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Foobar2000 is an audio player that includes full unicode support, ReplayGain support and built-in support for several popular audio formats.

Does Foobar2000 support video playback?

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

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 the support to all other major audio formats.

Can Foobar2000 rip CDs?

Yes, Foobar2000 supports ripping and transcoding audio CDs 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.

Properties

• Supported audio formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA.
• Full unicode support.
• Advanced tagging features.
• Support for transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component (requires external command-line code executables for different output formats).
• ReplayGain support – both playback and calculation.
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
• Open component architecture that allows third-party developers to extend the functionality of the player.

What is new

• Beta version updated to 2.0.21
• Android version updated to 1.3.1
• Added support for playing Opus audio in MP4 container.
• Fixed obscure UI bugs (list controls, default UI splitter).
• Suppressed repeated library scan error messages.
• More consistent behavior of Properties dialog/item versus channel mask information when multiselecting.
• Makes it possible to auto-update components larger than 16MB.
• Bug fixes for the FTP protocol.
• Improved media library compatibility with some read-only network shares.
• Removed annoying “legacy page” prompt for preference pages that don’t implement app/cancel logic.

Android

• Rewritten Android file system integration.
• Added support for playing DTS and AC3 files.
• Improved features for manipulating playlists.
• Media Library can now index folders shared with rclone over HTTP.
• Internet radio compatibility fixes.
• Options to change what is shown on the main screen, under Advanced.
• New “internet radio” page where you can enter and play the URLs of your radio stations.
• TuneFUSION pairing fixes, previously paired instances are no longer remembered indefinitely and incorrectly detected when trying to pair a new one.

Desk

• Fixed now playing album art with many single tracks in one folder.
• Fix for certain radios serving .pls that 302 redirect to audio/mpeg stream.
• Playlist search: Don’t reload view/drop select if search update didn’t change anything.
• Correct focus on newly created UI Element popups – Library search etc is now focused if invoked via global hotkey.
• Implemented #EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME for HLS internet radio.
• Fixed incorrect decoding of FLAC files with 3 channels and no explicit channel mask set. (beta 3)
• Better formatting of HTTPS-related error messages. (beta 4)
• Fixed a rare shutdown crash. (beta 4)