Foobar2000 Media Player is a very very recommendable player. It is developed by Peter Pawlowski who is or used to work on Winamp3.
FB2000 uses a plain and simple UI - no skins, no fuss. Filesize is 200 kb, while in playback mode the player approximately consumes 1.9 Mbyte of your RAM which is so much less compared to Winamp or MS Media Player.
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Here are some key features of "Foobar":
· Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player
· Audio formats supported "out-of-the-box": WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG... [ read more about Foobar >> ] |
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WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.4:
* Ability to view/edit queries used to create autoplaylists.
* Media Library Search: queries using “SORT BY” create always-sorted autoplaylists by default.
* File format handling updates:
* Security updates to Vorbis, Speex, FLAC and WavPack libraries.
* Fixed a rare Ogg seeking accuracy bug.
* Improved MP4 parser security.
* Converter improvements:
* No longer aborts the entire operation when one of queued tracks can't be processed.
* Optional status log popup after conversion.
* Album List: ability to select multiple items at once by holding shift or control keys.
* New built-in DSPs: Crossfader, Skip Silence.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.4 Beta 1:
* Ability to view/edit queries used to create autoplaylists.
* Media Library Search: queries using “SORT BY” create always-sorted autoplaylists by default.
* File format handling updates:
* Security updates to Vorbis, Speex, FLAC and WavPack libraries.
* Fixed a rare Ogg seeking accuracy bug.
* Improved MP4 parser security.
* Converter improvements:
* No longer aborts the entire operation when one of queued tracks can't be processed.
* Optional status log popup after conversion.
* Album List: ability to select multiple items at once by holding shift or control keys.
* New built-in DSPs: Crossfader, Skip Silence.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.3:
* New: Startup notification when a component is known not to cooperate correctly with this version of foobar2000.
* New: “Library Viewer Selection” playlist, compatible with Album List and Media Library Search.
* New title formatting functions: $stripprefix(), $swapprefix(), $year(), $month(), $day_of_month(), $date(), $time().
* New extensions to the search query syntax.
* Album List: faster refresh when using the built-in search box.
* ReplayGain scanner: applying ReplayGain to MP3 data no longer chokes on noncompliant ID3v2 tags with false MPEG sync words.
* ReplayGain scanner: new services allowing third-party components to perform ReplayGain analysis.
* No longer compatible with components using metadb_display_hook API.
* Changed component DLL loading logic - only “components” subdirectory along with its subdirectories is processed if it exists.
* Playback queue index is now displayed in the “Playing” column of Default UI / Playlist View; it can be also accessed using %queue_index%.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.2:
* New array of built-in visualisations.
* Cleaned up freedb component user interface.
* Ability to auto-resize playlist columns to match playlist view size.
* Improved ID3v2 specification compliance.
* Converter: Improved handling of very long tracks.
* Support for displaying cover art extracted from WMA files.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.2 Beta 2:
* New array of built-in visualisations
* Cleaned up freedb component user interface
* Ability to auto-resize playlist columns to match playlist view size
* Improved ID3v2 specification compliance
* Converter: Improved handling of very long tracks
* Support for displaying cover art extracted from WMA files
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.1:
* Improvements to new Default User Interface:
* New built-in Media Library Search dialog, with advanced autoplaylist creation features.
* Configurable left/center/right alignment of custom columns in Playlist View.
* Usability: switching layouts now flashes labels to reduce user confusion.
* Ability to customize toolbar buttons.
* New: Warning popup when trying to close foobar2000 while tasks such as conversion or ReplayGain scan are active.
* Various UI responsivity improvements and speed optimizations; much faster Album List refresh with large libraries.
* Usability: positions of various dialogs are now remembered, relative to their parent windows.
* Properties dialog: “Tools” button, “Automatically Fill Values” can now use clipboard as source.
* Converter clean-ups, ability to manually edit commandline encoder executable paths through Advanced Preferences.
* WMA handling bug fixes, ability to store arbitrary metadata fields in WMA tags.
* ID3v2 tagging compatibility improvements.
* Various bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5.1 Beta 1:
* Improvements to new Default User Interface: New built-in Media Library Search dialog, with advanced autoplaylist creation features. / Configurable left/center/right alignment of custom columns in Playlist View. / Usability: switching layouts now flashes labels to reduce user confusion. / Ability to customize toolbar buttons.
