foobar2000 0.9 Public Beta
Posted by kl33per on 23 May 2005 - 13:54 · 47 comments & 885 views
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. Please install into a clean directory.

An SDK will be released to the public after foobar2000 v0.9 goes final.

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.

Download: foobar2000 v0.9 beta 3 normal 1.20MB (torrent) & full version 1.93MB (torrent)
View: Official 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
  • Cleaned-up preferences
  • On-line help system for preferences pages (uses the HA wiki)
  • Playback queue
  • ...


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by ozxar on 23 May 2005 - 14:28
Great, been looking forward to a new release for awhile
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by slimy on 23 May 2005 - 15:03
why a torrent, it's less than 2 megs. thx for the news
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by petrolxl on 23 May 2005 - 21:31
They use torrent so the file is accesible to more people. They don't have to worry about their bandwidth getting hammered by too many downloads.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by VICTORT on 23 May 2005 - 15:08
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4003 ... download links... But im going to stay with 0.8.3 untill its final.. Almost no plugins work for the new version atm
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by n1g3lng on 23 May 2005 - 15:52
o/ best media player of all time. very light on resource & very stable (so far)
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by NyaR on 23 May 2005 - 21:44
foobar doesnt support video, therefore its an audio player
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by nic on 23 May 2005 - 15:58
I'll have to try this one out. Its great for what its for!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by elliot on 23 May 2005 - 16:13
Finally, I was beginning to think it would never be updated...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by smashguy on 23 May 2005 - 16:19
Good program!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by Liaqat_ali on 23 May 2005 - 16:28
I guess its a little toooooo early for the torrents to be used for just 2 MBs of files. It took me around 5mins to get it started.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by kljs on 23 May 2005 - 17:09
It took me a about less than a minute to finished downloading via torrent.

anyway, this beta has some feature turned off. probably will be turned on in the final version.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by illz55 on 23 May 2005 - 17:10
Awesome player!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by kainashi on 23 May 2005 - 17:49
love foobar.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by ev0| on 23 May 2005 - 19:05
/me hugs foobar
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by jamatfu on 23 May 2005 - 19:30
Is this as good as Winamp?




Quote this comment #13.1 Posted by 505 on 23 May 2005 - 19:51
No, it's better. At least, in my opinion. Just try it out, but be prepared to invest some time in it to adjust it to your liking. After I did that I never though of going back yo Winamp.
Quote this comment #13.2 Posted by [HUSKY] on 24 May 2005 - 06:51
if u want to see the full fuctionality of the player i suggest u download the stable build not this beta
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by wuzz on 23 May 2005 - 20:41
and this is better than winamp because ...
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by phobic on 23 May 2005 - 20:59
No matter what I've tried, I haven't been able to make Winamp sound better than Foobar. Does Foobar use anything different from Winamp in terms of sound processing? I dunno, everything sounds so much cleaner on Foobar than Winamp. Kind of an odd complaint but Foobar has been my primary audio player ever since I realized sound is more important than the way my player looks
Quote this comment #15.1 Posted by kl33per on 24 May 2005 - 00:37
Winamp will never sound better then foobar2000 and vice versa. They both decode whatever format your playing and output. There is no difference in audio quality. The only things that will change the sound are DSP's, but these won't make it sound better, just different.
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by 8-n-1 on 23 May 2005 - 21:17
No matter how many times I try Foobar, I keep going back to WinAmp. Foobar has no intuitive way to configure connection to either FreeDB or CDDB, so you have to enter all of your tags by hand. Forget that...
Quote this comment #16.1 Posted by NyaR on 23 May 2005 - 21:48
just because ur hesitant to look around the right click menu does not mean you have to manually enter tags
Quote this comment #16.2 Posted by Juan4Ever on 24 May 2005 - 04:11
you must be kidding...

right click>free db>Get Tags....
Quote this comment #16.3 Posted by 8-n-1 on 24 May 2005 - 14:47
There's no FreeDB option on my right-click context menu...

Quote this comment #16.4 Posted by chacho on 24 May 2005 - 19:03
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There's no FreeDB option on my right-click context menu...

