foobar2000:Components/SETI@home Visualization (foo_vis_seti)
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| SETI@home Visualization | |
|---|---|
foo_vis_seti | |
| Developer(s) | |
| Release information | |
| Initial release | February 25, 2026; 0 years ago |
| Preview release | 0.0.3-beta0 (June 28, 2026) |
| foobar2000 compatibility | |
| Architecture | Windows 64-bit |
| Minimum version | 2.0 |
| UI module(s) | Default UI, Columns UI |
| Additional information | |
| Use | Visualization |
| View all components | |
Description
foo_vis_seti hosts the SETI@home screensaver inside foobar2000. The screensaver renders using OpenGL.
Features
- Uses OpenGL for rendering.
- Supports the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
- Includes a graphics configuration dialog.
- Includes a work unit generator.
- Implements foobar2000 integration for cover art, player state and song metadata.
- Implements controls through the mouse context menu (middle-click) and interactivity by dragging while holding down the left and right mouse buttons.
- Supports fullscreen mode with interactivity.
- Implements CPU throttling via Advanced Preferences.
- Offered in a 64-bit x86 component configuration only.
- Built for foobar2000 2.0 and later (2025-03-07) with latest Windows 11 SDK (10.0.28000.1839) and MSVC (14.51).
- Requires Windows 10 or later.
- Tested on foobar2000 2.25.10 (x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26200).
- GPL source code included inside "foo_vis_seti.fb2k-component".
External links
- SETI@home Visualization on
foobar2000.org - Discussion topic on
hydrogenaudio