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--- config:foobar2000 [2016/07/08 23:49] – created Wuff
+++ config:foobar2000 [2025/09/19 11:08] (current) – [Updating portable installation under wine] Wuff
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 Foobar is an incredible lightweight music player with media database that can be configured to one's heart content and various plugins and addons are available. While it is a windows app, it works well under wine in Linux.
+https://www.foobar2000.org/
+===== Installation under wine from previous Windows install =====
+<code>
+mkdir ~/.foobar2000
+cp c:/users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/foobar2000/* ~/.foobar2000
+apt-get install wine:i386 winetricks
+wine foobar-install.exe
+</code>
+Use this folder as installation directory, replacing username with the actual linux username ''Z:/home/<username>/.foobar2000'' then select portable install. The hidden directory is not browseable, so enter it in the path box manually.
+Install winetricks manually:
+<code>
+cd "${HOME}/Downloads"
+wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
+chmod +x winetricks
+sudo cp winetricks /usr/local/bin
+cd "${HOME}/Downloads"
+wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks.bash-completion
+sudo cp winetricks.bash-completion /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/winetricks
+</code>
+Use winetricks to set the wine prefix to 32bit, windows 10 and install gdiplus:
+Either through gui:
+<code>winetricks --gui</code>
+or
+<code>
+winetricks settings win10
+winetricks gdiplus
+</code>
+#set pseudo drive mappings to be in line with windows drive mappings
+<code>
+WINEARCH=win32 winecfg
+</code>
+#set W: as /media/music\\
+#set S: as /media/downloads\\
+#Gnome integration as per:
+#https://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=54933
+''sudo gedit /usr/bin/foobar2000''\\
+<code>
+#!/bin/sh
+cd ~/.foobar2000/
+if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
+filename=`echo z:$1 | sed 's/\\//\\\\/g'`
+wine foobar2000.exe "$filename" &
+else
+wine foobar2000.exe &
+fi
+</code>
+''sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/foobar2000''\\
+#save a png icon for foobar as /usr/share/icons/foobar2000.png
+{{:config:foobar-2000-icon.png?nolink|}}  {{:config:dakirby309-simply-styled-foobar-2000.256.png?nolink&64|}}  {{:config:ap_resize.png?nolink&64|}}
+''sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/foobar2000.desktop''
+<code>
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=foobar2000
+GenericName=Plays Music
+Version=1.0
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Terminal=false
+Exec=env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 /usr/bin/foobar2000
+Comment=Plays Music
+Icon=/usr/share/icons/foobar2000.png
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo;Audio;Player;
+StartupWMClass=foobar2000.exe
+</code>
 ===== Updating portable installation under wine =====
-Start the installer using
+  * Make a backup before and/or after the upgrade of the foobar folder using<code>
+tar cvzf foobar2000.portable.`date +'%Y-%m-%d'`.linux.tgz ~/.foobar2000
+</code>
+  * Start the 32 bit installer using<code>
+wine foobar2000_v2.25.1.exe
+</code>
+  * Select portable installation
+  * enter the following destination folder, replacing username with the actual linux username<code>Z:\home\wuff\.foobar2000</code>
+===== Restore backup =====
 <code>
-wine foobar2000_v1.3.10.exe
+tar -xzf file_name.tar.gz -C /
 </code>
-Select portable installation and enter ''Z:\home\wuff\.foobar2000'' as destination folder. \\
+===== Disable Wine conf update =====
-When prompted use the separate user-components folder.
+If a message like "The Wine configuration in /path/to/.wine is being updated, please wait..." pops up every time foobar is started, the following can help do disable updates:
+<code>
+#echo 'disable' > $WINEPREFIX/.update-timestamp
+echo 'disable' > .wine/.update-timestamp
+</code>
+===== Foobar2000 2.0 notes =====
+Text Display addon is not compatible with 64bit Foobar, but works with 32bit Foobar v2.0. Possible alternative:
+https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,64478.225.html
+Album List white background.
+===== Run Services component =====
-It's not a terrible idea to make a backup before and/or after the upgrade of the foobar folder using
+The "Run services" component can be used to add specific commands to the context menu like opening the folder in nemo:
 <code>
-tar cvzf foobar2000.portable.linux.tgz ~/.foobar2000
+Label: Open file directory in Nemo
+Path: Z:\usr\bin\xdg-open "$replace(%path%,'\','/','Z:',,%filename_ext%,)"
+      Z:\usr\bin\xdg-open "$replace(%path%,'\','/','W:','/media/music/',%filename_ext%,)"
 </code>