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foobar2000
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Sample interface of one of 0.9.6's layouts
Developer(s) Peter Pawlowski
Initial release 20 December 2002[1]
Stable release 1.1.11  (4 February 2012; 33 days ago (2012-02-04)) [±]
Preview release n/a  (n/a)[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

  1. ^ Official Foobar2000 site & Foobar2000 0.3 & SDK!
  2. ^ "foobar2000". 04 February 2012. http://www.foobar2000.org/. Retrieved 04 February 2012. 
  3. ^ "Peter Pawlowski's home page : Software : Boom". http://perkele.cc/software/boom. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  4. ^ "foobar2000 0.9.6 release notes". http://www.foobar2000.org/?page=ReleaseNotes&version=096. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
  5. ^ "foobar2000 1.0 release notes". http://www.foobar2000.org/?page=ReleaseNotes&version=10. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 
  6. ^ "foobar2000". http://www.foobar2000.org/. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 

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