Audio Software Players foobar2000 for Windows

foobar2000 for Windows foobar2000 for Windows 2.0 for Windows

by Peter Pawlowski

Avg. Rating 4.5 (3,473 votes)

File Details

File Size 5.5 MB
License Freeware
Operating System Windows 7/8/10/11
Date Added
Total Downloads 296,496
Publisher Peter Pawlowski
Homepage foobar2000
Other Versions

Publisher's Description

foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

Latest Reviews

nikos3194

nikos3194 reviewed v2.0 on May 15, 2024

A good app to play music

Ferdinand Waters

Ferdinand Waters reviewed v2.0 on Jun 23, 2023

Thanks to the built-in utilities, you can easily transcode music from one format to another, record audio from a microphone or other sound device, edit the tags of MP3, OGG, WMA files, as well as a group to rename or sort music files.

SirBannana

SirBannana reviewed v2.0 Beta 11 on Jun 20, 2023

It is an application that I still use today. It has everything I used to have to do in several programs.

Loading 5,000 files, removing tags from them or modifying them, converting them to another format, all this for it is not a problem. And on top of that, during such operations it uses all the processors so the application is extremely fast.

Love it :)

krunkerio

krunkerio reviewed v1.6.8 Beta 6 on Jan 21, 2022

I definitely give it five stars because it deserves it.

rutherfordpaul

rutherfordpaul reviewed v1.4.1 Beta 1 on Oct 9, 2018

Checked foobar2000_v1.4.exe on Virus Total (VT).

VT says
2 engines detected this file
SHA-256 7c048faecfec79f9ec2b332b2c68b25e0d0219b47a7c679fe56f2ec05686a96a
File name foobar2000_v1.4.exe
File size 4.25 MB
Last analysis 2018-10-09 08:48:49 UTC

Having said that I checked the previous version I have been happily using.
VT said ...
One engine detected this file
SHA-256 a45b63598ddc0645aedb57a715c285b249e2f66831973aef993895e39edf534d
File name foobar2000_v1.3.17.exe
File size 3.78 MB
Last analysis 2018-10-05 15:04:53 UTC

I'll give it the benefit of the doubt - and use it.

dory69

dory69 reviewed v1.4 Beta 4 on Feb 5, 2018

This article was definitely helpful and has sparked up my interested.
kissanime https://kiss-anime.co/

azdps

azdps reviewed v1.4 Beta 4 on Feb 4, 2018

i use this is convert my audio files to AAC. This is an outstanding program and it works great!

krgood

krgood reviewed v1.3.13 Beta 1 on Sep 20, 2016

I get the same notification from AVG...I am not going to download any more versions until it can be determined that it is free of malware/viruses/trojans etc.

vailr

vailr reviewed v1.3.12 on Sep 17, 2016

This file seems to have been infected with a trojan: version "foobar2000 1.3.12".
Both the file from BN and also directly from the author's download page give the same results from Avira AV when running the installer .exe file: Detection: TR/AD.NsisInject.8f0f0c (Cloud). Does NOT seem to be a "false positive" detection. This occurs immediately after double-clicking the .exe installer, before any further option choices would appear, such as allowing installation of Google Chrome, or other 3rd-party money generating add-on software. The software is very useful, except for the above noted problem.

dhry

dhry reviewed v1.3.12 Beta 1 on Aug 24, 2016

Beta 2 is out.

Avg. Rating 4.5 (3,473 votes)
Your Rating
nikos3194

nikos3194 reviewed v2.0 on May 15, 2024

Pros: Can play almost all audio formats
Super lightweight. It takes almost none of the system resources (CPU/RAM)
Has portable version

Cons: Some plugins must be installed manually

Bottom Line: A good app to play music

Ferdinand Waters

Ferdinand Waters reviewed v2.0 on Jun 23, 2023

Pros: I use AIMP player, it's a multifunctional audio center. Easy to use
I can share the link where you can download https://www.softportal.com/software-5099-aimp.html

Cons:

Bottom Line: Thanks to the built-in utilities, you can easily transcode music from one format to another, record audio from a microphone or other sound device, edit the tags of MP3, OGG, WMA files, as well as a group to rename or sort music files.

SirBannana

SirBannana reviewed v2.0 Beta 11 on Jun 20, 2023

Pros: Light, fast and a lot of features.

