User Reviews and Votes for XMPlay

Details: http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX playlists. A load more formats are also supported via Winamp plugins.

Pros: Very good mod support, small file size

Period used: 6 months

Submitted by Paul on 13-Sep-2004 12:54:37

Summary: XMPlay - Your MODule Player ;)

Details: XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX playlists. A load more formats are also supported via Winamp plugins. When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM format was supported, hence the name "XMPlay". For Linux, Mac OSX or PocketPC user? Want to enjoy the same quality MOD playback as XMPlay users? You can... BASSMOD. There's so much more on their website at http://www.un4seen.com that I can't fit here.

Pros: Tiny in size compared to WinAMP, Better playing of MODs especially ITs and XMs, Compatible with the Sonique plugins for Visulations and Winamp's Input Plugins, Skins, Customizable shortcut keys, etc.

Cons: Doesn't have all the "extras" of WinAMP and it is a much smaller group of people but is being developed regularly. Unlikely poor Winamp :(. Can be a little weird to use at first.

Period used: Since the beginning of 2004.

Other products used: Winamp 2/5, QuintessintalPlayer, Sonique, Real Player, WMP, Quicktime, MusicMatch Jukebox, etc.

Submitted by Jeremy Priest on 14-Sep-2004 00:07:51

Summary: Less space usage with bitchin' sound!

Details: Support for most Winamp plugs, input devices i.e., mod, cd, ogg, mp3, mp2, etc. Audio streaming capabilities; a boss player!

Pros: Small memory footprint, add-on abilities, nice gui!

Cons: recording use not for the rookie!

Period used: 2 years +

Other products used: WMP, Foo, Winamp, Quin Player...

Submitted by Elda Q on 21-Sep-2004 18:38:43

Submitted by Ha Pham on 27-Sep-2004 10:54:49

Summary: Accuratte, fast player for tracked music

Details: Originally designed to play tracked music (MOD, S3M, XM, IT) it now supports most major formats, is skinable, supports WinAmp plugins, and is extremely fast and lightweight. You won't find a more accurate player for these classic file types. WinAmp does NOT cut it; there are various bugs in their module decoder, and it does not play these files back as accurately.

Pros: CUE files, WinAmp Plugins, Accurate MOD/S3M/XM/IT support!

Cons: No FoxyTunes support yet ;)

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: WinAmp, foobar2000, MPC

Submitted by Ben Wright on 29-Sep-2004 13:59:45

Summary: Just a great player

Details: Great sound,very little resources needed. Plugins for audio support

Pros: Best sound without additional plugins

Cons: interface can be tricky

Period used: 2003 - currently

Other products used: all of them

Submitted by Lyn Watkins on 12-Oct-2004 09:22:44

Details: cheers - is grand - thanks for taking the time to create!

Submitted by paul on 20-Oct-2004 03:13:57

Summary: Best there is.

Pros: Excellent sound

Cons: Getting unnecessary features now days from increased interest.

Period used: Since 2000

Other products used: All of them (yes that one too)

Submitted by Nathan Hindley on 21-Oct-2004 06:13:20

Summary: small, fast, easy

Submitted by xad on 23-Oct-2004 09:51:21

Details: The best audio player yet

Submitted by Lyn Watkins on 12-Oct-2004 09:22:44

Submitted by antipop on 27-Oct-2004 01:57:43

Summary: Great all-round player

Details: Supports all the formats I need, but especially good Module support, far more accurate than other players. (Esp. Winamp) [From XMPlay site, http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html] Balls-on accurate: Plays the way nature intended 32/24-bit & multi-channel output take advantage of supporting hardware for ultimate quality Gapless output Gapless playback of all supported formats Interpolation & volume/pan ramping For output that's smoother than a baby's arse! DSP Automatic gain control, 5 band equalizer, reverb, plugin support 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 Track information Displays file/format information, messages/tags, and instrument/sample texts, open webpages from the texts Net streaming All supported file types (including MODs and archives) can be streamed from FTP and HTTP servers (inc. Shoutcast/Icecast/Icecast2), optionally writing a copy to disk, FTP directories and HTML webpages can be scanned for playable files WAV writer Writes 8/16/24/32-bit WAVs, supports external encoders (MP3/OGG/etc...), optional automatic level normalization, dithering & noise shaping, individual MOD instrument writing Keyboard shortcuts Fully customizable shortcuts, including global hotkeys Integration Open files from Windows Explorer, drag'n'drop files/directories/shortcuts/URLs, monitor the clipboard for playable URLs, drag'n'drop tracks from XMPlay into other programs, icon customization Archive plugins Archived/compressed files can be loaded just like normal files Unicode file support Support for Russian, Chinese, etc... Visualisation Compatible with Sonique plugins, also includes a MOD pattern view

Pros: Best MOD player, plugin/skin/vis support

Cons: No video, playlist slighty cumbersome

Period used: >1month

Other products used: Winamp, Sonique, Modplug

Submitted by Ross Eldridge on 04-Nov-2004 02:54:49

Details: Great Player

Submitted by Lyn W on 05-Nov-2004 21:19:55

Submitted by Sue W on 05-Nov-2004 21:45:41

Summary: Great player with outstanding sound quality

Details: Small, unintrusive music player with the best sound quality I've ever heard.

