foobar - Any Advice?

[CharlieAudio]

If you put your audio system on a home network, and of course, have the computer on the network, then a nice alternative is Minimserver and BubbleUPnP, both very inexpensive programs.
Minimserver on your laptop will make your music library available. It streams files (and audio streams from Internet radio, for example) to your network. The audio quality is as good as it gets.
BubbleUPnP on an Android tablet controls your selection of what to play. It will navigate your file structure. It will also search by tags.
I have foobar on my computer but rarely use it. M and B are more convenient.

 

[borchee]

Hopefully it'll work because I have an old version of the player installed.

Nope! You must install foobar2000_v1.6.17.

As said, go with @Traumatic. If you don't like it, there are other themes to try.

The "problem" is, we don't know what you want the player to display and do...what your priorities are. I gather you'd like to see your folder structure, as in:



There's no need to mess with the mess AKA Windows Explorer.

 

[borchee]

I've now re-read your reasoning for going with foobar...

If you are happy with the functionality of the WIndows player, stay with it.

If you're hoping for better sound reproduction...technically perhaps, but more than likely inaudible.

So, here goes the simplest way to decide, if foobar sounds better:

- in windows sound settings choose your output device, go to properties and choose exclusive mode
- run the basic foobar version and set WASAPI to event mode with your output device (file - preferences - playback - output - WASAPI (event): your output device)
- play some music you're very familiar with and see if you can tell a difference as to played with WMP (because you can't compare foobar to WMP on the fly/ABX, even if you "hear" some, it's likely non-existent).

I think you're good as you are, but the above is easy enough to try.

Have fun.

 

[orsen]

i prefer musicbee, after trying dozens.
Foobar is great, and so customizable. it can play anything and do anything you want audio wise.
but musicbee can do this also. and does almost all of it out the box.
you will have to set it up (of course) sound card, hdmi, library ect.

it is slow to organize the library and and find all the cover art ect. But it does not move your files. they stay where they are. the way you have them.
it will list all your stuff how ever you want, play anything from your stuff and not disturb it.

what i hated about Foobar, was all the plugin's and then having plugin's that had similar function in folders with stuff that had very similar names.
it got hard to tell the newest and bestest from the oldest and bestest from the newest maybe bestbestest
yeah i'm making up words
if you take the time you can make foobar display anything from the album art and stuff to giant power meters ( at the same time even ) or old time screen savers and stuff.

i dont want to threadcrap on foobar, if you want to play it's awesome, and never ending.

i want, easy, dont screw with my hdd, BUT this set up is {almost} solely thru my big blutooth speaker for outside