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foobar2000 2.26 download

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

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This is an older version. The current version is 2.26.1. foobar2000 2.26.1 · Released:

Installer files 2.26

ArchitectureTypeScopeFile sizeDownloadSHA256
64-bit EXE (NSIS) All users 8.0 MB foobar2000.org VirusTotal
ARM64 EXE (NSIS) All users 6.9 MB foobar2000.org VirusTotal
32-bit EXE (NSIS) All users 7.0 MB foobar2000.org VirusTotal

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Release notes

- Converter changes
- New preset format, presets stored as .ini files in profile subfolder. Old presets imported on first run.
- Better error messages when receiving unexpected data format change in mid-conversion; made discard blank chunks before checking for format match.
- Added extensible post-conversion actions which can be used for ReplayGain scanning, integrity testing, etc.
- On conversion error, encoder's stderr output is forwarded to foobar2000 console.
- Ogg chaining is now off by default, Ogg chapters written by default instead.
- Added %source_list_index% & %source_list_total%, only for multi track image naming pattern use, to allow use of list indexes in the pattern.
- Made file name preview recognize newly added %source_list_index%.
- Made show output of command-line encoder program in error popup if conversion has failed.
- Made "no DSP reset" explicitly shown in overview, as it's dangerous if enabled unintentionally.
- ReplayGain Scanner changes
- Added new interface for components to access ReplayGain scanning options.
- Added option to write REPLAYGAIN_ALGORITHM tag.
- Default mode is now more accurately named "ITU-R BS.1770".
- Resampler technology updates
- New resamplers: ARDFTSRC and Speex, replacing SSRC and libretro from previous versions. New resamplers provide better quality at comparable speeds / better speeds at comparable quality.
- Cleaned up resampler settings, removed pointless "exclude rates" checkboxes, added explicit hints about formatting.
- Made resampler priority setting accept short names of resamplers, e.g. "speex;ardftsrc".
- Playback & file format handling changes
- Added support for decoding TrueHD & MLP streams in Matroska.
- New info field: container (MP4, Matroska, Ogg, etc)
- Improved handling of Matroska Segment Title field.
- Improved recovery of malformed UTF-8 text in various tag formats.
- Made print name of file format handler used to console, after "opening track for playback".
- More accurate on_playback_dynamic_info() timing, restored correct operation of OpenMPT visualizations.
- Added advanced preferences toggle to turn off all subsong support, forcibly present 1 file as 1 playlist entry.
- Faster opening of Matroska files.
- Monkey's Audio format is now handled via FFmpeg.
- MP4/M4A/M4B improvements
- Tagtype info (Apple, Nero)
- No longer writes Nero tags by default for single chapter files, only for multi chapter where other tagging formats can't store per track tags.
- Added support for some rarely used Apple tag elements.
- No longer alters binary structure of Apple tag elements which are not affected by edits.
- More robust handling of unusual Apple tag fields.
- General usability changes
- New title formatting field: %_cpu_arch%
- Added drag&drop from Internet Radio pages to playlist.
- Attempt to play a password-protected resource such as radio stream now shows a password prompt.
- Equalizer now accepts presets via drag&drop from Explorer/Finder.
- Added "Play on" feature from foobar2000 mobile - accessible from playlist & internet radio context menu .
- Made playlist sort operations recognize %queue_index% and other playlist specific fields.
- Added "Playback Information" section to View menu, meant for components.
- Made "Verify with AccurateRip" command available if your tracknumbers don't strictly match most common numbering scheme.
- Added Help / Search Query Syntax.
- Smarter "remove duplicates" code, made aware of various scenarios where different perceived paths point to same file.
- Restored LargeFieldsConfig feature - https://www.foobar2000.org/LargeFieldsConfig-v2
- Updated title formatting help with some recent and some not-really-recent additions.
- File Operations: Made gracefully refuse to rename archive contents.
- Networking
- Improved reading of RAR archives on network shares.
- Improved SMB read throughput over high-latency connections.
- Windows specific changes
- Advanced Preferences: Disabled Wine treeview workarounds if running Wine newer than 11.12.
- Default User Interface: made render album art using Windows Imaging Component / Direct2D.
- Enabled reading of EXIF orientation info from album cover pictures.
- Libraries updated to newer versions: FFmpeg, Opus, zlib, RAR, 7-zip, SQLite

https://www.foobar2000.org/changelog

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