foobar2000 from a joystick/gamepad.
• Minibar2k (foo_Minibar2k) Control Foobar2k from your PDA (PocketPC based).
• RM-1800 (foo_mr1800) Adds support of Creative X-Fi's remote (RM-1800).
• RM-X Media Edition (foo_rmx) Yet another plugin for remote control. SHAREWARE.
• Title (foo_title) Shows the currently playing song on the top of the screen all the time. It supports custom-made skins.
• WinLIRC Client (foo_lirc) (more info) Control Foobar from a remote control.

Tagging

• Custom Info (foo_custominfo) Allows you to set info fields for files without modifying them.
• Freedb2 Characters Fixer (foo_freedb2_fix) This plugin fix freedb2 problem - some native characters are broken. This masstagger addon can recovery its. Note: russian characters supported only.
• Discogs (foo_discogs) Retrieve info from Discogs.com database.
• Freedb Tagger (foo_freedb2) Freedb.org tagger.
• Live Show Tagger (foo_tradersfriend) (more info) Live show tagger.
• Masstagger Addons (foo_masstag_addons) Some addons for masstagger, including code page conversion and chinese conversion.
• Special File Info Box (foo_infobox) (more info) A replacement of the built-in file info box.

External links

• Official components site
• Official third-party components site
• musicmusic's components including Columns UI
• Several popular components ported to 0.9
• Columns UI thread: first post contains links to many Columns UI panel extensions
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