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[http://www.foobar2000.org/ '''foobar2000'''] is a free music player for Windows. It features multiple playlists, a music database, streaming, [[ReplayGain]] support, extensive plug-ins support and more.
{{Software Infobox|
|name                = foobar2000
|logo                = [[Image:foobar2000 Logo.png|48px]]
|screenshot          = [[Image:Foobar2000-1.0-default-ui.png|250px]]
|caption              = Screenshot of foobar2000 v1.0 using the default user interface
|developer            = Peter Pawlowski
|released            = {{start date and age|2002|12|20}}<ref>{{ha|https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,4997.0.html|Official Foobar2000 site & Foobar2000 0.3 & SDK!}}</ref>
|stable_release      = 2.1.5<ref>{{foobar2000|https://www.foobar2000.org/download|Download foobar2000 for Windows}}</ref>
|stable_release_date  = 2024-05-04
|preview_release      =
|preview_release_date =
|operating_system    = Windows
|use                  = Media Player
|license              = Proprietary, BSD
|website              = [https://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000.org]
}}
'''foobar2000''' is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full Unicode support, [[ReplayGain]] support and native support for several popular audio formats.


== Platforms ==


foobar2000 has been written specifically for the Windows platform, and there are no plans to port it to any others. However, although not officially supported, it is known to run on [https://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54933 Linux] and [https://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=77261 Mac OS X] through Wine and WineBottler, respectively. Also there is an [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/foobar2000 Arch Linux native package] maintained by a community member.


== Features ==
* Powerful open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player, including the ability to fully replace the user interface.
* Full Unicode support: File names, user interface, tagging, etc.
* [[ReplayGain]] support: Both playback and writing ReplayGain information to file tags.
* [[Gapless playback]].
* Advanced [[tagging]] capabilities - through built-in [[foobar2000:Properties|Properties dialog]] and various optional tagging-related components.
* Built-in [[foobar2000:Preferences:Media Library|Media Library]] functionality.
** Intuitive [[foobar2000:Query syntax|query syntax]] for searching the Media Library.
** Autoplaylist support: Generate dynamically updating playlists based on queries.
* [[foobar2000:Preferences:General:Keyboard Shortcuts|Customizable keyboard shortcuts]].
* Support for [[transcoding]] all supported audio formats using the [[Foobar2000:Converter|Converter component]] (requires external command-line encoder executables for different output formats).
* [[Secure_ripping|Secure]] [[foobar2000:Ripping CDs|CD ripping]].
* Streaming support.
* Efficient handling of large playlists.
* [[foobar2000:Components/Default_user_interface_%28foo_ui_std%29|User interface]] with simple configuration to create even complex layouts quickly and easily.
* Highly customizable display of track information using [[foobar2000:Titleformat_Introduction|title formatting scripts]].


=== A note to potential editors ===
==Supported audio formats==
Natively supported ("out-of-the-box"):
* [[MP1]], [[MP2]], [[MP3]], [[MP4]], [[Musepack]], [[AAC]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] / Ogg FLAC, [[Speex]], [[WavPack]], [[WAV]], [[AIFF]], [[AU|AU/SND]], [[CDDA]], [[WMA]], [[Matroska]], [[ALAC]], [[MMS]], [[RTSP]], [[Opus]], [[Monkey's Audio]], [[AC3]], [[DTS]], [[TAK]].
Supported through optional components:
* [[TTA]], [[MOD]], [[SPC]], [[Shorten]], [[OptimFROG]], [[PSF]], [[NSF]], [[XID]], [[XA]], [[AMR]], ''etc.''


