foobar2000 Components

For foobar2000 v1.5 and newer

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These components are designed for foobar2000 v2.0.

They are compatible with foobar2000 v1.5 and newer but require at least Windows 7 and CPU with SSE2 instruction set.

The components support both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the player and they handle dark mode.


▹ComponentDescriptionLast Updated
▹Audio MD5 v0.6.5A tool for generating and verifying MD5 checksum of audio data. Uses ffmpeg.exe and supports all formats FFmpeg supports. …2023-09-08 18:21
▹DR Meter v0.7A simple Dynamic Range meter based on DR estimation formula published by https://dr.loudness-war.info/. …2024-06-04 14:35
▹Amplifier DSP v1.0.4A simple volume adjustment DSP allowing the signal amplitude to be both boosted and lowered. …2023-03-16 12:06
▹Crossmix DSP v0.4Mixes the beginning of the next track over the ending of the previous track without any fading. …2023-10-13 19:09
▹Smart Dither DSP v1.0.9TPDF dither DSP that leaves digital silence untouched. …2023-03-16 12:06
▹Downmixer DSP v1.2Downmixes source to the selected output format. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹DTS Encoder DSP v0.2.1Encodes multichannel audio into DTS for S/PDIF use. …2024-10-30 09:16
▹Fade In/Out DSP v1.0.7Allows adding linear, sine, cosine, or logarithmic shaped fade-in and fade-out effects. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Fake Gapless DSP v0.6Briefly fades track changes to silence to avoid glitches with gapless tracks when encoded with lossy codecs. Meant to be used with the Converter component when creating files for portable players. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Hard Clip DSP v1.0.3Clips peaks forcing foobar2000 output to match players that don't support floating point output. …2023-03-16 12:06
▹LCC DSP v0.1LCC (Localization Cue Correction) is a solution for spatialized audio through stereo speakers. …2024-04-12 16:56
▹mda Dither DSP v0.3Range of dither types for word-length reduction. Almost direct conversion of Paul Kellett's VST plug-in. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Gap Killer DSP v0.4.6Removes silence from track transitions. …2023-03-16 12:06
▹Normalizer DSP v0.1Simple peak normalizer. …2024-09-20 12:56
▹Pregap DSP v1.0.7Inserts silence before real playback begins. For use with slowly initializing digital receivers. …2023-03-16 12:06
▹Skip Silence DSP v1.0.5Automatically fast forwards over extended periods of silence. Now a built-in feature but this component allows leaving in longer silence. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹ReplayGain DSP v0.2.17Alternative RG implementation with smart RG mode selection based on playback mode and playlist contents, automatic loudness estimation for tracks with missing RG info and different methods for clipping prevention. …2024-09-24 07:01
▹SRC Resampler DSP v1.0.14Secret Rabbit Code resampler. Uses libsamplerate 0.2.2. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Trifield LR→LRC Decoder DSP v1.1.4Implementation of Michael Gerzon's Trifield decoder. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Vocal Exciter DSP v1.0.3Adds harmonically related distortion to high frequencies to give more presence. Based on similarly named Audacity plug-in. …2023-03-16 12:06
▼External Tags v1.5.14Adds tagging support for non-taggable file formats. …
  • 1.5.14 (2023-03-16): Recompile with latest SDK and foobar2000 v1.5 compatibility.
  • 1.5.13 (2022-02-14): Changed the component to use SQLite bundled by the player.
  • 1.5.12 (2021-11-08): Added option to prevent automatic external tag creation for read-only files. Removed folder tag path parsing failure messages for unknown protocols.
  • 1.5.11 (2020-09-20): Fixed fallback album art writer to only create external tag when the art isn't blank. Fixed album art fallback writer to create external tag for all subsongs of the file and not just hardcoded subsong 0.
  • 1.5.10 (2020-04-10): Fixed external APEv2 reading.
