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Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS)

By: oops

Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS) is a music visualization plugin for Winamp. It was designed by Winamp creator Justin Frankel. It renders using DirectDraw.

Features

Supports ".avs" files.
Supports ".ape" files (x86 only).
Includes AVS Editor and configuration dialog.
Implements preset switching through the mouse context menu and keyboard shortcuts.
Compatible with the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
Tested on foobar2000 v2.25.10 (x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26200).
Requires Windows 10 or later.

Installation

Install the component using the "foo_vis_avs.fb2k-component" file that can be downloaded from this page.
Place presets into this component's folder of foobar2000. This should be "<foobar2000 profile folder>\avs". They can be organized into subdirectories.
Also place APE files into this component's folder of foobar2000. Alternatively, "<foobar2000 profile folder>\avs\apes" is also supported.
More presets can be downloaded from visbot. Or create your own using the included AVS editor.

Current version: 0.0.1-alpha0, released on 2026-07-17

Download

Change log:

Initial release based on Cockos Happy AVS v2.91

Supported systems: Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit, Windows ARM.

Works with foobar2000 v2.0 and newer.

Works on Windows 10 and newer.

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