The Newbie Guide is intended to provide no more than a very basic competence in fb2k.  Therefore, it should be relatively broad, readable in one sitting, and contain only the most essential information for getting started. Any documentation beyond this purpose belongs in the Intermediate or Advanced Use sections. Similarly, small issues that demand a significant amount of detail are better suited for the FAQ section.
In addition, foobar2000 can also play audio files within ZIP and RAR archives (typically compressed) directly, ''i.e.'' without requiring the user to extract the files first. More archive formats are supported ''via'' additional components: [https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_unpack_lha LHA/LZH], [https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_unpack_7z 7-Zip]


Remember that if any reader feels that the Newbie Guide is beneath them, they may always move beyond it, but a Newbie Guide that is bogged down by too much information will be no less intimidating than the looming behemoth we call our forum.
== Using foobar2000 ==


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=== Important pages ===
* {{foobar2000|https://www.foobar2000.org/FAQ|foobar2000 FAQ}}
* [[foobar2000:components|foobar2000 components]]
* [[foobar2000:Legacy components|foobar2000 legacy components]]
* [[foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards|foobar2000 encouraged tag standards]]
* [[foobar2000:FAQ|foobar2000 FAQ (unofficial)]]
* [[:Category:Foobar2000_Guides|foobar2000 guides (category)]]
* [[:Category:Foobar2000_Preferences|foobar2000 preferences (category)]]


=== Supported... ===
=== Specific guides ===


==== Playback Formats ====
'''Preferences'''
* [[foobar2000:Preferences|Preferences dialog]]


* [[MP3]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[MP2]], [[AAC]], [[WAV]], [[AIFF]], [[Musepack]], [[VOC]], [[SND]]
'''Metadata'''
* [[foobar2000:Properties|Tag editing: the Properties dialog]]
* [[foobar2000:Query syntax|Query Syntax]]: details of Syntax for querying metadata.


Supported through plug-ins:
'''Title formatting'''
* [[foobar2000:Title Formatting Introduction|Introduction to titleformat scripts]]
* [[foobar2000:Title Formatting Reference|Titleformat Reference]]: reference guide to all fields and functions
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Examples|Titleformat Examples]]: user-submitted code for various purposes; submit your own!


* [[TTA]], [[FLAC]], [[Monkey's Audio]], [[WavPack]], [[Speex]], [[Mod]], [[SPC]], [[TFMX]], [[Shorten]], [[OptimFROG]], [[LPAC]], [[WMA]], [[AC3]], [[PSF]], [[NSF]], [[XID]], [[XA]], [[Matroska]]
'''Others'''
* [[foobar2000:File operations|File operations dialog]]: move, copy, rename, and delete files from within foobar2000
* [[foobar2000:Commandline Guide|Commandline usage]]


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.
=== External Guides ===
* [https://www.audiohq.de/viewforum.php?id=27 German-language guides]
* [https://foobar2000.xrea.jp/ fb2k Wiki Page] for Japanese users.
* [https://winamp2foobar.blogspot.com Winamp To Foobar Guide] with information relevant for general users also.


==== Languages ====
=== Technical information ===
* [[foobar2000:ID3 Tag Mapping|ID3 Tag Mapping]]
* [[foobar2000:Metadata Compatibility|Metadata Compatibility]]: information about compatibility with metadata written by other applications


* English
== Important Links ==
=== Official site ===
* [https://www.foobar2000.org foobar2000.org: Homepage]
* [https://www.foobar2000.org/download foobar2000.org: Download]
* [https://www.foobar2000.org/components foobar2000.org: Components]


==== Platforms ====
=== Community ===
* Official IRC Channel: #foobar2000 on [https://libera.chat/ Libera Chat]
* {{ha|https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,28.0.html|foobar2000 Forums}}
* [https://foobar-users.de/ German Support Forum]
* [http://www.fforum.ru/viewforum.php?f=59 Russian-language forum]
* [https://www.foobar2000.ru/forum/ Another Russian-language forum]


* Windows
=== Appearance ===
* {{ha|https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,61333.0.html|Default UI .fth thread}} (fast way to clone another's DUI configuration)
* [[foobar2000:Preferences:Columns UI/Appearance|Columns UI appearance customization guides]]
* {{ha|https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,31027.0.html|Columns UI configurations}}


No known plans exists to port it to other platforms, but attempts have been made, with varying degrees of success, to run foobar2000 on x86 Linux systems by using Wine.
== References ==
<references/>


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[[Category:foobar2000]]
 
[[Category:Media Players|foobar2000]]
=== User Interface ===
[[Category:CD Rippers]]
 
[[Category:Software]]
====Standard====
[[Category:Tag editors]]
 
By default foobar2000 uses the standard interface, foo_ui_standard.  This interface is based around a tabbed list of playlists.  Playlists are then formatted according to the title formatting strings entered by the user.  These allow access to tag data, as well as information about the state of the program in the playlist display.
 
