foobar2000

Foobar2000 is a highly customizable and lightweight media player designed for Windows. The user interface can be customized and modified to act like almost any other media player. A variety of innovative features are included.

Foobar 2000
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
10 reviews
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9 positive
0 mixed
1 negative

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Pros:
Do you agree?
limited memory usage
+8agreedisagree

highly customizable
+8agreedisagree

Supports a wide range of audio codecs
+7agreedisagree

Supports many tagging formats for metadata
+3agreedisagree

built in ReplayGain
+3agreedisagree

built in transcoder
+2agreedisagree

Cons:
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Windows only
+5agreedisagree

does not work with some media keyboards, or difficult to configure.
+2agreedisagree


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This report was started November 15, 2007 at 10:06 am by Erik
with the last edit occurring October 29, 2009 at 11:35 am by VesNL
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Comments

1.  avatar GT-D said:

I love foobar2000 - I'll have to update the product info here soon
Jan 10, 2008 11:42am
2.  avatar VesNL said:

I linked fooremote to my iPhone and can now control Foobar from the couch. Only need to hook it up to a future A/V receiver and I'm set. Never leaving the couch again :P
Oct 29, 2009 11:35am
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Yale

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April 1, 2009
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ProSCORE
75
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mixed
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6 pros
2 cons
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Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs
  • Supports many tagging formats for metadata
  • built in ReplayGain
  • built in transcoder

Cons

  • Windows only
  • does not work with some media keyboards, or difficult to configure.

Competitors

Yale prefers foobar2000 over iTunes, MediaMonkey, Winamp, Songbird
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bissap

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September 2, 2009
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reviewer
ProSCORE
83
negative
mixed
positive
5 pros
1 con

Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs
  • Supports many tagging formats for metadata
  • built in ReplayGain

Cons

  • Windows only

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enzo1982

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July 11, 2009
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
0 cons

Pros

  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs
  • built in ReplayGain
  • built in transcoder

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

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mogleum

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March 28, 2009
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reviewer
ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
1 con

Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs

Cons

  • Windows only

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cazssiew

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July 11, 2008
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ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
1 con

Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs

Cons

  • Windows only

Competitors

cazssiew prefers foobar2000 over Winamp
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kpjas

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July 11, 2008
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
0 cons

Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs
  • Supports many tagging formats for metadata

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

kpjas prefers foobar2000 over Winamp, iTunes
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VesNL

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October 29, 2009
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reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
0 cons
love itlove it
have ithave it

Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable
  • Supports a wide range of audio codecs

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Comments

"I linked fooremote to my iPhone and can now control Foobar from the couch. Only need to hook it up to a future A/V receiver and I'm set. Never leaving the couch again :P"

Competitors

VesNL prefers foobar2000 over VLC media player, BonkEnc, MediaMonkey, Winamp, Songbird, iTunes
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GT-D

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February 7, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
67
negative
mixed
positive
2 pros
1 con
have ithave it
love itlove it

Pros

  • limited memory usage
  • highly customizable

Cons

  • does not work with some media keyboards, or difficult to configure.

Comments

"I love foobar2000 - I'll have to update the product info here soon"

Competitors

GT-D prefers foobar2000 over Winamp, MediaMonkey, iTunes
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Howlsthunder

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April 1, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
0
negative
mixed
positive
0 pros
1 con

Pros

Did not agree with any pros

Cons

  • Windows only

Competitors

Howlsthunder prefers iTunes over foobar2000
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imanimpostor

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June 19, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
1 pro
0 cons
have ithave it
love itlove it

Pros

  • limited memory usage

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

imanimpostor prefers foobar2000 over iTunes, MediaMonkey, Winamp
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