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Re: Foobar2000

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Post by jszymborski » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:34 PM UTC

calvinmorrison wrote: post #5

DeaDBeeF is a clone for Linux.

Should also mention that Foobar2000 works flawlessly with WINE.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by jszymborski » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:35 PM UTC

Anyone know of a supported Foobar2000 Subsonic plugin? The ones I've seen seem to be abandoned.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:35 PM UTC

ents wrote: post #7

nickjj wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> foobar2000 was my go to player It is still my go to player, it works great in Windows 10.

It's my go-to in macOS 14.5 as well. I tolerate using Spotify as a player for it's library. A plain list is all I actually want 99% of the time.

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Re: Foobar2000

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Post by deathanatos » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:36 PM UTC

One of the great music players out there. Clean, simple UI. Easy to use. Supported far more formats than anything mainstream. Replaygain was a killer feature, and it mostly boggles my mind that it still isn't widespread, (…like non-broken, i.e., dB, volume knobs).

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by conductor » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:37 PM UTC

nickjj wrote: post #4

athoscouto wrote: post #3

Wow, that brings back memories! foobar2000 was my go to player. I used to spend hours curating all my folders with albums and playlists. Funny how fast I switched to a streaming platform when they became widely available around here.

> foobar2000 was my go to player It is still my go to player, it works great in Windows 10.

And it has iOS/Android versions too, which is great if you still prefer file-based players: https://www.foobar2000.org/mobile

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by hlandau » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

foobar2000 is so good, and so unmatched, especially with its plugins ecosystem, I use it for my music playback needs under wine on Linux.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by rcfox » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:42 PM UTC

kichik wrote: post #8

calvinmorrison wrote: post #5

DeaDBeeF is a clone for Linux.

That's a funny name considering it was the Winamp creator's nickname and Foobar2000 itself is a Winamp clone.

It's a phrase that fits into a hex value. 0xdeadbeef, 0xcafebabe, etc.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by justin66 » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:42 PM UTC

Why does the author backport fixes to the 1.5 and 1.6 versions? What's significant about recent changes that makes those worth keeping alive?

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by dailykoder » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:45 PM UTC

athoscouto wrote: post #10

nickjj wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> foobar2000 was my go to player It is still my go to player, it works great in Windows 10.

I haven't consumed audio and video from files for a while now. Streaming has become so convenient (partly because of internet prices and availability) that I don't see myself coming back.

There are times when songs from streaming platforms go away or I get somehow reminded of one very old song from some unknown band that's still somewhere on my hard disk, that I think about going back. I love to have all my songs in one single playlist and then just have them on random. I remember having that from my saved files and then some of those very rare songs come up every now and then. It feels somewhat magical. There are a handful of songs that barely any people know, but they trigger some very nice memories.

I think soon (tm) I'll go back. Yes, streaming is convenient, but the algorithm is just unable to recommend me such rare treasures

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by Grazester » Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 8:46 PM UTC

I spent more time configuring the darn thing than listening to music!