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Trout

My main audio player for many years has been, and will remain, foobar, but there are some times when I just want a simple “load’n'play” type of player. An application that comes very close is Billy. It’s a fantastic little app that fits in with my preferences in software design i.e. standard controls, no skins, etc. However, it only supports MP3, WAV, OGG, & FLAC and it also doesn’t display or use tags. Unfortunately, my audio collection comprises many more formats than that and I tag files like a man possessed. So, with that in mind, I’ve always wanted to write my own simple player. A good friend and I wrapped the BASS audio engine in AutoHotkey and I’ve written a player called Trout.

Features:

- Supported audio formats (standard): AIFF, AIF, AIFC, MP1, MP2, MP3, OGA, OGG, WAV, MO3, XM, MOD, S3M, IT, MTM.
- Supported audio formats (with included plugins): FLAC, WMA, WMP, WMV, ASF, MID, MIDI, RMI, KAR, WV, WVC, AAC, MP4, M4A, M4B, M4P, APE, AC3, SPX, TTA, OFR, MPC, ALAC, OPUS.
- Basic freeDB support for audio CD track titles.
- Support for internet radio streams.
- Supported tag formats: ID3v1, ID3v2.2/3/4, OGG/FLAC Vorbis comments, WMA, APEv2, MP4/ALAC/AAC (not available under 9x/ME)
- WinampAPI support for external control and display.
- Commandline parameters for external control (/play, /stop, /prev, /next, & /mute).
- Extremely customizable hotkey system.
- Track announcements (ideal for audiobooks)
- Basic album art support (folder.jpg)
- Horizontal/vertical “minibar” controls.
- Toaster style popup.
- Play modes (Play file, play list, repeat file, repeat list, random, shuffle).
- Simple tag editing (not available under 9x/ME).
- Last.fm and Libre.fm scrobbling support.
- Lyrics window (Lyrics from LyricWiki.org)

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foobar2000

foobar2000

FreeWindowsAndroidiPhoneWindows Phone

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Main features Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus...

Features:

  • Customizable
  • Lightweight
  • Music Library
  • Plugins
  • Replay Gain
  • Minimalistic
  • UI customization
  • CD Ripper
  • Audio conversion
  • Audio processing/resampling
  • Automatic Tagging
  • Auto update
  • Better tags service
  • Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  • File-organization
  • Flexible customizations
  • Gapless Playback
  • Great Opus codec support
  • Library Organization
  • Mic music playing
  • Music collection
  • Music Player
  • Night mode/Dark Theme
  • Portable
  • Sample packs
  • Sorting by folder
  • Support for Themes
  • Waveform Seekbar

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