You installed the Normal version. Get the Special version and select it as an option to install during the installation.
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by ev0| on 23 May 2005 - 22:21
lol @ all the newbs. If you're not a savvy user with a brain, DO NOT USE FOOBAR stick to winamp and leave foobar to the pros kiddies !
Quote this comment #17.1 Posted by Jstphish on 23 May 2005 - 23:11
You do realize the Pro's probably don't use Foobar. Who wants to mess around with settings when something else sounds just as good with better ease of use?
Quote this comment #17.2 Posted by kl33per on 24 May 2005 - 00:42
Actually, a lot of people who are very serious about there music (Pro's as you put it) and a lot of casual listeners (kiddies) use foobar2000. Whilst it's configuration options are extensive, it is also quite usable out-of-the-box. I admit it has taken me time to configure foobar2000 to exactly how I like it, but I would never consider switching back to Winamp. foobar2000 allows more flexibility in how you display the songs in your library, as well as virtually unlimited power to rename, move, tag, convert, burn, etc.
Quote this comment #17.3 Posted by 8-n-1 on 24 May 2005 - 14:48
Exactly. Maybe some of you have spare time to spend tooling around to get Foobar how you want it; the rest of us have actual lives.
Quote this comment #17.4 Posted by ev0| on 25 May 2005 - 17:31
me points to the winamp door.

bye, don't let it hit you on the ass on the way out.
Quote this comment #17.5 Posted by bangbang023 on 27 May 2005 - 01:13
I'm far from being a "newb" yet I prefer Winamp. Have you ever thought that it comes down to taste, not knowledge?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by hardgiant on 24 May 2005 - 00:41
Foobar is great, to bad all the addons are broken.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by Juan4Ever on 24 May 2005 - 04:13
i need a amip update for this... great for foobar...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by Galley on 24 May 2005 - 14:06
Not impressed.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by chacho on 24 May 2005 - 19:04
Meh, I like .83 better.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by maudit on 25 May 2005 - 01:48
anyone have links for updated pluggins?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by mdew on 25 May 2005 - 03:43
does it have a proper volume slider now?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by kl33per on 25 May 2005 - 05:26
In response to the last four posts.

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Not impressed.

Thank you, that was so informative. Go back to Winamp.

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Meh, I like .83 better.

Why? Obviously doesn't have plugin support at this stage, but as soon as it goes final plugins will be updated. I see no reason why you would like .83 better over this.

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anyone have links for updated pluggins?

Plugins won't be updated until 0.9 goes final and the SDK is released.

QUOTE
does it have a proper volume slider now?

It's always had a proper volume slider, it's under preferences. If you don't like that, use Columns UI and the Volume Slider UI Extension.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by mr_demilord on 25 May 2005 - 09:06
foobar $uckz0rz long live winamp
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #26 Posted by Spitfire_x86 on 25 May 2005 - 13:25
Long live CoolPlayer

http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #27 Posted by entruce on 25 May 2005 - 18:07
foobar has great potential for a player but i found it a headach messing with it
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #28 Posted by Ifoow on 25 May 2005 - 18:43
foobar is a bloated piece of crap
Quote this comment #28.1 Posted by corrosive23 on 25 May 2005 - 21:51
hmmm foobar is 2.4 megs, and winamp is 7.8 megs and still doesnt have half the functionality of foobar, yeah foobar is sure bloated huh?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #29 Posted by Shannon on 25 May 2005 - 22:22
The 0.9 SDK hasn't been released yet, so we won't see any additional components until it goes final. However, musicmusic has released a pre-alpha of the much-loved Columns UI component that does work with 0.9 beta. Link.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #30 Posted by Cube on 26 May 2005 - 05:22
its not bloated like some of you are saying its a headache to setup.. I stick with wmp10 its the best
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #31 Posted by hardgiant on 26 May 2005 - 20:07
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hmmm foobar is 2.4 megs, and winamp is 7.8 megs and still doesnt have half the functionality of foobar, yeah foobar is sure bloated huh?


Winamp Lite is 820K and does pretty much everything a audio player should do except that it needs a databank of some sort.

I love foobar as well though.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #32 Posted by Staind on 27 May 2005 - 02:44
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Components made for v0.8.3 and older will no longer load. Please install into a clean directory.

Pity.
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