foobar2000 0.9.2 Final Released for Download
foobar2000 is a simple but powerful audio player featuring support for many popular and rare formats, either out of the box or by using additional components.
Developers can create foobar2000 components easily, by using the software development kit (SDK) available for download on the foobar2000 homepage.
Formats supported out of the box:
- MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC,
- AAC,
- Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC,
- WavPack, WAV,
- AIFF, AU, SND,
- CDDA
Formats supported by using optional downloadable components:
- Monkey’s Audio
- ALAC
foobar2000 0.9 Final has been released, bringing forth various improvements for:
- User interface (GUI) – usability, responsiveness
- Format support, file handling and association
- New and rewritten components
- Security enhancements
- Better network code
For detailed information, see below for the full changelog info.
Unfortunately for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4 users, these operating systems are not supported anymore; foobar2000 requires at least Windows 2000 to run.
The version being currently worked on is foobar2000 0.9.2. The fourth beta has been recently released, fixing some bugs and adding native support for the Nero Digital AAC encoder.
*** WHAT’S NEW IN FOOBAR2000 0.9.2 FINAL ***
- Native support for new free Nero Digital AAC encoder
- New “Advanced Preferences” page
- More compatible MP4 tagging scheme
- New CD ripping UI
- Added “directory context menus” feature to file type associations
- Support for realtime DSP preset editing through DSP Manager page
- Fixed various networking issues
- APL support (no longer maintained) moved to a separately downloadable component (Monkey’s Audio support)
- Various cosmetic changes
- Various other bug fixes
*** RELEVANT LINKS ***
Download foobar2000 0.9.2 Final (.exe - 1.44MB)
foobar2000 Homepage
foobar2000 Forums
Download foobar2000 optional components
foobar2000 Wiki