Guide Foobar AvA - Guide To Apply this Theme + Customization Guide

Foobar AVA - Created By dawxxx666

NOTE: All Credits to dawxxx666 for this excellent work.​

I came across this excellent thread
[Foobar] Foo AvA by dawxxx666 - Neowin Forums

dawxxx666 has done this excellent user interface for foobar.


Its been a long time i had customized foobar and so i was not able to successfully apply his creation to my foobar.

So as i found out a exact method i am posting a guide here on how to apply
this excellent interface to ur foobar.

This is guide is written by me after finding how to appropriately apply this
as those who are new to foobar might find it difficult what to do.
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This Guide is also posted here by me.

[Foobar] Foo AvA by dawxxx666 - Neowin Forums

Firstly uninstall ur current foobar.

Download the latest version i.e. 0.9.4.3

From Here:

http://www.foobar2000.org/foobar2000_0.9.4.3.exe

And install it

Then Download everything mentioned on the first page

1.> copy all components to "components" folder

Components needed:
Foo_playcount
lyric show modded
Foo_peakmeter
Panels_UI 0.13.8
Cwb Hooks
Album Art panel
Columns UI
Album List
Lyrics DB
QuickSearch Toolbar

Optional:
WSH Panels (Unstable. May crash your foobar)
WMPVis (Unstable, see here)
Extract all the dll's to the components folder in foobar directory
C:\Program Files\foobar2000\components
2.> Then DOWNLOAD config [Foo_AvA_1.03_by_dawxxx666_24.06.2007][most important file]
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Right click the rar and extract to a folder "X".

X= any folder[but dont extract to the foobar folder]

then you will get a file "Foo_AvA_1.03_by_dawxxx666_24.06.2007" with a
foobar icon , which is a self extracting archive now dont extract it to the
foobar folder instead extract this to any folder and this will be the files in that
folder.

Install all the fonts from the Foobar_Fonts.exe which is a self extracting archive.

Let this folder be called "X"
3.> Create a folder named "PanelsUI" in foobar's directory

Like this C:\Program Files\foobar2000\PanelsUI

Copy images folder , DAWXXX666_AVA_preferences.dx6 , DAWXXX666_AVA_1.03 from folder "X" to the C:\Program Files\foobar2000\PanelsUI path.

Now the most important part.

4.> Now start foobar and select panels ui

Now at this stage click "Ctrl + P" and you will get this screen.

Here Select Panels UI at the side and then select DAWXXX666_AVA_1.03.pui

Click Save All and you are done.

Hope this info will help you setup ur foobar ava

Enjoy Foo AvA

Part II - Foo AvA Customization Guide​

1.> This Small button on the bottom right will unlock your settings option.



2.> Click on Cover or Visualiztion to display
- cover or album art
- visualization



3.> Click on the small "L" on the "bottom left" part to see and automatically download lyrics [Internet Required]



4.> Red Theme

Open Settings , select the red theme radio button for red theme
If not selected it will display blue theme.



5.> Adding more backgrounds and applying them in ur foobar

Add your wallpapers in order 1,2,3,..........and so on in this folder.

D:\Program Files\foobar2000\PanelsUI\images\fooAVA\walls

Download Wallpapers from here
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Wallpapers pack by marceliszpak
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Using the Settigs 1 menu by clicking on the "+" sign u can select new wallpapers placed in the above mentioned folder and then click on the wallpaper to apply it.



6.> Enabling Peakmeter or Spectrum Analyser

First disable transparency in Settings 1 section like this



Then goto settings 2 section and select peakmeter or spectrum analyser.



7.> Different Playlist display methods based on sorting

Right click anywhere on the playlist
Sort/Group By > Edit > Check Album [sort and group] boxes
to sort by album name.



To apply readymade sorting methods select anyone from
Sort/Group By > Edit >

For Eg Artist/Date/Album will show this


Hope u guys have loads of fun with this Foo AvA.

Part III - Additional Customization​

Adding Playback controls to ur taskbar

1.> Download :- http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/AdvancedControls-foo-en.zip

2.> Copy paste all the contents of the AdvancedControls-foo-en.zip file to the components folder of foobar.

Contents of the zip
- foo_AdvancedControls.dll
- AdvancedControls [folder with skins]

3.> Now start foobar , Press CTRL + P to open preferences.

- Now first click on default.
- Select any skin u want.



More Skins : Niversoft : Download files
Enjoy

 

[Quad Master]

Here u go my friend.

The screenshot speaks



1.> When you start foobar press CTRL+P to get the preferenecs screen.

