Foobar2000

Free Peter Pawlowski Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Version 1.4.4 Full Specs

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Editors' Review

by Download.com staff / August 31, 2014

Foobar2000 is a convenient and flexible media player that you can load with all of your favorite music and customize to suit your specific needs and preferences. After a bit of setup, you can use this app in just about any way you see fit to manage your media library.

Pros

Quick and versatile: This app loads quickly and plays your media smoothly. It also can handle a large library with ease, so no matter how much music you already have, you can keep it all here without worry.

Customizable layout: There are many options for customization available through this app. You can choose the Quick Setup option, or you can go through the process of making individual selections about the type of information you'd like to see displayed. There are also other skins available through separate downloads.

Cons

Tough for beginners: This app doesn't have a lot of help for inexperienced users, and it also isn't terribly intuitive to set up. If you have some experience with this type of program, you'll catch on quickly. But this isn't a good option if you're just getting started with media players.

Bottom Line

Foobar2000 is a competent and flexible free media player, and it can handle a lot of content with ease. It may not be the best option for beginners, but its multiple options for customization will quickly make converts out of more experienced users.

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"Old Reliable"

totallyInept August 22, 2017 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.16

2017-08-22 03:37:17 | By totallyInept

Pros

Simple, full featured, and it just works.
Still free

Cons

Can't think of any.

Summary

I've been using Foobar for years, and I'm happy to see that it's even better now. It will play anything, any time, without hogging your system.

5 stars

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"Simple, Easy & Effective"

ADisgustingPerson March 26, 2017 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.10

2017-03-26 06:58:43 | By ADisgustingPerson

Pros

This is the most simple and design free music player, you can find.
I don't use 3rd party apps for playing MP3 files etc. but i would recommend it to others.

Cons

The lack of design.
I'm more into huge designs.
All white.

Summary

I think it's perfect for the simple man.

5 stars

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"Great program! Been using it for years!"

jt443 July 27, 2016 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.10

2016-07-27 04:25:31 | By jt443

Pros

Simple audio file playback program that stays in the background and doesn't suck up memory/CPU usage. Customizable hotkeys, which makes it all that much better. Pretty good equalizer, too. Just a trustworthy program, altogether.

Cons

None, really. It's not the slickest looking program, but that lack of flair is trivial at most.

Summary

Recommended for anyone looking for a non-invasive and humble audio playback program. Like I said, have been using it alongside iTunes for years now, after a friend recommended it to me. Solid choice.

5 stars

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"This is suits me"

jatzio November 06, 2015 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.8

2015-11-06 09:36:10 | By jatzio

Pros

Low memory usage.
Customizable keyboard shotcut with global keys support.
Simple and native user interface (it is customizable too!)
Simple visualization.
Useful DSP's (by your choices).
Media library for organizing music collection.
Album art viewer.

Cons

There are pitch and time alter shifting function in its DSP, but tt would be great if it has rewind function.

Summary

Offers effective and efficient way to enjoy your music while working. No fuss, no memory hogging!

4 stars

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"Gets the job done easily and with little fuss"

Mandopicker855 June 13, 2015 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.3

2015-06-13 05:18:32 | By Mandopicker855

Pros

Quick and easy setup

Cons

None that come to mind yet

3 stars

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"It's Good Enough"

Bighugs1965 May 25, 2015 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.3

2015-05-25 20:44:14 | By Bighugs1965

Pros

It has pretty good sound and is free. It uses little resources and handles large music libraries quickly and accurately. It has many plugins and the like to suite everyone's needs.

Cons

Learning curve is high due to lack of documentation.
It's aesthetically unappealing (unless you get skins, etc).

Summary

I really don't know what to say about this. I guess if all you want is something that sounds good and is highly customize able, then it's good enough. There are others easier to use and with more native features and sound as good out there. Not to mention look nice and doesn't take a users pamphlet learn it. MusicBee is just one example.

Updated on May 25, 2015

BTW Carl Seagan Died In 1996.

Updated on May 25, 2015

Sorry, I meant Carl Sagan.

