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Revision as of 02:07, 25 April 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 library
- Streaming Support
- Freeware
Audio Formats Supported
Native Support ("out-of-the-box"):
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.
Using foobar2000
- foobar2000 0.8.x Components
- foobar2000 0.9.x Components
- foobar2000 Directories
- foobar2000 FAQ
- foobar2000 Encouraged Tag Standards
- foobar2000 Tips & Tricks
General Guides
Specific Guides
- Preferences Dialog
- Introduction to titleformat scripts
- Reference of fields and functions for titleformat scripts
- Masstagger
- Commandline Usage
The following articles contain outdated information that does not apply to foobar2000 v0.9:
External Guides
- TechSpot's "complete guide to Foobar 2000"
- Bachi-Bouzouk's guide about 0.8.3 version
- SH/SC New user guide
- Frank Bicking's German-language guide
- Howard Rogers' Beginners' Configuration Guide
Important Links
Official Site
Community
Appearance
- Appearance Guides to customizing the look of your Foobar2000
- Foobar Gallery
: screenshot thread for - Foobar Gallery Template:Foobar2000v08: screenshot thread
- Default UI formatting strings: cut-n-paste ready
- Columns UI configs: .fcs file format
- foo_ui_gfx (alpha): skin support for foobar
Thanks
picmixer: ReplayGain tutorial