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Release information can be found in the change log.

Latest stable version

Download foobar2000 v0.9.6.8
Read foobar2000 v0.9.6 release notes

System requirements

Operating System

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008.

Hardware

Same as required by supported operating systems.

Optional components for foobar2000 v0.9.6 or newer

Install by extracting contents of downloaded archives into the Components folder of your foobar2000 installation.

Overview Version Description
Monkey's Audio decoding support
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2.1.4
2009-05-02
Adds decoding support for Monkey's Audio files (.APE) as well as APE Link files (.APL).
Version 2.1.4 highlights: fixed a rare random crash.
ALAC decoding support
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1.0.3
2009-03-22
Adds decoding support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec files (.M4A).
Version 1.0.3 highlights: Fixed a rare crash.
Playback Statistics
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2.1.9
2009-04-29
Collects playback statistics for your Media Library content. Statistics can be displayed in the Properties dialog or using %first_played%, %last_played%, %played_per_day%, %play_count%, %added% and %rating%.
Version 2.1.9 highlights: Added context menu commands to increase/decrease rating by one; fixed various minor annoyances.
Binary Comparator
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1.2
2008-12-05
Performs binary comparison between two or more tracks and reports differences.
Version 1.2 highlights: improved comparison result log readability.
File Integrity Verifier
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1.0.5
2009-06-21
Checks specified media files for decoding errors. Note that with most formats, its accuracy is limited to detecting errors that abort the decoding process.
Version 1.0.5 highlights: Fixed focus stealing upon completion, added display of calculated audio MD5/CRC32 values.
Quick Tagger
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1.0.1
2008-05-01
Adds customizable context menu commands for quickly setting tag fields to preconfigured values (for rating and such). Can be used to bind keyboard shortcuts to quick simple tag modifications.
Text Tools
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1.0.3
2009-01-31
Adds customizable context menu commands for copying information about the selected tracks to Windows Clipboard.
Decoding speed test
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1.1
2008-12-31
Measures decoding speed of audio files.
Version 1.1 highlights: fixed bugs related to running multiple simultaneous instances of the "Decoding Speed Test" dialog.
Impulse response convolver
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0.3
2006-08-04
Allows arbitrary effects to be captured and used inside foobar2000.
Kernel Streaming support
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1.2.2
2006-08-04
Allows bit-exact playback bypassing Windows kernel mixer. Activated through playback / output preferences page (device list). Warning: this component is experimental and provided for testing only; it is known to cause stability issues on certain configurations. If you experience any problems while using it, please revert to regular output modes ("Primary Sound Driver" etc).
ASIO support
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1.2.7
2009-03-22
Adds ASIO output support.
Version 1.2.7 highlights: now correctly outputs digital silence when playback is muted.
WASAPI output support
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2.1
2009-05-19
Adds Windows Audio Session API exclusive mode output support, allowing bit-exact output and muting all other sounds on Windows Vista systems. Windows Vista SP1 or newer required.
Version 2.0 highlights: fixed incompatibility with Windows 7; improved compatibility with certain soundcards.
Version 2.1 highlights: fixed glitch-on-seek bug.
Audio CD Writer
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3.0.1
2009-06-27
Adds support for burning audio CDs from any of supported audio formats, through context menu commands.
Version 3.0 highlights: No longer requires Nero to be installed. CD-TEXT support is currently missing.
Masstagger
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1.8.3
2009-06-30
Automates various tag editing operations.
Version 1.8.3 highlights: Fixed bugs in %now% handling.

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