* New: Warning popup when trying to close foobar2000 while tasks such as conversion or ReplayGain scan are active.
* Various UI responsivity improvements and speed optimizations; much faster Album List refresh with large libraries.
* Usability: positions of various dialogs are now remembered, relative to their parent windows.
* Properties dialog: “Tools” button, “Automatically Fill Values” can now use clipboard as source.
* Converter clean-ups, ability to manually edit commandline encoder executable paths through Advanced Preferences.
* WMA handling bug fixes, ability to store arbitrary metadata fields in WMA tags.
* ID3v2 tagging compatibility improvements.
* Various bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5:
* New Default User Interface
* Allows embedding of Album List and other components in the main window
* Quick setup dialog on first startup allowing easy UI customization
* Theme import/export support for transferring appearance-related settings easily
* Built-in playlist view supports columns and grouping
* New Playlist Search dialog
* Embedded album art support
* New built-in spectrum visualisation
* New Album List component
* Updates automatically with Media Library content changes (“Refresh” command no longer needed)
* Embeddable in the main window
* Supports direct creation of autoplaylists from Album List tree branches
* Properties dialog improvements
* New commands: “Format from Other Fields”, “Capitalize”, “Clean Up”
* Improved “Automatically Fill Values” functionality
* Improved Windows Clipboard interaction - now you can use copy/paste to transfer values between fields or between different sets of tracks
* Converter component improvements
* Replaced “show output directory when done” functionality with a new dialog showing a list of created tracks
* Built-in support for writing AU/SND and AIFF files
* Updated FLAC support - FLAC encoding now requires FLAC encoder 1.2.0 or newer
* Improved handling of hung command-line encoder processes
* Audio format decoding updates
* Updated libFLAC to 1.2.1
* Rewritten support for AU/SND and AIFF audio formats
* New “File Operations” component, for moving, copying and deleting audio files
* Old Masstagger component no longer included with the installer (available for download separately)
* Windows XP or newer is now required
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5 Beta 9:
* Fixed - Glitch: MSVC9 resource editor ate 256x256 PNG icon
* Fixed - Bug: Various problems with removing/reordering tabs in Tabs UI Element
* Fixed - Various GUI glitches / typos / inconsistencies
* Fixed - Bug: Glitches when playing certain Musepack files with cuesheets
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.5 Beta 3 / 0.9.4.5 Final:
* Bug: "Reset Page" doesn't reset playback state display formatting settings in Preferences / Display / Default User Interface.
* Glitch: When starting playback of slow-to-open files/streams, status bar still shows "stopped".
* Glitch: MP3 decoder was using wrong compiler settings, resulting in a slowdown.
* Regression: Some Converter error messages less readable than in pre-0.9.5.
* Usability: "Send to Playlist" dialog is modal.
* Usability: "Create Album List View from These Items" dialog content doesn't update with moving/deleting files.
* Bug: When using the copy command in album list and pasting the result in search filter the last letter is not copied
* Usability: Open Audio CD dialog: "Add To Playlist" button not disabled when currently active playlist is an autoplaylist
* Usability: Open Audio CD dialog: "Open Audio CD..." menu command spawns another dialog instead of activating already existing one when one already exists
* Usability: Open Audio CD dialog: "Rip" button not always grayed out when Converter component is not available
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.5 Final:
* Musepack SV8 decoding support
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.4 Final:
* Security update: updated Vorbis libraries to 1.2.0
* Fixed a bug in title formatting / $caps2()
* Fixed drag&drop bugs
* Fixed playlist file format detection over mime types
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.3 Final:
* Fixed multiple bugs in ReplayGain Scanner
* Musepack decoding bug fixes
* Fixed a rare crash in the Properties dialog
* Fixed bugs in File Types preferences page
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.3 Beta:
* Fixed multiple bugs in ReplayGain Scanner
* Musepack decoding bug fixes
* Fixed a rare crash in the Properties dialog
* Fixed bugs in File Types preferences page
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.2 Final:
* Updated Musepack decoder with support for accurate fast seeking on files produced by mppenc 1.16 and newer.
