How to Change the Look of Foobar2000

Foobar2000 is a sophisticated audio player for the Windows platform and is very light-weight. Foobar2000 is available to host and support several popular audio formats. Even though Foobar2000 uses an interface that s simple, basic and clean, you can change the look to become more modern and cutting edge. Read on to learn how.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Components

1. Download Foobar2000 to your PC.
2. Open Foobar2000 and look for the option to view the extension system. Foobar2000 has an extension system called components. These components come in the format of dll files.
3. Check out the components that are accessible and available for you to review.
4. Review and examine all of the components to determine which tools you would like to be displayed on your Foobar2000 player window.
5. Highlight and copy the desired components into the "Components" directory.
6. Restart Foobar2000.

Display

7. Change the appearance of your Foobar2000 by using the utility menus.
8. Go to "File" and then "Preferences" to view utility menus.
9. Check out the "Functions and capabilities" on the "Display" tab to view how the image is drawn on the panel.
10. Change the appearance and position of the album cover and select the size you want for the panel.
11. Add pads around the image and select the edge style.
12. Change the background color and add color to draw on empty portions of the panel.
13. Draw a thin outline around the image with the selected color.
14. Choose the "Behavior" tab to alter the functions in the panel and how images are displayed, faded or cycled.

Customize

15. Also check out Customize.org for the latest skins available.
16. Click on the skin style that you like.
17. Download and save skin as a zip file to your PC.
18. Copy skin info into your Foobar2000 components.

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