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Foobar2000:Components

2006-04-29T14:17:13Z

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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.

==DSP==
* [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.
* [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.
* [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://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://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.
* [http://otachan.com/foo_dsp_ssrc.html SSRC (foo_dsp_ssrc)] ([[Foobar2000:0.9 SSRC (foo_dsp_ssrc)|more info]]) Sample rate converter

==Input==
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ AC3 Decoder (foo_ac3)] Plays Dolby Digital lossy audio compression technologies format.
* [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://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/input.php#130 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==
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html ASIO Output (foo_out_asio)] Adds ASIO output support.
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Kernel Streaming Output (foo_out_ks)] Allows bit-exact playback bypassing Windows kernel mixer.

==Visualisation==
* [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.
* [http://www.rabidhamster.org/R4/ R4 Visualisation] ([[Foobar2000:R4 Visualisation|more info]]) Stand alone visualisation, uses "What You Hear" sound as input

==Other==
===Library tools===
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Audio CD Writer (foo_burninate)] CD burning support (requires Nero to be installed on your system.)
* [http://www.foobar2000.com/components/index.html Autoplaylist Manager (foo_autoplaylist)] Presents a Media Library query in a dynamically-generated playlist (under development).
* [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===
* [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.
* [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.
* [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.
* [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.
* [http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mwithers/prettypopup/ 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.

===Online database===
* [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.
* [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.

===Remote control===
* [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)
* [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.
* [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===
* [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://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.

==Columns UI==
[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].

===Components for Columns UI===
Columns UI has its own plugin system and these plugins extend the user interface:
* [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
* [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://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

=Links=
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/index.html Official components site]
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/ Official third-party components site]
* [http://music.morbo.org/components.php musicmusic's components] including Columns UI
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foobar2000.html Several popular components ported to 0.9]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21105 Most Sought-After Plugins] (forum thread, foobar v0.8.3 only)
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28647 Columns UI thread]: first post contains links to many Columns UI panel extensions
* [http://foobar2000.free.fr/ A comprehensive guide to foobar2000 components] (French)

[[Category: foobar2000]]

Foobar2000:Components

2006-03-25T18:39:59Z

Seldaek:

=Components for foobar2000 v0.9=
This page contains most foobar2000 v0.9 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.

==Input==
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_ac3]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_adpcm] Plays GameCube ADPCM audio data and some. (DSP, ADP, GCM, HPS, STM, AST...)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_dumb] Plays your favorite module files, and then some. (MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, PTM, PSM, MTM, UMX)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_gep] Plays several emulation formats. (GBS, NSF, SPC, GYM, HES, VGM)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_lunar2]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_midi]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_psf] Plays PSF files.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_sid]

==DSP==
* [http://www.naivesoftware.com/software.html foo_dsp_crossfeed] Filters the music to help reduce fatigue caused by listening to music with headphones.
* [http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uybc/foo_dsp_delta.zip foo_dsp_delta] Noise sharpening filter.
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22057&view=findpost&p=374256 foo_dsp_vlevel] Dynamic compressor which amplifies the quiet parts of music.

==Other==
* [http://www.last.fm/downloads.php 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 personalised recommendations!
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_common] Common Services
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_comserver]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=38114 foo_controlserver] Acts as a server to control Foobar2000. Connect with a telnet client and control it using ASCII commands.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_dbsearch] Database search
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_freedb2] freedb tagger
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_lnk] Shell link resolver
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_lock] Pauses/unpauses foobar2000 on workstation lock/unlock.
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foo_msnalt/ foo_msnalt] Show the current song as "Now Playing" in MSN and MS Live messenger
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_osd] On screen display of track information and volume bar.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_osd_gdiplus] Same as foo_osd but uses GDI+ for osd drawing.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_playlist_manager] Playlist manager
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_pqview] Playback queue viewer
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_random] Randomized playlist entry
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_shn] Shorten decoder
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ 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.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_tradersfriend] Live show tagger
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_utils] Utilities

==Columns UI==
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].

===Components for Columns UI===
Columns UI has its own plugin system and these plugins extend the user interface:
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29363&st=0 Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo)] ([[foobar2000:Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo)|more information]]) Not yet updated to v0.9
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=39924&st=0 Album Art Panel (foo_uie_albumart)] ([[foobar2000:Album_Art_Panel_(foo_uie_albumart)|more information]]) Not yet updated to v0.9
* [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.

=Links=
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/ Official third-party components site]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21105 Most Sought-After Plugins] (forum thread, foobar v0.8.3 only)
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28647 Columns UI thread]: first post contains links to many Columns UI panel extensions
* [http://foobar2000.free.fr/ A comprehensive guide to foobar2000 components] (French)

[[Category: foobar2000]]

Foobar2000:Components

2006-03-25T18:29:56Z

Seldaek:

=Components for foobar2000 v0.9=
This page contains most foobar2000 v0.9 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.

==Input==
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_ac3]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_adpcm] Plays GameCube ADPCM audio data and some. (DSP, ADP, GCM, HPS, STM, AST...)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_dumb] Plays your favorite module files, and then some. (MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, PTM, PSM, MTM, UMX)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_gep] Plays several emulation formats. (GBS, NSF, SPC, GYM, HES, VGM)
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_lunar2]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_midi]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_psf]
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_sid]

==DSP==
* [http://www.naivesoftware.com/software.html foo_dsp_crossfeed]
* [http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uybc/foo_dsp_delta.zip foo_dsp_delta]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22057&view=findpost&p=374256 foo_dsp_vlevel]

==Other==
* [http://www.last.fm/downloads.php 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 personalised recommendations!
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_common] Common Services
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_comserver]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=38114 foo_controlserver] Acts as a server to control Foobar2000. Connect with a telnet client and control it using ASCII commands.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_dbsearch] Database search
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_freedb2] freedb tagger
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_lnk] Shell link resolver
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_lock] Pauses/unpauses foobar2000 on workstation lock/unlock.
* [http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foo_msnalt/ foo_msnalt] Show the current song as "Now Playing" in MSN and MS Live messenger
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_osd] On screen display of track information and volume bar.
* [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ foo_osd_gdiplus] Same as foo_osd but uses GDI+ for osd drawing.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_playlist_manager] Playlist manager
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_pqview] Playback queue viewer
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_random] Randomized playlist entry
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_shn] Shorten decoder
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ 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.
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_tradersfriend] Live show tagger
* [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ foo_utils] Utilities

==Columns UI==
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].

===Components for Columns UI===
Columns UI has its own plugin system and these plugins extend the user interface:
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29363&st=0 Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo)] ([[foobar2000:Track Info Panel (foo_uie_trackinfo)|more information]]) Not yet updated to v0.9
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=39924&st=0 Album Art Panel (foo_uie_albumart)] ([[foobar2000:Album_Art_Panel_(foo_uie_albumart)|more information]]) Not yet updated to v0.9
* [http://music.morbo.org/components.php Album List Panel (foo_uie_albumlist)]
* [http://ku.myftp.org/goods/ Explorer Panel (foo_uie_explorer)]

=Links=
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/ Official third-party components site]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21105 Most Sought-After Plugins] (forum thread, foobar v0.8.3 only)
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28647 Columns UI thread]: first post contains links to many Columns UI panel extensions
* [http://foobar2000.free.fr/ A comprehensive guide to foobar2000 components] (French)

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