* Improved compliance with HTTP specifications
* Fixed MP1/MP2 handling bugs
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.2 beta 2:
* Allowed fast seeking with old Musepack files during playback
* Fixed MP1/MP2 playback bugs
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4.1:
* Improved compliance with Vorbis Comment and APEv2 tag specifications - thanks to Spoon for pointing inconsistencies
* Added gapless playback of MP4 files encoded with new iTunes
* Various bug fixes
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4 Final:
* Properties dialog improvements
* Startup/shutdown speed optimizations
* Added LAME version and partial settings detection for MP3 files
* Replaced old “Fix MP3 Header” command with a new set of MP3-related utility commands
* “ID3v2 Writer Compatibility Mode” with workarounds for common bugs in other software’s ID3v2 implementations
* “Copy” button in components list
* freedb support now included with the installer
* Rewritten embedded cuesheet metadata handling
* Rewritten ReplayGain info editor dialog
* ABX bugfixes
* Added WMA tag editing support
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4 Beta 3:
* ABX bugfixes
* Added WMA tag editing support
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.4 Beta 2:
* fixed playlist writer crash
* other minor fixes
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.3.1 final:
* Fixed various cosmetic glitches that made it into 0.9.3 release
* Fixed high CPU usage on track change bug
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.3 beta 2:
* New file properties dialogs
* Speex decoding support, rewritten Ogg Vorbis / Ogg FLAC support
* “File Operations / Delete File(s)” now uses Recycle Bin
* Better integration of information lookup (freedb etc) components with Audio CD ripping UI
* Option to ReplayGain-scan converter output after conversion
* CDDA extraction bug fixes / improvements
* Improved “Open Audio CD" dialog
* Various progress dialogs no longer block UI
* Changed Media Library new item tracking behaviors
* Fixed low-samplerate LC AAC files mis-reported as HE AAC
* Improved compatibility with Windows Vista
* Various cosmetic changes
* Other minor bug fixes
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.3 beta 1:
* New file properties dialogs
* Speex decoding support, rewritten Ogg Vorbis / Ogg FLAC support
* “File Operations / Delete File(s)” now uses Recycle Bin
* Better integration of information lookup (freedb etc) components with Audio CD ripping UI
* Option to ReplayGain-scan converter output after conversion
* CDDA extraction bug fixes / improvements
* Improved “Open Audio CD" dialog
* Various progress dialogs no longer block UI
* Changed Media Library new item tracking behaviors
* Fixed low-samplerate LC AAC files mis-reported as HE AAC
* Improved compatibility with Windows Vista
* Various cosmetic changes
* Other minor bug fixes
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.2 Final:
* Native support for new free Nero Digital AAC encoder
* New “Advanced Preferences” page
* More compatible MP4 tagging scheme
* New CD ripping UI
* Added “directory context menus” feature to file type associations
* Support for realtime DSP preset editing through DSP Manager page
* Fixed various networking issues
* APL support (no longer maintained) moved to a separately downloadable component (Monkey’s Audio support)
* Various cosmetic changes
* Various other bug fixes
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9.1 Beta:
* Faster Ogg Vorbis tag editing.
* Official ASIO support (downloadable separately).
* Improved compatibility with buggy soundcard drivers.
* Added DSP preset switching functionality.
* Workedaround buttons display problems on Windows 2000.
* Improved “random” button action with album/directory shuffle.
* Added WMA playback support.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 0.9 Final:
* Reworked UI structure, removed various redundant / rarely used features.
* New: Media Library, replacing old “database” functionality.
* Improved playlist management - better handling of multiple playlists, native multilevel undo and more.
* Changes in title formatting script (field remappings) to make common operations easier.
* New: Converter, replacing old “Diskwriter” component. Includes album image writing (cuesheet creation, direct encoding to MP4 with chapters), preview generation and multi-CPU optimizations. Most popular encoders are supported out-of-the-box; more encoders can be added using generic commandline encoder setup.
* Improved support for specific file formats: faster tag updates with MP3 and FLAC, new native ID3v2 support, rewritten MP4 support now including chapters, rewritten cuesheet handling with improved handling of embedded cuesheets, improved AAC streaming support, and more.
* Various speed optimizations, improved UI responsivity during time-consuming operations; better handling of overkill playlist scripts.
* New: file type associations page in preferences.
* New and improved ReplayGain scanner with proper multichannel support and multi-CPU optimizations; now with option to apply RG adjustment directly to audio data in MP3 files.
* Improved audio CD support, with simple secure ripping functionality.
* Rewritten network code.
* Improved security by replacing various third party libraries with own implementations.
* Various usability improvements.
* Dropped Windows 95/98/ME/NT4 OS support. Windows 2000, XP or newer is now required.
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