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Trout Alternatives

Trout Alternatives

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)

Best Commercial Trout Alternatives

Looking for a program that is like Trout? We have our top picks here. If you need another program that has some of the features of Trout on your device, read what we recommend in this post.

Plexamp

Plexamp

CommercialMacWindows

Plexamp is a small music player for your desktop, with a number of unique features.Throw your best FLACs at it and experience sonic bliss!.

Features:

  • Electron based
  • Music Player

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