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"

More Advanced Help

Useage:

/tag:help - displays this message

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

Commands:

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:

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

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

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