Version 2.26 du 04/10/2026- Converter changes : New preset format, presets stored as .ini files in profile subfolder. Old presets imported on first run.
- Converter changes : Better error messages when receiving unexpected data format change in mid-conversion; made discard blank chunks before checking for format match.
- Converter changes : Added extensible post-conversion actions which can be used for ReplayGain scanning, integrity testing, etc.
- Converter changes : On conversion error, encoder's stderr output is forwarded to foobar2000 console.
- Converter changes : Ogg chaining is now off by default, Ogg chapters written by default instead.
- Converter changes : Added %source_list_index% & %source_list_total%, only for multi track image naming pattern use, to allow use of list indexes in the pattern.
- Converter changes : Made file name preview recognize newly added %source_list_index%.
- Converter changes : Made show output of command-line encoder program in error popup if conversion has failed.
- Converter changes : Made "no DSP reset" explicitly shown in overview, as it's dangerous if enabled unintentionally.
- ReplayGain Scanner changes : Added new interface for components to access ReplayGain scanning options.
- ReplayGain Scanner changes : Added option to write REPLAYGAIN_ALGORITHM tag.
- ReplayGain Scanner changes : Default mode is now more accurately named "ITU-R BS.1770".
- Resampler technology updates : New resamplers: ARDFTSRC and Speex, replacing SSRC and libretro from previous versions. New resamplers provide better quality at comparable speeds / better speeds at comparable quality.
- Resampler technology updates : Cleaned up resampler settings, removed pointless "exclude rates" checkboxes, added explicit hints about formatting.
- Resampler technology updates : Made resampler priority setting accept short names of resamplers, e.g. "speex;ardftsrc".
- Playback & file format handling changes : Added support for decoding TrueHD & MLP streams in Matroska.
- Playback & file format handling changes : New info field: container (MP4, Matroska, Ogg, etc)
- Playback & file format handling changes : Improved handling of Matroska Segment Title field.
- Playback & file format handling changes : Improved recovery of malformed UTF-8 text in various tag formats.
- Playback & file format handling changes : Made print name of file format handler used to console, after "opening track for playback".
- Playback & file format handling changes : More accurate on_playback_dynamic_info() timing, restored correct operation of OpenMPT visualizations.
- Playback & file format handling changes : Added advanced preferences toggle to turn off all subsong support, forcibly present 1 file as 1 playlist entry.
- Playback & file format handling changes : Faster opening of Matroska files.
- Playback & file format handling changes : Monkey's Audio format is now handled via FFmpeg.
- MP4/M4A/M4B improvements : Tagtype info (Apple, Nero)
- MP4/M4A/M4B improvements : No longer writes Nero tags by default for single chapter files, only for multi chapter where other tagging formats can't store per track tags.
- MP4/M4A/M4B improvements : Added support for some rarely used Apple tag elements.
- MP4/M4A/M4B improvements : No longer alters binary structure of Apple tag elements which are not affected by edits.
- MP4/M4A/M4B improvements : More robust handling of unusual Apple tag fields.
- General usability changes : New title formatting field: %_cpu_arch%
- General usability changes : Added drag&drop from Internet Radio pages to playlist.
- General usability changes : Attempt to play a password-protected resource such as radio stream now shows a password prompt.
- General usability changes : Equalizer now accepts presets via drag&drop from Explorer/Finder.
- General usability changes : Added "Play on" feature from foobar2000 mobile - accessible from playlist & internet radio context menu .
- General usability changes : Made playlist sort operations recognize %queue_index% and other playlist specific fields.
- General usability changes : Added "Playback Information" section to View menu, meant for components.
- General usability changes : Made "Verify with AccurateRip" command available if your tracknumbers don't strictly match most common numbering scheme.
- General usability changes : Added Help / Search Query Syntax.
- General usability changes : Smarter "remove duplicates" code, made aware of various scenarios where different perceived paths point to same file.
- General usability changes : Restored LargeFieldsConfig feature -
https://www.foobar2000.org/LargeFieldsConfig-v2- General usability changes : Updated title formatting help with some recent and some not-really-recent additions.
- General usability changes : File Operations: Made gracefully refuse to rename archive contents.
- Networking : Improved reading of RAR archives on network shares.
- Networking : Improved SMB read throughput over high-latency connections.
- Windows specific changes : Advanced Preferences: Disabled Wine treeview workarounds if running Wine newer than 11.12.
- Networking : Default User Interface: made render album art using Windows Imaging Component / Direct2D.
- Networking : Enabled reading of EXIF orientation info from album cover pictures.
- Networking : Libraries updated to newer versions: FFmpeg, Opus, zlib, RAR, 7-zip, SQLite.