Download foobar2000 1.4.1 beta 1

A new beta version of foobar2000 has been released. This popular, lightweight music player supports MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Flac, WAV and WMA, among others, and has support for Replay Gain† Furthermore, the player can convert different formats, the program has extensive options to adjust the tags and the interface can be completely customized. In addition, it is possible to change the functionality using plugins expand. The changelog for version 1.4.1 for now looks like this:

Changes in version 1.4

• Better error message when trying to open M4A file renamed to .aac.
• Added %video_codec% info for Matroska and MP4 files.
• Added support for PCM audio in MP4 container.
• Made mouse wheel work in playlist view during a drag&drop operation.
• Improved handling of classical music metadata for iTunes M4A files.
• Added %bitspersample_extra% info to tell between int32/float32 PCM files.
• Added support for ID3v2 iTunes Grouping field.
• Converter: advanced-preferences option to encode to temp folder and move encoded-and-tagged files to the intended destination.
• Made tag update operations not fail when another application has the file open for reading.
• Corrected wrong bitrate shown for FLAC in Matroska container.
• Corrected labels for F13-F24 keyboard shortcuts.
• Fixed bugs with ReplayGain Scanner’s automatic resampling of high sample rate content.
• Bumped maximum allowed sample rate to deal with DSD1024 content.
• Made Media Library respect ‘include hidden files & folders’ setting in Advanced Preferences.
• Converter with “don’t reset DSP between tracks” now respects DSP-reported latency for proper handling of gapless albums.
• PPHS resampler bug fixes (inaccurate reported latency, crashing with extreme sample rates).
• Fixed ReplayGain scan results showing zero peaks on near-silent 24-bit files.
• New and improved buffering scheme for improved network streaming performance (ported from foobar2000 mobile).
• Internet radio handling regressions from 1.4 fixed; added an Advanced Preferences setting for ShoutCast metadata codepage.
• Fixed component auto update on Windows XP (1.4 regression).
• Added an Advanced Preferences option to toggle asymmetric search, reverting search behaviors to 1.3 style.
• Added title formatting fields for showing track/album peaks as decibel values.
• Improved status feedback from batch attach album art tool.
• Pressing “next” past the end of playlist now restarts the playlist even without “repeat” mode.
• Made Converter “copy other files” feature respect parent folder (..\pattern) references.
• Added EXTM3U info writing (enabled via advanced preferences).
• Added 5.1 and 7.1 upmix DSPs.