Pros: Sound quality

Period used: > 2 years

Other products used: winamp, windows media player, others

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Submitted by bob on 11-Nov-2004 13:06:08

Summary: Great sound from this player

Pros: Sound and ease of use

Cons: need some effort to understand options

Period used: 2003 and 2004

Other products used: all of them

Submitted by Lyn Watkins on 12-Oct-2004 09:22:44

Summary: The Lightest! The Best!

Details: I have a low-MHz CPU and have to use XMPlay for saving my CPU I'd like to see FoxyTunes supporting XMPlay.

Pros: Plays any music extension file. Auto-AMP. Low RAM usage. Low CPU usage

Cons: None!

Period used: 2 Months

Other products used: Winamp, MusicMatch Jukebox, Windows Media Player

Submitted by Marcilio Prado on 15-Nov-2004 21:27:18

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Submitted by Billy on 18-Nov-2004 13:35:52

Summary: XMPlay rocks!

Details: Compact and small footprint!

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: WMP, Real, WinAmp

Submitted by Steve on 18-Nov-2004 13:43:59

Summary: Best one out there

Details: This is the best audio player I have used. It is all I need without all the other stupid features that I don't even use, even though they may be cool. As a result, this player is VERY FAST. I tried all of the other players here about 2 years ago and they all bloated up my system and/or crashed frequently. This is the ONLY player which hasn't given me any problems! Use it for ALL audio needs and even for CD's with the plug-in, its really fast at loading for startup and in between.

Pros: very fast and

Cons: NONE!!! ( Except not supported yet by FoxyTunes :-( )

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: THEM ALL!

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Summary: The best player period

Submitted by Lyn W on 05-Nov-2004 21:19:55

Summary: Excellent player

Pros: Audio is very good, fast open, WinAmp plugins

Cons: More documentation

Period used: 1 year

Other products used: WinAmp

Submitted by Donald Bryant on 23-Nov-2004 09:45:55

Submitted by Odyn on 23-Nov-2004 18:32:09

Summary: Great Free Windows player without Adware

Details: It does plugins, visuals, skins, and handles MOD files, if you're into that. Massively configurable, with small footprint (both on screen and in RAM). Check it out at http://support.xmplay.com/

Pros: Small, fast, configurable, great sound, frequently updated

Cons: None that I can think of

Period used: 1 year

Other products used: WinAmp, Sonique, XMMS, various other no-name brands

Submitted by David Bicking on 24-Nov-2004 10:46:47

Submitted by hardik on 28-Nov-2004 10:50:07

Summary: Didn't see this on the original list

Details: Great player. Easy to use and easy to install. Plays practically every media file imaginable. Skinnable. Great support. Lots of plugins. Great sound.

Pros: Great player

Cons: Can't think of any right now

Period used: More than a minute

Other products used: Jetaudio, winamp, musicmatch, itunes, quintessential player, media monkey, sonique

Submitted by Dawn Douglas on 04-Dec-2004 11:22:40

Summary: Less is More

Details: This player just plays music. Nothing fancy, just works well and doesn't slow my system down. What a concept!

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Submitted by Lyn Watkins on 12-Oct-2004 09:22:44

Summary: Excellent! Low memory usage/best audio reproduction

Details: I've used this audio player for 3+ years and it is the best. Besides having plugins to play just about any audio file this audio player runs on 9 MB of memory. It has great audio reproduction, is developed by un4seen, the same people that make the BASS audio library, and integrates into windows xp very well.

Pros: Excellent sound reproduction, supports many filetypes including streamed audio, low memory usage, free

Cons: windows only

Period used: 3+ years

Other products used: Winamp, Windows Media Player, Sonique 1 & 2, XMMS, Helix, MusicMatch, Real Player, iTunes and many more that I can't remember.

Submitted by Chuck on 29-Dec-2004 00:59:34

Submitted by tris on 06-Jan-2005 09:24:41

Summary: Lightweight and fast audio player with great playback quality

Details: Support for XMplay would be quite trivial to implement.

Period used: Years

Other products used: Most of them

Submitted by hukka on 08-Jan-2005 12:43:23

Summary: Great little player - packs a lot in

Details: The only thing lacking is some sort of directory, or folder listing holding all the music in list of albums or artists - but obviously this would probably increase the size of the program and the processing it would require and I'm not sure it's worth the loss of performance.

