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foo_vis_milk2 is a port for foobar2000 of Winamp's MilkDrop 2 music visualizer. It additionally migrates rendering from its original DirectX 9 to DirectX 11.

MilkDrop 2 takes you flying through visualizations of the soundwaves you're hearing. It uses beat detection to trigger myriad psychedelic effects, creating a rich visual journey through sound.

Features

• Uses DirectX 11 for rendering.
• Uses updated libraries.
• vis_milk2 has been upgraded to use more modern C++ alongside DirectX 11. Deprecated or insecure functions have been rewritten and most unused functionality removed.
• Configurable through foobar2000 preferences instead of INI files.
• Compatible with the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
• Tested on foobar2000 v2.25.1 (x86 32-bit and x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26200).

Installation

• Download and extract presets into this component's folder of foobar2000. This should be "<foobar2000 profile folder>\milkdrop2\presets".
• Some presets enjoyed by Ryan Geiss (the MilkDrop 2 author) can be downloaded from his website. The "Cream of the Crop" collection is another good source.

• Implement "Rule of 5" for shaders to eliminate "heap-use-after-free" errors [bug]
• Fix blank context menu preset name in Release [bug]
• Fix playlist text not clearing correctly for help [bug]
• Avoid calling settings' initialization twice [bug]
• Rewrite playlist text drawing [feature]
• Remove "Downmix Channels" option [change]
• Do some more fullscreen validation [change]
• Update audio buffer sample mapping from chunk data [change]
• Check and set configuration object directly for "Always On Top" detection and enabling or disabling [change]
• Add code preset lock and multi-instance fullscreen awareness to context menu to gray out invalid options [change]
• Attempt to replace `%fb2k_profile_path%` back on exit if it was used in Advanced Preferences [change]
• Make mouse context menu entries string resources [developer]
• Update main entry file [developer]
• Remove unnecessary `ValidateRect()` from `WM_PAINT` [developer]
• Print only 8 window handle characters instead of 16 [developer]
• Rename timer [developer]
• Replace string buffer size [developer]