Foobar 2000 v0.9.5 Beta 4 (freeware)

Foobar 2000 v0.9.5 Beta 4

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Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats. Foobar 2000 is developed by Peter Pawlowski, a well known developer of Winamp plugins.

Features include:

Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player

Audio formats supported "out-of-the-box": WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3

Audio formats supported through official addons: MPEG-4 AAC, FLAC, OggFLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, CDDA, TFMX, SPC, various MOD types; extraction on-the-fly from RAR & ZIP archives

Full Unicode support on Windows NT

ReplayGain support

Low memory footprint, efficient handling of really large playlists

Advanced file info processing capabilities (generic file info box and masstagger)

Highly customizable playlist display

Customizable keyboard shortcuts

Most of standard components are opensourced under BSD license (source included with the SDK)

User reviews	Show all reviews (17)
area_51 03 Dec 2007 5:40 Foobar 2000 v0.9.5 Beta 6
I used 2 love my winamp until I tried this program. A+ Gets the job done!
WierdName 20 Nov 2007 0:27 Foobar 2000 v0.9.5 Beta 4
v0.9.5 Beta 3 works great on Windows and with Wine on Linux. It still uses low CPU and memory.
mikerin 12 Nov 2007 7:29 Foobar 2000 v0.9.5 Beta 3
Can you aswer me why foobar don't work with win98
jonny-x 16 Apr 2007 5:25 Foobar 2000 v0.9.4.3
So good! Have used it since 0.8.3 and currently on 9.4.2. Best audio player out there.
WierdName 14 Feb 2007 23:14 Foobar 2000 v0.9.4.2
Works great in the backround. It uses a low amount of the CPU and memory.
BigDK 18 Dec 2006 11:19 Foobar 2000 v0.9.4.2
Why Oh Why did it take so long to find this software?? Whatever player you're using at the moment, bin it and use this. Clean front end, easy to use, low system use and above all real high quality playback. Very impressive equalizer built in and a number of plug-ins available on line as well. Get the most from your PC sound system, use Foobar 2000
John1800 02 Nov 2006 6:05 Foobar 2000 v0.9.4.1
Minimal use of resources and great sound. It's the Perfect player. Bye Winamp.
blackimp 09 Sep 2006 19:11 Foobar 2000 v0.9.4 Beta 1
If only the world were so good!
DrBobcf 12 Aug 2006 10:19 Foobar 2000 v0.9.3.1
This is what windows SHOULD have come with!
BluesJack 28 May 2006 16:13 Foobar 2000 v0.9.2 beta 4
Would like GUI volumn/mute controls, but the sound is awesome with Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 speaker system or LTB 5.1 headpones. All the musical elements are clear, distinct and powerful. Highly reccomend to anyone who wants quality over scenery in an audio player. BluesJack
4nt1 21 Apr 2006 19:46 Foobar 2000 v0.9.1 Beta 1
best music player ever... there is a learning curve involved with the program if you want to customise it, but its very rewarding in the end.
Zygfryd 29 Aug 2005 16:34 Foobar 2000 v0.9 Beta 7
It have had some gui plugin (foo_tunes), but i haven't tested it (on screens looked good). I heard they stopped distributing it, because of bugs (was unstable). i wish something similar was developed.
dikbozo 23 Aug 2004 22:21 Foobar 2000 v0.8.3
For filw mavens who use more than .mp3, this little, capable and very configurable bit of code is just what the doctor ordered. Almost every bit of this thing can be edited, tweaked or added on to. Fot the coder gurus, the available SDK lets you play god. The support forums for this are truly huge and active. Every version gets hammered in ways that Winamp could only dream about. The users of this program get this thing to do things i'm sure have the developer, Peter Paslowski, scratching his head. I love its low resource usage and high quality playback combined with the ability to burn audio CDs right from the playlist with no hiccups. It streams. It converts. It Replaygains. It plays .flac, .mp3, CD audio, .wma, .mod and brethren, speex, .aac, .mpc, .ogg, .wav, .aaif, .snd, .voc, shorten, .ape and I'm running out of room. It also supports console game music formats. It does all of this natively and seamlessly. Not bad for a freeware player.
ATLien1 18 Aug 2004 12:42 Foobar 2000 v0.8.3
I've been using the for a while now, and it has not let we down. Who needs the bells and whistles? As long as the quality keeps improving I'll use it. How knows maybe later down the line there will come a gui for this player.
ATLien1 18 Aug 2004 12:18 Foobar 2000 v0.8.3
I've been using the for a while now, and it has not let we down. Who needs the bells and whistles? As long as the quality keeps improving I'll use it. How knows maybe later down the line there will come a gui for this player.
micromega 12 Aug 2004 9:03 Foobar 2000 v0.8.3
The 'gloomy' interface does not really matter. One of the best players/encoders I know.
KozAKi 04 Jul 2004 9:12 Foobar 2000 v0.8.2
Excellent player (up to 32 bit audio!) and Wav encoder. Frequently updated Open Source & not linked with AOL like Winamp I'm giving a 4 only because the interface is a bit gloomy