Foobar: The best plugins for the player
Foobar begins as a lean, almost spartan, music player. But with the right plugins, Foobar gets a gigantic range of functions. We show you the best Foobar components.
The best Foobar plugins
You can download the Foobar music player from CHIP-Online. To expand the range of functions, you can add plugins, so-called "Foobar Components". We present you the best components:
- Probably the best component of Foobar is the Lyric Show Panel. This searches for lyrics in the MP3 tag, in the music folder or from the Internet and displays them. Many lyrics are even in sync with the vocals.
- In the next practical tip we will show you how to configure the Lyrics Show Panel.
- With Playback Statistics, Foobar remembers when you added a song to your music collection or when you last played it. This tool also allows you to rate your music.
- In this practical tip, we explain in detail how exactly you make assessments in Foobar.
- Back to the 80s: With the SID decoder you get back the sound of the C64. You can find millions of songs in 8 bit collections like the High-Voltage SID Collection. You can not only play them in Foobar, but also convert them to MP3.
- Suitable for the sound: You can find many free retro games on CHIP Online.
- With the YouTube component for Foobar you can add links to videos from Youtube, Vimeo and co. In "Add multiple URLs" in Foobar. Add. You can search YouTube using "View" -> "Youtube-Search". The sound of the videos is played without a picture.
- Foobar offers many other useful components that you can download from the official website.
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With these components you have transformed Foobar into an extensive music player. In another practical tip, we will show you how to manage your entire music collection with Foobar.