foobar2000 1.2.5

License / Price: Freeware / $0 
Size / OS: 3.5 MB / Windows XP / Vista / XP X64 / Vista64 / 7 / 7 x64
 Last Updated: April 21st, 2013, 17:11 UTC

The full version of a feature-packed media player

foobar2000 is an easy-to-use, skinnable and highly customizable audio player that aside from basic playback features, sports advanced capabilities such as conversion and tag editing.

The list of supported formats is incredibly long and includes MP3, AAC, MP4, Audio CD, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND. Support for more formats can be achieved by deploying additional components or the so-called addons.

These can be found on the developer’s website and their purpose is to add support for a wide array of functions, such as ripping or writing CDs, various audio effects, advanced encoding / decoding capabilities and iPod management, to name a few.

After a quick and hassle-free installation process, foobar2000 reveals its simple, yet intuitive interface. In fact, at first launch, you are presented with a quick appearance setup process, where you can configure the background color and the playlist layout. You can even create your own layout if you’re not satisfied with the set bundled in the application.

There’s no limit to the number of playlists you can create and save for later use. Playback controls include repeat, random, shuffle, stop after current and playback follows cursor or viceversa.

The visualization of the audio stream is delivered via Oscilloscope, VU Meter, Peak Meter, Spectogram or Spectrum modes. The built-in equalizer allows you to adjust the amplitude of the audio signal at certain frequencies for a better audio experience.

Other features worth mentioning include Gapless playback, ReplayGain and Unicode support, as well as customizable keyboard shortcuts for playback controls.

All in all, foobar2000 is a great audio player that sports both basic and advanced playback features, as well as several other utilities that allow you to process the audio stream. Extra functionality can be implemented using additional components.

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Here are some key features of "foobar2000":

· Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND and more with additional components.
· Gapless playback.
· Full unicode support.
· Easily customizable user interface layout.
· Advanced tagging capabilities.
· Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
· Full ReplayGain support.
· Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
· Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Converter: fixed writing of WAV files with odd byte counts (eg. 24-bit mono).
· Improved handling of various malformed WAV files.
· Converter: fixed writing of file types that foobar2000 cannot tag.
· Fixed “verify integrity of played files” option disabling HDCD & DTS decoder components.
· It's a feature of individual decoder components; third party decoder components such as Monkey's Audio decoder must be updated separately.
· “Add Folder” now skips over hidden files & subfolders.
· AIFF file format tagging support.
· Added authenticode signatures to foobar2000 binaries.
· Added WAV & AIFF attached picture handling (beta 2).
· Added attached picture transfer option in Converter (beta 2).
· Support for touchscreen gesture scrolling on Windows 8 tablet devices (final).

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