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Revision as of 01:47, 9 March 2006

Introduction

Foobar2000 is a freeware audio player, and more. It can not only play, it can also make a library, transcode files, rip CDs, ... the list goes on and on. A very powerful tool.

Check it out to explore its full power.

Features

Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player
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
Gapless Playback
Multiple playlists
Music database
Streaming Support
Extensive "plug-in" support
Free

Audio Formats Supported

Native Support ("out-of-the-box"):

MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, AAC, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, VOC, SND

Supported through plug-ins:

TTA, FLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, Mod, SPC, TFMX, Shorten, OptimFROG, LPAC, WMA, AC3, PSF, NSF, XID, XA, Matroska

In addition, foobar2000 can also play music directly from compressed RAR, ZIP and 7-Zip archives without requiring the user to extract the files prior to playing.

Foobar2000 has been coded exclusively for the Windows platform with an English interface. The author does not intend to provide alternate language versions nor alternate platform versions. However, several people have had success running foobar2000 on x86 Linux systems by using Wine, although the Columns UI plugin is known to be problematic.

User Guides

General Guides

Specific Guides

External Guides

Important Links

Official Site

Community

Appearance

Foobar Gallery: screenshot thread
Default UI formatting strings: cut-n-paste ready
Columns UI configs: .fcs file format
foo_ui_gfx (alpha): skin support for foobar

Misc Links

Thanks

picmixer: ReplayGain tutorial