XMPlay

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XMPlay
XMPlay 3.4
Maintainer:	Ian Luck
Stable release:	3.4 (April 3, 2007) _[+/-]
Preview release:	none (none) _[+/-]
OS:	Windows
Use:	Audio player
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.un4seen.com

XMPlay is a freeware audio player for Windows, developed solely by Ian Luck.

Since version 2.4 XMPlay has supported skinning, and a number of different skins are available at the XMPlay website [1] or the XMPlay support site [2]. A skinning competition in February 2004 determined the current 3.x version skin.

When XMPlay was first released in 1998, it primarily supported the XM format, so it was given the name "XMPlay". (Although it could also play generic MODs.)

[edit] Features

XMPlay supports the following formats:

Digital audio: Ogg Vorbis, MP3, MP2, MP1, Windows Media Audio (non-DRM files only), WAV, CD Audio, FLAC, MIDI, WavPack
Module formats: Impulse Tracker (IT), Fast Tracker 2 (XM), Scream Tracker 3 (S3M), MultiTracker (MTM), ProTracker (MOD), Unreal Music Format (UMX), MO3

Additionally, more formats are supported via XMPlay's native plugin system and through Winamp input plugins.

The following are features of XMPlay:

32/24-bit & multi-channel output.
Supports gapless playback of all supported formats.
Interpolation & volume/pan ramping for module files.
DSP:
- Automatic gain control (and Replay Gain)
- 9 band equalizer
- Reverb
- plugin support.
Internet streaming:
- All supported file types (including MODs and archives) can be streamed from FTP and HTTP servers (including SHOUTcast, Icecast, Icecast2)
- Streams can be optionally written to disk
- FTP directories and HTML webpages can be scanned for playable files.
Track information - Displays file/format information, messages/tags, and instrument/sample texts; web addresses in the texts can be opened directly from XMPlay
Title formatting:
- Customizable title tag display
- Title updating from internet streams and CUE sheets.
Plugin Support - Supports many popular Winamp input formats, as well as XMPlay's own native plugin format
Media library
Saved/preset settings - Save settings (DSP/etc...) to be automatically used each time specific tracks are loaded, save presets for quick application at any time
Disk writing:
- Writes 8/16/24/32-bit WAV files
- Supports external encoders (MP3/OGG/etc...)
- Optional automatic level normalization
- Dithering & noise shaping
- individual MOD instrument writing
Fully customizable keyboard shortcuts, including global hotkeys
Integration:
- Open files/folders from Windows Explorer
- Drag and drop files/folders/shortcuts/URLs
- Monitor the clipboard for playable URLs
- Drag and drop tracks from XMPlay into other programs
- Icon customization
Archive plugins - Archived/compressed files can be loaded just like normal files. Recursive/nested archives supported
Unicode file support - Support for Russian, Chinese, etc...
Fullscreen visualisation - Compatible with Sonique plugins, also includes a MOD pattern view
No installation required - simply extract program from ZIP file