AudioNUT is a powerful yet simple and easy-to-use audio player coded in Visual Basic 6 that is also free.

AudioNUT is an open-source media player for Windows. Built on the BASS audio libraries, AudioNUT supports most major audio formats and a bunch of ones you've never even heard of.

Here are some key features of "AudioNUT":

· Supported Audio Files:
· MPEG 1/2 Audio (MP1, MP2, MP3)
· Ogg Vorbis (OGG)
· WMA and WMA Lossless (Requires Windows Media Runtimes - Included with Windows Media Player 9+)
· WAV, AIFF (WAV, WAVE, AIF, AIFF)
· Musepack (MPC, MP+)
· FLAC (FLAC, FLA)
· MPEG 4 Audio (MP4, M4A, AAC)
· Apple Lossless (ALAC, M4A)
· TTA Lossless (TTA)
· Monkeys Audio (APE)
· WavPack (WV) - Both lossy and lossless modes
· OptimFROG (OFR, OFS) - Both lossy and lossless modes
· CD Audio
· Gapless Playback
· Supports gapless playback for LAME encoded MP3s, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, WAV and Lossless formats.
· This means continuously mixed albums (Pink Floyd, Tool) and live albums will have no gaps between the tracks.
· Multi-User Support
· AudioNUT stores playlists, media databases and configuration settings for each user profile in Windows.
· Settings/Playlist/Media Database stored in 'My DocumentsAudioNUT'
· Ultra Low System Requirements
· Media Library
· Browse all your artists, albums and songs in the Media Library.
· Build playlists using the library by double-clicking the album or song(s) you want to add.
· Load and save libraries.
· Powerful Batch Encoder
· Inbuilt WAV-Writing
· Supports most stdin capable encoders (LAME, OGGENC, FAAC, FLAC, etc).
· Supports non-stdin capable encoders (iTunesEncode, AACEnc32, etc).
· Supports encoder tag switches.
· Built-in support for 7 encoders, including OGGEnc2 (bundled), LAME, FLAC, WavPack,
· Musepack, iTunesEncode, Nero AAC and Helix MP3.
· Extensive Metadata support
· UTF8 Tag Read support for M4A, APEv1, APEv2, FLAC and Vorbis tags
· Reads iTunes M4A tags
· Reads ID3v1/v1.1/2.2 tags
· Reads Unicode ID3v2.3/2.4 tags
· Reads APEv1/v2 tags
· Reads Vorbis comments (Ogg and FLAC files)


Requirements:

· CPU: Pentium 200
· Memory: Depends on the OS and number of files in playlist/library. The program itself uses around 8-16MB RAM
· DirectX: DirectX 8 (Windows 95) / DirectX 9 (Others)
· Other: Soundcard, 800x600 32 Bit Display

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Changes:
· Removed duplicate playlist database (reduces memory consumption significantly)
· Drag and Drop playlist editing [Full Version Only]
· Optimised shuffle function
· Optimised various library functions
· Optimised console logging
· Optimised album removal from library
· Fixed WAV files displayed as 'Unknown' codec
· Removed some unnecessary code
· Added directory selection to the batch converter
· Updated BASS libraries to latest versions
· Fixed crashes on machines with DEP enabled
· Fixed encoding with Nero AAC encoder
· [Lite Version] Fixed ultra-slow shuffling speed on Windows Vista
· [Lite Version] Fixed move up/down buttons