An advanced and very complete freeware audio player for the Windows

Foobar2000

Foobar2000 1.6.2

  -  4.47 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    Foobar2000 2.24.1

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

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  • Author / Product

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  • Filename

    foobar2000_v1.6.2.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    85f44e77002a8c6e92527a9569abae2f

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Foobar2000 1.6.2.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Foobar2000 or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- HLS radio bug fixes
- Double clicking album covers in Default User Interface shows full-size picture
- Archive reader optimizations; much more efficient handling of uncompressed (store-mode) archives
- Drag-and-drop or copy-to-clipboard of large number of tracks no longer copies their plaintext titles
- Fixed unresponsive Album List when selecting lots of items. (beta 2)
- Added workarounds for wrong audio mix format reported by certain buggy soundcard drivers. (beta 3, beta 4)
- Added workaround for too quiet playback since removal of Windows Mixer volume slider synchronization in previous versions. (beta 4)
- Fixed crashing when attempting to read from 7-ziup archive that does not exist (beta 5)
- Increased playback queue length limit to 256 tracks (beta 5)
- Fixed incompatibilities with certain bluetooth headsets introduced in 1.6.1. (beta 7)
- Fixed incorrect handling of embedded pictures in Speex tags. (beta 7)
- Fixed incorrect info shown for IMA ADPCM in Matroska. (beta 7)
- Fixed no error message on failure to update embedded pictures if embedding of pictures is not supported for this file type. (beta 7)
- Removed nonsensical bit depth info shown with some Matroska files. (final)
- Cleaned up listed file types in various "import picture" dialogs. (final)
- Workaround for stuck process if attempting to update foobar2000 while running foobar2000 is busy. (final)