Foobar2000 + wine setup

README.md

1. Install wine:

sudo apt install wine-stable winetricks

2. Get foobar installation here: https://mega.nz/file/HJhlEIIJ#PfjkrfPPu0TGzJ_ukgn2LX3fWRWsZK7o16beHAh4roY

Unpack it under /home/panta/.wine/drive_c/opt/.

3. Enable font smoothing. It can be done through winetricks, or using wine-font-smoothing.sh. Select 3rd option (rgb). This will make fonts not look like shit.

4. Run winecfg and switch Windows version to "Windows XP". That will make volume control work.

5. Using winetricks, import wine_breeze_colors.reg. This will make UI look white and pretty instead of gray and old.

6. Save foobar.sh under /usr/local/bin/foobar2000.

7. Save foobar2000.desktop under /usr/share/applications/foobar2000.desktop

8. Run sudo update-desktop-database.

foobar.sh

#!/bin/sh
cd /home/panta/.wine/drive_c/opt/foobar2000
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
	filename=`echo z:$1 | sed 's/\\//\\\\/g'`
	wine foobar2000.exe "$filename" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
else
	wine foobar2000.exe >/dev/null 2>&1 &
fi

foobar2000.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=foobar2000
GenericName=Plays Music
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Terminal=false
Exec=/usr/local/bin/foobar2000
Comment=Plays Music
Icon=/home/panta/.wine/drive_c/opt/foobar2000/foobar.png
Categories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo;Audio;Player;

wine-font-smoothing.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Quick and dirty script for configuring wine font smoothing
#
# Author: Igor Tarasov <[email protected]>

WINE=${WINE:-wine}
WINEPREFIX=${WINEPREFIX:-$HOME/.wine}
DIALOG=whiptail

if [ ! -x "`which "$WINE"`" ]
then
    echo "Wine was not found. Is it really installed? ($WINE)"
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -x "`which "$DIALOG"`" ]
then
    DIALOG=dialog
fi

TMPFILE=`mktemp` || exit 1

$DIALOG --menu \
    "Please select font smoothing mode for wine programs:" 13 51\
    4\
        1 "Smoothing disabled"\
        2 "Grayscale smoothing"\
        3 "Subpixel smoothing (ClearType) RGB"\
        4 "Subpixel smoothing (ClearType) BGR" 2> $TMPFILE

STATUS=$?
ANSWER=`cat $TMPFILE`

if [ $STATUS != 0 ]
then 
    rm -f $TMPFILE
    exit 1
fi

MODE=0 # 0 = disabled; 2 = enabled
TYPE=0 # 1 = regular;  2 = subpixel
ORIENTATION=1 # 0 = BGR; 1 = RGB

case $ANSWER in
    1) # disable
        ;;
    2) # enable
        MODE=2
        TYPE=1
        ;;
    3) # enable cleartype rgb
        MODE=2
        TYPE=2
        ;;
    4) # enable cleartype bgr
        MODE=2
        TYPE=2
        ORIENTATION=0
        ;;
    *)
        rm -f $TMPFILE
        echo Unexpected option: $ANSWER
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

echo "REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
\"FontSmoothing\"=\"$MODE\"
\"FontSmoothingOrientation\"=dword:0000000$ORIENTATION
\"FontSmoothingType\"=dword:0000000$TYPE
\"FontSmoothingGamma\"=dword:00000578" > $TMPFILE

echo -n "Updating configuration... "

$WINE regedit $TMPFILE 2> /dev/null

rm -f $TMPFILE

echo ok

wine_breeze_colors.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="239 240 241"
"ActiveTitle"="71 80 87"
"AppWorkSpace"="239 240 241"
"Background"="26 26 26"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="179 180 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="248 249 249"
"ButtonFace"="239 240 241"
"ButtonHilight"="248 249 249"
"ButtonLight"="179 180 181"
"ButtonShadow"="179 180 181"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="71 80 87"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="239 240 241"
"GrayText"="100 101 102"
"Hilight"="61 174 233"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="61 174 233"
"InactiveBorder"="239 240 241"
"InactiveTitle"="239 240 241"
"InactiveTitleText"="189 195 195"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 225"
"Menu"="248 249 249"
"MenuBar"="239 240 241"
"MenuHilight"="61 174 233"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="239 240 241"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="179 180 181"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"

Thanks for posting this gist! It helped me a lot in getting foobar working. Starring it for future convenience.