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Foobar2000 1.6.2

October, 23rd 2020 - 4.47 MB - Freeware

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Foobar2000 2.1.4
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Illustrate / External Link
Filename

foobar2000_v1.6.2.exe
MD5 Checksum

85f44e77002a8c6e92527a9569abae2f

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What's new in this version:

- 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)