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Foobar2000 Setup

Post Installation

  1. Run for the first time.
  2. [Quick Appearance Setup] Main Layout: Album List + Properties
  3. [Quick Appearance Setup] Colors: Blue
  4. [Quick Appearance Setup] Playlist: Separate Album…
  5. [Quick Appearance Setup] OK
  1. [Foobar2000] Open Preferences.
  2. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Components. Install the following from 'E:\Installs\Foobar2000 Components':
    1. foo_midi.fb2k-component
    2. foo_prettypop.zip
    3. foo_TagBox_00212.zip
  3. Extract 'E:\Installs\Foobar2000 Components\foo_title-0.8.1.zip' to a temp directory.
  1. [Foobar2000] Open Preferences.
  2. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Display > Default User Interface > Playlist View
  3. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Custom columns:
    1. Genre, %genre%, left
    2. Tag Type, $info(tagtype), left
    3. Modified, %last_modified%, left
  4. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Custom grouping schemes:
    1. Artist - Album, %artist% - %album%
  5. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Keyboard Shortcuts:
    1. Win + ], Playback / Volume / Down, global
    2. Win + \, Playback / Volume / Up, global
    3. Win + Z, Playback / Play or pause, global
    4. Win + X, Playback / Next, global
    5. F11, Playback / Order / Default, not global
    6. F12, Playback / Order / Shuffle (tracks), not global
  6. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Media library:
    1. Music folders: 'E:\Mp3s' (only)
  7. [Foobar2000, Preferences] Playback:
    1. Check 'Cursor follows playback'.
    2. Check 'Playback follows cursor'.
    3. Uncheck 'Reset the above when stopping'.
  1. [Foobar2000] Right click tool bar > Check 'Playback Order'.
  2. [Foobar2000] Right click playlist headings > Columns > Check the following:
    1. Artist
    2. Album
    3. Track no
    4. Title / track artist
    5. Date
    6. Duration
    7. Codec
    8. Bitrate
    9. Playing
    10. Genre
    11. Tag Type
    12. Modified
  3. [Foobar2000] Right click playlist headings > Groups > Artist - Album.
  4. [Foobar2000] Adjust the playlist columns to the following order:
    1. Playing
    2. Artist
    3. Date
    4. Album
    5. Track no
    6. Title / track artist
    7. Duration
    8. Genre
    9. Bitrate
    10. Tag Type
    11. Codec
    12. Modified
  5. [Foobar2000] View > Layout > Enable layout editing mode

Updating

After updating:

  1. Copy foo_managedWrapper.dll from C:\Users\stephen\AppData\Roaming\foobar2000\user-components\foo_managedWrapper to C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\components.
  2. [Foobar2000] File → Preferences → foo_title.
  3. [Foobar2000, Preferences: foo_title] Appearance tab, Installed skins: TGR.
  4. [Foobar2000, Preferences: foo_title] Misc tab, Turn the Normal opacity down a bit and set Fade length to about 241.

Play List Sort Order

  1. Title
  2. Track Number
  3. Date (Ascending)
  4. Date (Descending)
  5. Artist

Enable Library Viewer Selection Playlist

  1. Library → Configure
  2. Library Viewer Selection Playlist → Enabled

Custom Columns

Name Pattern
Genre %genre%
Tag Type $info(tagtype)

Custom Grouping Schemes

Name Pattern
Artist - Album %artist% - %album%
foobar2000_setup.1403753559.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/01/01 19:50 (external edit)

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