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Play SACD (Super Audio CD) and DSF files easily, with Foobar2000 Decoder Addon

Super Audio CD Decoder is a free Foobar2000 addon you can use to play easily super audio CDs (SACD), and also DS(DIF)F audio files. To use the addon just install it in Foobar2000 (Components menu). Super Audio CD Decoder adds some options in Foobar2000 settings, you won’t have any problem to understand and use to […]

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Add Fade, Reverb, Pitch Shift, Crossfade and more to Foobar2000, with Effect DSP addon

Effect DSP is a Foobar2000 addon that lets you enjoy some interesting functions and effects: Chorus, Compressor, Distortion, Gargle, Vibrato, Tremolo, Pitch Shift, Tempo Shift, Playback Rate Shift, Echo, Phaser, Reverb, WahWah, IIR Filter. Installing the addon is easy as always, from the Components section of Foobar2000 Preferences. You are not even obliged to use […]

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Audio Troubleshooter

Convert SACD ISO images to MP3 audio, easily

You may have this great ISO image of your Super Audio CD trying to rip it. It is easy, and it can be done with freeware; you won’t have to record sound coming from your player, it is possible to rip the image itself as you do with normal CDs. However, as you can guess, […]

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Troubleshooter

Remove the currently playing track from the default playlist of Foobar2000

Foobar2000 provides a “Remove” command on several occasions, yet not all of them will remove a song from the default playlist when you are listening to it. After experimenting a while I found that the “Remove” command which works is to be found in the “Edit” section. If you want to remove a track from […]

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Audio

Physically delete the currently playing track in Foobar

Delete Current Track component for Foobar2000 is a free add-on that will add an item on Foobar’s list of actions, letting you assign a hotkey to delete the current playing track. When the function of this component is activated, the current playing track is stopped, and the associated file is moved to the recycle bin. […]

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Troubleshooter

If Foobar2000 context menu to play or enqueue folders disappeared

If you use Foobar 2000 to play your audio files and have enabled shell integration, you might be surprised to see very often the context menus of Foobar disappear. This happens if you have installed Windows Media Player. Whenever the context menus of WMP appear, those of Foobar disappear, and the opposite. To solve this […]

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Backup Foobar configuration with AutoSave AutoBackup 2000

AutoSave AutoBackup component will let you save configuration and other data of Foobar2000 automatically. It saves the configuration (the whole configuration subfolder), Media library database (database.*), playlists and any additional data managed by other components (for example theme.fth or PlaybackStatistics.dat). The backup process stores a configurable list of files and directories into a ZIP archive […]

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Audio

Download and auto scroll lyrics in Foobar 2000 with Lyrics Plugin

Lyric Show Panel 3 is a free lyrics display plugin for foobar2000 (it works on the latest version of Foobar2000). The plugin tries to find lyrics and display them automatically. A nice feature is that it lets you change the size of its fonts and the background. As is also the case with movie subtitles, […]

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Troubleshooter

Force a new line in your Foobar OSD (On-Screen Display) script

Among the annoyances of the On-Screen Display Foobar component, is the lack of an option to force a new line when you select what information to display for an audio track. You can force a new line only by going to the script section (Format) and write the code $char(10) wherever you need a new […]

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Audio

Download WASAPI bit exact output, to make Foobar a high end player

WASAPI output support is a Component (plugin) for the Foobar2000 Media Player, adding to the  Windows Audio Session API exclusive mode output support, allowing bit-exact output and muting all other system sounds. An Asio plugin offers similar functionality, but you need also asio drivers, while Wasapi works by itself. A Kernel Streaming plugin for Foobar2000 […]

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