foobar2000
View more screenshots foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

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2009-06-21

Multiple optional components have been updated.
Masstagger (version 1.8.2): Added %now% in "format from other fields", various cosmetic changes.
File Integrity Verifier (version 1.0.5): Fixed focus stealing upon completion, added display of calculated audio MD5/CRC32 values.
Audio CD Writer (3.0): No longer requires Nero to be installed. CD-TEXT support is currently missing.
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2009-06-07

foobar2000 v0.9.6.8 has been released.
This is a bugfix-only release; no new features have been added.
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2009-05-22

foobar2000 v0.9.6.7 has been released.
This is a hotfix release addressing various regressions that appeared in previous updates.
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2009-05-17

foobar2000 v0.9.6.6 has been released.
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2009-05-09

foobar2000 v0.9.6.6 beta 1 has been released.
This version adds special measures to produce more useful crash reports from certain types of bugs; it's likely that specific buggy components will crash more often than before.
The third-party component blacklist has been updated to cover more of most widespread crash causes; in each case there's another less buggy component available that offers similar functionality.
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2009-04-25

foobar2000 v0.9.6.5 has been released.
Starting with this foobar2000 release, specific versions of third party components with highest crash report rate are blocked from loading. This mainly affects outdated components with critical bugs and will have no impact on updated versions of those components. If some component that you use does not load, you should look for an updated version on the third party foobar2000 components site.
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2009-04-17

foobar2000 v0.9.6.5 beta 2 has been released.
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2009-04-10

foobar2000 v0.9.6.5 beta 1 has been released, with more bugs fixed based on crash report submissions as well as new troubleshooter feature accessible from the help menu.
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2009-03-29

foobar2000 v0.9.6.4 has been released, with multiple obscure bugs fixed thanks to people who submitted crash reports using the beta versions.
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2009-03-12

foobar2000 v0.9.6.4 beta 1 has been released. New features include automatic submission of crash reports for analysis.
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2009-02-25

Final version of foobar2000 v0.9.6.3 has been released. Since this version addresses multiple known security vulnerabilities, upgrading from any older versions is strongly recommended.
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2009-02-20

foobar2000 v0.9.6.3 beta 2 has been released.
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2009-02-14

foobar2000 v0.9.6.3 beta 1 has been released. This is another maintenance update, mainly addressing compatibility issues of 0.9.6+ Media Library.
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2009-01-30

Final version of foobar2000 v0.9.6.2 has been released.
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2009-01-17

foobar2000 v0.9.6.2 beta 1 has been released. This is a maintenance update, mainly introducing fixes and user interface tweaks.
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2008-12-31

foobar2000 v0.9.6.1 has been released. Download...

2008-12-23

foobar2000 v0.9.6.1 beta 2 has been released, with tweaks to the new search character matching feature and extended console logging of Media Library folder watch events to help troubleshoot missing Media Library entries. Download...

2008-12-17

A beta version of foobar2000 v0.9.6.1 has been released, with bug fixes and various new features. Download...

2008-11-29

Final version of foobar2000 v0.9.6 has been released. Download...
The Masstagger component has been also updated (v1.7.1), with minor improvements and cleanups.

2008-11-19

A new beta version of foobar2000 v0.9.6 has been released, with more incremental bug fixes. Download...
This is the last beta version before the final 0.9.6 release.

2008-11-07

A new beta version of foobar2000 v0.9.6 has been released, with more incremental bug fixes. Download...

2008-11-02

Various new updates - available at the download page.
  • A new beta version of foobar2000 v0.9.6 has been released, with fixes for various known bugs.
  • A new version of the Masstagger component has been released. Various features that are now redundant to other components have been removed; the main script editing dialog has been improved and now allows you to preview changes before applying them to your files.
  • The Playback Statistics component has also been updated, now at v2.1.6, with new startup and shutdown speed optimizations.

2008-10-19

First beta version of foobar2000 v0.9.6 was just released. Only recommended for experienced users.

2008-09-22

foobar2000 v0.9.5.6 released.

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