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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. Built in audio converter tool. Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND... and more with additional components. Gapless playback. Easily customizable user interface layout. Advanced tagging capabilities.
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Download foobar2000 2.26.1 Windows 64-bit 7MB Win64
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Download foobar2000 2.26 Mac 64-bit 11MB Mac64
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Download foobar2000 2.26.1 Windows ARM 64-bit 7MB WinARM64
Download foobar2000 2.26.2 Preview Windows 64-bit 7.3MB Win64
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Download foobar2000 1.5.12 Windows XP 4.2MB WinXP
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Mac OS More information and other downloads
Download Free Encoder Pack 2026-03-13 5MB Win
Free Encoder Pack includes free encoders, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Musepack, WavPack, AAC + Apple Lossless (qaac) - requires iTunes to be installed (read more...), AAC (fhgaacenc) - requires Winamp to be installed (read more...), Apple Lossless (refalac), MP3 (LAME)
Free Encoder Pack includes free encoders, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Musepack, WavPack, AAC + Apple Lossless (qaac) - requires iTunes to be installed (read more...), AAC (fhgaacenc) - requires Winamp to be installed (read more...), Apple Lossless (refalac), MP3 (LAME)
Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New
foobar2000 v2.26.2 preview change log
2026-10-25
UPnP: Made send icy-meta style song titles to devices that ask for them.
UPnP: Attempted fix for playback ending prematurely on Denon devices.
2026-10-23
New additions to saved M3U/M3U8 playtlists: #foo-subsongs - list of subsong/chapter indexes for the next file in playlist.
Example: #foo-subsongs:1-10,12,14
This allows M3U/M3U8 playlists to retain subsong/chapter info.
Also needed by upcoming foobar2000 mobile update to recognize chapters in playlist-referenced media.
Mac: Updated internal Playback Statistics to latest codebase.
2026-10-22
Changed ARDFTSC resampler profile mapping to quality scale, 0.5 no longer uses modes with large window, which caused issues.
This change should fix various "lagging UI" issues apparently inflicted by ARDFTSRC middle mode operating on large blocks of audio.
Changed resampler_manager default resampler choice if no user preference is set - chooses faster resapmler (Speex) for <0.5, slower (ARDFTSRC) for >=0.5.
Above doesn't work for legacy get_resampler() method which didn't have a quality value parameter - components using it will get Speex resampler as more compatible.
Use resampler_manager::make_chain_() instantiate resamplers programmatically with quality scale value.
Windows / Default UI: Fixed weird behavior of theme importer - custom columns & grouping values from imported theme are added to your config after approving theme preview, not first time menu showing them is opened.
Windows: Code signed all utility DLLs bundled (FFmpeg, zlib, sqlite) to prevent foobar2000 being blocked by "Smart App Control".
2026-10-16
Attempted fix for fullscreen visualizations having borders on some systems.
Improved behavior of shared worker thread pool on dual core systems (also mitigates lock up of foo_playcount on affected machines).
2026-10-14
Installer now detects Wine and offers to configure Wine compatibility options to work around known compatibility issues, especially with old Wine bundled by certain Linux distros.
Removed Wine workarounds from UPnP Tools component, no longer needed with above fix.
Default UI: restored pure GDI HBITMAP rendering of album art by default, addressing various reported annoyances.
2026-10-25
UPnP: Made send icy-meta style song titles to devices that ask for them.
UPnP: Attempted fix for playback ending prematurely on Denon devices.
2026-10-23
New additions to saved M3U/M3U8 playtlists: #foo-subsongs - list of subsong/chapter indexes for the next file in playlist.
Example: #foo-subsongs:1-10,12,14
This allows M3U/M3U8 playlists to retain subsong/chapter info.
Also needed by upcoming foobar2000 mobile update to recognize chapters in playlist-referenced media.
Mac: Updated internal Playback Statistics to latest codebase.
2026-10-22
Changed ARDFTSC resampler profile mapping to quality scale, 0.5 no longer uses modes with large window, which caused issues.
This change should fix various "lagging UI" issues apparently inflicted by ARDFTSRC middle mode operating on large blocks of audio.
Changed resampler_manager default resampler choice if no user preference is set - chooses faster resapmler (Speex) for <0.5, slower (ARDFTSRC) for >=0.5.
Above doesn't work for legacy get_resampler() method which didn't have a quality value parameter - components using it will get Speex resampler as more compatible.
