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foobar2000 2.25 download

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.

Peter Pawlowski Music players #11 Music players
This is an older version. The current version is 2.26.1. foobar2000 2.26.1 · Released:

Installer files 2.25

ArchitectureTypeScopeFile sizeDownloadSHA256
64-bit EXE (NSIS) All users 7.6 MB foobar2000.org VirusTotal
ARM64 EXE (NSIS) All users 6.7 MB foobar2000.org VirusTotal
32-bit EXE (NSIS) All users 6.7 MB foobar2000.org VirusTotal

Link and SHA256 come from the Windows Package Manager community manifest. Compare the hash of the downloaded file before running it.

Release notes

- Built-in UPnP media renderer, both client (play to another device) and server (be controlled by another device).
- Other foobar2000 instances on your local network, with UPnP remote control feature active, will be listed as output devices.
- foobar2000-to-foobar2000 playback shows tags with album covers on the other end, using Ogg FLAC as stream container.
- Media Library improvements, most notably:
- Can natively index FTP/WebDAV/SMB network shares.
- Improved response to enabling/disabling/installing/uninstalling decoders - only reloads info from affected music files.
- Codecs, most notably:
- FFmpeg updated to 8.0, added native support for xHE-AAC decoding.
- Rewritten Ogg FLAC tag handling, properly implemented embedded album art.
- Fixed ReplayGain tags not being saved in multichapter Ogg/Opus files.
- Portable install improvements
- Changed the way relative paths are handled, so cached tags are no longer forgotten after relaunching from a different path.
- Made possible so specify no-cover pics as relative path to install location.
- Converter:
- Enabled RF64 writing.
- Fixed Converter failing to function until foobar2000 restart after removal of %TEMP%\foo_converter.
- Other
- Added preferences page for network share credentials so you don't have to place them in URLs anymore.
- Made editing DSP settings momentarily lower output latency to make DSPs appear more responsive.
- Fixed Properties 'rewrite tags' not working if nothing has been edited.
- Installer is now hi-DPI friendly.
- Made system file dialogs invoked out-of-process, to avoid stability issues.
- See release notes for full list of changes.

https://www.foobar2000.org/changelog

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