Comments on: XMPlay a lightweight audio player

By: Extendably.com

Extendably.com — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:57:35 +0000

[...] be a nice way to educate the masses about my favourite audio player XMPlay. I already mentioned XMPlay a few times at my own blog Ghacks but never really got into writing about the plugins that are [...]

By: bobthesnob

bobthesnob — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:08:30 +0000

I came, I saw, I conquered. Well, I tried XMplayer.

Sorry but it bites for me: My 5 speakers don’t work by default (and the output/device options are restrictive, unlike winamps)

AND when radio feeds timeout (or whatever) XMPlayer simply stops playing them. Shame, really. It looked good!

Foobar2000 is the next stop for me…

By: jbhq

jbhq — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:03:09 +0000

thnx SO much for intoducing me to this - i’ve struggled for SO long to achieve a reliable recording from a certain radio station and AT LAST have found an app that handles it, I am SO pleased!

By: chiptotec

chiptotec — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:37:38 +0000

XMPlay has a really great decoder and it sounds FAR better than foobar2000 and Winamp. It has true gapless playback and uses the BASS API. Nowadays I use XMPlay to listen to audio files (any of them) and Quintessential Player to listen to CDs. Two great audio players, IMHO.

And, sorry, but since when an audio player being “definitely for the geeks” is a good thing? Foobar is a good idea, but badly translated to reality. Horrible interface and really too much work to bother. XMPlay is lighter, smaller, prettier, faster and sounds much, much better.

By: Y@nek®

Y@nek® — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:05:14 +0000

Best decoder. Better then foobar and winamp and many others. If you are smart - you will make from XMPlay more then you can imagine.

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 29 May 2007 08:54:24 +0000

give Foobar2000 a try if u havent…

it might seem too simple at first. But you can do things with it(thru plugins) that you can’t with other players. It’s definitely for the geeks

By: Joe Anderson

Joe Anderson — Sat, 26 May 2007 16:48:59 +0000

XMPlay does Winamp themes too, I believe?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:18:19 +0000

I prefer foobar200 myself cause it “just works”. XMplay sounds nice but I think everything works in foobar out of the box.

By: Panos Zuratharamon

Panos Zuratharamon — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:19:18 +0000

XMPlay a lightweight audio player

I was looking very hard to find a replacement for my favorite audio player Winamp and found a ultra-lightweight alternative with an exceptional functionality called XMPlay. This audio player which has a size of only 300 Kilobytes does not have to be in…

By: Rico

Rico — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:56:07 +0000

I’ve got several audio players installed on my pc. The main ones I use these days are depending on my mood (in no particular order):
iTunes
Quintessential Player
Noteworthy Player
BS Player
Teen Spirit Conium

I’ve never been a big fan of Winamp, even if it does “whip the llamas ass”. I’ll give this one a try and see how it stacks up. Thanks for the link.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:55:31 +0000

I’ve been using XMPlay for the last few years now, ever since I got tired of waiting for the new Winamp3 to load all its plugins. WA5 was far and away better, but I still stuck with XMPlay for its out-of-the-box usability including keyboard shortcuts and support for Visual Plugin displays when the occasion called for it.

Using it in mini mode and docked at the top of my screen instantly lets me control the player without its taking up screen real estate.

I especially like the ability of the player to use most Winamp plugins.

By: Tobey

Tobey — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:37:37 +0000

Been using this before MediaMonkey, nice lightweight player, I guess it can be used on USB flashdisc.

By: Roys

Roys — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:35:51 +0000

I used this very long ago to play those XM and MOD music files… haven’t really used it for MP3, I much prefer VLC Media Player as a one-stop solution to audio and video files though.