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Deadbeef uses less resources while playing music than foobar2000 does on complete standby. I'm curious if it's just the Wine overhead, or because my foobar install has way too many plugins in it.

In any case, it seems I've settled on Deadbeef as my Linux music player. Since it was build to copy/emulate foobar, there are a few things about it, like how it handles rating or columns displayed in a playlist, that makes it a good fit to use in parallel to foobar.

There's a Daggerfall Unity package that has made it onto the GoG store, with a bunch of good mods included. (completely free of course).

gog.com/en/game/daggerfall_uni

Good news: I no longer NEED foobar2000 for a good EQ plugin and a virtual surround headphone experience. Pipewire finally made it possible for me to enjoy good music coming from any program.

Bad news: foobar2000 still has way too many good management features that I've yet to see implemented to the same degree in a Linux app.

But at least now I CAN enjoy some light music listening without going through Wine.

Some resources for people interested in virtual surround for headphones on Linux:

gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewir

sourceforge.net/projects/hesuv

@alyx fuck that african monkeypox we have our own freedommonkeypox right here in america!

Best resource I've ever found to help setup a good EQ for headphones. I feel like I'm in heaven right now. Music sounds a lot better.

github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoE

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