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Change log:

• 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.

Probably the last beta, try it and report any bugs you encounter.

Download link is available at the official site (torrent only).

Release notes are available at the official site.

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List of changes:

• Bug fix: Having “full file buffering” feature enabled breaks Windows Media streaming over HTTP.
• Bug fix: Incorrect sorting of the “Duration” column in Default UI.
• Bug fix: Cannot convert to WAV+CUE.
• Added support for ASX files referencing other ASX files.
• Installer now forcefully removes very old components that can no longer be loaded. You will be prompted before anything gets deleted so you can back relevant files up.
• Old behavior of the Converter’s [...] button has been restored.
• Added a hidden-by-default main menu command to access Playlist Search regardless of current focus.

Change log:

• Bug: Certain ASX files fail to load when dragged from a webbrowser or added through “add location”.
• Bug: Windows Media stream .WAX files can’t be opened.
• Bug: Titles of certain Windows Media streams are not displayed.
• Fix: Cuesheet creation when encoding to TAK or APE without updated decoder components.

Download link is available at the official site (torrent only).

Change log:

• New: Converter encodes to .m4a rather than to .mp4.
• New: Notices for components that no longer serve any purpose.
• Bug: Certain ASX playlist files are not parsed properly.
• Bug: Unwanted playlist view scrolling when deleting items in certain scenarios.
• Bug: cannot bind context menu commands to toolbar buttons.
• Bug: “initialization failure” errors when making a clean non-portable install rather than upgrading from an earlier version.
• Bug: possible unnecessary tag reloads on Media Library contents on startup.
• Bug: doubleclicking the Selection Properties element no longer brings up the Properties dialog.

• Beta 2a: corrected issue with foo_uie_biography being mis-detected as one of the obsolete components.

Download link is available at the official site (torrent only).

Change log:

• 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.

Release notes are available at the official site.

Download link is available at the official site (torrent only).

Change log:

• 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.

Download link is available at the official site. Bug reporting is available in the forum thread.

foobar2000 0.9.6 beta 1 now available here.

Change log:

• 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.
• New Converter user interface.
• Built-in Matroska support.

Please read the release notes. There are several significant changes.

Discussion about the beta and a list of issues and feature requests can be found at the foobar2000 forums.