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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 stable version is: v0.9.4.4

Features

Powerful open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player (even user interface is a component)
Full Unicode support
Replay Gain support
Gapless playback
Low memory footprint
Efficient handling of really large playlists (HA.org)
Music library
Advanced tagging capabilities. (generic file info box and masstagger)
Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Streaming Support
Support for transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component (requires external commandline encoder executables for different output formats).
Secure CD ripping
Default User Interface
- Multiple playlists displayed as tabs
- Highly customizable playlist display using Titleformating 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 plug-ins:

TTA, Monkey's Audio, ALAC, MOD, SPC, TFMX, Shorten, OptimFROG, LPAC, AC3, DTS, PSF, NSF, XID, XA, Matroska, MMS, RSTP, TAK, etc.

In addition, foobar2000 can also play music directly from compressed RAR, ZIP, JMA & LHA 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

Technical Information

ID3 Tag Mapping

General Guides

Note All general guides were written for 0.8.3 version and could contain outdated information. For 0.9 version, check out the External Guides below.

Specific Guides

0.9.x

Preferences Dialog
Introduction to titleformat scripts
Titleformat Reference - Quick-Reference for fields and functions
Masstagger
Commandline Usage
Increasing Performance - Tips
Autoplaylist Guide and Cookbook

0.8.x The following articles contain outdated information that does not apply to Foobar2000 v0.9:

External Guides

0.9.x

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)

0.8.x

Scripting Tutorials

0.9.x

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

Community

Appearance

Configuration Distribution Thread Fast Way To Clone Another's Advanced Configuration .
Appearance Guides to customizing the look of your Foobar2000
Foobar Gallery 0.9: screenshot thread
Foobar Gallery 0.8: screenshot thread Template:Foobar2000v08
Default UI formatting strings: cut-n-paste ready
Columns UI configs: .fcs file format

**foobar2000**
{{{logo}}}
Screenshot of foobar2000 v0.9 using the default user interface
Developer(s)	Peter Pawlowski
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
Stable release	0.9.4.4
Preview release	None
Compatibility
Operating system	Windows
Additional information
Use	Media Player
License	Proprietary, BSD
Website	www.foobar2000.org