  • 1.5.9 (2020-03-16): External APEv2 with nothing but ReplayGain data was ignored.
  • 1.5.8 (2019-10-21): Made external tag commit able to use the optional file timestamp preservation feature introduced in foobar2000 v1.5.
  • 1.5.7 (2019-10-16): Changed the filesystem wrapper to only be used for file based paths.
  • 1.5.6 (2019-08-27): Added filesystem wrapper for the custom protocols so optional file timestamp preservation works when editing file tags.
  • 1.5.5 (2019-08-22): Fallback album art writer will now create an external tag from current metadata instead of adding art to a blank tag.
  • 1.5.4 (2019-08-22): The previous two components were incorrectly compiled with foobar2000 v1.3 API compability and didn't function properly. Fixed real file access so editing file tags and committing external tags to files works. Added real file access support to album art handlers so "Edit file tags" can show embedded art in a track even if external tag contains different art.
  • 1.5.3 (2019-08-15): Removed redirect flags from decoders to improve compatibility with foobar2000 v1.4.6
  • 1.5.2 (2019-08-13): Updated to new filter API with album art and dynamic info support.
  • 1.5.1 (2019-08-09): Made the writer component reject anything but the component's internal protocols on foobar2000 v1.5. Restored foo_tube blacklist on older foobar2000 version. Youtube links are now taggable on latest foobar2000 and Youtube playlist loading should work again.
  • 1.5 (2019-08-07): Added support for a new metadata filter API on foobar2000 v1.5 beta 8. On the new foobar2000 version the "External Tags (reader)" decoder is hidden and won't be used. External Tag support currently requires manually enabling the component under Preferences -> Tools -> Track Info Filters. The "External Tags (writer)" decoder is still present for certain features, make sure it has the lowest priority so it can't interfere with normal operation.
  • 1.0.34 (2019-07-23): Made component init more robust.
  • 1.0.33 (2019-07-19): Made the component able to handle new decoder-based Skip Track component. Removed unnecessary file opening.
  • 1.0.32 (2019-06-17): Fixed a rare crash.
  • 1.0.31 (2019-06-16): Added the content type of YouTube Source component to blacklist to unbreak its playlist loading feature.
  • 1.0.30 (2019-04-12): Fixed bug with empty tag value handling in SQLite. Updated SQLite to latest version and changed its compile settings to multithreaded. Enabled using "Create external tags" command on already externally tagged tracks when the component is configured to use another tagging format. Fixed external tag removal when configured to always write to preferred format. Fixed the component changing any custom file open exception to a generic exception. Added option to disable album art support.
  • 1.0.29 (2019-04-07): Added option force writing external tags in chosen format. This can be used to convert from one external tag type to another directly without committing tags.
  • 1.0.28 (2019-03-21): Fixed a rare crash. Changed tag commit to use a background thread so it no longer blocks the UI.
  • 1.0.27 (2019-03-16): Changed component to use C++ mutexes. Fixed a problem causing memory copy of folder tag to contain invalid data if tag writing failed.
  • 1.0.26 (2019-02-24): Added option to disable properties dialog opening when external tags are created.
  • 1.0.25 (2019-02-15): Fixed possible crash if multiple threads accessed APEv2 tagged streams simultaneously.
  • 1.0.24 (2019-02-11): Added workaround for tag commit breaking Matroska tags.
  • 1.0.23 (2019-02-09): Fixed folder tag moving with multi-subsong files.
  • 1.0.22 (2019-02-08): Fixed freeze when moving folder tag within same directory.
  • 1.0.21 (2019-01-30): The metadata refresh fix in previous build broke subsong-enabled track tagging. Fixed the fix.
  • 1.0.20 (2019-01-29): Fixed automatic metadata refresh when using "Edit file tags" with files that had no external tags. Added external tag copying from the source file to the copy when using File Operations (only used for folder and APE tags).
