Foobar2000:Foobar2000

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==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"):
* [[MP3]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[MP2]], [[AAC]], [[WAV]], [[AIFF]], [[Musepack]], [[VOC]], [[SND]]

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 [http://www.winehq.org/ Wine], although the Columns UI plugin is known to be problematic.

==Using foobar2000==

* [[foobar2000:components|foobar2000 Components]]
* [[foobar2000:Directories|foobar2000 Directories]]
* [[foobar2000:FAQ|foobar2000 FAQ]]
* [[foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards|foobar2000 Encouraged Tag Standards]]
* [[foobar2000:Tips & Tricks|foobar2000 Tips & Tricks]]

===General Guides===

* [[foobar2000:Newbie User Guide|Newbie User Guide]]
* [[foobar2000:Intermediate User Guide|Intermediate User Guide]]
* [[foobar2000:Advanced User Guide|Advanced User Guide]]

===Specific Guides===

* [[foobar2000:Preferences|Preferences Dialog]]
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Introduction|Introduction to titleformat scripts]]
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Reference|Reference of fields and functions for titleformat scripts]]
* [[foobar2000:Masstaggers User Guide|Masstagger]]
* [[foobar2000:Commandline Guide|Commandline Usage]]

The following articles contain outdated information that does not apply to foobar2000 v0.9:
* [[foobar2000:Tagz|Tagz (Simple Syntax)]]
* [[foobar2000:Tagscript|Tagscript (Script-like Syntax)]]

===External Guides===

* [http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/foobar/ TechSpot's "complete guide to Foobar 2000"]
* [http://eolindel.free.fr/foobar/ Bachi-Bouzouk's guide] about 0.8.3 version
* [http://shsc.info/foobar2000#titelanker2 SH/SC New user guide]
* [http://foobar2000.audiohq.de/ Frank Bicking's German-language guide]
* [http://www.dizwell.com/html/foobar.htm Howard Rogers' Beginners' Configuration Guide]

==Important Links==

===Official Site===

* [http://www.foobar2000.org foobar2000.org: Homepage]
* [http://www.foobar2000.org foobar2000.org: Download]
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/requirements.html foobar2000.org: Requirements]

===Community===

* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showforum=28 Official foobar2000 forum]
* [http://www.fforum.ru/index.php?showforum=59 Russian-language forum]
* [http://www.foobar.prv.pl/ Polish-language forum]
* [http://foobar2000.fo.funpic.de/ German Support Forum]

===Appearance===

* [[Appearance]] Guides to customizing the look of your Foobar2000
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=43077 Foobar Gallery 0.9]: screenshot thread for 0.9
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30988 Foobar Gallery 0.8]: screenshot thread
* [http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/fb2k/index.php Default UI formatting strings]: cut-n-paste ready
* [http://foobar.nub4life.net/columns/ Columns UI configs]: .fcs file format
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30281 foo_ui_gfx (alpha)]: skin support for foobar

==Thanks==

picmixer: ReplayGain tutorial

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