anybody missing the foo_out_dsound_ex2 in 0.8.3′s era?

July 25, 2008 at 11:41 pm · Filed under foobar2000

As we all know, in the 0.9.x foobar2000, there’s inevitably a short pause during manual track change with fading effect enabled, it definitely decreases our listening pleasure.

I always enjoy the fading features brought to me by the foo_out_dsound_ex2 component in the old time, it has custom pause, skip, seek and stop fading length. And the most important thing is, it will solve the short pause problem.

Finally, I’ve decided to port the foo_out_dsound_ex2 to 0.9.x, and it’s done. However, it is illegal to distribute it due to the SDK restrictions, so people, if you want it, leave your email in this post, I can assure that you will forget about the default DS output.

15/08/2008: NO MORE EMAILS WILL BE SENT

28/07/2008
the output component has been updated to resolve the volume changing problem.

also I’ve made a component that allows you to use components using metadb_display_hook (e.g. ui_panels, cwb_hooks) in foobar2000 0.9.5.3+, if those obsoleted components make you stay with 0.9.5.2, this is your gospel. use your instinct to find the download.

72 Comments

  1. shg said,

    January 11, 2010 @ 2:22 am

    Hi,
    I am desperately needing a component like your’s.
    I only hope you did not delete it meanwhile. ;-)

    Regards,
    Philipp

  2. hapocn said,

    January 10, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

    i would love to try it,could you send me a copy?

  3. SO said,

    April 11, 2009 @ 10:25 pm

    Hi!

    If the plugin is compatible with the latest “fb2k v0.9.6.5 beta 1″ I would like to try it. :)

    Thanx!

  4. Sam said,

    February 13, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

    I know you’ve said you’re not sending any more emails, but I would certainly like to try this, so if you’ve got a moment I would love a copy. Thanks!

  5. dejan said,

    January 5, 2009 @ 10:25 pm

    thanks

  6. blast said,

    December 16, 2008 @ 1:00 pm

    thanks for all the great components, Acropolis

  7. Borris said,

    November 26, 2008 @ 10:44 am

    I’d like to try this output plugin. I do a lot of live stuff and want to replace Winamp with Foobar, but the pauses between manual track change is annoying.

  8. mr. pi said,

    November 15, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

    let’s give it a try
    thx for your work

  9. wahaha said,

    September 21, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

    Very good, I would like to be updated to version.

  10. me too said,

    September 21, 2008 @ 6:34 pm

    I want to try it too

  11. szejker said,

    September 21, 2008 @ 6:33 pm

    thanks man,

    hardstyle rox

  12. szejk said,

    September 21, 2008 @ 6:32 pm

    thanks

  13. ayodio said,

    September 6, 2008 @ 5:29 pm

    would like to try it. thanks for your work

  14. Acropolis said,

    August 23, 2008 @ 9:45 pm

    useless or not is not based on your comment, and I don’t need your comment either.

  15. troll said,

    August 23, 2008 @ 9:40 pm

    Acropolis, why don’t you find yourself something productive to do?
    Your recent “inventions” are useless: they can’t be used standalone, they’re in conflict with licenses of other products that they depend on. The metadb_display_hook hack looks like proof-of-concept-ware that works only with specific foobar2000 versions. Not only it looks like it will never work reliably, but if it somehow becomes popular, it will do more bad than good to the community, by generating problems when people update between foobar2000 versions and slowing down the development of potential foo_ui_panels replacements/successors.

  16. Solid said,

    August 15, 2008 @ 9:35 pm

    Great! I Want To Try It, Too.

  17. Odyssey said,

    August 15, 2008 @ 5:14 pm

    I get an awful lot of crashes when I use the metadb_display_hook component.

  18. Paulo said,

    August 14, 2008 @ 8:10 pm

    Direct from Brazil…i need one please:)

    Thanks!

    Tchau;)

  19. year98 said,

    August 14, 2008 @ 6:57 pm

    I Couldn’t receive e-mail. Please mail again~
    year98@empal.com

  20. Playlist said,

    August 14, 2008 @ 2:54 pm

    Thank you for your efforts.I want to try it : )

  21. ACX said,

    August 14, 2008 @ 11:05 am

    I hope it’s not too late :) I think that’s exactly what I was looking for…

  22. jaco35 said,

    August 14, 2008 @ 7:29 am

    Great! I Want To Try It, Too.

  23. Soji said,

    August 14, 2008 @ 12:57 am

    I want to try it too

  24. Edl said,

    August 13, 2008 @ 9:41 am

    Hi~ I want to try it too ;)

    thanks so much, dude~~

  25. DFKOS said,

    August 13, 2008 @ 6:33 am

    i want to try it too………..

  26. Pilzfuss said,

    August 13, 2008 @ 4:07 am

    I’d like to try it.
    Please email me.

    Thx

  27. SongsFF said,

    August 12, 2008 @ 10:19 pm

    great! I wanna try it too

  28. Mameev said,

    August 12, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

    Where link for ProjectM Visualisation Panel (foo_uie_vis_projectM)???

  29. rBeing said,

    August 12, 2008 @ 8:49 am

    I want to try it too.
    Thanks!

  30. cunz said,

    August 11, 2008 @ 8:04 pm

    thank you

  31. year98 said,

    August 11, 2008 @ 10:19 am

    Great! I have missed that for long long time.
    I want to try it.

  32. WFIS said,

    August 11, 2008 @ 6:56 am

    i would like to try it
    thanks

  33. orum said,

    August 11, 2008 @ 1:16 am

    Thank you

  34. xellass said,

    August 10, 2008 @ 10:40 pm

    uhaaaaaa! awesome componets!
    thank a lot Acropolis~ :)

  35. younhaLOV said,

    August 10, 2008 @ 9:30 pm

    oh~~ great component^^
    Please put one in my inbox too

  36. LEAF said,

    August 9, 2008 @ 3:11 pm

    Acropolis, You are great!