  • 1.0.19 (2019-01-05): Fixed SQLite database storing wrong number of tag fields when a field had multiple values.
  • 1.0.18 (2018-12-16): Fixed reading ReplayGain info from APE tags. Added context menu command for finding files that have been edited since External Tag was last modified.
  • 1.0.17 (2018-12-15): Changed 'Edit External Tags' context menu entry to only open properties dialog without doing any tag creation - any tag edits will get saved to external tags. Added new explicit 'Create External Tags' menu entry for old behavior. Added 'Edit file tags' context menu entry that always edits native tags of the target file directly. Fixed moving external tag entries from old files to new ones for APEv2 and folder tags when their directories change.
  • 1.0.16 (2018-12-10): Fixed crash if component is accessed after decoder has finished.
  • 1.0.15 (2018-12-09): Added decoder event logger support. Made non-tagged stream opening faster. More mime-type fixes.
  • 1.0.14 (2018-12-08): Fixed crash.
  • 1.0.13 (2018-12-08): Fixed stream opening to find decoder based on mime-type.
  • 1.0.12 (2018-12-07): Fixed ability to "remove" existing tags with APE tags from a subsong-enabled file.
  • 1.0.11 (2018-12-06): Fixed APE tag subsong handling. Changed SQLite database to be initialized only if it's accessed.
  • 1.0.10 (2018-12-04): Fixed fallback tag writing. Added some (temporary) extra error reporting for folder tag writing.
  • 1.0.9 (2018-11-29): Added support for album art priority control coming in foobar2000 v1.4.2. Changed track wrapping to only be available for files with existing external tags.
  • 1.0.8 (2018-11-19): Fixed converter not getting metadata from external tags.
  • 1.0.7 (2018-11-16): Fixed slow context menu opening if multiple tracks were selected. Fixed external tag editing after tag contains album art. Fixed some tag commit failure conditions. Made tag commit working for playing track.
  • 1.0.6 (2018-11-14): Fixed tag committing to subsong-enabled files. Changed pre tag creation sorting to slower function that works correctly with subsongs.
  • 1.0.5 (2018-11-13): Editing external tags no longer needs to reload info from the tracks.
  • 1.0.4 (2018-11-13): Fixed tag committing crashing on large workload.
  • 1.0.3 (2018-11-12): Art loading didn't work correctly when reading multiple tag formats.
  • 1.0.2 (2018-11-12): Fixed empty APE tag being rejected when tag contained album art.
  • 1.0.1 (2018-11-12): Fixed folder tag data being missing for random tracks.
  • 1.0 (2018-11-11): Fixed ReplayGain info saving in folder tags file. Fixed APEv2 and folder tags being unable to store blank tags for a file. Added cover art support to folder tags file. Made album art tagging on new file save current tags as external tags. Added ability to customize folder tags filename.
  • 0.9.9 (2018-11-09): Added option to use APE tags, SQLite tagging, or to use a combined folder.tags file for all tracks in a directory. Album art support isn't implemented for folder tags. Made external tag creation and removal use background thread to not block UI. Added exception handling to all filesystem access functions to prevent crashing on error situations. Rewrote subsong handling to hopefully be less buggy. Removed support for reading filename.subsong.tag multitrack tag files. Changed path wrapping to allow wrapping local files to take over album art handling.
  • 0.9.8.1 (2018-10-25): Reloads info for tracks immediately after creating External Tags
  • 0.9.8 (2018-10-22): Made the component merge static metadata to dynamic metadata. Changed external tag removal to unwrap tracks. Changed the default wrapper to just exttag://, using parenthesis is only needed when manually adding HLS streams with Add Location.
  • 0.9.7 (2018-10-21): Fixed a crash with malformed tag file.
  • 0.9.6 (2018-10-21): Made external tags follow file renames, moves and deletions. Fixed inability to tag unknown urls. Added exttag://() wrapper handler which allows tagging streams with album art - existing stream links can be converted to wrapped format from context menu.
