Foobar2000:Version 2.0 Beta Change Log

Beta 2

• Fixed crash on old configuration import.

Beta 3

• Component loader no longer probes menu command GUIDs, which was crashing some components. Was meant to prevent specific known incompatible components from loading.
• Now shows CPU architecture (x86 or x64) in about box.
• Fixed Media Library performing unnecessary tag reloads in some scenarios.
• Crash bugs fixed.
• Made Preferences / Output / Devices usable without a mouse.

Beta 4

• MP4 tagging: do not set Various Artists if itunescompilation is present but set to 0.
• Crash bugs fixed.
• Made installer refuse to upgrade old non-portable installs containing profile data in application folder, which is no longer supported.
• Fixed metadb lock up with large queryInfoMulti() batches.
• Fixed library search by rating not working.
• Added ReFacets to library viewers list.
• Fixed missing double click to fullscreen in Default UI visualisations.
• Fixed disappearing live playback info on playback statistics update.
• Fixed longer-than-necessary gap when reopening exclusive-mode output on format change.
• Fixed seekbar & visualisation glitches when playing very short audio tracks with exclusive-mode output.

Beta 5

• Fixed various crash bugs.
• Improved rendering performance of very large playlists with grouping & album art enabled.
• Made ReFacets sorting remembered.
• Fixed inverted titles of "Add Files" vs "Open" dialogs.
• Reduced output reopen delay when input format (channel count etc) changes.
• Improved dark mode rendering of checkboxes.
• Suppressed library error log lines about folder.jpg etc inside archive files.

Beta 6

• Fixed playlist layout glitch regression from beta 5.

Beta 7

• libFLAC 1.4, made possible to decode 32 bits per sample FLAC files.
• Upgrading from v1.x retains file timestamps of profile folder contents.
• Fixed bad handling of user-components folder in upgraded legacy portable installs without a "profile" folder.
• Playlist rendering and manipulation performance fixes.
• DTS decode_postprocessor now works, for decoding DTS in WAV, FLAC, etc.
• Fixed incorrect behavior after a watched media library folder disappears then reappears.
• Allowed blank meta values in metadb.
• Made possible to enable album art columns in Default UI playlist even without grouping enabled - the old behavior was confusing.
• Added dark mode to Default UI toolbar buttons configuration dialog.
• Made settings of old foo_albumlist & foo_sanitizer imported on startup, if present.

Beta 8

• Fixed beta 7 regression with wrong handling of blank meta values.
• Fixed some visual glitches in Converter.
• Rare crash bug workarounds.
• Improved crash log writer in 64-bit version.