Foobar2000:Version 2.0 Release Notes: Difference between revisions
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* More audio formats supported out of the box: TAK, APE, AC3, DTS. | * More audio formats supported out of the box: TAK, APE, AC3, DTS. | ||
* Rewritten built-in visualisations (VU/peak meters, spectrum, oscilloscope), now using hardware accelerated rendering. | * Rewritten built-in visualisations (VU/peak meters, spectrum, oscilloscope), now using hardware accelerated rendering. | ||
* Added crossfeed DSP from foobar2000 mobile. | |||
= For Columns UI users = | = For Columns UI users = | ||
Revision as of 13:00, 30 August 2022
Version 2.0 overview
This is a major update introducing new features and functional changes.
Requirements
- Windows 7 or newer.
- An x86 (Intel/AMD) processor that is less than 20 years old.
- Version for ARM 64-bit will soon be available as well.
Notable new features
- Now available for x86 32-bit (legacy) and x86 64-bit.
- Dark mode support on Windows 10 and 11.
- Entirely new media library engine, backed by SQLite. Much faster startup and shutdown with large libraries, greatly reduced memory usage.
- Greatly improved performance of media library search queries that don't use %patterns%.
- Playback Statistics functionality is now built-in.
- Added album art in Default User Interface playlist view.
- New UI element: ReFacets, reimplementing most of Facets functionality.
- New audio output device management features - unwanted devices can be disabled, bit depth and DSP can be configured per-device.
- More audio formats supported out of the box: TAK, APE, AC3, DTS.
- Rewritten built-in visualisations (VU/peak meters, spectrum, oscilloscope), now using hardware accelerated rendering.
- Added crossfeed DSP from foobar2000 mobile.
For Columns UI users
Some of Default User Interface elements are now available in Columns UI:
- Equalizer
- ReFacets
- All visualisations
Component features that are now available out of the box
These add-on components are now obsolete as their functionality is available out of the box:
- foo_benchmark
- foo_bitcompare
- foo_verifier
- foo_input_monkey
- foo_ac3
- foo_sanitizer
- foo_input_dts
- foo_playcount
These components previously included with the installer are no longer optional (features always enabled):
- foo_rgscan
- foo_cdda
- foo_albumlist
Compatibility with old components
- 32-bit:
Old components mostly work. Decoders should be OK. Some user interface components may suffer from performance issues due to design changes.
- 64-bit:
New builds of components needed.
Full list of changes
Upgrading from an older version
Just install the new foobar2000 version without uninstalling.
With standard installs, there's no need to backup your profile as foobar2000 v2.0 stores its profile data in a separate folder, importing old profile on first run.