Installation

Table of contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Required components
• Optional components

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Prerequisites

• Windows 7 or later.
• Internet Explorer 9 or later.
• foobar2000 v1.3.17 or later.
• Desire to improve your fb2k looks!

Installation

• Preparation:
  1. Download the latest theme release.
  2. Unzip archive to a temporary folder (e.g. unzipped_theme_folder).
  3. Download and install all the required components (instructions on how to install a component).
  4. (Optional) Download and install all the optional components.
  5. Install additional fonts:
     They can be either installed from the included unzipped_theme_folder/fonts directory or downloaded directly from their homepages:
     • Font Awesome (ttf version): http://fontawesome.io
     • GuiFx v2 (ttf version): http://blog.guifx.com/2009/04/02/guifx-v2-transport-font
• Installation:
  1. Launch foobar2000.
  2. Choose Column UI interface.
  3. Add Spider Monkey Panel panel.
  4. Right-click on panel > Configure Panel > Script source > Package > Package Manager
  5. Drag-n-drop all *.zip files from unzipped_theme_folder/packages to the Package Manager dialog.
  6. Exit the dialog.
  7. Display > Columns UI > Main:
     • Miscelanous > Untick 'Show toolbars'.
     • FCL importing exporting > Import... > choose unzipped_theme_folder/layout/theme.fcl.
  8. Click OK =)
  9. (Optional) Right-click on top of the window (the dark grey part). Frame-style > No border.

Required components

• foo_spider_monkey_panel: https://theqwertiest.github.io/foo_spider_monkey_panel/
• foo_musical_spectrum: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components/Musical_Spectrum_(foo_musical_spectrum)
• foo_openlyrics: https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_openlyrics
• foo_uie_panel_splitter: http://foo2k.chottu.net (backup link)
• foo_ui_columns: https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_ui_columns
• foo_ui_hacks: http://foobar2000.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=44399#p44399
• foo_youtube: http://fy.3dyd.com/home

These components can’t be removed without breaking the theme in some way.

Optional components

• foo_playcount: https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_playcount
  • Displays track play count and makes possible to view and set track rating from Playlist Panel.
• foo_enhanced_playcount: https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_enhanced_playcount
  • Changes track play count behavior: it will display maximum between Last.FM scrobble count and local play count. Should be used together with foo_playcount.
• foo_scrobble: https://github.com/gix/foo_scrobble
  • Last.FM scrobbler. Scrobbling can be toggled from Top Panel.
• foo_utils: http://foosion.foobar2000.org/components/?id=utils
  • Adds ability to make playlists read-only, which is accessible from Playlist Manager.

Features described above will be unavailable and disabled if these components are not installed, but the theme will still work fine without them.

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