4 stars

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"Very Good Music Player"

neplusultraomni August 08, 2014 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3.3

2014-08-08 12:22:26 | By neplusultraomni

Pros

Foobar is a music player, so it won't play videos, and therefore replace something like WMP or Winamp. As a music player it is very good. The sound quality is fine. This is a very lightweight player. It uses about 10,000 K of memory versus 60,000 K for WMP or Winamp. The CPU tends to run around 1% versus 5% for the other players. It does what it needs to do without slowing down your PC.

Cons

1) No help files. So you have to learn by playing around with it.

2) I wish it had better DSP plugins like a crystallizer. I downloaded a DSP set of plugins, but since there is no documentation, I'm not sure what some of them do and how to configure them to see if they are worthwhile.

Summary

A great player for music files.

5 stars

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"LOVE IT, SIMPLE EASY!"

Edinburgh1 May 13, 2014 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3

2014-05-13 05:07:47 | By Edinburgh1

Pros

Very small download. Easy interface, very basic player.Easy to use. No problems.Of course the main object is to play music and FRFEE!

Cons

No cons I am happy to say.

Summary

Been using this for my music for years and years, my last 3 laptops have never used WMP player at all. In face I have never opened WMP on this laptop ever.
The interface is easy and clean, no bells or whistles, justs gets the job with playing music, with no fuss at all.

5 stars

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"Doesn't fuck around with bullshit you don't need."

crystal_dong April 23, 2014 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3

2014-04-23 03:08:54 | By crystal_dong

Pros

Everything

Cons

Makes all other players look shit

Summary

Player used by Carl Sagan.

3 stars

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"Ok, But I like Many Better"

DontWannaKnow April 07, 2014 / Version: Foobar2000 1.3

2014-04-07 17:52:27 | By DontWannaKnow

Pros

It's really easy on system resources. It has good sound. You can manage very large libraries with it.It has an ABX plugin and volume matching functions for blind testing purposes. The latter is very useful when determining at what bit-rate a lossy file becomes transparent to the user. It's free.

Cons

It's really ugly. I've been told there are skins to remedy this, but it is a separate download and kind of a hassle.
It sounds very nice but not any better than some others I've tried.
It has a steep learning curve compared to some others also. Most good players DO, but ultimately not worth it IMHO.

Summary

I gave this a fair shot and find it lacking in many ways. That said, It is probably better than 80 percent I have tried. There is almost a cult following of this software, which speaks of it's efficacy. I am not a cultist and prefer to think outside the box, if you will. I prefer MusicBee and that is what I use, but Foobar is not anything to be dismissed lightly. Try it for yourself and don't listen to audiophools. You may find a dream machine, or like me just another media player in a long line of available players

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What's new in version 1.4.4

Fixed drag&drop glitches on Windows 10 with multiple monitors having different pixel densities. Regardless, this is still a bug in Windows 10, not in foobar2000.
Fixed Default UI preferences groups & columns drag&drop glitches.
Fixed incorrect formatting of written EXTM3U playlists.
Fixed incorrect truncation of specific long filenames in File Operations.
Fixed unnecessary reopening of remote files being played.
Fixed playback marker in playlists not being correctly retained in some conditions.
Improved internal IMA ADPCM WAV decoder (fixed rounding errors, fixed incorrect output duration).
foobar2000 now refuses to open 24-bit WMA lossless files on Windows 10 - which would otherwise decode incorrectly. You can work around it by feeding WMA files to foo_input_ffmpeg component.

General
Publisher	Peter Pawlowski
Publisher web site	http://www.foobar2000.org/
Release Date	May 07, 2019
Date Added	May 09, 2019
Version	1.4.4

Category
Category	MP3 & Audio Software
Subcategory	Media Players

Operating Systems
Operating Systems	Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8
Additional Requirements	None

Download Information
File Size	3.78MB
File Name	foobar2000_v1.4.4.exe

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Total Downloads	383,367
Downloads Last Week	51

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License Model	Free
Limitations	Not available
Price	Free

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