Software update: foobar2000 1.6.2

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Version 1.6.2 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 this release looks like this:

Changes in version 1.6.2:

  • 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)

Version number 1.6.2
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Website foobar2000
Download https://www.foobar2000.org/?page=Download
File size

4.47MB

License type GPL
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