New Update foobar2000 - Audio Player

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2.24.5 released on 2025-05-09​

  • 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 up error handling of Album List & ReFacets autoplaylist creation; no autoplaylist is created if entered search pattern isn't valid.

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foobar2000 v2.24.6​

2.24.6 released on 2025-07-06​

  • 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 radio streams that mix different metadata encoding types.
  • Made HTTP folders possible to load again.
  • Fixed erratic behavior when seeking back from near end of track.
  • Fixed safe mode (triggered after app crash) failing to start up.
  • Made respect embedded color profiles of JPEG & PNG album covers.
  • Fixed WASAPI shared mode audio stream format negotation bug.
 
foobar2000 version 2.25

2.25 released on 2025-09-01​

  • 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 listed as output devices.
    • foobar2000-to-foobar2000 playback shows tags with album covers on the other end, using Ogg FLAC as stream container.
  • Media Library improvements, most notably:
    • Can natively index FTP/WebDAV/SMB network shares.
    • Improved response to enabling/disabling/installing/uninstalling decoders - only reloads info from affected music files.
  • Codecs, most notably:
    • FFmpeg updated to 8.0, added native support for xHE-AAC decoding.
    • Rewritten Ogg FLAC tag handling, properly implemented embedded album art.
    • Fixed ReplayGain tags not being saved in multichapter Ogg/Opus files.
  • Portable install improvements
    • Changed the way relative paths are handled, so cached tags are no longer forgotten after relaunching from a different path.
    • Made possible so specify no-cover pics as relative path to install location.
  • Converter:
    • Enabled RF64 writing.
    • Fixed Converter failing to function until foobar2000 restart after removal of %TEMP%\foo_converter.
  • Other
    • Added preferences page for network share credentials so you don't have to place them in URLs anymore.
    • Made editing DSP settings momentarily lower output latency to make DSPs appear more responsive.
    • Fixed Properties 'rewrite tags' not working if nothing has been edited.
    • Installer is now hi-DPI friendly.
    • Made system file dialogs invoked out-of-process, to avoid stability issues.
  • See release notes for full list of changes.
 
Version 2.25.1
2.25.1 released on 2025-09-11
  • 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 unwanted changes in titles when editing attached pictures on M4A files containing valid chapter list but with just one chapter.
  • Fixed Ogg FLAC tagging bug that caused metadata to disappear if writing pictures.
  • Made Ogg FLAC tag writer refuse to write pictures too large to fit size permitted by the specification.
  • Internet Radio dialog fixed missing tab texture in light mode.
  • Suppressed UPnP initialization if foobar2000 is invoked by installer.
 
Version 2.25.2
2.25.2 released on 2025-10-04
  • 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 by Microsoft WMA runtime - made fail with correct message.
  • Increased size limit for cover pictures embedded in MP4/M4A files or APE tags to 64MB; made refuse to write covers too large for foobar2000 to read back.
  • Made MP4/M4A publisher field recognized.
  • Fixed false errors when seeking in Matroska/FLAC with "verify integrity of played files".
  • Made odd-sized covers rendered with correct aspect ratio in Properties dialog.
  • Matroska seeking/chapters fixes:
    • Fixed seeking accuracy regression introduced in 2.24.
    • Verifier no longer complains about decoded vs reported duration mismatch on affected files (did in pre-2.24).
  • Fixed a bug causing various window positions not to be restored if too close to screen edges.
  • Suppressed flushing of pending visualization data when only running visualization momentarily disappears, fixes visualization going blank when resizing window with just one visualization running.
  • Fixed issues with implicit resampling (WASAPI shared) vs low latency in smooth seeking mode.
  • When doing both implicit resampling and channel remapping, do it in order that costs less CPU (resample then upmix, or downmix then resample).
  • Console now sanitizes bad UTF-8 in received text instead of going off the rails.
  • Fixed a bug that made files where tag reading fails impossible to add to playlist.
  • Fixed glitches in playback error log on Wine.
  • Fixed incorrect handling of non-alphanumeric characters in network passwords.
 
