foobar2000 controller PRO

Sergi Mola

About this app

I decided to make this version also completely FREE.
If you feel like it, you can still buy me a beer with a donation.
http://tiny.cc/fb2kcdonate

Ad-free version.

Follow the basic installation steps specified here:
http://foobar2000controller.blogspot.com.es/p/how-to-start.html

Control your remote foobar2000 with your Android device! This application needs foobar2000 working in the computer and 2 more components installed in foobar 2000.

Components needed:
- foo_httpcontrol
- foo_playcount (optional)

Features:
    * Widget
* Album art
* Common playback controls (Play/Pause, Next/Previous song, Shuffle ON/OFF)
* Control time with progress bar
* Playlist function
* Play from file
* Manage playlist function (add new playlist, add/remove elements by browsing files)
* Search function
* Rate current-playing song and any song in the playlist
* Queue/Dequeue elements from playlist
* Advanced search method (More of the same…artist, album or rating)
* Switch between playlists
* Configurable shake actions
* Use your device volume keys to control foobar's volume
* Wake-on-LAN
* Multi-server
* Pause/Mute on incoming calls
* Fully compatible with WaveControl (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MarksThinkTank.WaveControl)
* Fully compatible with headset controls and media buttons


Enjoy it!

Ratings and reviews

Excellent program. I built a UPNP wireless audio network using Foobar and a UPNP plugin. This program brings it all together by letting me hop between stereo, laptop, and headphones almost seamlessly. It's not perfect and it has its limitations; however, it gets 5 stars from me. It has an incredibly low price and its clearly from a small developer. I rate apps on what they are, and that's why this one gets 5 stars. Thanks for putting the cherry on top of my home music network.

The developer has not updated this app in over 4 years! The app permissions are suspect, i. e. phone call and contact access. Some virus programs have flagged the PC side companion software as malware. Besides these concerns the app is unreliable and setting up new servers is always a pain. I'll try something else or just mirror my PC display output to my TV and control foobar with a wireless mouse.

It works, it's great, it's stable and the install guide is clear. The control functions are there and for relatively small or organised libraries this is all good too. One suggestion I would give is to implement some sort of "Show by" button, so I can sort my library by album, artist, year, etc. Right now it's just "Here is what is in your library folders" with no way of sorting or filtering in combinations.

What's new

Solved issues:
- Improved a bit the accessibility of the app for people using TalkBack (Thanks Juan Antonio Fuentes for reporting the problem).