====Columns UI====
 
[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28647 foo_ui_columns] is an extension of the ideas used in the standard interface.  It takes the open area of the playlist and divides it into one or more columns that have individual formatting strings.  Recent versions of Columns UI have also added support for UI Extension panels which appear in Columns UI's sidebar or in the toolbar.
 
Because of the useful extensions to the Standard UI, Columns UI is rapidly becoming popular and continues to be under rapid development.
 
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=== Newbie Guide ===
 
Go to the [[foobar2000:Newbie Guide]]
 
=== Intermediate Use ===
 
==== Basic Color Codes ====
 
Click on the "Colour" tab within the "Columns" tab of the Columns UI preferences. It is empty. If you want to customize the colors used in a column, you would put the color codes here and check the "Use custom colour spec" box above.
 
Beneath the text box you will see a six-character hex code with a block character on either side of it:
 
�0080FF�
 
This is what a color code looks like. To get a color code for a specific color, click on the "..." button, which will pop-up a palette and return the color you choose in the same gray box, ready to be copied and pasted.
 
The way you format colors is given by clicking the "Tools" button, then by clicking "String help." Concentrate on the first four items, which are required in every color code string:
 
text|selected text|background|selected background
 
For example, if I wanted my "Artist" column to display red text on white background when not selected, and yellow text on blue background when selected, I would use this format:
 
(red color code)|(yellow color code)|(white color code)|(blue color code)
 
The proper color code would then be:
 
�0000FF�|�00FFFF�|�FFFFFF�|�FF0000�
 
[[Image:Color.png|Custom color sample]]
 
Note that unlike most other applications, Foobar uses a hexadecimal '''BGR''' color scheme, which means that if you use any alternate color pickers you will need to switch the first and last two characters. (Example: FF0080 (magenta) in Photoshop should be changed to 8000FF in Foobar)
 
The block character may instead be represented by $char(3), as in:
 
$char(3)0000FF$char(3)
 
You may also represent color codes as RGB values using this format:
 
$rgb(255,128,0)
 
These alternate codes are useful when the block character is unavailable or becomes problematic (as it does in Firefox).
 
==== Advanced TAGZ ====
 
==== Album List & Album List Panel ====
 
The '''Album List''' extension (foo_albumlist) comes as a part of the default Foobar package. This extension allows you to sort your music a variety of ways, each displaying it in a hierarchical tree format. While Album List comes by default and can be used without the '''Columns UI''', the '''Album List Panel''' extension (foo_uie_albumlist) improves on it in many ways.
 
===== Usage of Album List =====
 
The Album list sorts music through a variety of sort strings. To get the music to display, you must enable the database by going to '''preferences/database.''' By default, Albumlist comes with a handful of "views," which when selected show different layouts of your collection. All of these views are fully customizable with TAGZ, and additional views can be added or removed in the preferences. When making a new view using TAGZ, keep in mind that each branch is represented by a single pipe ("|") character. It is important to note that the TAGZ string will be split up by these pipes, meaning that '''each section must be valid TAGZ code by itself.''' For example:
 
$if(%album artist%,%album%|$num(%tracknumber%,2) - %title%,%artist%|%album%|$num(%tracknumber%,2) -
%title%)
 
'''This is not valid code.''' As far as Albumlist is concerned, this string would be interpreted as such:
 
$if(%album artist%,%album%
$num(%tracknumber%,2) - %title%,%artist%
%album%
$num(%tracknumber%,2) - %title%)
 
Assuming that the intended behavior was for %album artist% to have a different string than the regular artist, you will have to put an $if() statement in every section:
 
  $if(%album artist%,%album%,%artist%)|$if(%album artist%,$num(%tracknumber%,2) -
  %title%,%album%)|$if($not(%album artist%),$num(%tracknumber%,2) - %title%)
 
'''This is valid code.'''
 
