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
82
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mixed
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9 positive
0 mixed
1 negative

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Pros:
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limited memory usage
+8agreedisagree

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highly customizable
+8agreedisagree

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Supports a wide range of audio codecs
+7agreedisagree

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Supports many tagging formats for metadata
+3agreedisagree

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built in ReplayGain
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built in transcoder
+2agreedisagree

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Windows only
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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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iTunes

iTunes

MSRP  $0.00    Released  January, 2001
Pros
  • Easy-to-use synching with iPod device
  • Clean, slick, easy to use interface.
  • Excellent support for podcasts, mostly free podcast subscriptions.
Cons
  • Installs many services and bloatware
  • Slows down Windows
  • High startup time on Windows
ProSCORE
39 reviews
56
Vote! (15 votes)
vote foobar2000 53% vs. vote iTunes 47%
Winamp

Winamp

MSRP  $0.00    Released  June, 1997
Pros
  • Extensive plugin support
  • Not a computer resource hog like WMP
  • Great UI, with easy to access library, playlist, EQ, visualization, etc.
Cons
  • Windows Only
  • default installation includes a lot of useless bloat
  • owned by AOL
ProSCORE
30 reviews
82
Vote! (16 votes)
vote foobar2000 56% vs. vote Winamp 44%
Songbird

Songbird

MSRP  $0.00    Released  December, 2008
Pros
  • expandable with extensions
  • cross-platform
  • stable
Cons
  • still missing many standard features
  • internal browser is somewhat useless
  • No PowerPC build for Mac
ProSCORE
2 reviews
60
Vote! (3 votes)
vote foobar2000 67% vs. vote Songbird 33%
VLC media player

VLC media player

MSRP  $0.00    Released  February, 2001
Pros
  • Supports lots of codecs
  • Does not use much memory and opens quickly
  • Available for Windows and Macintosh
  • Plays anything you throw at it from any source including local, disc, network, or Web
Cons
  • Can't select multiple objects and have them play in succession
  • Full-screen interface
ProSCORE
36 reviews
88
Vote! (1 vote)
vote foobar2000 100% vs. vote VLC media player 0%
MediaMonkey

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MSRP  --    Released  January, 2006
Pros
  • Automatically tag and Album Art lookup
  • Auto volume leveling
  • Auto tagging
  • Audio CD ripping
Cons
  • PC Only
  • Separate for-pay "gold" version
ProSCORE
4 reviews
84
Vote! (4 votes)
vote foobar2000 100% vs. vote MediaMonkey 0%
BonkEnc

BonkEnc

MSRP  $0.00    Released  May, 2009

BonkEnc is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular audio formats. It can rip to and transcode between MP3, MP4/AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WAV and supports Winamp input plugins to allow decoding of more formats. BonkEnc also integrates freedb queries and supports writing ID3v2, Vorbis Comment and MP4...

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Comments

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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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6 pros
2 cons
love itlove it
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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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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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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
approved
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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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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
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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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