- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/XP 64-bit
- Date added: August 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 170,445
- Downloads last week: 371
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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 on May 04, 2009
This free audio player doesn't mess with fancy buttons or bright colors; its straightforward user interface lets the music speak for itself. It performed very well during our tests.
Foobar2000 uses tabs and panels to help the user navigate its plain, but functional, user interface. You can customize the interface using several layout options. Menu options and recognizable command buttons reside at the top of the window. Two panels, each with tabbed menus, reside on the left side of the window. From there, you can view the album list and the properties of a selected artist or song. You'll also find tabs for viewing a spectrogram, a spectrum, and VU meter of music currently being played. The largest panel displays track lists. Using the menu options, we were able to successfully pull music files from a CD, load them into the player, and play them without any issues. We were then able to save the music files to our location of choice as WAV or MP3 files.
Though we would have liked to have seen a built-in help feature, the program does include a link that takes users to an FAQ page through the publisher's site. Both novice and advanced users will appreciate this program's easy navigation and straightforward style. We highly recommend this free audio player.
Publisher's description
From Peter Pawlowski :Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats.
Version 09.6.68 fixes WavPack playback over HTTP, weird shell extension behaviors with the "folder context menus" option active and weird behaviors of the "stop after current" option.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 89 votes
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Version: Foobar2000 0.9.6.9
"THE Media Player for Audiophiles"
Pros: The quality of the sound is the best I've found for free.
Cons: Still can't figure out how to remove duplicate files, one of foobar 2000's features and after all the updates over the years, I think it is time to begin dressing the user interface.
Summary: It has the greatist customizable sound I have found on the internet. (If you have found something better, please share it with me.) Foobar 2000 features an equalizer that saves your presets as well as a good selection off DSPs you can choose from. ... read more >>
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Version: Foobar2000 0.9.6.9
"Amazing sound. Complete customization. Low resource use"
Pros: Amazing sound, gave new life to my mp3 collection. Complete customization of player interface. Low resource usage.
Cons: The "random" function is not very intuitive.
Summary: Amazing sound, gave new life to my mp3 collection. Complete customization of player interface. Low resource usage.
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Version: Foobar2000 0.9.6.9
"A Perfect Alternative to the Windows Media Player"
Pros: smooth operation, no skipping or sticking, and easy to use.
Cons: Should feature album artwork.
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Version: Foobar2000 0.9.6.9
Pros: All the required features and easy to configure .
Cons: None that I have found.
Summary: Excellent software have used it for many years
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