==== ReplayGain ====
 
Replaygain calculates the average volume of either a track (track gain) or an album (album gain) and uses this information to properly adjust the volume of tracks, that are mastered at different volume levels, during playback. This will make sure that you will have a similar volume levels on all of your tracks or albums without loosing any dynamic range of your music. In the case of Album Gain, it will even make sure that more quiet tracks of an album will sound more quiet and tracks that where meant to be louder, louder. As you can probably already tell, Album Gain would probably be the best way to make use of Replaygain. For more details, check the [[Replaygain]] wiki page.
 
Setting it up is realtively easy. Simply select all the tracks you want to Replaygain in your playlist and you will be presented with several options:
 
* ''Scan per file track gain''<br>This will scan the selection and will add Replaygain values file by file, meaning that the difference in loudness of files coming from the same album is not preserved. This would be the recommended way of scanning tracks of wich you don't own the entire Album. (If you only have a few files of an Album, but they come from the same source (rip), I would also recommend using Album gain.
 
* ''Scan selection as album''<br>Not that hard to guess, using this option, you will have to select all the tracks that belong to one album and scan them. The difference in loudness between quiet and loud tracks will be left intact.
 
* ''Scan selection as multiple albums using album field''<br>In case all your files are properly tagged this would probably be the easiest way to initially set up Replaygain. It will scan all selected files and properly gain them album by album using the album info found in the file tag.
 
Replaygaining your files will not alter them in any way. It stores all the information it needs into the file tags or Foobars database and the actual file is not changed what so ever. The whole process is obviously fully reversible by simply removing the Replaygain info from the file. (Or simply disabling Replaygain during playback). Check your playback preferences, for all playback options considering Replaygain
 
Replaygain can also be used when creating mix cd's with Foobars diskwriter. Simply enable it in the diskwriter preferences to make sure you get nicely balanced compilations without annoyingly large differences in volume levels.
 
Note that Replaygain will in a lot of cases also prevent your files from clipping, since it usually lowers the playback volume of very loudly mastered tracks. Whereas this is not the main intention of Replaygain ( volume levelling is), this comes as a nice side effect to some people. You even have the option to scale down tracks that still clip after applying Replaygain using the peak info (again, check your preferences for this option).
 
Last but not least, I will mention the two preamps in the Playback preferences. Except if you know exactly what you are doing, it is not recommended to raise the output of the preamps above the default 0.0dB in any way. However you can use these to slightly compensate for the difference between replaygained and unreplaigained Tracks. Simply estimate your average Replaygain level and lower the preamp for files without Replaygain info by that value. I found -8dB to work quite well for me. This obviously should not be used to compensate for not properly Replaygaining your tracks, but definetaly will protect your ears and your equipment when coming across tracks that miss Replaygain info.
 
[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31140 An interesting discussion] of Replaygain, mastering, clipping etc.
 
==== Diskwriter ====
 
==== The Database & Tag Writing ====
 
The database identifies files by path, filename, modification date and filesize.  If any of these properties are changed by a program other than foobar itself, foobar will reload the metadata from the file the next time it is played.
 
==== Default UI Strings ====
 
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=== Advanced Use ===
 
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=== Tips & Tricks ===
 
==== Volume Slider in Sidebar/Toolbar ====
 
[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28665 foo_uie_volume]
 
==== Placing Panels Above the Playlist ====
 
To place panels above the playlist, check "List all toolbars" in the "Other" tab of the Columns UI preferences.  When checked, right-clicking on the toolbar will give you the option of placing panels on the toolbar.  If a panel appears "squashed," it is because it needs to have a minimum height set in its preferences.  If the panel extension has no minimum height setting, you may place it in a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28869 panel stack], and set a minimum height via the panel stack options.
 
==== Two Tabbed Panel Stacks in One Sidebar/Toolbar ====
 
''While holding shift'': Right-click on sidebar/toolbar, click "Layout > Tabbed Panel Stack"
 
==== Handy Strings ====
 
===== Standardize my PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME fields =====
 
LAST_PLAYED has been developed as a standard to replace the widely variable PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME usages.  Use these Masstagger scripts to convert your specific format to this new standard.  More info about LAST_PLAYED available [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000_Encouraged_Tag_Standards#LAST_PLAYED here].
 
