foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform.
Some of the basic features include Replay Gain support, a low-memory footprint, and native support for several popular audio formats. Features include open-component architecture, allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player; built-in support for MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, Musepack, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, Speex, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU/SND, CDDA, WMA, Matroska, ALAC, MMS, RSTP, Opus; support through third-party plug-ins; extraction on-the-fly from RAR, 7-Zip and ZIP archives; full Unicode support on Windows NT; efficient handling of large playlists; a highly customizable playlist display; and customizable keyboard shortcuts.
2.24.6 released on 2025-07-06
- Fixed excessive memory usage of visualizations in certain conditions.
- Restored old behavior of M3U loader, local playlists referencing internet radio can again specify station names.
- Improved compatibility with AAC radio streams that mix different metadata encoding types.
- Made HTTP folders possible to load again.
- Fixed erratic behavior when seeking back from near end of track.
- Fixed safe mode (triggered after app crash) failing to start up.
- Made respect embedded color profiles of JPEG & PNG album covers.
- Fixed WASAPI shared mode audio stream format negotation bug.