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(Incorrect information about gapless mode after 0.8.3 version with my investigations and many test for any gapless albums...)
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* Full Unicode support: File names, user interface, tagging, etc.
* Full Unicode support: File names, user interface, tagging, etc.
* [[ReplayGain]] support: Both playback and writing ReplayGain information to file tags.
* [[ReplayGain]] support: Both playback and writing ReplayGain information to file tags.
* [[No Gapless playback after version 0.8.3 - to many bugs with all plugins("Fake Gapless"/"Crossfader"/"Skip Silence") from official library, only version 0.8.3 have 100% Gapless mode with plugin "Gapless killer" (set to 1100ms for CD albums)]].
* [[No Gapless playback after version 0.8.3 - to many bugs with all plugins("Fake Gapless"/"Crossfader"/"Skip Silence") from official library, only version 0.8.3 have 100% Gapless mode with plugin "Gap killer" (set to 1100ms for CD albums)]].
* Advanced [[tagging]] capabilities - through built-in [[foobar2000:Properties|Properties dialog]] and various optional tagging-related components.
* Advanced [[tagging]] capabilities - through built-in [[foobar2000:Properties|Properties dialog]] and various optional tagging-related components.
* Built-in [[foobar2000:Preferences:Media Library|Media Library]] functionality.
* Built-in [[foobar2000:Preferences:Media Library|Media Library]] functionality.

Revision as of 18:48, 7 November 2020

foobar2000
foobar2000

Screenshot of foobar2000 v1.0 using the default user interface
Developer(s) Peter Pawlowski
Release information
Initial release December 20, 2002; 22 years ago[1]
Stable release 1.6[2] (September 2, 2020)
Preview release 1.6.1 beta 1 / September 2, 2020
Compatibility
Operating system Windows
Additional information
Use Media Player
License Proprietary, BSD
Website foobar2000.org

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full Unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Platforms

foobar2000 has been written specifically for the Windows platform, and there are no plans to port it to any others. However, although not officially supported, it is known to run on Linux and Mac OS X through Wine and WineBottler, respectively. Also there is an Arch Linux native package maintained by a community member.

Features

Supported audio formats

Natively supported ("out-of-the-box"):

Supported through optional components:

In addition, foobar2000 can also play audio files within ZIP and RAR archives (typically compressed) directly, i.e. without requiring the user to extract the files first. More archive formats are supported via additional components: LHA/LZH, 7-Zip, JMA

Using foobar2000

Important pages

Specific guides

Preferences

Metadata

Title formatting

Others

External Guides

Technical information

Important Links

Official site

Community

Appearance

References