Foobar2000:Commandline Guide

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Basic Help

Available switches: /add, /play, /pause, /playpause, /prev, /next, /rand, /stop, /exit, /show, /hide, /config /command:<menu command>, /playlist_command: <context menu command>, /playing_command:<context menu command>

See glossary below for <menu command> and <context menu command> options.

Note: any command with a space in it, requires quotes around it.

Eg. foobar2000.exe /command:"Components/Album list"

Please Note: All of the above works for 0.8.3, but /command: and /playlist_command: doesn't seem to be functional with the 0.9.x version. To work around this problem, try using the hotkey mechanism as listed here:

Commandline Problems

to work around the issue.

More Advanced Help

Useage:

/tag:help - displays this message

/tag:<command1>[;<command2>;<command3>...] <file1> [<file2> <file3>...]

Commands:

<NAME>=<VALUE>

• Sets <NAME> field to <VALUE>, e.g. "/tag:title=test <file>".
• You can erase particular field by specifying empty value, e.g. "/tag:comment= <file>".
• You can also specify multiple values by separating them with \ character, e.g. "/tag:artist=name1\name2 <file>".

AUTOTRACKNUMBER

• Sets TRACKNUMBER field of multiple files according to their order in commandline.
• E.g. "/tag:AUTOTRACKNUMBER <file1> <file2> <file3>" will assign TRACKNUMBER=1 to <file1>, 2 to <file2> and 3 to <file3>.

FORMAT:<FIELD>:<SPEC>

• Formats <FIELD> using <SPEC>; see title formatting manual for more info how to use it.
• E.g. "/tag:FORMAT:COMMENT:"%ARTIST% - %TITLE%" <file>".

GUESS:<PATTERN>:<SPEC>

• Guesses field values using <PATTERN>, according to <SPEC>.
• To perform "guess values from filename" action, use "/tag:GUESS:<PATTERN>:%_FILENAME% <file>".
• E.g. "/tag:GUESS:"%TRACKNUMBER%. %TITLE%":%_FILENAME% <file>".

Examples

From above examples explained:

<NAME>=<VALUE>

c:\Program Files\Foobar2000\foobar2000.exe /tag:artist=name1\name2 <file>

Use this when you want to put in static text. You cannot use this with any foobar variables.

FORMAT:<FIELD>:<SPEC>

c:\Program Files\Foobar2000\foobar2000.exe /tag:FORMAT:COMMENT:"%ARTIST% - %TITLE%" <file>

c:\Program Files\Foobar2000\foobar2000.exe /tag:FORMAT:TITLE:"%_FILENAME%" <file>

Use this when you want to put in text from foobar variables.

Glossary

Main Menu Items

You can find these listed under: Foobar2000 | Preferences | Keyboard Shortcuts : Action tree under [Main]

