[sotd] foobar2000 1.0.2.1: Software of the Month [April 30, 2010]

From: "Site of the Day" <amholm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:15:53 -0300
        Site of the Day for Friday, April 30, 2010

        foobar2000 1.0.2.1: Software of the Month

This month's freeware focuses on one of the most widely respected audio players 
for
the Windows platform -- foobar2000. With its latest release earlier this month,
this current iteration extends its compatibility with Windows 7.

Favored by audiophiles for its many features, sterling codecs and serious
customization capabilities, foobar2000 offers noteworthy sound reproduction.
Without the addition of supplemental audio software, in other words -- straight 
out
of the box, it provides native support for an alphabet soup of formats: MP1, 
MP2,
MP3, MP4, Musepack, AAC (Advanced Audio Coding - a lossy compression), Ogg 
Vorbis,
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), Speex, WavPack, WAV, AIFF (Apple's Audio
Interchange File Format), AU/SND, CDDA (standard Compact Disc Digital Audio), 
WMA,
and Matroska. Dedicated music buffs will notice the inclusion of several 
lossless
audio formats among the group. Toss in some additional codecs and the program 
will
easily handle more than a dozen other varieties of audio compression. It also
provides support for ReplayGain -- the normalization of volume for a number of
audio formats.

Incorporating a functional ID3 tag editor and user-friendly graphic equalizer,
foobar2000 wears a customizable interface which can be tailored to suit 
individual
preferences in layout, as well as offering visualizations of a graduated
oscilloscope, peak meter, spectrum and VU (Volume Units) Meter. Additional 
features
include a tracking console, and a first-rate Playlist Manager. For those with a
constitutional aversion to using iTunes, foobar2000 can be adapted for use with
Apple MP3 players through a complicated component add-on procedure, although 
like
most applications attempting to bypass the Apple software, iTunes will still 
have
to be installed initially.

With a modest download size of under 3MB, a comprehensive list of features and 
an
innovative and dedicated programming team, coupled with an enthusiastic user 
base,
this audio player may be the definitive application in its genre.

Soar over to the site for foobar2000 screenshots, additional information and the
download link at

http://www.foobar2000.org/

  A.M. Holm
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