u/p2ashiura

Hey everyone,

I just released my second foobar2000 component: Component Update Checker, a small 64-bit component that checks your installed third-party components against their GitHub Releases and tells you when an update is available. It doesn't auto-download or auto-install anything — it just points you to the release page so you can decide for yourself.

What it does:

Detects your installed components automatically
Checks GitHub Releases for updates (manual check, or automatic on startup)
Shows results in a popup window with a clickable link to the release page
Has a shared, community-maintained database so a lot of components can be checked without you having to register anything yourself

Right now it only supports GitHub Releases, but I'm planning to add support for other sites down the line too.

Requirements: foobar2000 (64-bit)

GitHub (source): https://github.com/p2ashiura/foo_component_update_checker

Full disclosure: I have zero programming background. All I did was come up with the feature ideas and describe what I wanted — Claude (Anthropic's AI) wrote every line of the actual code, same as with Album Train. Wanted to be upfront about that since it's very much a collaborative build rather than something I coded myself.

It's MIT licensed and open source.

This is where I'd love your help: the shared database (https://github.com/p2ashiura/foo_component_update_checker-registry) is still pretty small — just what I could personally verify. If there's a foo_ component or DSP you use and would like update notifications for, let me know! 64-bit is ideal, but even if it's 32-bit-only, tell me anyway, it's worth having on record. Just the name is enough — a download page URL helps too if you happen to have one handy, but isn't required.

Feel free to just comment here with what you're using, or if you want, there's also a "Suggest for Shared Registry..." button inside the component itself that opens a pre-filled GitHub pull request for you.

Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone,

I just released my first foobar2000 component: **Album Train**, a Columns UI panel that scrolls through your library's album artwork in a horizontal row, with a subtle perspective/scaling effect as albums pass through the center. It's inspired by the old "Discovery Train" feature from Sony's x-アプリ (x-appli).

startup and scrolling

clicking artwork to play

**What it does:**

- Continuously scrolls album art from your library (not just what's currently playing)

- Click an album's artwork to queue and play the whole album

- Right-click artwork for a Properties shortcut

- Customizable: colors/theme following, fonts, scroll speed/direction, perspective effect, artwork quality, background image or color, and more

**Requirements:** foobar2000 (64-bit) + Columns UI 3.5.0+

GitHub (source): https://github.com/p2ashiura/Album-Train

Release(download): https://github.com/p2ashiura/Album-Train/releases

Full disclosure: I have zero programming background. All I did was come up with the feature ideas and describe what I wanted — Claude (Anthropic's AI) wrote every line of the actual code. Wanted to be upfront about that since it's very much a collaborative build rather than something I coded myself.

It's MIT licensed and open source. This is my first component and first time using GitHub, so feedback, bug reports, and feature suggestions are very welcome. There's a roadmap in the README if you're curious what's planned next (Default UI support, more artwork quality options, etc.).

Thanks for reading!

What components are you using? (building a database for my new component)

[Component] Album Train - a scrolling album art carousel panel (Columns UI, 64-bit)