Reviews of foobar2000

1. 
   zeeZee

   Reviewing 0.9.6.8 (Jun 24, 2009)

   playlists sitting in browser like tabs makes this awesome. windows media does have this.
2. 
   Blaxima

   Reviewing 0.9.6.8 (Jun 8, 2009)

   This is the one piece of software that I can honestly say has never let me down. Every time I see a change log mentioning bug fixes my response is "really" because I haven't come across any in all my years using it. It really is a rock solid piece of software(politics aside).
   
   @cowagR
   http://www.hydrogenaudio...dex.php?showtopic=41664
3. 
   anomoly

   Reviewing 0.9.6.8 (Jun 8, 2009)

   You can stop buying into a proprietary way-overpriced format for one. A friend has one of those sacd players and I couldn't figure out why one would want to use them to begin with (at any price)?, He also loves blu-ray, which I suppose is great if you happen to own a $5,000 tv set.
   Not only the best gui but the best installer. Love it
4. 
   cowgaR

   Reviewing 0.9.6.8 (Jun 8, 2009)

   @Blaxima:
   thx, so quick answer is it can't (too many "intelligent" morons out there, the sad picture of foobar community).
   So I need to use WMP to play these wavs [all my library is stored on raid disks].
   
   Or use foobar with HW HDCD enabled DAC, which is impossible once I'm already using D10 cobra with my notebook and I haven't seen one on the market yet.
   
   Original post:
   Can anyone confirm that foobar doesn't have the ability to play HDCD files?
   
   e.g. 20bit wavs encoded in 16bit which needs to be decoded good...not in 16bit only. What I heard is that even 24bit setting won't help it. Moreover WMP is showing some HDCD icon when playing/decoding these music files...
   
   any link/help appreciated, HDCD is deprecated format by SACD but there are still few albums only in this format so what can I do.
5. 
   jorgosch

   Reviewing 0.9.6.7 (May 24, 2009)

   I was an avid supporter of foobar before and I still think it's a very good player, but the recent politics of getting rid of unwanted plug-ins by just removing the supported hooks look a bit like dictatorship to me... and now you get BANNED on the foobar forums for just asking about blacklisted components or even the contents of the blacklist itself. It's time to look for alternatives.

Discuss foobar2000

1. Jun 10, 2009 - 9:28 AM
   roj

   Sooo, that components is PP blocking exactly? This ain't the Foobar forums, because of that fact I don't have to care which foobar denizens get their panties in a bunch (not that I would anyway) and inquiring minds want to know. :) :) ;)