  37. Potter said,

    August 9, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

    So,you see I’m from China!!
    I think I would to enjoy your work!!
    Thanks!
    I’m a new to fb!

  38. papmech said,

    August 9, 2008 @ 9:51 am

    Hi, awesome thing you got there. Wouldn’t mind one in my inbox! =D

  39. anton said,

    August 8, 2008 @ 4:39 pm

    Hello! I’d like to have this wonderfull component!

  40. DarknessLight said,

    August 6, 2008 @ 1:35 pm

    Can I have a copy too?

    Thankz

  41. Acropolis said,

    August 6, 2008 @ 1:36 am

    no, it works. most likely you are using non english version of fb.
    download again if so, updated.

  42. Jorgo said,

    August 5, 2008 @ 11:52 pm

    Thanks for the hook hack, but it looks like they disabled it again in the latest foobar 0.9.5.5. Anyway to get around this?

  43. Tjure said,

    August 5, 2008 @ 6:23 am

    Thank you for sharing your work!

    ……..***wow ?!

  44. Will said,

    August 4, 2008 @ 9:01 am

    Hi,

    Got it! :) Works wonderfully…

    Thanks a lot,

    Will

  45. Rob said,

    August 4, 2008 @ 12:43 am

    sounds interesting may I have a copy please

    Thanks

  46. MSPE said,

    August 3, 2008 @ 6:25 pm

    Hi, Acropolis.

    Thank you for all your great FooBar components.
    Count me in for this one, I’d like to give it a try…

  47. Will said,

    August 3, 2008 @ 2:13 am

    I’d like a copy please. Thanks!!

  48. Gamering said,

    August 2, 2008 @ 7:26 pm

    Thanks, email me too

  49. Acropolis said,

    August 2, 2008 @ 4:11 am

    Squeller,
    it’s hard for me to do any better, because it supports different fading curves, the nature of the component is not designed to have volume changing (as of fb2k 0.8.3). unless I change it with a fixed curve or write another one.

  50. Youran said,

    August 1, 2008 @ 7:06 pm

    Thank You Sir !

  51. tom said,

    August 1, 2008 @ 4:12 am

    i want to make an end to decreased listening pleasure! please, opt me in.

  52. una said,

    August 1, 2008 @ 3:41 am

    Didn’t manage to find download link.
    I need this one too plz :-)
    thanks in dvance
    regards,
    auris

  53. Squeller said,

    July 31, 2008 @ 10:50 pm

    Hi Acropolis,

    with your Output component, the volume slider most of it’s area doesn’t change the volume too much, but the closer you come to zero, the more radical volume changes get. Can you distribut the changes more even?

    Thanks

  54. Joey said,

    July 30, 2008 @ 9:59 pm

    I’m down. Thank you in advance!

  55. Rainer said,

    July 30, 2008 @ 8:19 am

    I would like to try it out
    Thanks!

  56. Odyssey said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 7:24 pm

    Nevermind, I found it ;)

  57. Odyssey said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

    Please put one in my inbox too :)

  58. Infernus said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 4:22 am

    great! I wanna try it too :) )

  59. odyn said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 2:27 am

    I want to try it too ;)

  60. Squeller said,

    July 28, 2008 @ 2:16 pm

    Wow, suddenly my cwb_hooks stuff shows up again, thank you! In the fb2k world highly illegal, you unliked child, but great improvement, or at least step forward to what we already had.

  61. Acropolis said,

    July 27, 2008 @ 8:37 am

    @Squeller,
    I use 5000 for the buffer, 5000 for skip, and 2000 for all the rest.
    the fading settings in advanced preferences have nothing to do with the component, they are separated.
    because of the volume problem, you should set the volume to 0dB for the moment.
    I have developed something to re-use foo_cwb_hooks and foo_ui_panels in newer foobar2000, and it is being tested, so before it is totally done, I will not update the output component.

  62. Al said,

    July 27, 2008 @ 2:28 am

    I would love to have this! Finally, problem solved :)

  63. Squeller said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

    Another thing: FB2K also has fading settings in advanced preferences. Does this in any way interfere with your plugin, or are those settings ignored? What settings do you recommend?

  64. Squeller said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

    Ah I see! Yes, if I turn GC’s “crossfade on manual track change” off, manual track change fade works good. Only the volume changing is a desaster ;-)

  65. Acropolis said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 10:22 pm

    i see, I actually forgot to check the volume setting code :D
    anyway, I know this problem now.

    I don’t understand what you say: “On manual track change there’s some stuttering”.
    with this output, you are not supposed to use manual track change fading in crossfader, if I understand correctly.

  66. Squeller said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 5:45 pm

    BTW no matter if I use Hardware mixing or not.
    Also, if Gapless Crossfaer is turned off, while changing Volume there are crackles. Setting to zero sometimes leaves more or less volume.

  67. Squeller said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 5:38 pm

    Hi Acropolis,

    it seems pretty buggy. Several problems. On manual track change there’s some stuttering, volume change, and while changing tracks I can even set the volume to zero and there’s still output… I chose the direct “DSOUND : SB X-Fi Audio” output. The new overlap mode is turned on.

    best regards

  68. Jorgo said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 2:04 am

    Thank you! Will this be possible for KS, too?

  69. Baumkuchen said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 2:04 am

    Thank U, I’d like one copy, it was a nice feature

  70. Andreasvb said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 1:55 am

    I would also like to try it. =)
    Thanks!

  71. Squeller said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 12:45 am

    Meee2. Thank you.

  72. LEAF said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 12:04 am

    Thank you for your efforts.I want to try it.

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