Changes in version 1.0:
New context menu structure – better out-of-the-box layout but less customizable.
Built-in support for Windows Media and RTSP streaming.
“Edit” menu operates on the currently selected object rather than always on the active playlist.
Improved compatibility with multimedia keyboards.
Improved, more customizable album art support.
Portable installs now remember Media Library paths relatively to the install folder.
Reworked Preferences: OK/Cancel/Apply buttons, new layout of standard pages.
New options regarding selection viewer behavior.
Default User Interface: new pseudo color code system for status bar and playlist view.
CD ripping improvements:
Results can be now checked against the AccurateRip database on-the-fly.
CD-TEXT reading support.
Ability to choose individual tracks to rip in the “Rip Audio CD” dialog.
Changes in 1.0 beta 6:
Bug fixed: Inconsistent behaviors of the “Colors and Fonts” preferences page when importing themes or using the “Quick Appearance Setup” dialog.
Shoutcast stream titles are now parsed as UTF-8, allowing Unicode characters.
Improved compatibility with (unofficial?) FLAC multichannel specification.
Internal clean-ups and fixes.

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 1.0 beta 6

0.9.6.4

*Third party components can now register custom protocols with the File Types preferences page.
*Removed the restriction of just one instance of specific DSP in a DSP chain.
*Fixed incorrect handling of 3-channel and 5-channel FLAC and Vorbis files.
*Converter now accepts alternate names for some of command-line encoder binaries (mpcenc.exe, oggenc2.exe).
*Converter and File Operations components no longer strip trailing dots from names of created files.
*Improved compatibility with dodgy Windows shell replacements.
*Automated submission of crash reports.

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.6.4

Changes in version 0.9.6.3

* Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities in AAC and Musepack decoders.
* Improved compatibility of Media Library with certain dodgy NAS devices.
* Media Library no longer ignores files/folders flagged as system.
* Improved shell integration behaviors when foobar2000 is taking very long to start.

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.6.3

New installer options

Foobar2000 can now be installed in two modes: standard and portable.
Standard mode

Standard mode is similar to the “install for all users” option in older versions. You need administrative privileges to install foobar2000 in this mode.
Portable mode

Installing in portable mode only extracts the installer content and creates additional files that tell foobar2000 to store any configuration data in its installation folder as well as not to alter the Windows registry. Note that it is not possible to edit file type associations with foobar2000 when using portable mode, as that would require changes in the registry.
Media Library behavior changes
Folder watching

Unlike all previous versions, the Media Library now automatically tracks changes made to the content of your Media Library folders. It is no longer necessary or even possible to manually remove dead items or refresh the content of the Media Library.
Wine incompatibility

At the time this article is being written, the foobar2000 0.9.6 Media Library does not work correctly in Wine because of bugs/limitations in Wine itself. Changes in the Media Library folders may not be noticed by foobar2000 until it is restarted.
Hidden and system files

The Media Library now respects hidden and system flags; files or folders with those flags will be ignored. This can be used to selectively hide cuesheets or files referenced by cuesheets.
Limited compatibility with outdated components on Windows Vista

To permanently address the “bad allocation” bug present in very old versions of the foobar2000 SDK (released before 2006-07-30), foobar2000 now refuses to load components built with affected SDK versions when running on Windows Vista. Affected components can be fixed by just recompiling them with an updated version of the foobar2000 SDK.
Cuesheets in added folders ignored by default

In recent years it has become a popular trend to include cuesheet files with albums in various music trading communities. Such files introduced behaviors confusing to new foobar2000 users: each track of the album was listed twice. To address this issue, cuesheets are now ignored by default when adding entire folders as well as in the Media Library. You can change this in Preferences ⇒ General and Preferences ⇒ Media Library.
Built-in Matroska support

You should uninstall any third-party Matroska related components before using foobar2000 0.9.6, having them installed will only cripple the functionality.

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.6 beta 4

Changes in version 0.9.5.4:

* Ability to view/edit queries used to create autoplaylists.
* Media Library Search: queries using “SORT BY” create always-sorted autoplaylists by default.
* File format handling updates:
o Security updates to Vorbis, Speex, FLAC and WavPack libraries.
o Fixed a rare Ogg seeking accuracy bug.
o Improved MP4 parser security.
* Converter improvements:
o No longer aborts the entire operation when one of queued tracks can’t be processed.
o Optional status log popup after conversion.
* Album List: ability to select multiple items at once by holding shift or control keys.
* New built-in DSPs: Crossfader, Skip Silence.

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.5.4

Issues fixed in beta 6

* Usability: Single-keystroke keyboard shortcut mappings taking priority over typing into editboxes.
* Bug: Main window size not remembered on first run after installing.
* Bug: Incorrectly formatted file size in Playlist Manager, Selection Properties and Properties dialog.
* Usability: File Operations component sometimes creates files or folders that are not accessible for Windows Explorer

Open issues

* Glitch: The playlist switcher toolbar dropdown list shows a vertical scrollbar regardless of being scrollable

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.5 beta 6

0.9.5

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New Default User Interface
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Allows embedding of Album List and other components in the main window
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Quick setup dialog on first startup allowing easy UI customization
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Theme import/export support for transferring appearance-related settings easily
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Built-in playlist view supports columns and grouping
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New Playlist Search dialog
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Embedded album art support
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New built-in spectrum visualisation
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New Album List component
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Updates automatically with Media Library content changes (“Refresh” command no longer needed)
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Embeddable in the main window
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Supports direct creation of autoplaylists from Album List tree branches
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Properties dialog improvements
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New commands: “Format from Other Fields”, “Capitalize”, “Clean Up”
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Improved “Automatically Fill Values” functionality
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Improved Windows Clipboard interaction – now you can use copy/paste to transfer values between fields or between different sets of tracks
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Converter component improvements
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Replaced “show output directory when done” functionality with a new dialog showing a list of created tracks
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Built-in support for writing AU/SND and AIFF files
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Updated FLAC support – FLAC encoding now requires FLAC encoder 1.2.0 or newer
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Improved handling of hung command-line encoder processes
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Audio format decoding updates
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Updated libFLAC to 1.2.1
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Rewritten support for AU/SND and AIFF audio formats
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New “File Operations” component, for moving, copying and deleting audio files
*
Old Masstagger component no longer included with the installer (available for download separately)
*
Windows XP or newer is now required

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.5 beta 3

What’s new:

- Musepack SV8 decoding support

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.4.5

Changes in foobar2000 version 0.9.4.4

* Security update: updated Vorbis libraries to 1.2.0
* Fixed a bug in title formatting / $caps2()
* Fixed drag&drop bugs
* Fixed playlist file format detection over mime types

>> foobar2000 website
>> Download foobar2000 0.9.4.4