This is the latest update version for Foobar2000, an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats.

New in version 0.9.5.3 Beta 2:

* New: Startup notification when a component is known not to cooperate correctly with this version of foobar2000.
* New: “Library Viewer Selection” playlist, compatible with Album List and Media Library Search.
* New title formatting functions: $stripprefix(), $swapprefix(), $year(), $month(), $day_of_month(), $date(), $time().
* New extensions to the search query syntax.
* Album List: faster refresh when using the built-in search box.
* ReplayGain scanner: applying ReplayGain to MP3 data no longer chokes on noncompliant ID3v2 tags with false MPEG sync words.
* ReplayGain scanner: new services allowing third-party components to perform ReplayGain analysis.
* No longer compatible with components using metadb_display_hook API.
* Changed component DLL loading logic - only “components” subdirectory along with its subdirectories is processed if it exists.
* (New in beta 2) Playback queue index is now displayed in the “Playing” column of Default UI / Playlist View; it can be also accessed using %queue_index%.

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