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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
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 v2.26.2 (x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26300).
- Requires Windows 10 or later.
- 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.
- Source code included inside "foo_vis_geiss.fb2k-component".
Current version: 0.0.4-beta0, released on 2026-10-30
Change log:
- Honor the preset update opt-out marker [change]
- Fix the saved preset high-palette key [bug]
- Apply shifting offsets in the portable map processor [bug]
- Remove unused Geiss code and obsolete rendering paths [developer]
- Rename the visualization window class to "Geiss" [developer]
- Update Windows 11 SDK to 10.0.28000.2705 [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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Tags: Columns UI panel, Default UI element, visualization