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<p>foobar2000 (often abbreviated as fb2k or f2k) is a <a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">freeware</a> <a href="/facts/Audio_player_(software)/AwtCuWfG">audio player</a> for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and formerly <a href="/facts/Windows_Phone/khEg0rGT">Windows Phone</a>, developed by Peter Pawłowski. It has a <a href="/facts/Modular_programming/sNoqKvRD">modular design</a>, which provides user flexibility in configuration and customization. Standard "skin" elements can be individually augmented or replaced with different dials and buttons, as well as <a href="/facts/Music_visualization/wpVrVHVo">visualizers</a> such as waveform, oscilloscope, spectrum, spectrogram (waterfall), peak and smoothed VU meters, which all of them are analysis-oriented, at least for built-in visualizations. foobar2000 offers <a href="/facts/Third-party_software_component/NFlWUV95">third-party</a> <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">user interface</a> modifications through a <a href="/facts/Software_development_kit/2Hkk6Hbs">software development kit</a> (SDK). </p><p>foobar2000 supports many <a href="/facts/Audio_file_format/hLgkfATf">audio file formats</a>, has many features for organizing <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a>, files, and folders, and has a <a href="/facts/Transcoding/5GHL1F4B">converter</a> interface for use with <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command line</a> encoders. To maximize audio fidelity in cases where <a href="/facts/Resampling_(audio)/N2G0ezBM">resampling</a> or downscaling in <a href="/facts/Audio_bit_depth/24ccTeTT">bit depth</a> is required, it provides <a href="/facts/Noise_shaping/Afg4289r">noise shaping</a> and <a href="/facts/Dither/fCBytTzz">dithering</a>. There are a number of official and third-party <a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">components</a> which add many additional features. The core is <a href="/facts/Closed_source/9zcskxYL">closed source</a>, whereas the <a href="/facts/Software_development_kit/2Hkk6Hbs">SDK</a> is licensed under the <a href="/facts/BSD_license/XLtmLp5x">Three-Clause BSD license</a>. </p>