foobar2000: Components Repository - Analog VU Meter Visualisation

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 v2.24.1 (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.

Implement transparent bitmap extension to the BIN VU meter file specification
Extend render target for GDI-drawing into a texture 2-D resource to implement pseudo-transparency
- Add "Transparent" context menu option
Add screenshot capability
Move panel list and configuration into client
- Implement panel directory memoization for main menu, gestures and COM Automation
- Centralize in-group meter switching to replace mailbox
- Reorganize header inclusions for updated architecture [developer]
Add inertia envelope for audio levels
- Add "Inertia" context menu option
- Set "Inertia" to its default value on context menu "Reset" command
- Default "Inertia" to enabled
- Add "Inertia" and "Level" options to tuning dialog
- Fix double application of "Inertia"
Fix Columns UI fullscreen within Panel Stack Splitter crash
Adjust context menu logic for improved display of enabled and disabled options
Update advanced preferences
- Add console debug output option
- Categorize console messages for debug output
Update hashing and encode/decode functions [developer]
Skip GDI drawing when fullscreen [developer]
Update UnRAR to 7.1.3 [developer]
Update Columns UI SDK to 8.0.0-beta.1 [developer]
Update repository setup and component build scripts
Update preprocessor macros [developer]
Clean up file formatting [developer]
Fix thread pool timer build (not performant) [developer]
Update COM interface definition file
- Extend `IVUMeter` with additional methods
Update README

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

Works with foobar2000 v2.0 and newer