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

Install with winget
winget install --id PeterPawlowski.foobar2000
Upgrade
winget upgrade --id PeterPawlowski.foobar2000
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id PeterPawlowski.foobar2000

About foobar2000

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

What's new in 2.25.8

- Fixed lock up on specific playlist + album art + auto sizing column use pattern. - Fixed lock up on specific album art tag update operations. - More robust radio-browser server discovery. - Fixed slow loading of FPL playlists regression. - Fixed wrong height & wrong dark mode rendering of popup_message checkbox. - Fixed missing URL-decode of WebDAV file names being shown. - Album List: Worked around Wine bug #59448, fixed multi selection rendering. - Disabled crash report submissions on outdated versions of Wine.

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
2.25.8 Unknown - Fixed lock up on specific playlist + album art + auto sizing column use pattern. - Fixed lock up on specific album art tag update operations. - More robust radio-browser server discovery. - Fixed slow loading of FPL pl...
2.25.7 Unknown - Fixed portable relative path handling bug affecting having portable foobar2000 itself as indexed music folder. - Fixed Direct2D visualization race condition bug resulting in random instability. - Rebuilt FFmpeg without...
2.25.6 Unknown - Mitigation for "error 380" bug in latest Windows update, which caused specific file manipulations to fail in cloud-synced folders such as OneDrive folder. - Fixed MP4/M4A files not being played completely if their tags...
2.25.5 Unknown - Corrected a regression in 2.25.4; incomplete removal of foobar2000 v2.0 beta code leftovers resulted in crashing on a fresh profile.
2.25.4 Unknown - Refined workaround for foo_tags (M-Tags) component bugs. No longer hammers all subsongs when starting playback. - Default User Interface: made cycling tabs by keyboard shortcuts cancel tab rename in progress. - Convert...
2.25.3 Unknown - Fixed very old race condition bugs in decoder merit management, potentially causing decoder to be listed twice. - Fixed missing info reload when changing stream via toolbar dropdown. - Workaround for stuck visualizatio...
2.25.2 Unknown - Workaround for "database is readonly" crash. - Fixed bad interaction of TAK album art reader with decoder merit management. - Enabled album art reading & editing for: AC3/EAC3, DTS. - RTSP appears no longer supported b...
2.25.1 Unknown - Fixed some list control styles not drawing background correctly. - Fixed Monkey's Audio seeking bugs - reverted Monkey's Audio library to version 10.93, same as in foobar2000 v2.24 series. - Fixed a rare bug causing un...
2.25 Unknown - Built-in UPnP media renderer, both client (play to another device) and server (be controlled by another device). - Other foobar2000 instances on your local network, with UPnP remote control feature active, will be list...
2.24.6 Unknown - Fixed excessive memory usage of visualizations in certain conditions. - Restored old behavior of M3U loader, local playlists referencing internet radio can again specify station names. - Improved compatibility with AAC...
2.24.5 Unknown - Changed mapping of channels when playing 7.1 material on 5.1-rear setup; side channels no longer play on front+rear in such scenario. - Fixed incorrect handling of quotation marks in certain search queries. - Cleaned u...
2.24.4 Unknown - Fixed multiple configuration file handling bugs. - Fixed setlocale() misuse breaking specific components after using Converter. - Additional safeguards against mixing program files from different incompatible foobar200...
2.24.3 Unknown - Fixed a bug that caused HLS radio streams to start playing past segments instead of current live segment. - Dark mode: fixed checkboxes not being drawn correctly with specific custom themes. - Dark mode: fixed specific...
2.24.2 Unknown - FLAC/WavPack/Monkey decoder update. - Fixed Album List crash on specific patterns or too many nested folders. - Made certain low-latency output configurations stutter less. - Updated Visual C++ runtime. - Installer now...
2.24.1 Unknown - Fixed 2.24 regression causing certain visualizations, most notably VST adapter, to be jumpy. - Corrected some cases of unnecessary UI flickering on resize/redraw. - Made "sanitize tags" command respect "preserve file t...
2.24 Unknown Release notes
2.1.6 Unknown - Prevented all MP4 tag fields prefixed with replaygain_ from being treated as technical information, only actual ReplayGain fields are now such. - Fixed ReplayGain scanner attempting to scan Audio CD in multiple threads...
2.1.5 Unknown • Removed gnudb from default online tagger settings, as gnudb now demands users to input their actual email addresses. ◦ If you wish to use gnudb, you can configure it manually, but we strongly recommend against it. ◦ On...
2.1.4 Unknown No notes
2.1.3 Unknown No notes