Foobar2000:Components

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This page contains most foobar2000 components available at time of history last update.

Official components

The following components are created and maintained by the foobar2000 development team. Support for them should be asked for in the Support forum.

Included in the installer

Required components

The following components are required for installation, in addition to foobar2000 Core module. These components are installed when type of installation is Minimal.

  • Default user interface (foo_ui_std) · Allows complex layout using building blocks that are called UI Elements, many of them already present after the installation. Additional Components, which are incorporated in Default user interface, are: Album List, Decoding Speed Test and File Integrity Verifier.
  • Standard DSP Array (foo_dsp_std) · Equalizer, resampler, advanced limiter, hard limiter, stereo to 4 channel upmixer and a couple other effects.
  • Standard Input Array (foo_input_std), which includes additional Components: CD Audio Decoder, FFmpeg Decoders and Monkey's Audio Decoder.

Optional components

The Optional Features screen of the foobar2000 installer

In addition to foobar2000's core functionality, following components can be installed as needed, through choice of Type of install.

If selected "Normal", following components will be included, cumulative to Minimal:

If selected "Full", following additional components will be included, cumulative to Normal and Minimal:

Additional components

These components are provided as separate downloads, found on the Official Components page.

3rd party components

The following components are created and maintained by 3rd-party authors, using foobar2000's SDK. Support for these components should be asked for in the 3rd Party Plugins forum. Asking for help directly in the component's thread is usually preferred.

User Interface Modules

Columns UI

Columns UI (foo_ui_columns) · Very popular alternate interface for foobar2000 based on a columns and panel layout.

Columns UI introduced components with panel capability which extend the user interface.

User interface add-ons

UI elements

The default user interface (foo_ui_std) · Included in the standard installation package, can be extended with the following component(s):

Panels

Panels extend the functionality of Columns UI components.

DSP

Converters

Effects

Headphones

Multichannel audio

Multi-purpose

Utilities

Input

Music decoders

Other decoders

Visualisation

Other

General

Lyrics

Notifier

Online database

Online radio/video

  • Youtube (foo_youtube) · This component adds possibility to play Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion clips directly by their URL.

Playlist tools

Playback statistics

Remote control

Tagging

Utilities

Output

Interfaces

External links