Foobar2000

foobar2000

foobar2000 v1.3.12 on Windows 10
Developer(s)	Piotr Pawłowski and contributors
Initial release	December 20, 2002; 14 years ago (2002-12-20)
Stable release	1.3.14 (December 21, 2016; 2 months ago (2016-12-21))
Preview release	1.3.13 beta 2
Operating system	Win32  Windows XP SP2 and later UWP  Windows 10 and later iOS  iOS 8 and later Android  Android 2.3 and later
Type	Audio player
License	Core: Freeware SDK: BSD (3 clause)
Website	www.foobar2000.org

foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android developed by Piotr Pawłowski. It is known for its highly modular design, breadth of features, and extensive user flexibility in configuration. For example, the user-interface is completely customizable. Its extensive software development kit (SDK) allows third-party developers enough power to completely replace the interface. foobar2000 supports a large number of audio file formats, has many features for organising metadata, files, and folders, and has a converter interface for use with command line encoders. To maximize audio fidelity in cases where resampling or downscaling in bit depth is required, it provides noise shaping and dithering. There are a number of official and third-party components which add many additional features. The core is closed source, whereas the SDK is licensed under the Three-Clause BSD license.

Since version 0.9.5, foobar2000 supports Windows XP SP2/SP3 and later releases only. This version features a revamped default interface, with embedded support for album list, album art,spectrum visualization, and some other features and improvements.