Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. You can download the latest version of foobar2000 here.
While foobar2000 is easily considered the best audio player available to those familiar with it, new users often find it difficult to get the most out of the software for a variety of reasons. Throughout the site I'll try to offer some basic tips on how to setup foobar2000 to look and perform the way you want it to.
Columns UI
Columns UI is an alternate user interface for foobar2000 that allows for advanced customization and integration with all the popular 3rd party plugins available for foobar2000. Pretty much every custom foobar2000 setup that you will see will be using columns ui. Learning the basics of this plugin is essential. To download the latest columns ui, check out the developers website where you can also download the album list panel.
Format Strings
Format Strings, in relation to Columns UI, determine the information that is displayed within your columns playlist. Some people choose to make their own columns playlist. For beginning users, it is best to download your format strings. You can find them in the foobar2000 forum on hydrogenaudio website or you can visit a formatting string website.