It functions much like the search on iTunes. QuickSearch - Allows you to place a searchbar as a toolbar onto your player.Allows for more options, and is required for many themes. ColumnsUI - An alternate user interface.If you become comfortable with the preferences pane, your customization of the player will become much easier. At this point, you are good to go and ready for some listening, but I can't suggest going through the Preferences pane enough. This will automatically update your library as you add music into the folder. Once you are happy with a style, click 'Ok' and you will be able to use the player for the first time! You can either just drag & drop folder or files into the main playlist for quick listening, or go into Preferences (File>Preferences or Ctrl+P), click Media Library and add the folder containing your library. You can select different colors and playlist layouts, as well as the main layout itself. Foobar will automatically show a preview of what the player will look like as you click different options. You can play with the options a bit and find what seems appealing to you. On the first launch, you will get a screen much like this. The program is update regularly, and an update is as simple as downloading the latest installer and pressing 'Update.' Make sure 'Run Foobar After Installation' is checked, then click finish.Go with a Full install, the extra add-ons are very helpful, especially the Online Tagger(FreeDB) and File Operations.One of the first pages will ask you if you want a Standard or Portable install, I would go with Standard unless a theme you are trying to install specifically says to use a Portable installation, which many do.The installation itself is very straight forward but there are a couple things I'd like to go into a bit: You can try the beta if you want, but I generally suggest going with the stable version. You can really make it your own, if you are willing to take a little time to play with it and it is well worth it.įirst, head to the Foobar2000 Download page, and download the latest stable version.

Every aspect of the player is customizable, you can move panels, add various pages/tabs, and theme it as much as you'd like. The beauty of Foobar2000 is that you can do whatever you like with it, leave it completely default (which still works great) or customize it to your own liking. 3.5 How can I view all cover thumbnails like the 'Cover' view in iTunes?.3.3 How can I have a search bar like in iTunes?.3.2 Well, how do I install a plugin/component?.3.1 How do I scrobble to last.fm with Foobar2000?.

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