Cons: Not really/

Bottom Line: It is an application that I still use today. It has everything I used to have to do in several programs.

Loading 5,000 files, removing tags from them or modifying them, converting them to another format, all this for it is not a problem. And on top of that, during such operations it uses all the processors so the application is extremely fast.

Love it :)

Someone reviewed v on Mar 19, 2023

Pros:

Cons:

Bottom Line:

Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

krunkerio

krunkerio reviewed v1.6.8 Beta 6 on Jan 21, 2022

Pros: I have been using this software for about 1 year. Honestly, it's one of the best software I've ever used. Ease of use, fast and good customer care is what I like best here. https://krunkerio.io

Cons: Maybe there's only one thing I don't like, it's not updated as much as I expected, hope you guys will improve more.

Bottom Line: I definitely give it five stars because it deserves it.

rutherfordpaul

rutherfordpaul reviewed v1.4.1 Beta 1 on Oct 9, 2018

Pros: Best audio player choice ...

Cons: ... were it not for suspect virus payload.

Bottom Line: Checked foobar2000_v1.4.exe on Virus Total (VT).

VT says
2 engines detected this file
SHA-256 7c048faecfec79f9ec2b332b2c68b25e0d0219b47a7c679fe56f2ec05686a96a
File name foobar2000_v1.4.exe
File size 4.25 MB
Last analysis 2018-10-09 08:48:49 UTC

Having said that I checked the previous version I have been happily using.
VT said ...
One engine detected this file
SHA-256 a45b63598ddc0645aedb57a715c285b249e2f66831973aef993895e39edf534d
File name foobar2000_v1.3.17.exe
File size 3.78 MB
Last analysis 2018-10-05 15:04:53 UTC

I'll give it the benefit of the doubt - and use it.

dory69

dory69 reviewed v1.4 Beta 4 on Feb 5, 2018

Pros: This article was definitely helpful and has sparked up my interested.
kissanime https://kiss-anime.co/

Cons: This article was definitely helpful and has sparked up my interested.
kissanime https://kiss-anime.co/

Bottom Line: This article was definitely helpful and has sparked up my interested.
kissanime https://kiss-anime.co/

azdps

azdps reviewed v1.4 Beta 4 on Feb 4, 2018

Pros: Free
Works great
Excellent audio converter
Numerous components (extensions)

Cons: None

Bottom Line: i use this is convert my audio files to AAC. This is an outstanding program and it works great!

krgood

krgood reviewed v1.3.13 Beta 1 on Sep 20, 2016

I get the same notification from AVG...I am not going to download any more versions until it can be determined that it is free of malware/viruses/trojans etc.

vailr

vailr reviewed v1.3.12 on Sep 17, 2016

This file seems to have been infected with a trojan: version "foobar2000 1.3.12".
Both the file from BN and also directly from the author's download page give the same results from Avira AV when running the installer .exe file: Detection: TR/AD.NsisInject.8f0f0c (Cloud). Does NOT seem to be a "false positive" detection. This occurs immediately after double-clicking the .exe installer, before any further option choices would appear, such as allowing installation of Google Chrome, or other 3rd-party money generating add-on software. The software is very useful, except for the above noted problem.

dhry

dhry reviewed v1.3.12 Beta 1 on Aug 24, 2016

Beta 2 is out.

Music4Ever

Music4Ever reviewed v1.3.8 on Mar 26, 2015

Superb player - Personally I prefer AIMP mainly for the skins but foobar is one of the best.

Antichrist

Antichrist reviewed v1.3.7 Beta 1 on Dec 23, 2014

I love foobar2000 but it really needs to come with at least an option of skins upon install like WinAmp does. If you have been driven away by its sparse look and gave up on it here's a skin I'd recommend which will most likely make you appreciate the player:

http://tedgo.deviantart....rt/DarkOne-v4-360862076

I also dig this for addon for adding lyrics to files:

http://www.foobar2000.or...ts/view/foo_uie_lyrics3

Enlightenment

Enlightenment reviewed v1.3.6 on Dec 19, 2014

if you care MORE about high-quality music player instead of fancy moving themes that waste CPU cycles, then choose foobar2000

foobar2000 for audio player + another program for video player is the way to go!

foobar2000 is very light-weight and doesn't load up tons of junk just to play music

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