{"id":625,"date":"2011-10-18T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiovideoclan.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2020-09-10T05:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T05:27:50","slug":"10-free-winamp-alternatives-play-audio-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/tech\/10-free-winamp-alternatives-play-audio-files\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Free Winamp alternatives you can try to play audio files"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\"Grow<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Winamp indeed is the most widely used audio\/video\/media player all over the world providing the best audio output of the media you play, but still there are people who hate using Winamp due to various reasons. Then what do they use to play their media files? What alternatives are available for Winamp to play audio, video and media files?<\/p>\n

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Let’s look into some of the alternatives of Winamp available and what do they all offer:<\/p>\n

1. VLC player<\/b><\/p>\n

Designed as an academic project in 1996, VLC player is today considered as a highly portable multimedia player capable of reading almost every audio and video formats (such as MPEG – 2, MPEG – 4, H . 264, DivX, MPEG – 1, MP3, OGG, ACC, etc). Not only this, VLC player can also play DVDs, Audio CDs and VCDs.<\/p>\n

2. Media Monkey<\/b><\/p>\n

Media Monkey is a media library application. It is developed by Ventis Media Inc. The application helps in organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows OS. It can be used to play CDs and digital audio files. The formats supported by Media Monkey are MP3, AAC\/MP4, OGG, WMA, MPC, APE, FLAC, WAV, etc. A key feature in Media Monkey is that it adjusts the volume of the audio automatically.<\/p>\n

3. Quintessential Media Player<\/b><\/p>\n

Quintessential Player (also called QMP and formerly QCD – Quientessential CD player) is a freeware, multi-format media player developed by Paul Quinn. The program was born in 1995 as only a CD player for windows, but with the passage of time it was made to be support formats such as MP3, WMA, OGG and CDs. The program also has a feature of being highly skinnable which means it can be customized according the owner’s requirements.<\/p>\n

4. Songbird<\/b><\/p>\n

Released in 2006 by Pioneers of the Inevitable, Songbird is a free and open source audio player and web browser which easily integrates with Mozilla XULRunner and GStreamer media framework to give a open media web to the user. The program is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux.<\/p>\n

5. musikCube<\/b><\/p>

\n\"Dr<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

Originally created as a fork of wxMusik, musicCube has been expanded to include features that are not seen elsewhere. The application supports formats such as MP3, AAC, OGG and FLAC. The program uses an embedded SQL database engine to run, which for a lay man would mean that it is really fast!<\/p>\n

6. Amarok<\/b><\/p>\n

Amarok developed by KDE is a cross platform music player which supports formats like FLAC, OGG, MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, etc. The program integrates with Wikipedia and retrieves the artist information to display when the song is played. The program even displays the song lyrics if they are available. The application is compatible with Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows.<\/p>\n

7. foobar2000<\/b><\/p>\n

Developed by Peter Pawlowski, foobar2000 is a freeware audio player which is compatible only with Microsoft Windows operating system. The application has a customizable user interface, supporting formats; MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, AAC, OGG, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND and CD.<\/p>\n

8. XMPlay<\/b><\/p>\n

XMPlay is an application appreciated for its fast features. It is a music jukebox program that plays almost every audio format, such as OGG, MP3, MP2, MP1, WMA, WAV, AIFF, CDA, MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, UMX audio formats and PLS, M3U, ASX, WAX playlists. Not only this, the program supports some Winamp plugins too, which means it can use Winamp’s features if you like some.<\/p>\n

9. Billy<\/b><\/p>\n

Billy is a light-weighted to-the-point audio player. Which means it allows you to quickly play an entire directory of MP3 files without you being driving crazy adding all the songs from different folders in your PC to play them as a playlist. <\/p>\n

10. Sonique Player<\/b><\/p>\n

Sonique is one of those audio player applications which have become famous not for its technical features but outlook and appearances. The irrectangular-shaped skins of Sonique player are the key for its popularity. It is a freeware application and is compatible only with Microsoft Windows. The player was also appreciated for its outstanding audio visuals. The player supports the following formats: MP3, MP2, OGG Vorbis, WAV, MOD, XM, IT, S3M, Audio CD and Windows Media Audio (WMA). The player uses a windowless interface which attracts every user.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Dr<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n
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