開發這個播放器的起因，可能是因為Winamp3的開發緩慢使他火冒三丈，憤而離去Winamp3的開發團隊（從他的簽名檔可以看出點蛛絲馬跡："i see deaf people"）。
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php ... did=117840
下載處在此foobar2000的特性：
# supported format: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, WAV, MOD (needs foo_mod.dll), SPC (needs foo_spc.dll)
# 32bit floatingpoint audio processing pipeline, with 6dB hard limiter and conversion to 16/24bit (dithered) at the end.
# lossy formats (MP3, Vorbis, MPC) are decoded directly to 32bit FP so there's no clipping
# transparent rar/zip reading (slow)
# full unicode support, new playlist format (m3u8) storing international filenames properly (using UTF-8)
# runs *only* on win2k/winxp or newer
# builtin SSRC resampler component (DSP)
# reads APEv2 tags from MP3 files (id3v2 is not supported and will never be)
# fully customizable keyboard shortcuts, including global hotkeys
http://foobar2000.hydrogenaudio.org/
討論區
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act=SF&f=24
