Foobar2000 2024 is an audio player that includes full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Does Foobar2000 support video playback?

No. Foobar2000 does not support video, it is a highly customizable audio player only, with advanced features like gapless playback, open component architecture, and audio file converter.

What is "open component architecture"?

"Open Component Architecture" means that Foobar2000 allows you to extend the functionality of the player as needed. You can check Foobar's components section here.

What audio formats does Foobar2000 support?

Foobar2000 supports the following audio formats out of the box: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, and SND. Through additional components you can extend that support to any other major audio format.

Can Foobar2000 rip CDs?

Yes, Foobar2000 supports audio CD ripping and transcoding of all supported audio formats using the converter component.

Does Foobar2000 work on macOS or Linux?

No, Foobar2000 is only available for Windows. For macOS or Linux, we recommend checking out VLC, which offers similar functionality and is also free.

Features

  • Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND... and more with additional components.
  • Gapless playback.
  • Easily customizable user interface layout.
  • Advanced tagging capabilities.
  • Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
  • Full ReplayGain support.
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
  • Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.

What's New

Android version 1.5.1

  • Crash regression fix.
  • Icon resource cleaned up.
  • New skin file format, possible to edit with commonly available tools. Old skins still work.
  • Default skin update, added codec information.
  • Exposed "Skins" folder via FTP server.
  • Made playlist view scroll with playing track.
  • Added picture viewer - long tap album header, skin cover art, or a picture file in folder view to view the picture with zoom.
  • Added Ogg chapter support.
  • Made possible to store ReplayGain peak information in Opus files.
  • Made search button hidden on main page if library view is hidden via tweaks.
  • Made possible to edit media library folder paths.
  • Added reverb and echo DSPs from mudlord's foo_dsp_effect.
  • Fixed incorrect use of url-encoding in file names inside HTTP folders.
  • Made Equalizer bands vertical in landscape layouts.
  • Fixed Equalizer usability on Android TV.
  • Fixed Decoding Speed Test usability on Android TV.
  • Improved handling of cuesheets in folder browsing mode, removed arbitrary denial of reading of cuesheets over FTP/HTTP/etc.

Windows version 2.1.5

  • Removed gnudb from default online tagger settings, as gnudb now demands users to input their actual email addresses.
  • If you wish to use gnudb, you can configure it manually, but we strongly recommend against it.
  • Online tagger now defaults to freedb.dbpoweramp.com which works once again.
  • Changed storage of freedb-compatible server list settings, to a text file in profile folder.
  • Reverted compiler to Visual Studio 2019, as current version of Visual Studio 2022 outputs AVX opcodes when explicitly configured not to, making foobar2000 crash on old PCs.
  • ReFacets added "last modified" column, fixed playlist interaction bugs.
  • Converter: Fail harder if "don't reset DSP between tracks" is on and one of files can't be converted - output past the point of failure wasn't valid anymore anyway.
  • Fixed WASAPI Exclusive timing glitches with exotic settings.