[lproven]

I am a big fan of VLC, and I just wrote an article about it:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/vlc_guru_gong/

But VLC is a multi-function tool that can play audio and video.

Foobar is, as far as I can tell, just an audio player. It's more focussed and consequently smaller and simpler. That's what I like about it.

I keep both on my machines and I use both... but I use VLC for video, and Foobar for just listening to music.