Use resampler_manager::make_chain_() instantiate resamplers programmatically with quality scale value.
Windows / Default UI: Fixed weird behavior of theme importer - custom columns & grouping values from imported theme are added to your config after approving theme preview, not first time menu showing them is opened.
Windows: Code signed all utility DLLs bundled (FFmpeg, zlib, sqlite) to prevent foobar2000 being blocked by "Smart App Control".
2026-10-16
Attempted fix for fullscreen visualizations having borders on some systems.
Improved behavior of shared worker thread pool on dual core systems (also mitigates lock up of foo_playcount on affected machines).
2026-10-14
Installer now detects Wine and offers to configure Wine compatibility options to work around known compatibility issues, especially with old Wine bundled by certain Linux distros.
Removed Wine workarounds from UPnP Tools component, no longer needed with above fix.
Default UI: restored pure GDI HBITMAP rendering of album art by default, addressing various reported annoyances.
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All features
Plays all mainstream audio formats out of the box.
Additional decoder components enable even more formats.
Gapless playback.
Stream music on your local network; foobar2000 can be used to control network audio players or foobar2000 running on another device.
Easily customizable user interface layout on Windows and Mac OS.
Advanced tagging capabilities.
Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats.
Full ReplayGain support.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
Many built-in DSP effects, additional available through DSP components; can load VST effects via VST adapter on Windows, Audio Units on Mac OS.
Internet radio support, including integration with Radio Browser.
Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player - browse add-on components
Available on: Windows, Mac OS, Android and iOS. Windows version works on Linux via Wine.
No strings attached, no telemetry, no data collection.
Audio file formats supported natively
MP3
M4A, including AAC and Apple Lossless
AAC
Ogg Vorbis
Opus
Musepack
Speex
AC3
DTS
WMA
FLAC & Ogg FLAC
WavPack
Monkey's Audio
TAK
WAV
Wave64
RF64
AIFF
AU/SND
Matroska/WebM
MPEG Transport Stream (.ts)
MP2
Internet radio formats supported natively
MP3
AAC
Ogg Vorbis
Ogg FLAC
Opus
HLS
Additional decoder components enable even more formats.
Gapless playback.
Stream music on your local network; foobar2000 can be used to control network audio players or foobar2000 running on another device.
Easily customizable user interface layout on Windows and Mac OS.
Advanced tagging capabilities.
Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats.
Full ReplayGain support.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
Many built-in DSP effects, additional available through DSP components; can load VST effects via VST adapter on Windows, Audio Units on Mac OS.
Internet radio support, including integration with Radio Browser.
Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player - browse add-on components
Available on: Windows, Mac OS, Android and iOS. Windows version works on Linux via Wine.
No strings attached, no telemetry, no data collection.
Audio file formats supported natively
MP3
M4A, including AAC and Apple Lossless
AAC
Ogg Vorbis
Opus
Musepack
Speex
AC3
DTS
WMA
FLAC & Ogg FLAC
WavPack
Monkey's Audio
TAK
WAV
Wave64
RF64
AIFF
AU/SND
Matroska/WebM
MPEG Transport Stream (.ts)
MP2
Internet radio formats supported natively
MP3
AAC
Ogg Vorbis
Ogg FLAC
Opus
HLS
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The best!
Review by testtesttest on
Feb 17, 2026 Version: 2.25.6
OS: Windows 10 Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
I have never used footbar2000, however, a few weeks ago, I had problems with some music files, whose format was .spc (encrypted), so after installing it, and doing a brief search, I discovered that it has a series of extensions that convert not only this but other specific audio formats (.vgm) to flac, ogg, and other audio formats, and all in the correct way.
I didn't explore it further, however, just from this report, I realize that footbar2000 is more than a player but rather, it's a Swiss army knife, for audio conversions, it's simply great.
I didn't explore it further, however, just from this report, I realize that footbar2000 is more than a player but rather, it's a Swiss army knife, for audio conversions, it's simply great.
Review by Diego Carvalho on
Jun 3, 2024 Version: 2.1.5
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
I use Foobar to equalise the volumes of my MP4 music videos. Works great!
Review by Alwyn on
Dec 1, 2022 Version: 1.6.11
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
The wasapi component still does not work on windows 11.
Review by Goran on
Oct 20, 2021 Version: foobar2000 1.6.7 / 1.6.8 Beta 4
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
Rating by Romsryu on
Jun 22, 2021 Version: 1.6.7 Beta 12
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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