Version 2.25.3
2.25.3 released on 2025-10-29
  • 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 visualizations if playback ends while foobar2000 is invisible.
  • Fixed LD & ELD AAC not being reliably sent to alternate packet decoders.
  • Fixed Decoding Speed Test not remembering last used DSP chain.
  • Fixed missing winsock init for SMB operations, causing all SMB access to fail if no other network features have been used first.
  • Fixed bad interaction between WebDAV filesystem and media library.
  • Workaround for foo_tags stuck info issue.
  • Workaround for WAV headers claiming zero length.
  • Fixed File Operations link vs portable relative paths.
 
Version 2.25.4
2.25.4 released on 2025-12-30
  • 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.
  • Converter: Made "no DSP reset" explicitly shown in overview, as it's dangerous if enabled unintentionally.
  • Fixed various regressions with network shares in Media Library preferences page.
  • File Operations: Fixed error with renaming files on redirected portable music folders.
  • Fixed tag writing issues on fragmented/streaming M4A/MP4 files.
  • Fixed bugs related to copy-paste of file-relative locations in portable installs.
 
Version 2.25.6
2.25.6 released on 2026-01-22
  • 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 contain malformed Apple Gapless information.
  • File Operations: Fixed erratic behavior if empty folders can't be removed.
  • Made recover better from fooHelper.exe crash/termination (system file dialogs).
  • Converter: Fixed a bug causing int32 stream to be sent to encoders that don't recognize it if source is float64.
  • Made always write hours and minutes to Ogg chapter mark fields.
 
Version 2.25.7
2.25.7 released on 2026-02-18
  • 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 MSVC /fp:fast, which fixes a mis-compilation bug that resulted in crashing on Wine.
  • Fixed default AccurateRip log save location not being reliably set to scanned album folder.
  • Improved behavior of Advanced Limiter, made sure it resumes outputting bit identical signal after attenuation.
  • Internet Radio: Worked around radio-browser site not working as documented, all tags get fetched again.
  • Fixed a bug in SMB code that prevented password-less user logins (other than guest user) from working.
  • Fixed horrible regression in FPL serialization code that caused nonsensical output when copying or drag&dropping playlist contents between foobar2000 instances using relative paths.
 
Version 2.25.8
2.25.8 released on 2026-03-26
  • 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.
 
Version 2.25.9
2.25.9 released on 2026-05-29
  • Restored correct channel mask for 6.1 FLAC.
  • Better remapping of back center channel to 5.1-side speaker setup.
  • Fixed "remove chapters" not working on Ogg files with chapters.
  • Improved WebDAV reliability.
  • Some UPnP bug fixes backported from 2.26 series.
  • Made send Windows version number when checking for component updates, to prevent installation of updates that require specific newer operating system build.
  • Updated zlib to v1.3.2.
  • Fixed some windows discarding multimedia keyboard events.
  • Visual C++ runtime updated.
 
Version 2.25.10
2.25.10 released on 2026-06-26
  • Improved implementation of built-in UPnP Media Renderer, implemented gapless playback compatible with popular UPnP control apps.
  • Enabled discovery of OpenHome UPnP devices as output devices.
  • Enabled TLS v1.3 encryption for HTTPS connections.
  • Fixed Ogg/Opus files with single chapter not showing correct track numbers.
  • Fixed Direct2D visualizations getting stuck after GPU driver reinitialization.
  • Updated 7-Zip library to 26.01.
  • Updated UnRAR library to 7.2.6.
 
Version 2.25.11
v2.25.11 released on 2026-10-01
  • Fixed multiple bugs in smooth seeking implementation.
  • Fixed longtime Null Output bug causing playback position jitter when paused.
  • Fixed certain malformed MP4/M4A/M4B files being presented with thousands of chapters.
  • More spec-compliant writing of FLAC/Vorbis/Opus cover art (number of colors field).
  • Increased accepted HTTP reply line length because some sites tripped the old limit in legitimate responses.
  • Improved compatibility with specific UPnP renderers.
  • Converter: Made recover from read cache allocation errors and continue conversion.
 
