XMPlay 3.6XMPlay is a Windows music player, supporting the OGG, MP3, MP2, MP1, MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, and UMX audio formats, and PLS and M3U playlists. Many other formats are also supported via Winamp plugins. |
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| Size: | 0.32 MB |
| Price: |
Freeware
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| Rating: |
0.00/
5
(0 votes)
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| Platform: | Win7 x32,WinVista,WinXP |
| Downloads: | 23 |
| Last Updated: | May 25, 2011 |
| Category: | Audio Players |
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| Website | http://support.xmplay.com/index.php |
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Regarding audio quality, many users say that XMPlay just sounds better than a lot of other software out there, including Winamp and Foobar 2000, not to mention the most accurate module playback. That is because XMPlay does not use any of the MP3 decoding libraries that come pre-installed with Windows. XMPlay uses it's own routines to play MP3 and a lot of other formats which are supported right after you "install" XMPlay.
- Decoder/plugin saved settings
- Replaygain included in amplification saved settings
- Tag-based saved settings
- Priority filetypes for input plugins
- Use of the source sample resolution when writing to disk
- Shortcut reordering
- Playback state resetting when looping non-looped MODs
- Playlist track number column is now optional
- Average play count per month in library
- Improved search support for diacritics
- Clearing of the folder/URL/search history
- Windows default output device ("Microsoft Sound Mapper")
- Support for UTF-16 playlists
- Support for opening URLs via DDE
- Gapless support for iTunes MP3 files
- Overriding of Explorer's "Hide extensions for known file types" setting
- Sample resolution added to WAV/AIFF "General" info
- WMA plugin: Sample resolution added to "General" info
- WMA plugin: Proxy support
- WADSP plugin: Bit borrowing for headroom to avoid clipping
- Skinning improvements (see skinning kit)
I like Foobar.
However, I am in no way, shape or form going to
say that it is far superior to XMPlay. As far as
I'm concerned (and I've been experimenting with
players for about ten years now so I'm quite
qualified to have an opinion on the subject),
there are only two players worth downloading if
one is interested in audio quality primarily as
well as a balanced feature set:
XMPlay
Foobar2000
They both sport a very high degree of audio
quality (both feature WASAPI and ASIO support
without which an audio player cannot boast any
competency at quality audio), attention to detail,
cleanliness of code (READ: BUG FREE) and
necessary audio features sans useless frills.
Furthermore, neither is bloated nor slow, an
extremely rare commodity.
In short, both typify the very best of what an
audio player should be, something no other audio
player (or wannabe media player) can claim.
One final advantage that this player DOES have
over Foobar is that it has a polite, helpful,
intelligent and mature community behind it and
special kudos go to the author who is very
customer oriented (read: he listens to his users
and does not make arbitrary decisions steeped in
arrogance). The Foobar camp desperately needs to
grow up and take lessons in all those
departments.
This is excellence.
Enjoy it as such.
FIVE stars.
Finally, a nice player to complement the far-superior, more feature-packed foobar2000. Perfect with Pieknyman's SID plugin and the HVSC.
My favorite music player by far. I like the fact you just unzip it and run it. Send it to your flash drive and use it anywhere. I like the way it uses an INI file, making it hold on to music file associations reliably. Unlike the Windows Media Player abomination, It launches instantly and sounds great too. XMPlay makes all other music player look bloated and clumsy.
simple, fast, stable, lightweight and
amplification killer-feature.
need i say more?
@Bart Welson: +3
I think foobar2000 is pretty idiot, it is really
not smart and restricted..
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One of the best Music Player and with the best sound quality engine. The only player that I found that plays real audio on-line radios.