With most supported media players you just need to select your player in and you're good to go. Some players that have limiter support or non-standard configuration might require additional settings in the Options sub-menu. These players and the needed settings are listed and explained in this FAQ.
The most common reason for a player not being supported by FoxyTunes is that there is no way to externally control it from another application. Many media players have documented control interfaces, while others are just stand alone applications that cannot be controlled by other programs (like FoxyTunes). If your player isn't supported by FoxyTunes and you know that it does have a control interface please send us a link to the relevant information.
If possible, we are trying to support the most popular players first.
If your player isn't supported, it is important that you vote for it.
Many votes for a particular player tell us that the player is popular and we should support it before other (less popular) players.
Yes - MacOSX is supported since version 0.69.
Intel Macs will be supported natively soon, currently supported under Rosetta (see a separate FAQ).
If Beep Media Player isn't already running, XMMS will be launched by FoxyTunes on first operation (if present). This will be fixed in the next version.
Thanks to Omer Aloni for the report.
On some systems you will have to create a symbolic link from libbeep dynamic library to libxmms. For example:
ln -s /usr/lib/libbeep.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib/libxmms.so
Thanks to Mark Masters for this report.
I am planning to add support for various formats of embedded music in the future.
Also, some pages have a non-standard HTML tag BGSOUND which is not supported by Firefox.
You might find the following link helpful in solving many of the embedded media problems in Firefox. I haven't personally tried the methods described, so please experiment at your own risk.
Complete Embedded Media Guide for Windows users
First, make sure that your media player fully supports Unicode characters.
In order to see Unicode track titles correctly, leave the value of on Default.
Consider the following scenario:
The real problem is that FoxyTunes isn't notified by the player (this is true for many of the players supported) when it changes its state.
Some players support only increase/decrease volume commands.
In this case the slider enters a special mode of operation - it will always be at its middle position.
You can control the volume by either clicking to the left or to the right of the slider thumb, or dragging it gently. The volume will be increased or decreased, and the slider will return to its middle.
I found that the best way to change the volume in this situation is to make a few fast clicks on the left or on the right of the slider thumb (on the slider line). This will send a few increase/decrease commands and the volume will be adjusted.
Merging the Play and Pause buttons can be problematic.
FoxyTunes is a cross-player solution, so it needs to behave similarly with different players. Not in every player this button is a toggle.
For example, in WinAmp, the Pause button is indeed a pause toggle, but the Play button will start the playback if it is stopped or start the current track from the beginning if it's already playing. If I merge the two buttons, this functionality will be lost.
If you are using Firefox, you can use the Extension Manager that can be found in (or with Firefox versions prior to 2).
Instructions for Mozilla users can be found here.
Please let us know why you are uninstalling FoxyTunes, so we can either try and solve the problem you have encountered, or improve future versions of FoxyTunes. Thanks! 
When FoxyTunes detects that a video is being played on YouTube it will automatically pause the current player and switch to control the YouTube player. This will keep both players from playing at the same time.
You can read more about YouTube support in FoxyTunes here
To disable this "auto-switching" functionality, go to the FoxyTunes main menu and select
It looks like your Firefox profile folder got corrupted. The installation instructions page has a few links that will help you fix this situation.
In foobar2000 preferences, add keyboard shortcut for .
Make sure that the above options aren't selected when using foobar2000 without Columns UI.
Do you have a fancy Microsoft keyboard?
If so, you also probably have the IntelliSense software running. I believe that it conflicts with FoxyTunes and interferes with it controlling MMJB.
You can try to tweak the IntelliSense settings to try and solve the problem. Also, if you are not using IntelliSense and it was just installed by default with your keyboard you can try and uninstall it.
You can manually reset the FoxyTunes position.
FoxyTunes will appear at its default position - at the status bar.
There is a problem with the Standard C++ Library version installed on FC3 by default.
Fedora Core 3 installs libstdc++.so.6 by default, while FoxyTunes and many other packages (including official FC3 ones) require another version of this library, libstdc++.so.5. You can install the compat-libstdc++ package to solve this problem. If you are using yum, this can be done by typing yum install compat-libstdc++.
With newer FoxyTunes versions you should no longer get the warning dialog.
When you use FoxyTunes to control iTunes, FoxyTunes connects to its standard interface. When you try to close iTunes, it knows that FoxyTunes is still connected and it displays a dialog saying "One or more applications are using the iTunes interface" to remind you of that fact. It is absolutely safe to go ahead and quit from iTunes by pressing "Yes" in this dialog. In a future version of FoxyTunes, I will add a "disconnect" option that will disconnect from the currently connected player so no dialogs are displayed.
