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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 17, 2003
- Total Downloads: 158,275
- Downloads last week: 322
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 89 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Extensive configuration options distinguish Foobar2000 from its competitors. Although most features of the program are not visible in the main window, a long list can be accessed through the main menu and in the Preferences section. Here you can configure, among other things, the display interface, disk writer, and album list, and even limit the CD reading speed.
The powerful equalizer and resampler are particularly impressive. Unfortunately, the program doesn't support the RM audio format, though it supports most others. Foobar2000 is likely to please those looking for a greater measure of control over their audio players.
Publisher's description
From Peter Pawlowski :Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include Replay Gain support, a low-memory footprint, and native support for several popular audio formats. Features include open-component architecture, allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player; built-in support for WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, FLAC, OggFLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, CDDA, TFMX, and SPC; support through third-party plug-ins; extraction on-the-fly from RAR; 7-Zip and ZIP archives; full Unicode support on Windows NT; efficient handling of large playlists; a highly customizable playlist display; and customizable keyboard shortcuts.
What's new in this version:
- improved masstagger "rename files" feature, now includes option to copy files
- fixed standard inputs bug causing matroska/PCM not to function properly
- fixed core bug preventing custom DSP chain configs from being used
- fixed mpglib bug in MPEG-2 decoding, thanks to xquake for the source patch
- removed fast seeking hacks from MPC input after new problem reports
- fixed incorrect behaviors with clicking on empty area in albumlist
- slightly fa... see all new features
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User reviews of Foobar2000 0.8.3
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 89 votes
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5 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Version: Foobar2000 0.8.3
"Low on System Resources...... Useful Audio Player"
Pros: + Uses Minimum amount of System Resources.
+ Simple Interface.
+ Free, No Spy,Ad-wares.
Cons: Eventhough there are other similar products and popular players... this one is Pretty Stable and Trust-worthy.
Recommandable. (Latest Version 0.9)
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Foobar2000 0.8.3
Pros: everything about this player is good. It has everything from customizable colors, and font types to slowing the speed it reads cd's. Every other MP3 player I have ever used doesnt measure up to this one. Get it and check it out it's amazing list of features.
Cons: No skins... thats about it
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2 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Foobar2000 0.8.3
Pros: Dunno how good 0.7.1 is but 0.8.3 is spectacular!! Just retired Ultraplayer for foobar and glad I did. Just simply the best MP3 player I've ever used. Doesn't hog system resources, excellent features, just an all around great product.
Cons: Has a learning curve, not for the computer retarded. No skins (not yet anyway). Don't turn the transparency feature all the way down or you'll be stuck hitting Crtl and Alt shortcuts trying to get it useable again. Doesn't play videos.
Still, the positives FAR outweigh the negatives. It's still in delevopment so expect even better things from this product in the future.
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Version: Foobar2000 0.8.3
"A minimalist player with endless features"
Summary: If you just want a simple player, Foobar2000 is a good choice.
If you want a player with endless features, Foobar2000 is a good choice.
The interface is minimalist, but deceptively powerful.
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Version: Foobar2000 0.8.3
Summary: Es muy bueno,comsume pocos recursos y es libre que mas se puede pedir
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