  • 0.9.5 (2018-10-20): Worked around inability to play HLS streams with the component active. Made non-stream tag modifications refresh instantly.
  • 0.9.4 (2018-10-20): Fixed buggy tag committing.
  • 0.9.3 (2018-10-20): Adding external alternate data stream tag for taggable format didn't work. Added a new context menu command to move external tag contents into native tags.
  • 0.9.2 (2018-09-22): Fixed inability to read tag files embedded in archives. Changed the component to reject file extensions not recognized by foobar2000 inputs - this leaves out all unwanted non-audio files when dragging and dropping folders to foobar2000 playlist.
  • 0.9.1 (2018-08-02): Fixed tag writing when using properties dialog to do the initial tagging.
  • 0.9 (2018-08-01): Option to store tags in NTFS Alternate Data Streams. Setting can be toggled in advanced preferences under Tagging.
  • 0.8 (2018-07-15): Native album art writing works again. Tag reader now also supports tag writing for tracks that have external tags present. That way editing tags for such files forces the edits to go to external tags. Fixed external tagging of cue sheets.
  • 0.7 (2018-07-04): Bugfixes. Tag reader made everything report tagtype as External APEv2. Album art writer will now only activate for files that have external tag file present.
  • 0.6 (2018-06-30): Added album art support and ability to tag streams. Made the component prefer external tags outside archives over the ones stored in archives. Changed reported tag type to "External APEv2". Added context menu command for removing external tags from files. Note that stream tagging requires using "Edit External Tags" context menu command - regular properties dialog doesn't call tag writing functions on streams
  • 0.5 (2018-06-17): Removed error message when trying to remove a non-existing tag file. External tag now allows "removing" existing tags from a file
  • 0.4 (2018-06-17): Changed subsong tagging to not write separate file for each subsong. Added ability to tag files in archives
  • 0.3 (2018-06-16): Fixed a bug that prevented tagging some files
  • 0.2 (2018-06-16): Added support for subsongs
  • 0.1 (2018-06-14): Initial version
2023-03-16 12:05
▹HALAC Decoder v0.1.4Decoder for HALAC - High Availability Lossless Audio Compression. …2024-06-13 11:02
▹QOA Decoder v0.1Quite OK Audio (QOA) decoder. …2024-05-27 18:14
▹TAK Decoder v0.5.8Decoder for TAK - (T)om's lossless (A)udio (K)ompressor. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹TTA Audio Decoder v4.0.2TTA decoder component. Slightly improved version of Aleksander Djuric's original foo_input_tta. …2023-11-30 19:52
▹V2M Decoder v0.2.8Farbrausch V2 module (V2M) decoder. …2023-07-27 14:43
▹No Display Standby v1.1.4Disables monitor power saving feature while music is playing. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹No Sleep v1.2Prevents system from entering standby mode while foobar2000 is running. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Digital Audio output v0.2Multichannel output component for IEC 61937 supporting digital interfaces like S/PDIF, HDMI or DisplayPort. …2024-11-10 20:36
▹Spatial Audio output v0.2Spatial Audio output for Windows 10 and newer. …2024-05-22 14:32
▹WASAPI shared output v0.6.24Shared mode WASAPI output for Vista and newer Windows versions. This component tried to provide smoother volume adjustment and seek/pause/stop transitions than existing outputs. Now core supports identical features. …2024-03-30 14:56
▹WASAPI shared output (debug) v0.6.24dShared mode WASAPI output with extra diagnostics. Monitors buffer filling timings and some other issues and reports problems on console. …2024-03-30 14:56
▹XAudio2 output v0.4.2XAudio2 output for Windows 7 and newer. …2024-03-14 19:36
