A beta version of foobar2000 v0.9 is available for public testing.
The installer will be be offered as bittorrent download exclusively for the first days to preserve server capacities. Later on, it will also be available as conventional HTTP download.
Components made for v0.8.3 and older will no longer load.
An SDK will be released to the public after foobar2000 v0.9 goes final.
Installation notes:
- Please install into a clean directory.
- Disable "per-user settings" in the installer if you want to keep your old configuration. The configuration file is not compatible with v0.8.3 and older.
Requirements
:
foobar2000 v0.9 beta requires a Unicode capable version of the Windows operating system. It will not work on Windows 95, 98 or ME.
Downloads links:
foobar2000 v0.9 beta 3
Download normal versionDownload full versionOfficial beta page
Components in normal version:
- Default User Interface
- Standard input array
- Standard DSP array
- Album List
- Converter (formerly known as Diskwriter)
- Masstagger
- ReplayGain Scanner
Components in full version:
- all components from the normal version, plus
- ABX comparator
- AC3 decoder
- ALAC decoder
- Archive reader (supports 7-Zip, RAR, ZIP, GZIP)
- Audio CD writer
- Autoplaylist
- CD Audio decoder
- Crossfeed DSP
- Database search
- DUMB module decoder
- DXi MIDI synthesizer host
- Festalon
- Game Emu Player
- OggPreview
- sidplay2
- Utilities
New features (incomplete):
- Improved playlist management: all playlists are editable without being active, multiple playlists with the same name, Autoplaylists
- Field remappings in titleformat scripts: see Titleformat Introduction and
Titleformat Reference for details
- Tag merging: combines information from multiple tag formats on the same file
- ID3v2 support with padding for fast tag updates
- Cleaned-up preferences
- On-line help system for preferences pages (uses the HA wiki)
- Playback queue (contents are currently not viewable)
- Instantaneuos volume changes
- User interface selection: if a new user interface is detected at start-up, you can chose which one to use
- File type associations editor in preferences
- Ability to reset individual pages in preferences (if supported by the component that provides the page)
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