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foobar2000 is a freeware audio player, and more. Apart from audio playback, it also supports media libraries, file conversion, CD ripping, and many more powerful features. The latest version is: v0.9.5.3 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. Customizable keyboard shortcuts. Support for transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component (requires external commandline encoder executables for different output formats). Secure CD ripping. Streaming support. Efficient handling of large playlists. Default User Interface Multiple playlists displayed as tabs. Customizable playlist display using title formating scripts. Supported Audio Formats Native Support ("out-of-the-box"): MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, Musepack, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, Speex, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU/SND, CDDA, WMA. Supported through optional components: TTA, Monkey's Audio, ALAC, MOD, SPC, Shorten, OptimFROG, AC3, DTS, PSF, NSF, XID, XA, Matroska, MMS, RSTP, TAK, etc. In addition, foobar2000 can also play music directly from compressed ZIP and without requiring the user to extract the files prior to playing. More archive formats supported through additional components: JMA, LHA. Foobar2000 has been written for the Windows platform only. Ports to other platforms are not planned. However, several people have had success running foobar2000 on x86 Linux systems by using Wine. Foobar2000 user interface is in English language only. Translations are not supported. Using foobar2000 foobar2000 FAQ foobar2000 0.9.x Components foobar2000 Directories foobar2000 Encouraged Tag Standards foobar2000 FAQ (unofficial) foobar2000 Guides (category) foobar2000 Preferences (category) foobar2000 Tips & Tricks Technical Information ID3 Tag Mapping Specific Guides Preferences Dialog Tag editing: the Properties dialog Introduction to titleformat scripts Titleformat Reference - Quick-Reference for fields and functions Commandline Usage Increasing Performance - Tips External Guides Fooblog2000 News blog with the latest configuration/component tips and guides. Bachi-Bouzouk's English/French guide Complete manual about foobar2000, Replay Gain, the masstagger (with a tutorial) and common plugins. Two rather extensive FAQ for UI columns and overall use. Step by step guide to help new users. fb2k Wiki Page for Japanese users. Frank Bicking's German-language guide. Replay Gain focusing on Foobar2000. (But the other articles on this site contain misleading information) Scripting Tutorials Bachi-Bouzouk's Scripting Tutorial Color schemes detailed. Main functions explained, basic and complex code for your columns. Several .fcs explained, detailed FAQ. Brother John's Foobar2000 Scripting Tutorial Important Links Official Site foobar2000.org: Homepage foobar2000.org: Download foobar2000.org: Requirements Community Official foobar2000 forum German Support Forum Polish Support Forum Portuguese forum Russian-language forum Another Russian-language forum Appearance Configuration Distribution Thread Fast Way To Clone Another's Advanced Configuration. Columns UI appearance customization guides Columns UI / Panels UI appearance forum thread Columns UI configurations

foobar2000 {{{logo}}} Screenshot of foobar2000 v0.9.5.3 using the default user interface Developer(s) Peter Pawlowski Release information Initial release {{{released}}} Stable release 0.9.5.3 Preview release Compatibility Operating system Windows Additional information Use Media Player License Proprietary, BSD Website www.foobar2000.org