![]() ![]() It’s just one weak point, but quite an important one when talking about a program that is intended to play music. No need to maximize the XMPlay's window, look for the appropriate Pause button and click on it every time somebody talks to me: one simple shortcut gets the job done.īut hey, XMPlay is an MP3 player we’re talking about here so, what about the sound quality? In fact, this may be XMPlay’s major weakness, as those with a good ear will notice it doesn’t sound as good as other players I have tested so far, particularly Winamp or ALSong. But what I really loved about XMPlay is the fact that you can control almost every function in the program by means of shortcuts, which turns out to be very handy if like me, you listen to music whilst working with the computer. The XMPlay interface offers two possible sizes and can be customized with nice skins, a popular feature with users. XMPlay does its job and it does it well, without using too many system resources. Surprisingly, XMPlay does not work with video, a feature that other “alternative” players such as KMPlayer do include.īearing in mind the large amount of MP3 players available, comparisons are hard to avoid. The range of file formats supported by XMplay is reasonably wide, including Internet streaming, CD tracks and playlists. Just unzip it to whatever folder you like (for example Program Files/XMPlay), and you may start enjoying your music right away. The first thing I liked about XMPlay is the fact that you don’t need to install it on your system. So, if you’re looking for a free, fast, simple MP3 player, and don’t feel like bowing down to Winamp the Almighty, just give XMPlay a chance. That kind of thing isn't very practical to me and is only amusing for a short time, but other people like it.Let’s begin with a very simple question: why should we surrender to the most downloaded software when there are good but not so popular alternatives? Robert Frost said: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by” which, applied to software, may be translated as “take a risk and use new apps. Doesn't look as cool as some others, but if you click on the demo pics you can see how you use your mouse to act like you're pushing in an actual cassette on the screen. MusicBee basically has all the good stuff already built-in. Something like Foobar is popular, and it can do probably everything anyone could want, but not a lot of those functions are built-in, so you have to add the pieces like adding extensions to a browser. MusicBee seemed to do basically everything, its layout windows can be changed positions to make your own setup easily enough, plenty of skins, has a good lyrics window that can show the song lyrics as well as auto-downloads pictures and facts about the band that is currently playing, it has WASAPI support for a cleaner sound than using Windows DirectShow, etc. If anyone knows of MP3 players similar to this, I would be interested in checking it out.Ĭlick to expand.A couple years ago I tested pretty much every free PC audio player, and some paid ones. It provides a cool visual when I am playing mp3s. One of the cool things with this setup is when I project my laptop to my 55" television. There are also presets on the eq for various types of music, rock, classic, club etc. On the eq the spectrum analyzer animates also to the music playing and the sliders can be moved to customize the sound. When playing, the cassette wheels turn, the db meter functions and the tape counter moves to the music playing. It can be customized as to what shows (there is also an option to show the amp). ![]() Here is the cassette deck, eq and 2 speakers. The skins I found at AIMPĪmong the skins available is this one which I am now using. It not only had some really cool skins, it also has a host of features that allows you to customize the sound. In my search I came a across one I had never heard of called AIMP. There are skins for Windows Media player but I could not find what I was looking for. I had been wanting an MP3 player with skins that would imitate a cassette deck (What can I say, I am old.) I have no affiliation with its creators nor am I compensated for posting about it in any way whatsoever. ![]() ![]() Disclaimer: This is a product I tried and thought others might like. ![]()
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