'''''!!!NOTE!!!''''': Be '''''VERY CAREFUL''''' when applying any of the scripts below.  Be sure to test the script on one file before running it on your whole library.
 
If your current time/datestamp is in the format...
 
* PLAY_DATE = DDMMYY, PLAY_TIME = HHMMSS (24hr) (this is foo_playcount's default format)<br>...download scripts from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31592&view=findpost&p=274326 this thread post].
 
* PLAY_DATE = YYYYMMDD, PLAY_TIME = HHMMSS (24hr)<br>...download script from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31592&view=findpost&p=274343 this thread post].
 
* PLAY_DATE = DD~MM~YY, PLAY_TIME = HH~MM~SS (where ~ is any one single-character separator)<br>...download script from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31592&view=findpost&p=275872 this thread post].
 
===== "The Band" becomes "Band, The" =====
 
$if($strcmp($left(%artist%,4),The ),$right(%artist%,$sub($len(%artist%),4))', 'The,%artist%)
 
===== Pad tracknumber with leading zeros ("1" becomes "01") =====
 
$num(%tracknumber%,2)
 
===== Alternating Stripes in the playlist (Like iTunes) =====
 
Go to Preferences/Display/Columns UI/Globals/Colour Tab, enter this under the background section of your color string (text|selected text|'''background'''|selected background|...)
 
$ifgreater($mod(%_playlist_number%,2),0,�F2E8DF�,�FFFFFF�)
 
Replace the last two colors with your own.
 
===== Indicate Replaygain tags =====
 
This is if you want to show which kind of Replaygain you have. This string will show an "A" if album gain has been applied, a "T" if Track gain is applied, and a red "X" if there is no replaygain data in the file.
 
$if(%__replaygain_album_gain%,A,$if(%__replaygain_track_gain%,T,�0000FF|000�X))
 
===== Indicate Audioscrobbler submission =====
 
[http://www.audioscrobbler.com/ Audioscrobbler] is a service that, using the [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/general.php#39 foo_scrobbler] component, keeps a record of the songs you listen to and provides various statistical reports.  A track is submitted when either 50% or 4 minutes have elapsed, and this is what the string tests for.  Actual submission to Audioscrobbler can only be verified by foobar's console.
 
$if(%_isplaying%,
$ifgreater(%_time_elapsed_seconds%,240,'*',
$ifgreater(%_time_elapsed_seconds%,$div(%_time_total_seconds%,2),'*',)))
 
=== Components ===
 
Find components for foobar2000 at the [[foobar2000:components|components page]]
 
 
=== FAQ ===
 
A rather extensive FAQ is available at the [http://shsc.info/foobar2000 SH/SC Wiki].
 
'''Q: Album list shows dead entries after a restart, even though I used "Remove dead entries" before. Why is that?'''
 
A: The files are probably still contained in one of your playlists or in the history (only if you are using an older version of foo_history). Use "Playlist/Remove dead entries" from the main menu on all your playlists, or remove the dead entries manually. As long as the files are on a playlist, they will be in the database and thus will show up in album list.
 
=== Encouraged Tag Standards ===
 
FIELD_NAME [format] (component)
 
* ALBUM ARTIST [e.g., Various Artists, The Foobar Collective] (none)<br>''Notes'': Field name is ALBUM ARTIST, with ''no underscore''.  Tag should exist if and only if an album is by multiple artists, and be contained in every track.  Track-specific artists should be entered in the ARTIST tag, never in the TITLE tag.<br>[http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000_Encouraged_Tag_Standards#ALBUM_ARTIST (more about this standard)]
* LAST_PLAYED [2005-03-22 19:00:00...] ([http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20719 foo_playcount])<br>''Notes'': Any amount or type of data may be placed after the time.  Compliant TAGZ code shall use $substr() instead of $right() when extracting substrings from this field.<br>''See also'': [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000#Standardize_my_PLAY_DATE_and_PLAY_TIME_fields Standardize my PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME fields]<br>[http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000_Encouraged_Tag_Standards#LAST_PLAYED (more about this standard)]
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=== Important Links ===
 
