foobar2000

Analog VU Meter Visualisation

By: oops

foo_vis_vumeter is modern reimplementation of the analog VU meter component by DRON. It renders using DirectX 12.

Features
  • Supports VUEditor-generated ".bin" files.
    • Can be BZ2-compressed, LZMA-compressed, Gzip-compressed, Zstandard-compressed, LZ4-compressed or uncompressed.
    • Can use needles or lamps (LEDs), or both.
    • Can contain a single panel for left and right channels or separate left and right panels.
  • Supports AIMP analog ".zip" skins.
    • Must be ZIP-compressed and contain a "skin.ini" alongside corresponding PNG images.
    • Can contain a single panel for left and right channels or separate left and right panels.
  • Supports AIMP LED ".zip" skins.
    • Must be ZIP-compressed and contain a "settings.ini" alongside corresponding PNG images.
    • Can contain a single panel for left and right channels.
  • Includes many fine-tuning options and modes.
  • Implements controls through the mouse context menu.
  • Compatible with the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
  • Tested on foobar2000 v2.24.5 (x86 32-bit and x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26100).
  • Requires Windows 10 or later due to DirectX 12.
    • Falls back to the WARP software rasterizer if no DirectX 12-compatible adapter found.
Installation
  • Install the component using the "foo_vis_vumeter.fb2k-component" file that can be downloaded from this page.
  • Download and extract panels/skins into this component's folder of foobar2000. This should be "<foobar2000 profile folder>\vumeter".
    • A large number of these can be downloaded from tom2tec's "The Audio File" Gallery.
    • Create custom panels using DRON's VUEditor.
    • Another collection of skins collected and curated by Artem (AIMP main developer).
    • LED skins gallery and creation tool by xrEngine.
    • Some newly developed panels have been posted to the foo_vis_vumeter thread in the HydrogenAudio Forum.

Current version: 0.10.15, released on 2025-04-24

Change log:

  • Improve background color handling
  • Redraw mix window on balloon tip for color edit box
  • Reduce patch sizes and update patching flow [developer]

Supported processor architectures: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM64, ARM64EC.

Works with foobar2000 v2.0 and newer

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