Version 2.26
released on 2026-10-01
  • Converter changes
    • New preset format, presets stored as .ini files in profile subfolder. Old presets imported on first run.
    • Better error messages when receiving unexpected data format change in mid-conversion; made discard blank chunks before checking for format match.
    • Added extensible post-conversion actions which can be used for ReplayGain scanning, integrity testing, etc.
    • On conversion error, encoder's stderr output is forwarded to foobar2000 console.
    • Ogg chaining is now off by default, Ogg chapters written by default instead.
    • Added %source_list_index% & %source_list_total%, only for multi track image naming pattern use, to allow use of list indexes in the pattern.
    • Made file name preview recognize newly added %source_list_index%.
    • Made show output of command-line encoder program in error popup if conversion has failed.
    • Made "no DSP reset" explicitly shown in overview, as it's dangerous if enabled unintentionally.
  • ReplayGain Scanner changes
    • Added new interface for components to access ReplayGain scanning options.
    • Added option to write REPLAYGAIN_ALGORITHM tag.
    • Default mode is now more accurately named "ITU-R BS.1770".
  • Resampler technology updates
    • New resamplers: ARDFTSRC and Speex, replacing SSRC and libretro from previous versions. New resamplers provide better quality at comparable speeds / better speeds at comparable quality.
    • Cleaned up resampler settings, removed pointless "exclude rates" checkboxes, added explicit hints about formatting.
    • Made resampler priority setting accept short names of resamplers, e.g. "speex;ardftsrc".
  • Playback & file format handling changes
    • Added support for decoding TrueHD & MLP streams in Matroska.
    • New info field: container (MP4, Matroska, Ogg, etc)
    • Improved handling of Matroska Segment Title field.
    • Improved recovery of malformed UTF-8 text in various tag formats.
    • Made print name of file format handler used to console, after "opening track for playback".
    • More accurate on_playback_dynamic_info() timing, restored correct operation of OpenMPT visualizations.
    • Added advanced preferences toggle to turn off all subsong support, forcibly present 1 file as 1 playlist entry.
    • Faster opening of Matroska files.
    • Monkey's Audio format is now handled via FFmpeg.
  • MP4/M4A/M4B improvements
    • Tagtype info (Apple, Nero)
    • No longer writes Nero tags by default for single chapter files, only for multi chapter where other tagging formats can't store per track tags.
    • Added support for some rarely used Apple tag elements.
    • No longer alters binary structure of Apple tag elements which are not affected by edits.
    • More robust handling of unusual Apple tag fields.
  • General usability changes
    • New title formatting field: %_cpu_arch%
    • Added drag&drop from Internet Radio pages to playlist.
    • Attempt to play a password-protected resource such as radio stream now shows a password prompt.
    • Equalizer now accepts presets via drag&drop from Explorer/Finder.
    • Added "Play on" feature from foobar2000 mobile - accessible from playlist & internet radio context menu .
    • Made playlist sort operations recognize %queue_index% and other playlist specific fields.
    • Added "Playback Information" section to View menu, meant for components.
    • Made "Verify with AccurateRip" command available if your tracknumbers don't strictly match most common numbering scheme.
    • Added Help / Search Query Syntax.
    • Smarter "remove duplicates" code, made aware of various scenarios where different perceived paths point to same file.
    • Restored LargeFieldsConfig feature - https://www.foobar2000.org/LargeFieldsConfig-v2
    • Updated title formatting help with some recent and some not-really-recent additions.
    • File Operations: Made gracefully refuse to rename archive contents.
  • Networking
    • Improved reading of RAR archives on network shares.
    • Improved SMB read throughput over high-latency connections.
  • Windows specific changes
    • Advanced Preferences: Disabled Wine treeview workarounds if running Wine newer than 11.12.
    • Default User Interface: made render album art using Windows Imaging Component / Direct2D.
    • Enabled reading of EXIF orientation info from album cover pictures.
  • Libraries updated to newer versions: FFmpeg, Opus, zlib, RAR, 7-zip, SQLite
 
Version 2.26.1
released on 2026-10-09
  • Fixed a regression that prevented automatic crash report submissions from working.
  • Mitigated startup crash caused by specific buggy components.
  • Fixed Default UI album art viewer repaint glitches if Direct2D mode isn't enabled in Advanced Preferences.
 

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