FooBar plug-ins

FooBar has Very nice sound quality even without any plug-ins. One thing that bothers me about it however is the inability to reduce the player to a small unobtrusive size. I did find a plug-in that is supposed to address this issue

Advanced Controls (foo_advancedcontrols)
http://fb2k.org/section.php?section=8
Control all the playback functions of FooBar2000 from icons in the Taskbar Notification Area (that is - the tray)

But I do not know how to implement it. I extracted the files but there is no info on what to do with them. Any help will be appreciated.

I would prefer a small console type setup to something residing on the task-bar so if anyone knows how I get this I would be grateful.

I also am not terribly impressed with the programs documentation. Again, if anyone knows of a good documentation source I would appreciate if they could let me know about it.

 

Thanks for the suggestion but I had looked at the Wiki and not found any information about installing 3rd party plug-ins. In the meantime I will continue using MediaMonkey and JetAudio Basic until I get a FooBar interface I am comfortable with.

 

Hi bgoodman4,
i use Advanced Controls:

1, With Foobar closed, unzip contents to \foobar2000\components.
2, Launch Foobar, File/Preferences, scroll down the left hand pane and select Advanced controls under the tools section.
3, Paste the following into the title section:

$if(%title%,[%tracknumber% - ]%title%,%_filename%)

4, Paste the following into the Format section:

[Artist: %artist%
][Album: %album%
][File: %_filename_ext%
][Length: %_length%
][%__bitrate%kbps ][%__bitrate_dynamic%kbps ][%__samplerate%Hz]

5, Select your skin and your good to go.

 

Thank you for this, much appreciated.