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Geiss Visualisation

By: oops

Geiss is audio-driven eye candy. Originally a Windows screensaver and a Winamp music visualization plug-in by Ryan Geiss. It takes you on a surreal, visual journey through the sonic landscape of your music.

Features
  • Implements mode and effect switching through the mouse context menu and keyboard shortcuts.
  • Compatible with the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
  • Tested on foobar2000 v2.25.10 (x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26200).
  • Requires Windows 10 or later.
Installation
  • Install the component using the "foo_vis_geiss.fb2k-component" file that can be downloaded from this page.
  • It uses the "<foobar2000 profile folder>\geiss" for screenshots.

Current version: 0.0.2-alpha0, released on 2026-09-24

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Change log:

  • Stabilize fullscreen ownership and focus [change]
  • Restore song title feedback animation [change]
  • Use the active Geiss mode for navigation [change]
  • Restore automatic Geiss mode changes [change]
  • Provide Winamp-compatible audio input [change]
  • Resize the internal renderer with the host window [change]
  • Restore numbered Geiss presets [change]
  • Restore Geiss interactive controls [change]
  • Restore Geiss status overlays in windowed mode [change]
  • Add a configurable mode change overlay [change]
  • Honor vertical screen sizing in windowed mode [change]
  • Restore 8-bit indexed rendering in windowed mode [change]
  • Apply waveform scale changes immediately [change]
  • Remove unused Geiss CPU headers [developer]
  • Normalize Geiss file name casing [developer]
  • Apply Clang-Format across the codebase [developer]
  • Update text color macro name [developer]
  • Update foobar2000 SDK to 2026-09-17 [developer]

Supported systems: Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit, Windows ARM.

Works with foobar2000 v2.0 and newer.

Works on Windows 10 and newer.

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