==== Official Site ====
 
* [http://www.foobar2000.org foobar2000.org: Homepage]
 
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/download.html foobar2000.org: Download]
 
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/requirements.html foobar2000.org: Requirements]
 
==== Community ====
 
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showforum=28 Official foobar2000 forum]
 
* [http://www.fforum.ru/index.php?showforum=59 Russian-language forum]
 
* [http://www.foobar.prv.pl/ Polish-language forum]
 
==== Guides ====
 
* [http://foobar2000.net/ French-language guide]
 
==== Appearance ====
 
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30988 Foobar Gallery]: screenshot thread
 
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/fb2k/index.php Default UI formatting strings]: cut-n-paste ready
 
* [http://foobar.nub4life.net/columns/ Columns UI configs]: .fcs file format
 
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30281 foo_ui_gfx (alpha)]: skin support for foobar
 
==== Components / Plugins ====
 
===== General =====
 
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21105 Most Sought-After Plugins] (forum thread)
 
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/ Official third-party components site]
 
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28647 Columns UI thread]: first post contains links to many Columns UI panel extensions
 
* [http://foobar2000.free.fr/ A comprehensive guide to foobar2000 components] (French)
 
===== Specific Components =====
 
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/html/foobar.html case's Page]: special installer, diskwriter components, etc.
 
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/kode54/index.php kode's Page]: file-formats, archive-support, OSD, shuffle (temporary mirror since the primary host is down)
 
* [http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uzbs/fb2k/html/ foosion's Page]: dbsearch, cut n' paste, history, etc.
 
* [http://members.chello.pl/d.sieradzki/foobar/ Messer's page]: freedb-masstagger, streaming with save-function, etc.
 
* [http://music.morbo.org/ musicmusic's Page]: textwriter, quicktag, custom sort, ui_columns, panels
 
=== Thanks ===
 
picmixer: ReplayGain tutorial

Latest revision as of 11:50, 30 July 2024

foobar2000

Screenshot of foobar2000 v1.0 using the default user interface
Developer(s) Peter Pawlowski
Release information
Initial release December 20, 2002; 22 years ago[1]
Stable release 2.1.5[2] (May 4, 2024)
Preview release
Compatibility
Operating system Windows
Additional information
Use Media Player
License Proprietary, BSD
Website foobar2000.org

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full Unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Platforms

foobar2000 has been written specifically for the Windows platform, and there are no plans to port it to any others. However, although not officially supported, it is known to run on Linux and Mac OS X through Wine and WineBottler, respectively. Also there is an Arch Linux native package maintained by a community member.

Features

  • Powerful open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player, including the ability to fully replace the user interface.
  • Full Unicode support: File names, user interface, tagging, etc.
  • ReplayGain support: Both playback and writing ReplayGain information to file tags.
  • Gapless playback.
  • Advanced tagging capabilities - through built-in Properties dialog and various optional tagging-related components.
  • Built-in Media Library functionality.
    • Intuitive query syntax for searching the Media Library.
    • Autoplaylist support: Generate dynamically updating playlists based on queries.
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
  • Support for transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component (requires external command-line encoder executables for different output formats).
  • Secure CD ripping.
  • Streaming support.
  • Efficient handling of large playlists.
  • User interface with simple configuration to create even complex layouts quickly and easily.
  • Highly customizable display of track information using title formatting scripts.

Supported audio formats

Natively supported ("out-of-the-box"):

Supported through optional components:

In addition, foobar2000 can also play audio files within ZIP and RAR archives (typically compressed) directly, i.e. without requiring the user to extract the files first. More archive formats are supported via additional components: LHA/LZH, 7-Zip

Using foobar2000

Important pages

Specific guides

Preferences

Metadata

Title formatting

Others

External Guides

Technical information

Important Links

Official site

Community

Appearance

References

  1. ↑ Official Foobar2000 site & Foobar2000 0.3 & SDK! on hydrogenaudio
  2. ↑ Download foobar2000 for Windows on foobar2000.org
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