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Waveform Seek Bar
By: oops
foo_wavebar is a seek bar that shows the waveform of a track.
Modern, hardware-accelerated version of the Waveform Seekbar (foo_wave_seekbar) by Zao.
Look to Waveform Minibar (foo_wave_minibar_mod) by Case for a lighter, software-implemented version of the same.
Features
Modern, hardware-accelerated version of the Waveform Seekbar (foo_wave_seekbar) by Zao.
Look to Waveform Minibar (foo_wave_minibar_mod) by Case for a lighter, software-implemented version of the same.
Features
- Uses Direct3D 11.1, Direct2D 1.1 or GDI for rendering.
- Provides many configuration options and instantaneous rendering engine swap.
- Supports pseudo-transparent background replacement.
- Supports the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
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Tested with foobar2000 v2.25.10 (x86 64-bit) on:
- Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26200)
- SteamOS 3.8.24 (build 20260716.2, kernel 6.16.12-valve), Vulkan 1.4.350 on Mesa/RADV 26.1.99 under Proton experimental-11.0-20260713 (Wine 11.0) with DXVK v3.0.1 running at Direct3D feature level 11_1.
- Requires Windows 10 or later.
- Install the component using the "foo_wavebar.fb2k-component" file that can be downloaded from this page.
- Screenshots and "wavecache.db" (waveform cache) can be found inside the `<foobar2000 profile folder>\wavebar` directory.
Current version: 0.4.17, released on 2026-09-14
Change log:
- Normalize fullscreen and popup handling [feature]
- Update window icon [change]
- Gate Default UI popup command on foobar2000 2.26 [change]
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, playback control