With some players and under certain conditions, FoxyTunes cannot determine whether the player is playing audio or video. When FoxyTunes isn't sure that the player is playing audio, it won't auto insert the track title. You can still insert the signature with one click by pressing the 'Signatunes' button.
Sometimes after updating the iTunes software, FoxyTunes can no longer connect to it. Please try to uninstall and reinstall iTunes as it usually solves the issue.
If the problem remains after reinstalling please let us know
In newer FoxyTunes releases the keyboard shortcuts are disabled by default. This was done because in some cases, the shortcuts conflicted with other extensions and Web forms.
You can always enable the shortcuts and configure them in FoxyTunes options.
Currently FoxyTunes is built for the PowerPC Mac platform. Native support (Universal) for Intel will be added soon.
In order to get FoxyTunes working on an Intel Mac, you'll need to turn on Rosetta:
Fedora Core 5 and other newer distributions come with a non-standard Firefox build, which causes compatibility problems with FoxyTunes. We are looking into solving this issue. In the meantime, FoxyTunes should be compatible with the official Firefox builds that can be obtained from here.
Also, make sure you have a compatible version of the libstdc++ library installed.
When foobar2000 is minimized to the system tray, the title of the currently playing song isn't immediately updated in FoxyTunes. This is a known issue and we will work on finding a solution as soon as possible.
In the meantime, you can configure foobar2000 not to minimize to the system tray, which solves the problem.
Update: I found a way to place FoxyTunes immediately to the right of the main menu. I've tested this on Firfox 1.0 RC2 - when dragging FoxyTunes, drop it when your cursor is over the letter "p" in "Help". This should position FoxyTunes to the right of the menu and make it stay there.
In order to position itself, FoxyTunes remembers the element immediately to its right. The problem is that the spacer element to the right of the browser main menu usually has a dynamic name that changes on every browser restart. When the browser is restarted, FoxyTunes can no longer locate the spacer element and thus reverts to its default position at the bottom.
When you position FoxyTunes to the left of the throbber element this will not happen.
Important: Please do not reposition FoxyTunes while the "Customize toolbars" dialog is open.
FoxyTunes uses effects for its buttons that can be displayed incorrectly with certain display configurations.There is a workaround for this - you can disable these effects.
You'll need to create and/or edit your userChrome.css file. More information on this file can be found here.
Add the following lines to this file and restart the browser:
.foxytunes-statusbar-button,
.foxytunes-statusbar-menubutton {
-moz-opacity: 1 !important;
}
You'll need to create and/or edit your userChrome.css file. More information on this file can be found here.
Add the following lines to this file and restart the browser:
#foxytunes-track-title-status-label {
-moz-binding:
url("chrome://global/content/bindings/general.xml#statusbarpanel")
!important;
text-align: right;
}
Please note that this setting disables the scroll function.
You'll need to create and/or edit your userChrome.css file. More information on this file can be found here.
Add the following lines to this file and restart the browser:
#foxytunes-track-title-status-label {
color: blue;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 14px;
font-family: Verdana;
}
You can of course change the above to the wanted font, color, size etc. You can also use any additional CSS statements to further style the track title display.
We know that many of you like this feature so we're going to be re-imagining it in a future release. Please stay tuned.
Yes you can, by using the Free Text option in the Update options drop-down you can send anything you want. Let us know what you think about the new features.
Simple, we liked the name and you seem to as well. Twittering is becoming synonymous with broadcasting what you're currently doing, so it made sense for us to keep the name.
If you have kind or constructive words about TwittyTunes, please let us know. We build things for you, our users, based on your feedback and lots of research on what you might like. Always feel free to let us know how we're doing.
Since releasing TwittyTunes we have seen a large increase in people's desire to share what they're listening to through services like Twitter, Last.fm, etc. We figured it was time to bring this experimental feature to a larger audience by making it default.
If you don't like it, you can always hide the button through the 'Configuration' menu. As always, please let us know why you like or dislike any of FoxyTunes' features.
If you're playing videos, TwittyTunes won't submit them automatically. You can submit them manually if you wish.
For some players TwittyTunes doesn't know if what's playing is video or audio. If this is the case, the audio won't get automatically submitted. If you want to force TwittyTunes to submit the song, you can turn on the "Auto send unknown media types" option in the TwittyTunes configuration window.
Note:
Turning on this option will only submit media types that TwittyTunes can't identify. If TwittyTunes identifies that a video is being played it won't be automatically submitted even if this option is on.
Almost two years ago, Yahoo! Music acquired the great team and technology behind FoxyTunes. FoxyTunes Planet was the best place to find everything about an artist from across the web and we've spent the last couple years working to bring this experience into Yahoo! Music. Earlier this year, we launched the new Yahoo! Music artist pages and the time has come to focus on the new pages and retire the FoxyTunes Planet. This will allow our team to focus on building the best music site possible.
