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What does foobar2000 do for you that no other player does? |
 Aug 31 2009, 19:59
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 Group: Super Moderator Posts: 3267 Joined: 26-July 02 From: princegeorge.ca Member No.: 2796  |
It's been a while since I've seen a thread like this, so I figured I'd float a simple question out there: What does foobar2000 do for you that no other player does?
For me, one such feature is the fact that I can confidently use foobar2000 as a basic mastering step when converting from high sampling-rate and/or high bit-depth down to CD audio or MP3. This is thanks to foobar2000's wonderful dither, limiters, resamplers, and streamlined conversion process. -------------------- (atrix|(fb2k->e-mu 0404 usb|audio 8 dj))->hd280|jvc ha-fx35-b
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Sep 1 2009, 09:59
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 Group: Members Posts: 2296 Joined: 18-May 03 From: Denmark Member No.: 6695 |
I was eager to find a way that made it easy for me to tag my songs with my own customized info. I used Helium MM back then which did the task somewhat well, but still was very slow and was still somewhat limited in it's functionality.
Then I (for the 3rd time or so) found out that foobar2000 actually did this and did it well, and also it was extremely lightweight. Immediately I fell in love with ColumnsUI and it's flexibility and panels. Also I started ripping my music to FLAC after being comfortable with foobar2000. For some reason everything just feels easier with foobar2000 around. Also I'm totally in love with the addition of autoplaylists. Another thing I love about foobar2000 is it's media library - 5 years ago in my Winamp-age, I still used file-handling to create playlists and organize my music (even though Winamp had a ML then). There are still room for improvement of components and foobar2000 core and I have listed my ideas with links to respective threads in my "About me"-page. -------------------- Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P
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Canar What does foobar2000 do for you that no other player does? Aug 31 2009, 19:59
smkk Foo_facets, title formatting, custom tags and the ... Aug 31 2009, 20:10
boombaard QUOTE (smkk @ Aug 31 2009, 21:10) Foo_fac... Sep 4 2009, 18:58 2E7AH It manages and presents my music collection in eas... Aug 31 2009, 20:18 marc2003 i first got into foobar around 2005-2006 because i... Aug 31 2009, 20:20 q-stankovic I could mention so many things - but there is one ... Aug 31 2009, 20:27 MordredKLB Foobar allows me to organize my large collection e... Aug 31 2009, 20:34 DocBeard Bear in mind that the only time in the past severa... Aug 31 2009, 22:32 Rozzo Foobar2000 doesn't crash so often as other pla... Sep 1 2009, 00:40 shakey_snake If this was a few years ago, I'd have said gro... Sep 1 2009, 06:23 Olaf I guess my answser is "everything". I tr... Sep 1 2009, 07:59 buktore I got laid because I use foobar.
Seriously, th... Sep 1 2009, 09:36 BoraBora Mostly? Like q-stankovic, "Custom tags and th... Sep 1 2009, 10:11 Anas I'd say the most important aspect of foobar ar... Sep 1 2009, 11:00 odyssey QUOTE (Anas @ Sep 1 2009, 12:00) But when... Sep 1 2009, 12:54 mixcherry QUOTE (Canar @ Aug 31 2009, 20:59) What d... Sep 1 2009, 11:50 cmdrpaddy I use foobar for 2 reasons .
1 - It's the onl... Sep 1 2009, 14:15 mystNZ Sure....for all the reasons mentioned in this thre... Sep 1 2009, 17:41 seVen I would say everything... but now for me for some ... Sep 1 2009, 21:14 Takaji It's the perfect audio program for power users... Sep 1 2009, 21:19 Yotsuya Custom Tags - I like how foobar allows me to effic... Sep 2 2009, 03:06 Robertina What foobar makes unique for me is what foobar2000... Sep 2 2009, 05:16 s33m33 Speed & Customization
Continuous development
G... Sep 2 2009, 05:53 TREX6662k6 It organizes my library, rips and encodes music an... Sep 2 2009, 12:49 shakey_snake QUOTE (TREX6662k6 @ Sep 2 2009, 07:49) An... Sep 3 2009, 00:28 mrinferno hard core winamp convert myself...never really rea... Sep 3 2009, 04:57 Kitsuned I used to use winamp before changing to foobar whe... Sep 3 2009, 12:52 leobeach I would say customization !
I needed a PC in ... Sep 3 2009, 14:12 tom_vienna_at It's stable, doesn't use a lot of resource... Sep 4 2009, 08:57 dhromed Converted from Winamp because with 5.5 that totall... Sep 5 2009, 19:58 krazy Repeating some others but:
- Tagz everywhere. eg. ... Sep 7 2009, 19:16 fishgrit I am a classical music nut. Classical music meta... Sep 9 2009, 21:26 WolfenNights Foobar lets me rename files by track and title, wh... Dec 11 2009, 06:12 Digmen1 I said this a few years ago but
It is Foobars Pla... Dec 11 2009, 09:51 garym QUOTE (Digmen1 @ Dec 11 2009, 02:51) But ... May 8 2010, 23:56 MartDann It plays Music
Long time ago i've switched f... Dec 11 2009, 15:25 Finiderire Long life to Foobar2000 and it's playlist ... May 8 2010, 10:44 muzack with wsh panel foobar2000 becomes a kind of framew... May 8 2010, 12:32 Slotos Plays music.
I'm dead serious, no other playe... May 8 2010, 14:05 dv1989 QUOTE (Slotos @ May 8 2010, 14:05) Plays ... May 8 2010, 19:42 Slotos QUOTE (dv1989 @ May 8 2010, 20:42) hurrrr... May 9 2010, 00:50 LithTech such sings as renaming files by the preset, useful... May 8 2010, 14:23 accuratecopy Switched from Winamp years ago. Now it's one o... May 8 2010, 16:05 dv1989 Yeah, I think that's more the kind of thing th... May 9 2010, 10:56 Meeko For me, foobar keeps things simple and uncluttered... May 10 2010, 15:36 |
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