▹XAudio2 output (debug) v0.4.2XAudio2 output version with extra diagnostics. Monitors possible playback glitches and reports issues on console in real time. …2024-03-14 19:36
▹Output Info v1.2.1Allows accessing the output device name, active dsps, actual output sample rate, number of channels and channel mask using titleformatting. …2024-10-27 10:22
▹Play NextAdds the selected track to the beginning of the playback queue to be played next. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Recorder v0.2.3Record audio from selected sound card input. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Renamer v0.3.5An alternative file renamer for people who wish to configure reserved character replacement rules manually. …2024-01-13 07:04
▹Reset Stop after current v0.1Replicates the core feature 'Reset the above when stopping' for 'Stop after current' so that it can be added to the UI as a button. …2024-01-06 09:42
▹Retain Playtime v0.1.2Retains absolute playback time when switching track. …2024-05-06 07:01
▹Seek to Time v0.5Allows defining timestamps to directly seek to with keyboard shortcuts. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Skip Track v1.40Skips tracks that match user configurable title formatting string. By default skips over each track with Rating set to 1. …2024-05-07 09:27
▹Stop After Queue v1.2.3Stops playback at the end of the playback queue. …2023-03-16 12:06
▹Stop on Current v0.6.3Stops playback at the end of currently playing track. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Stop on Error v0.6.2Stops playback after user configurable number of tracks that fail to be decoded. …2023-03-16 12:05
▹Tag Normalizer v0.2.3Normalizes Unicode characters in tags. …2024-06-14 16:29
▹True Peak Scanner v0.6.14ITU-R BS.1770-5 compliant True Peak scanner. Can report and store to tags number of clipped samples and the position of highest peak inside scanned tracks. …2024-06-10 06:20
▹Waveform Minibar (mod) v1.2.58Seekbar that shows the waveform of the track. Lighter, fully software implemented version of the original Waveform Seekbar. Heavily based on zao's excellent Minibar component. …2024-01-16 11:24
▹BPM AnalyserRecompile of foo_bpm by Michael Balzer/Holger Stenger. Added support for dark mode and 64-bit foobar2000. …2023-10-06 08:00
▹De-emphasis postprocessor v0.1.1Repack+compile of foo_deemph by lvqcl. Added support for 64-bit foobar2000. …2024-11-17 10:17
▹Convolver (gapless) DSP v0.4.8Recompile of foo_dsp_convolver by lvqcl. Added support for dark mode and 64-bit foobar2000. …2024-02-12 16:16
▹De-emphasis DSP filter v0.1.1Repack+compile of foo_dsp_deemph by lvqcl. Added support for 64-bit foobar2000. …2024-11-16 11:36
▹SoX Lowpass filter DSP v0.0.4+2Recompile of foo_dsp_lowpass by lvqcl. Added support for dark mode and 64-bit foobar2000. …2024-09-18 15:49
▹SoX Resampler DSP v0.8.7+Recompile of foo_dsp_resampler by lvqcl. Added support for dark mode and 64-bit foobar2000. …2024-05-02 16:28
▹Stereo Convolution DSP v1.0.1Recompile of foo_dsp_stereoconv by Eric Larson. Added support for dark mode and 64-bit foobar2000. …2024-05-05 08:40
▹VLevelRecompile/update of foo_dsp_vlevel by wiesl/wore/Tom Felker/ssamadhi97/G-Lite. Fixed crash bugs, added support for dark mode and 64-bit foobar2000. …2023-08-27 19:22
▹Cuesheet Creator v0.4.6dRecompile of foo_cuesheet_creator by Synthetic Soul. Adjusted for the latest SDK and added 64-bit support. …2023-08-29 10:09
▹fdk-aac packet decoderRecompile of foo_pd_aac by kode54. Added 64-bit support. …2024-04-15 05:30
▹Taskbar Playback Progress Bar v1.1.3Recompile of foo_taskbar_playback_progress_bar by Alexey V. Grishin. Fixed potential divide by zero crash and added 64-bit support. …2024-05-05 08:33