Download foobar2000 0.9.6 beta 2

Yesterday the second beta release of version 0.9.6 of the popular media player foobar2000 was released. Foobar2000 can handle mp1, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpc, aac, ogg vorbis, flac and ogg flac, wavpack, wav, aiff, au, snd, cdda and wma and also has support for Replay Gain, converting from and to different formats and extensive options to customize the tags. In addition, it is possible to further extend the functionality using plugins. The main changes in version 0.9.6 are that the media library now automatically detects when changes have been made to one of the folders and there is built-in support for Matroska files. Below are all the changes since version 0.9.5.6:

New features for version 0.9.6:

• Media Library now automatically keeps track of any changes made to its folders; no more need to manually rescan them.
• Improved compatibility of file type associations with Windows Vista.
• No more delay when playing/enqueuing files from Windows Explorer.
• The installer now includes “portable mode” that works in limited user contexts and doesn’t make any changes to system configuration, registry, etc.
• NewConverter user interface.
• Built-in Matroska support.

Issues fixed in 0.9.6 beta 1

• Bug: WMA lossless files can’t be decoded losslessly, they get resampled to 48000Hz.
• Bug: Can’t open more than 15 tracks at once from Windows Explorer on Windows Vista.

Issues fixed in 0.9.6 beta 2

• Bug: Can’t access audio CDs with only one track from the “Open Audio CD” dialog.
• Bug: Changes to your Media Library folders made soon after starting foobar2000 may not get noticed.
• Limitation: New 0.9.6 Media Library isn’t compatible with certain network share configurations.

Open issues

• Glitch: The playlist switcher toolbar dropdown list shows a vertical scrollbar regardless of being scrollable
• Bug: Files with hidden attribute set reappear in the Media Library after a restart.

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foobar2000 0.9.5.1 beta 1 screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.