foobar2000

foobar2000[lower-alpha 1] (often abbreviated as fb2k[5]) is a freeware audio player for Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android developed by Peter Pawłowski. It is known for its highly modular design, breadth of features, and substantial user flexibility in configuration. For example, the user-interface is completely customizable.[6] Its extensive software development kit (SDK) allows third-party developers enough power to completely replace the interface.

foobar2000
foobar2000 v1.4 on Windows 10
Developer(s)Peter Pawłowski and contributors[1]
Initial releaseDecember 20, 2002 (2002-12-20)[2]
Stable release1.5.4 (May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)[3]) [±]
Preview release1.5.5 beta 5 (June 24, 2020 (2020-06-24)[4]) [±]
Written inC++
PlatformAndroid, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows NT, macOS
TypeAudio player
LicenseCore: Freeware
SDK: BSD (3 clause)
Websitewww.foobar2000.org

foobar2000 supports many audio file formats, has many features for organising metadata, files, and folders, and has a converter interface for use with command line encoders. To maximize audio fidelity in cases where resampling or downscaling in bit depth is required, it provides noise shaping and dithering. There are a number of official and third-party components which add many additional features. The core is closed source, whereas the SDK is licensed under the Three-Clause BSD license. Since version 0.9.5, foobar2000 supports Windows XP SP2/SP3 and later releases only. This version features a revamped default interface, with embedded support for album list, album art,[7] spectrum visualization, and some other features and improvements. In May 2016, versions for mobile devices were released,[8][9][10][11] and in January 2018, an early beta version for macOS was released.[12]

Features

Core

At its core, foobar2000 natively supports a range of audio formats, including MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, AAC, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, ALAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CD, Speex, and Opus.

foobar2000 also has a customizable user interface, advanced tagging capabilities and support for ripping Audio CDs, as well as transcoding of all supported audio formats using the Converter component. The player can read inside ZIP, GZIP, and RAR archives. Core functionality has also been tested to work under Wine on Linux, although the program's crash reporter will detect Wine and direct the user to the Wine Bugzilla.[13]

Additional features include ReplayGain support (for both playback and calculation),[14][15] gapless playback,[16] keyboard shortcuts and support for DSP effects such as equalization and crossfade.

Users can configure the foobar2000 Media Library with automated folder watching[17] and Windows Media streaming.[18] The client is built with an open component architecture, allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.[19]

Optional

foobar2000 can read the APE, HDCD, AC3, DTS, SACD and DVD-Audio formats.

Other optional features include playback statistics, CD burning, kernel streaming, ASIO support and WASAPI output compatibility. Third-party support is also present in the audio client. For instance, foobar2000 supports Last.fm scrobbling and integration with Apple iPod, including album art support and automatic transcoding of audio formats not supported by iPod itself.

See also

Notes
  1. The name foobar is derived from a common placeholder name used in computer programming.

References
  1. "License". foobar2000. Archived from the original on 2016-06-28. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. "Official foobar2000 site & foobar2000 0.3 & SDK!". Hydrogenaudio. Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  3. "foobar2000: News". 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  4. "Download foobar2000". 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  5. "foobar2000". hydrogenaud.io.
  6. "foobar2000 v0.9.6.9 Review". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  7. "Foobar2000: Editors' review". CNET. August 31, 2014. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  8. "Foobar2000 (Mobile Edition)". hydrogenaud.io. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  9. "foobar2000 mobile – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store". Microsoft Store. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  10. "foobar2000 on the App Store". App Store. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  11. "foobar2000 – Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  12. "foobar2000 for Mac". www.foobar2000.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  13. "foobar2000". WineHQ. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  14. "ReplayGain". Hydrogenaudio wiki. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  15. John Cairns (3 October 2010). "foobar2000: 4.3 Replaygain". Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  16. "Gapless playback". Hydrogenaudio wiki. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  17. "foobar2000 0.9.6 release notes". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  18. "foobar2000 1.0 release notes". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  19. Alex Castle (April 14, 2010). "How-To: Manage Your Music the Power User Way with Foobar". Maximum PC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
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