foobar2000 1.0 Release Notes

foobar2000 1.0 Release Notes

Upgrading from older versions

Not sure if you want to upgrade?

You can make a fresh portable install in a separate folder for testing purposes, instead of overwriting your existing 0.9.x installation - no changes will be made to your existing install or to your configuration.

New configuration file format

Configuration of individual components is now stored in separate files. Reading of old configuration files is still supported so your settings will be preserved while upgrading from older versions; however you will not be able to downgrade back to older 0.9.x releases without losing your settings.

Non-functional components

Obsolete components

Some of existing third party components provide functionality that is now provided out-of-the-box. It is strongly recommend to remove these components as many of them are known to have major stability issues. The installer will prompt you whether you want relevant components to be removed automatically.

Outdated components

Components built with buggy foobar2000 SDKs older than 2006-07-30 are no longer loaded. The installer will forcefully remove such components. You will be prompted so you can make a backup copy before proceeding if you intend to keep these files.