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Version 2.5 overview

This version is a near complete rewrite of foobar2000 for Mac, based on latest Windows codebase.

Original foobar2000 for Mac was based on mobile codebase / early foobar2000 v2.0 prototype codebase (hence 2.x versioning) that was never used anywhere else.

Main changes

Preferences dialog similar to that of Windows foobar2000.
Added Media Library with realtime folder monitoring.
Added Media Library viewers: Album List, ReFacets, Library Search.
Added all playback order options from Windows foobar2000.
Added Playlist View columns customizations.
Added Playlist Search.
Added Playback Statistics feature (rating, play count, etc).
Added FFmpeg Decoder Wrapper, enabling decoding of arbitrary audio formats via external FFmpeg program.
New output device management options.
Full array of DSPs from Utility DSP Array component.
Playback Queue feature.
Tag Sanitizer component (right click menu / tagging).
Added many other options and features from classic foobar2000.
Many bugs fixed.
Game music audio formats currently missing.
Required Mac OS version is now 10.12 "Sierra".