• Components/Add XA file(s)...
• Components/Album list
• Components/Columns UI/Decrease font size
• Components/Columns UI/Enable sidebar
• Components/Columns UI/Increase font size
• Components/Columns UI/Show now playing
• Components/Columns UI/Show sidebar
• Components/Columns UI/Show statusbar
• Components/Columns UI/Show toolbars
• Components/Database search
• Components/Database search help
• Components/Entended Playlist Generator/Configure Playlist Query...
• Components/Entended Playlist Generator/Generate Playlist...
• Components/Extended Search
• Components/Hide Database search
• Components/History
• Components/History help
• Components/Open XA file(s)...
• Components/Play audio CD...
• Components/Record
• Components/Reset shuffle history
• Components/Search command...
• Components/Show console
• Components/Toggle Database search
• Components/Visualization/Simple spectrum
• Foobar2000/About
• Foobar2000/Activate
• Foobar2000/Activate or hide
• Foobar2000/Always on top
• Foobar2000/Close
• Foobar2000/Hide
• Foobar2000/Preferences
• Foobar2000/Reset configuration
• Foobar2000/Restart
• Foobar2000/Titleformatting help
• Playback/Copy now playing
• Playback/Follow cursor
• Playback/History/Clear history
• Playback/History/Next in history
• Playback/History/Previous in history
• Playback/Next
• Playback/Next or random
• Playback/Order/Default
• Playback/Order/Random
• Playback/Order/Repeat
• Playback/Order/Repeat One
• Playback/Order/Shuffle
• Playback/Order/Shuffle album
• Playback/Order/Shuffle album 2
• Playback/Order/Shuffle tag set
• Playback/Pause
• Playback/Play
• Playback/Play or pause
• Playback/Previous
• Playback/Random
• Playback/ReplayGain/Album
• Playback/ReplayGain/Disabled
• Playback/ReplayGain/Track
• Playback/Seek ahead by 1 minute
• Playback/Seek ahead by 1 second
• Playback/Seek ahead by 10 minutes
• Playback/Seek ahead by 10 seconds
• Playback/Seek ahead by 2 minutes
• Playback/Seek ahead by 20 seconds
• Playback/Seek ahead by 5 minutes
• Playback/Seek ahead by 5 seconds
• Playback/Seek back by 1 minute
• Playback/Seek back by 1 second
• Playback/Seek back by 10 minutes
• Playback/Seek back by 10 seconds
• Playback/Seek back by 2 minutes
• Playback/Seek back by 30 seconds
• Playback/Seek back by 5 minutes
• Playback/Seek back by 5 seconds
• Playback/Set volume to 0dB
• Playback/Set volume to -12dB
• Playback/Set volume to -15dB
• Playback/Set volume to -18dB
• Playback/Set volume to -21dB
• Playback/Set volume to -3dB
• Playback/Set volume to -6dB
• Playback/Set volume to -9dB
• Playback/Stop
• Playback/Stop after current
• Playback/Volume down
• Playback/Volume mute
• Playback/Volume up
• Playlist/Add directory...
• Playlist/Add files...
• Playlist/Add location...
• Playlist/Add playlist...
• Playlist/Clear
• Playlist/Collect tracks
• Playlist/Copy tracks
• Playlist/Create new playlist
• Playlist/Cut tracks
• Playlist/Edit/Redo
• Playlist/Edit/Remove clipboard items
• Playlist/Edit/Remove history items
• Playlist/Edit/Undo
• Playlist/Highlight playing item
• Playlist/Insert tracks
• Playlist/Load playlist...
• Playlist/Move back
• Playlist/Move forward
• Playlist/Next playlist
• Playlist/Open...
• Playlist/Paste tracks
• Playlist/Playlist switcher
• Playlist/Previous playlist
• Playlist/Remove active playlist
• Playlist/Remove dead entries
• Playlist/Remove duplicates
• Playlist/Rename playlist...
• Playlist/Save all playlists...
• Playlist/Save playlists...
• Playlist/Scroller/Autofocus enabled
• Playlist/Scroller/Autofocus requires no selection
• Playlist/Scroller/Autofocus to playlist
• Playlist/Scroller/Autofocus/On pause/5. Autofocus + Highlight
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/Focus
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/Focus + Highlight (Keep Selection)
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/Focus + Highlight (Single)
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/Highlight
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/Make visible
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/1. Do nothing
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/2. Autofocus
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/3. Highlight
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/4. Autofocus + Highlight (Single)
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/5. Autofocus + Highlight (Keep Selection)
• Playlist/Scroller/Current track/6. Make visible
• Playlist/Scroller/On pause/1. Do nothing
• Playlist/Scroller/On pause/2. Autofocus
• Playlist/Scroller/On pause/3. Highlight
• Playlist/Scroller/On pause/4. Autofocus + Highlight (Single)
• Playlist/Scroller/On pause/6. Make visible
• Playlist/Scroller/On unpause/1. Do nothing
• Playlist/Scroller/On unpause/2. Autofocus
• Playlist/Scroller/On unpause/3. Highlight
• Playlist/Scroller/On unpause/4. Autofocus + Highlight (Single)
• Playlist/Scroller/On unpause/5. Autofocus + Highlight (Keep Selection)
• Playlist/Scroller/On unpause/6. Make visible
• Playlist/Scroller/Refocus on playlist switch
• Playlist/Search...
• Playlist/Selection/Crop
• Playlist/Selection/Invert
• Playlist/Selection/Remove
• Playlist/Selection/Select all
• Playlist/Selection/Select none
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Randomize
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Reverse
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by ...
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by album
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by artist
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by display name
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by file path
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by title
• Playlist/Selection/Sort/Sort by track number
• Playlist/Sort/Randomize
• Playlist/Sort/Reverse
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by ...
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by album
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by artist
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by display name
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by file path
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by title
• Playlist/Sort/Sort by track number
• Playlist/Undo

Context Menu Items

You can find these listed under: Foobar2000 | Preferences | Core | Context Menu Items | Right-click a group item and choose "Insert Item | Command"

• ABX two tracks...
• Bit-compare tracks...
• Convert/Run conversion
• Convert/Run conversion, single file output
• Convert/Settings...
• Copy name(s)
• Create Off Preview
• Database search/Search for same album
• Database search/Search for same artist
• Database search/Search for same date
• Database search/Search for same title
• Database search/Search for same venue
• Database search/Search for same...
• Database/Reload info from file(s)
• Database/Reload info from file(s) if changed
• Database/Remove file(s) from database
• Database/Remove tags from file(s)
• Database/Rewrite file tags from database
• Edit/Add to playlist
• Edit/Collect tracks
• Edit/Copy tracks
• Edit/Cut tracks
• Edit/Insert into playlist
• Edit/Insert tracks
• Edit/Paste tracks
• Edit/Remove from playlist
• Edit/Send to playlist
• Fix MP3 header...
• freedb/Configure
• freedb/Get tags
• freedb/Get tags (multiple albums)
• freedb/Manual query
• freedb/Search
• Highlight in playlist
• Mastagger/Copy tags
• Mastagger/Edit tags
• Mastagger/Move, rename or copy files
• Module: Change starting order or subsong
• MP4 utilities/Converter (AAC,MP3 <-> MP4)
• MP4 utilities/Converter (AAC,MP3 <-> MP4), different directory
• MP4 utilities/MP4 Layout Optimizer
• NSFE: Edit Length
• NSFE: Edit Playlist
• Open directory
• Play
• Properties
• PSF: Edit Length
• Replaygain/Edit replaygain info (advanced)
• Replaygain/Remove replaygain info from files
• Replaygain/Scan per-file track gain
• Replaygain/Scan selection as album
• Replaygain/Scan selection as multiple albums
• Save as playlist
• Search command...
• Send to playlist...
• Show file info (special)
• Show file info (special) Multiple items...
• SPC: Edit Length
• Write APL link file(s)
• Write Audio CD...
• XA: Rip
• XA: Scan