foobar2000
Developer: http://www.foobar2000.org
- Reviews
- 5 / 101
- Downloads
- 24,486
Downloads
Downloads are available on foobar2000’s official website.
foobar2000 at a glance
- What it is
- An audio player
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Android and iOS
- Official website
- foobar2000.org
- Alternatives
- MusicBee, Winamp and Clementine
Description
foobar2000 (also known as FB2K according to setup) is a freeware, advanced audio player available for Windows OS. It also runs on macOS, Android and iOS. It offers full Unicode support, gapless playback, a customizable layout, advanced tagging capabilities (which makes it an excellent MP3 tagging tool), support for ripping audio CDs, support for all popular audio formats such as MP3, WMA, FLAC, MP4, WavPack, CD Audio, Vorbis, AAC and other rare formats.
It is also famous for other things such as the low usage of your computer resources (CPU and RAM - which allows you to install it on slower PCs) an impressive customization process and features that are highly appreciated by audiophiles such as support for Asio, KernelStreaming, WASAPI which produces the "bit-perfect" output sound.
When installing foobar2000 you are allowed to choose between the standard installation on your computer and portable. The portable mode does not support file association.