Foobar 2000 Album Art

Posted : admin On 03.08.2019

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Are you an iPod owner but not a fan of using iTunes to sync your music library? Today we take a look at using the fully customizable Foobar2000 to work with your iPod.

If you’re looking for an alternative to iTunes that is fully customizable and will work with your iPod, Foobar2000 is a great choice. By adding a couple components we can get it to work with your iPod, and have it automatically convert FLAC and other file formats to ones that will work with the iPod.

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For this article we are using Foobar2000 1.0.3 with an iPod Touch 32GB with iOS 4.0

Install Foobar2000

If you don’t already have it, you’ll need to download and install the latest version of the free Foobar2000 audio player (link below). The latest stable version is 1.0.3…you can do this with older versions as well if you want to. Installation is straight-forward and you can go with the Standard Full install.

Once it’s installed you can use components to customize it however you like. For more check out our article on customizing Foobar2000.

Install iPod Manager Component

After you have Foobar2000 setup, we want to make it work with our iPod. Download the iPod Manager component (link below). The current version supports with iOS 4 on your iPod Touch but not the iPhone 4. Unzip foo_dop.dll to C:Program FilesFoobar2000Components.

Install Nero AAC Encoder

Next we need to download and install the free Nero AAC Encoder (link below). Unzip the file and go into the win32 folder and copy neroAacEnc.exe into C:Program FilesFoobar2000.

Using Your iPod with Foobar2000

You can customize how the iPod will read the metadata and more by going to File Preferences…

Then expand Tools and select iPod Manager.

Now you can change various settings such as the Database, iPod Features, bitrate of converted files…and more.

If you’re using an iPod Touch or iPhone make sure to go to the Mobile Devices tab and check Enable mobile device support then restart Foobar2000.

Add individual songs or Albums

You might not want to load your entire library to your iPod and can add individual albums or songs. Select the album or songs you want to put on your iPod, right-click and select iPod Send to iPod from the context menu.

Your music will be processed and added to your iPod including the meta data and cover art.

The files we are sending to the iPod are in FLAC format, so they will be encoded so the iPod can play them.

Now go to your iPod music folder and you’ll have the album you transferred from Foobar2000 included as well as the cover art.

You can also sync your music with your iPod. In Foobar2000 click on File iPod Synchronise…

Now you can go ahead and sync your entire Media Library or just select playlists.

Note: If you only want to sync specific playlists, uncheck Media library and select the ones you want to sync. Otherwise your entire library will be synced up.

Just like with adding an album to the iPod, you’ll see the progress screens while everything is synchronized. The amount of time it takes will depend on the amount of songs your adding and how many need to be encoded for the iPod to use.

There is also the ability to send specific playlists to the iPod. Click on File iPod Send Playlists.

Now select the Playlist you want to add to the iPod.

There you go! Now disconnect your iPod and enjoy your favorite tracks.

To get the details about your iPod or iPhone, in Foobar2000 click File iPod Properties.

This will provide detailed info about your device.

Conclusion

If you want an alternative to iTunes that is faster, fully customizable, and geekier in general…Foobar2000 will allow you to fully utilize your iPod. The cool thing about this is if you have file formats in Foobar2000 that an iPod can’t play, FLAC for example, will be quickly converted before added to the iPod. The conversion process is surprisingly fast, and the quality is very good. We took a look at the basic functions, but there’s a lot of customization you can do including how metadata is displayed, bitrate conversion, ReplayGain and more.

What is your take? Are you a fan of Foobar2000 and use it with your iPod or iPhone? Leave a comment and let us know.

How To Install Components (Plugins)

All the supported components are listed on this page but you’re free to download it from anywhere. Once downloaded, unzip the file to a destination you remember

Open Foobar2000, go to Library ->Configure and select Components from the left menu. You can either select the Install button and browse to the location of the downloaded file or just drag and drop the file to the components list. Select Apply to install the components, you should know that it will require restarting the app.

How To Configure Plugins In The Default Interface

So you downloaded some plugins to display lyrics and other stuff. How do you add them to the UI? Let me show you.

Go to View ->Layout and click Enable Layout Mode. This means you’re now free to move the Lego bricks around. Now go to any panel you want to switch out or add stuff to, and right-click on it.

Foobar2000 Album Art Grid View

Click on Replace UI Element and you’ll get a list of app level functions and at the end will be your downloaded components under the Utility banner. Select the one you want, click OK and the panel will be replaced.

If don’t want to replace it, select Splitter from the list. It will split the panel into half and give you a blank panel. From there right-click and add a new component just like you did above.

The Best Plugins For Foobar2000

1. Columns UI

The first recommended plugin for any Foobar2000 beginner is the one that brings a different take on the UI. Columns UI takes a columnar approach to the layout and makes it much easier to swap out or add new components. After you’ve installed the plugin, go to Layout and select Live Editing.

Now right-click on any component and you get options to switch out panels, add separators and new components directly in this menu, as you can see in the screenshot below. It’s much easier this way.

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2. Lyrics Show Panel

No power user’s music player is complete without a lyrics plugin and Lyrics Show Panel is the best option for Foobar2000.

3. Audioscrobbler

Use Last.fm to scrobble your songs and discover new music? Get this plugin for Foobar2000.

4. Graphic Equalizer

Every sound system can use a bit of customization, especially the computer speakers. Get the audio output just the way to want with Graphic Equalizer.

5. Podcatcher

Podcatcher is an easy way to download and listen to the latest episodes from your favorite podcasts. You’ll have to input the RSS feed manually but once you’ve done that, you’re all set.

6. Discogs Tagger

The last thing you want in a superbly customized music player is songs without proper metadata. Discogs Tagger uses the website’s generous repository of song metadata to bring your song collection up to date with data and album art.

7. Playlist Organizer

Organize your playlists in a branched tree fashion (like folders) for easy navigation with Playlist Organizer.

Your Foobar2000

What does your Foobar2000 look like? Out of this world? Show us in the comments below.

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