Reviews of foobar2000

1. 
   4122

   Reviewing 1.0 Beta 1 (Nov 23, 2009)

   Was running v0.9.6.9 with a ton of components & a very complex configuration. Took a chance on installing v1.0 Beta 1 fully expecting half of my setup to break because of dhry's comments, but I was very surprised.
   
   Everything came back up working just as well as it did before the upgrade. No components were banned, no functionality was screwed up. It was a good day.
   
   Good job, Peter!
2. 
   emanresU deriseD

   Reviewing 1.0 Beta 1 (Nov 21, 2009)

   dhry: You might like the "Autosave & Autobackup" plugin. It lets you automatically create ZIP archive backups of your settings, including whatever files/subdirs you want to include:
   
   http://www.foobar2000.or...mponents/view/foo_jesus
3. 
   dhry

   Reviewing 1.0 Beta 1 (Nov 20, 2009)

   Gunna have to pass on this version. Soon as I installed it, the usual disabling of half of one's addons took place. Disgruntled, I installed the older v0.9 back on top and wouldn't you know it, the entire configuration was lost in the process of regressing. Of course, I subsequently discovered that they actually tell you this on the release notes page. Fortunately I had backed up my preferences and playlists - a habit I've been doing since 0.8.2 which used to crash with monotonous regularity, decimating your preferences in the process.
   
   I'm going to have to agree with a previous reviewer - this is definitely the Firefox of music players, except without the extensions.checkCompatibility option. For everyone fond of their existing plugins, don't upgrade yet - at least not until your plugins have been recompiled with the newer SDK. If you do, back up your prefs (I'd actually back up the entire dir). The developer definitely needs to apply for a job with Mozilla - his philosophy about sh1tcanning plugins for no reason other than that they haven't been "certified" for a particular version (aka compiled with an SDK which probably spits out the same code byte for byte except for the version identifier) definitely jibes with theirs. Still love the program; hate how the upgrades trash your nest.
   
   Edit: Thanks, Sqwertyuiop Dingleberries. That autosave plugin is definitely useful - installed and set it to keep 10 backups. Still not going anywhere near this version for the moment, though.
4. 
   Infidelus

   Reviewing 1.0 Beta 1 (Nov 20, 2009)

   Great application, sadly let down by the forum support (IMHO) and for which it loses 1 point.
   
   Support should be just that. What it shouldn't be is being ignored for days after asking a question and then jumped on and having software you don't even use blamed for the problem you're experiencing. Again just MHO.
   
   Anyway, rant over. Enjoy ;)
5. 
   4122

   Reviewing 0.9.6.9 (Nov 20, 2009)

   Foobar is the Firefox of music players with all the good and the bad points of being such. I love Firefox's plugin functionality so Foobar with its plugin functionality is a good fit for me.
   
   Chinch,
   Being new to Foobar can make things seem like an overwhelming experience at times, but rest assured that there are components available that will display album art & lyrics. You just need to figure out how you want them displayed and then find the components that will do what you wish.

Discuss foobar2000

1. Jun 10, 2009 - 9:28 AM
   roj

   Sooo, that components is PP blocking exactly? This ain't the Foobar forums, because of that fact I don't have to care which foobar denizens get their panties in a bunch (not that I would anyway) and inquiring minds want to know. :) :) ;)