Vorbital Player Changelog

What's new in Vorbital Player 4.43

Nov 25, 2020
  • Redesigned the interface to be cleaner and more readable.
  • Added a speaker icon that can be clicked to mute or unmute sound.
  • Updated the vorbis, wavpack, and mp3 libraries to current versions.
  • Fixed a problem with dragging and dropping audio files onto the app.

New in Vorbital Player 4.42 (Aug 11, 2017)

  • First open-source version under the MIT license.
  • Updated libsndfile library from 1.0.27 to 1.0.28.

New in Vorbital Player 4.41 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • Volume slider now defaults to 100% on a new install.
  • Adding songs while player is playing no longer makes next track jump to the beginning.

New in Vorbital Player 4.31 (Oct 26, 2016)

  • Improved display of songs with a period in the middle of the filename

New in Vorbital Player 4.3 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • Added FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback support.
  • Updated to the latest version of mpg123 MP3 playback library.
  • Fixed a bug with reading incomplete ID3v2 tags on MP3 files.
  • Added display of artist, album, and track info for Wavpack files if those tags are set in the file.
  • Added support for playing a file from the command line.
  • Now remembers the last directory selected when adding files and defaults to that when adding files again, and remembers the last-used directory across program runs.

New in Vorbital Player 4.2 (Sep 26, 2016)

  • Shows more info for currently playing MP3 files.
  • Now shows a progress bar for MP3, WAV, AIFF, SND, and Ogg Vorbis files.

New in Vorbital Player 4.11 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • Now remembers the last song that was playing when saving/loading playlists so you can continue listening where you left off.
  • Re-added minimize button lost in the switch to Qt.
  • No longer keeps open file locks for MP3 files after they're done playing.

New in Vorbital Player 4.1 (Aug 23, 2016)

  • Updates to ogg, vorbis, sndfile, and wavpack libraries.
  • Loading a folder now also loads everything in its subfolders.
  • Will now load AlbumArtSmall.jpg if Folder.jpg doesn't exist.
  • GUI improvements.

New in Vorbital Player 4.0 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • Support for playing .mp3 files.
  • Support for displaying album art.
  • The program now remembers the volume setting, shuffle setting, and last window size when you exit, restoring them next time the program runs.
  • Clicking the vorbitaplayer.com website link in the about box now tells you if there's a newer version of the software when you visit the site.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the program to crash on exit.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause an item in the playlist to play twice in a row when double-clicked.

New in Vorbital Player 3.11 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • User interface layout improvements, especially in Windows 7 and Vista.
  • Updated libogg, libvorbis, and libsndfile to newer versions.

New in Vorbital Player 3.1 (Jun 27, 2011)

  • Support for Audio Interchange File Format (.aif and .aiff) files.
  • Support for Apple SND (.snd) files.
  • No more installer-based advertising.

New in Vorbital Player 3.0 (Apr 7, 2010)

  • Support for Wavpack (.wv) files.
  • Support for Wave (.wav) files.
  • User interface improvements.

New in Vorbital Player 2.0 (Jan 19, 2007)

  • Added "randomize" button.
  • Fixed function of pause button so it behaves as a pause rather than stop.
  • Added "load directory" button.
  • Playlist now supports drag-and-drop.
  • Volume control slider added.
  • Added "clear playlist" button.
  • Fixed a handful of bugs and oddities.
  • Add file button now supports multiple selections.