Audio Software Players foobar2000 for Windows

foobar2000 for Windows foobar2000 for Windows 2.0 Beta 11 for Windows

by Peter Pawlowski

Avg. Rating 4.5 (3,470 votes)

File Details

File Size 5.4 MB
License Freeware
Operating System Windows 7/8/10/11
Date Added
Total Downloads 296,318
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

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.

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

Avg. Rating 4.5 (3,470 votes)
Your Rating

Someone reviewed v on Mar 19, 2023

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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

TGB72

TGB72 reviewed v1.3.3 on Jul 27, 2014

My second choice, it's super versatile and the sound it's pretty good (not as good as AIMP) but it needs a decent equalizer urgently.

DKDude

DKDude reviewed v1.3.3 on Jul 17, 2014

Still the BEST, thank you for a GREAT player.

Use it daily to stream radio and music from the Net, works as it should and always did.

roj

roj reviewed v1.3.1 on Mar 14, 2014

Haven't tested the streaming to see if it's better (will leave it running today and will check this evening to see if it managed to retain connectivity to SomaFM) but the addition of the Export function for the error reporting on file integrity checking is enormously appreciated. Also have to check WASAPI with my Logitech USB Z-Cinemas to see if that now works properly as well. It didn't stall out on some 15,000 lossless files across my network either - awesome! Tentative FIVE stars.

Edit:

Streaming problems I iterated before aparrently solved - the player held tenaciously to SomaFM for well over 12 houts when it previously would inexplicably stop after 45 minutes (DeadBeef on Linux wouldn't falter over the same timeframe). Unfortunately, WASAPI 3.x remains broken with my USB Z=Cinemas where 2.x worked fine. So-called "improvements" should not remove previously available functionality - it seems to be a lesson that many devs today (ranging from Microsoft, GNOME and Mozilla to this one) need to learn.

Downgraded to FOUR stars.

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