{"id":52078,"date":"2026-09-22T11:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=52078"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:39:14","slug":"fooyin-0-13-0-released-global-hotkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/fooyin-0-13-0-released-global-hotkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Fooyin 0.13.0 Released with Global Hotkeys, CD Playback & Ripping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fooyin, the popular Foobar2000 alternative music player for Linux, released new 0.13.0 version today.<\/b><\/p>\n

The new version of this free open-source Qt music player is a big release that includes many exciting new features!<\/p>\n

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First, the new Fooyin 0.13.0 added “Open audio CD<\/b>” option in File menu. It can read your CD disc (if you have one connected), read CD-text, metadata, insert CD tracks to a playlist and play them.<\/p>\n

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In addition to audio CD playback, it also supports ripping CD<\/b> that converts the audio tracks from CD disc to audio files (e.g, mp3 and opus) on your computer.<\/p>\n

Before the ripping process, it allows to edit metadata and supports AccurateRip verification to make sure the audio files created from a CD are correct. Without editing the converter setup again and again, it also supports presets to reuse your previous settings.<\/p>\n

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The new version also reworked the playback queue with Playlist-led<\/b> and Queue-led<\/b> modes. The default “Playlist-led” mode works as before, where playlists drive playback and queued tracks act as temporary overrides.<\/p>\n

While, the “Queue-led” makes the queue the playback source. According to the pull request<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Queue-led playback supports shuffle, random, album shuffle, and repeat modes. Changing playback order updates the remaining generated tracks without affecting played history or manual queue entries. The Play now action can be configured to replace the queue with the selection, containing group, all tracks in the current view, or insert selected tracks next and play immediately.<\/i><\/p>\n

As you see in the screenshot below, the new Queued-led options were added for “Play now” action and “Display and history”. And, Queue view widget now supports Playing Tracks<\/code>\u00a0and\u00a0Upcoming Tracks<\/code>\u00a0views.<\/p>\n

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Besides CD Playback & Ripping and new playback queue mode, the 0.13.0 release also introduced last.fm ‘love’<\/b> feature support, metadata lookup<\/b> by MusicBrainz, and savable library filters.<\/p>\n

It as well added global shortcuts<\/b> support, meaning you can control the music playback (e.g., pause\/play, next, previous, and volume up\/down) while app window is not in focus, minimized for example.<\/p>\n

By going to Edit -> Settings -> Shortcuts, you’ll see the “Global” checkbox when setting a keyboard shortcut. It works in my case in KDE Plasma, however grayed out in GNOME (Ubuntu 26.04) on Wayland.<\/p>\n

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Other changes include:<\/p>\n