Various tools

For a complete list of plugins available for foobar. See this page Wiki with a quick description of each component. I will detail only the most common and used ones.

iPod official page Related topic download

This component allows you to load your iPod music library and playlists into foobar2000, using metadata from the iPod database. You can also rewrite your iPod database using metadata as read by foobar2000 or send and remove files from / to your iPod

Warning !! Component still under development, alpha stage, use it at your own risk. Please read the official page before using it.

Bookmarks Related topic

This plugin will set bookmarks so as to be able to restart at the place were you stopped to listen to, whatever you did.

Cwb Hooks official page

Adds a lot of new functions, especially used to display information about next song.

Text tools official page Related topic

You can use this component to export your playlists or detailed information about your files to .txt or .html.

Play count official page Related topic download

This plugin stores the times you've listened to a specific track, and when you listened to it for the first and last time.

Instant messenger Notifiers

For MSN, you can use official page Related topic download foo_msnalt (Choose information displayed with MSN format and the fields above)
For other programs, you can use official page Related topic downloadAmipwrapper, more complex, but more evolved, independant program.

ABX comparator

Lets you perform ABX tests between two tracks. Is useful to see if you can notice any difference between two encodings of the same source. It's use is quite straightforward. Just remember that if you want to say something about audio quality on hydrogen audio forums, ABX tests are a must do. (it's available only if you select two tracks via the contextual menu, Utils, ABX two tracks)

Binary comparator download

Performs binary comparison between two or more tracks and reports differences. Useful with lossless encodings (i.e. to know if the stream is different from the source, theorically it should not) or to check if a copy is not corrupted.

Foosic official page Related topic download

Submits the list of tracks you listen to the foosic.org website. Lets you see your favorite artist, album, and those of the foosic community. (example: my page )

This database has a system of fingerprints to recognize files thanks to their spectrum (and tag them after), You can choose to submit fooID or not. But the community is growing and still needs new fooID. The databes corrects itself with bew submissions, most submitted spelling is adopted instead of several similar entries.

Last.fm official page Related topic download

Submits the list of tracks you listen to the Last.fm website. Lets you see your favorite artist, album, and those of the Last.fm community. (example: my page )

The website can also counsel you with advice based on your music taste to discover new artists.
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