A new foobar2000 beta just got released: 0.9.6 beta 4.

Just as I was downloading the new beta, I decided to take advantage and test the portable install option. It seems to have worked perfectly, and it’s now playing happily my favorite 4hero album

The process is pretty straightforward (a few screens are included below).

Nothing goes better with my newly acquired Daft Punk “Alive 2007″ CD than a new foobar2000 release. The album was swiftly ripped and encoded with Exact Audio Copy and now sits comfortably in foobar’s media library.

This second beta for foobar2000 0.9.6 includes media library improvements as well as a nice treat for people who like to always have their prizes utilities with then on a USB stick.

*** WHAT’S NEW IN FOOBAR 0.9.6 BETA 2 ***

- “portable” option in installer
- fully automatic media library folder watching
- media library honors “hidden” flag set for files
- builtin matroska support (if you have previously installed a component for this, you should uninstall it now)
- new converter UI

(For more, check the full changelog and release notes.)

*** FOOBAR 0.9.6 BETA 2 DOWNLOADS ***
Get it now: Download foobar2000 0.9.6 beta 2
exe installer, 2.84MB, MD5 sum: 12648218959E336352EFCA4831776A14