2.> Click on PanelUI

3.> There are checkboxes to minimize to system tray.

Hope that solves ur problem.

 

[Arihant.EXE]

er.. dude.. i cant find any settings for the visualisations.. can u help me out bringing the same visualisation u have in the pic.. ??

 

[Quad Master]

er.. dude.. i cant find any settings for the visualisations.. can u help me out bringing the same visualisation u have in the pic.. ??

Have you downloaded WMPVis component.

download it and extract the dll to the components folder of foobar.

and that visualizations will definately showup.

If u want the visualization then this is not a default windows media player

visualization i have downloaded that.

Energy Bliss

The ultimate visualization companion for Windows Media Player 10. Includes album artwork and track information right in the visualization.

Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34686

More visualizations

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/visualizations.aspx

 

[Udit]

Have you downloaded WMPVis component.
download it and extract the dll to the components folder of foobar.
and that visualizations will definately showup.

If u want the visualization then this is not a default windows media player
visualization i have downloaded that.

Energy Bliss

The ultimate visualization companion for Windows Media Player 10. Includes album artwork and track information right in the visualization.

Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34686
More visualizations
Visualizations for Windows Media Player

did not work

i got the following error:

 

[Arihant.EXE]

SAME here ^^

 

[Quad Master]

If u guys are on Vista then i m not sure , it works gr8 on my Windows XP.

Also its a very unstable plugin , but i hav never faced ne issue on my side.

 

[Arihant.EXE]

well i aint on vista as of now.. i mean.. the OS on which i installed the plugin is our Gud ol XP.. Hmm.. So.. and workaround to get that thing working... Cuz m getting the smae error

Failed to load DLL: foo_uie_wmpvis.dll

Reason: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

 

[Anish]

^ You need the vc8 sp1 libraries to get it working.

Find them here

 

[Udit]

^ You need the vc8 sp1 libraries to get it working.

Find them here

thanks a ton pal

it started working now

 

[TechHead]

One more thing..
all my FLACs have album art associated, yet Foobar only shows album art on some FLAC albums. What about the rest? Any particular format/storage area for the covers and album art?

 

[zhopudey]

^^ it should have the name folder.jpg

 

[Shakensoul]

You can download album art here

Albumart.org - CD and DVD cover searchengine

 

[Quad Master]

Found one more interesting panel for Foobar

All Credits to MrFuji for this vista skin

NOTE : This is for Vista users only



Features:

* A glass window

* Cool Reflections shifty.gif

* A sidebar with playlist or library view

* Option to disable sidebar

* Not many plugins needed

* Memory Footprint around 10 MB

Plugins needed:

* Panels UI

* Album List Panel (for Library View)

* Columns UI (Volume bar and Playlist Switcher)

* Quick search toolbar (You can mod it with Reshacker to use SegoeUI)

* Playback Statistics (for play count)

Procedure:

* Extract zip folder to \foobar2000\PanelsUI\

* Select 2Glassy\2glassy.pui in PanelsUI configuration

* Adjust Playlist Switcher Colours (Text white, BG black, selection blue) and set window frame style to none

* Invert (black BG, white text) Album list panel colours, apply Vista Theming and set window frame style to none

* Invert (black BG, white text) colours of Quick search toolbar, select searchtangoblack.bmp as custom bitmap and set window frame style to none

Limitations / Bugs:

* Grouping relies on the %totaltracks% tag. In order to create this tag automatically, select all your albums, click on properties, right click on Total tracks and select auto track number.

* Window title doesn't update when minimized

* Looks best with Aero Graphite colour scheme

All Credits to MrFuji for this vista skin

 

[asdf1223]

thanks a lot quad! fantastic guide!

 

[chic_magnet]

err there is something wrong with my album art.dll.. suddenly out of no where, my foobar crashes if i have the album art.dll installed, when not installed, it works fine, what do i do :S i havent changed any settings, everything is the same

 

[Khimera]

Beautiful guide Quad!!!!

@chicu. Same problem here. I have disabled the album dll for now. It worked for sometime and sudennly started giving c errors

 

[Saiyan]

tried FofR Version 0.9 theme and am loving it :clap:



found it better the one by dawxxx666.

 

[Quad Master]

There are many skins that are better than fooava

 

[Saiyan]

There are many skins that are better than fooava

no link no talk :bleh: c'mon man u know how lazy i am, pass me some link of the skins/themes

 

[FaH33m]

awesome ...i never knew this thread existed..now let me also try ..customizing my foobar(i ve tried a 100 times b4 ..but always fail..to do so...maybe dis time with u r guide i will be able to do it )

reps for u .!