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foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows developed by Peter Pawlowski, a former freelance contractor for Nullsoft. It is known for its highly customizable interface. It has many features for metadata support and high-quality audio output. To maximize the audio fidelity of consumer-grade equipment, it provides noise shaping and dithering. It features a number of official and third-party components which add many additional features. While the core is closed source, the author provides an extensive SDK under the BSD license. Since version 0.9.5, foobar2000 supports Windows XP and later releases only. This version features a revamped default interface, with embedded support for album list, album art, spectrum visualization, and some other features and improvements.

The name foobar is derived from the common placeholder name used in computer programming.

Foobar2000 Core features

• * Audio formats supported natively: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA, Matroska (as of v0.9.6 beta 1).
• * Full unicode support.
• * Customizable user interface layout.
• * Advanced tagging capabilities.
• * Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
• * ReplayGain support - both playback and calculation.
• * Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
• * Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.

Foobar2000 Features added using optional official components

• # Audio formats supported through official components: APE, ALAC.
• # Playback statistics.
• # Kernel streaming support.
• # ASIO support.
• # WASAPI output support.
• # CD burning support (requires Nero to be installed)

Foobar2000 Features added using third-party components

• # Last.fm support.
• # foosic support.
• # Apple iPod support.

Foobar2000 0.9.6 Changelog

• Media Library now automatically keeps track of any changes made to its folders; no more need to manually rescan them.
• Improved compatibility of file type associations with Windows Vista.
• No more delay when playing/enqueuing files from Windows Explorer.
• The installer now includes “portable mode” that works in limited user contexts and doesn’t make any changes to system configuration, registry, etc.
• New Converter user interface.
• Built-in Matroska support.

Download Foobar2000 0.9.6 beta 2