foobar2000
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 Sample interface of one of 0.9.6's layouts |
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| Developer(s) | Peter Pawlowski |
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| Initial release | 20 December 2002[1] |
| Stable release | 1.1.10 (2 December 2011) [±] |
| Preview release | 1.1.11 beta 5 (January 25, 2012)[2] [±] |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3 or higher |
| Type | Audio player |
| License | Core: Proprietary SDK: BSD |
| Website | www.foobar2000.org |
foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows developed by Peter Pawlowski, a former freelance contractor for Nullsoft. It is known for its highly modular design and extensive SDK which allows third-party developers to do such things as completely replace the interface. While supporting a large number of audio file formats, it has many features for metadata support and file organization, and it has a converter interface for use with command line encoders. To maximize the audio fidelity of consumer-grade equipment, it provides noise shaping and dithering. It features a number of official and third-party components which add many additional features. While the core is closed source, the SDK is licensed under the 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, spectrum visualization, and some other features and improvements.
The name foobar is derived from a common placeholder name used in computer programming.
The developer of foobar2000 recently spun-off its code-base to create a simplified audio player called "Boom Audio Player".[3]
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[edit] Features
[edit] Core features
- Audio formats supported natively: MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, ALAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CD
- Customizable user interface layout.
- Advanced tagging capabilities.
- Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
- ReplayGain support – both playback and calculation.
- Gapless playback support.
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
- Media Library with automated folder watching.[4]
- Built-in Windows Media streaming.[5]
- Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.[6]
- Ability to read within ZIP, GZIP and RAR archives.
[edit] Features added using optional official components
- Audio formats supported through official components: APE.
- Playback statistics.
- Kernel streaming support.
- ASIO support.
- WASAPI output support.
- Integration with Apple iPod, including album art support and automatic transcoding of audio formats not supported by iPod.
- CD burning support.
- Ability to read within 7z archives.
- UPnP media server.
- Last.fm scrobbling and virtual radio stream playback.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Official Foobar2000 site & Foobar2000 0.3 & SDK!
- ^ "Foobar2000". 25 August 2011. http://www.foobar2000.org/. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ "Peter Pawlowski's home page : Software : Boom". http://perkele.cc/software/boom. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ "foobar2000 0.9.6 release notes". http://www.foobar2000.org/?page=ReleaseNotes&version=096. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "foobar2000 1.0 release notes". http://www.foobar2000.org/?page=ReleaseNotes&version=10. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "foobar2000". http://www.foobar2000.org/. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Forums – discussion and support
- Components – Repository of all first-party and some third-party components
- foobar2000 Knowledgebase at Hydrogenaudio
- #foobar2000 on freenode – discussion and support
- How-To Guide – Details on how to use customizations and other features