Pros: Amount of features considering it's size.

Cons: no directories

Period used: 4months

Other products used: WMP 7 - 10, Winamp 2.91

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Summary: great player

Submitted by Lyn Watkins on 12-Oct-2004 09:22:44

Submitted by Dave Bastida on 03-Feb-2005 15:22:26

Summary: Excellent program.

Details: I've been using XMPlay since it was only a module player. This program has blossomed into full-featured media player that has remained small and efficient. The program also has a well-attended development forum with regulars who have been involved with the program for many years.

Pros: Easy-to-use, extensible via plugins, small memory footprint

Cons: None

Period used: Since 2000

Other products used: Winamp

Submitted by Zarggg on 13-Feb-2005 23:03:06

Pros: Ex. Audio Quality,Small Size,very adaptable

Period used: 2 years+

Other products used: winamp2&5,Quint Player3&4,WMP9,Jet Audio

Submitted by Allison Ryder on 21-Feb-2005 00:02:46

Submitted by Darwin on 22-Feb-2005 14:48:35

Summary: IMHO very "Winamp (2.x) competetive

Details: Been hooked on this player since '03! More than the above average audio player, it boasts the most accurate and original decoding of streamed, ripped, and file audio output at the fraction of cpu costs! Yeah. You got your favorite playa...But this one is all that! All the toys and inputs to increase its small footprint to "gosh-a-mighty sound!" Tired most of the rest...For the genres of jamz I play (jazz, ole' skool (rock n' roll, soul stuff), rythmic soul etc.,) fits my P4 to a T! Now, where was I? Oh yeah..."Band Of Gypsies..."

Pros: Inputs/add-ons a bunch!

Cons: Takes some work for personal set-up

Period used: 2+ years

Other products used: Do I have ta?

Submitted by Elda Q on 21-Sep-2004 18:38:43

Submitted by Jos Pinto on 04-Mar-2005 04:34:12

Summary: Best what you can get!!!

Details: bets of all it's got various archive supports available! ex. ZIP,RAR,ARJ,LHA... list continues

Pros: Everything

Cons: nothing

Period used: 1 1/2 years

Other products used: Winamp (also good)

Submitted by Player top rated on 20-Mar-2005 05:04:44

Summary: Best player

Details: This is the best player I have found for windows, best playback engince i've heard yet, and so thin. It's awesome!

Pros: Best audio quality I've heard yet.

Cons: Doesn't do video

Period used: The last...8 years?

Other products used: Winamp 2/3/5 series, winblows media player, ensonique, XMMS, shall I go on?

Submitted by Cora Nevling on 22-Mar-2005 22:58:20

Pros: Great extensions, good docs,

Cons: ?

Period used: 2004-5

Other products used: Windows Media, Real Player, Winamp etc

Submitted by Richard Murphy on 22-Apr-2005 02:50:01

Summary: Excellent!

Details: It replaced my Winamp as soon as I got it, it does everyting Winamp 5.x does and then some! A bit advanced for those who like Winamp's extreme user-friedly ease of use, but everything's staight-forward, and if you know wha you're doing, it can do everything and sound better doing it.

Pros: Can use Winamp plugins, 24-bit + encoding, Streaming integration, global hotkeys, giant file compatabilites, less memory intensive

Cons: Setup can be confusion for inexperianced users, no playlist sorting

Period used: 1 year

Other products used: Winamp 3.x, Winamp 5.x, Sonique, Foobar2k, iTunes, WMP

Submitted by Froyst on 26-Apr-2005 10:57:59

Summary: quick and easy

Details: if you havent used it get it ... small d/l does everything i need, without a doubt... peace

Pros: fast loading, user friendly, plays nearly anything

Cons: none as yet

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: media player, quintessential, realone, others cant remember

Submitted by scottBC on 31-May-2005 10:15:18

Submitted by jimbo on 06-Jun-2005 09:10:08

Summary: good audio quality, small size, bad UI

Details: i can't see why anyone would want to use this. it's really not that bad, but for the power user/minimalists who know what they're doing and can't stand resource hogs there's foobar. for the average user there's winamp. for the other unsupported filetypes (qt, real, etc.) and video playback there's media player classic. unless you're playing lots of mods i wouldn't recommend it.

Pros: audio quality, file size, playback of several formats

Cons: UI seems very clunky.

Period used: 1

Other products used: everything under the sun

Submitted by paradoxlost on 14-Jul-2005 23:04:54

Summary: Tha BEST .)

Details: I want (only) better skin.. =D

Period used: daily

Other products used: zoom player

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Details: Free and light what more?

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