What's new in XMPlay 3.8.5.38 Beta
Jul 2, 2022
- Improves the reverb effect, tweaks the reverb/chorus levels including the per-drum defaults, and adds support for more SF2 modulators.
New in XMPlay 3.8.5.0 (Sep 1, 2020)
- Improved support for filetype association on Windows 10
- Optional capitalisation of tag names in "Message" info
- Playback position is included in tray icon tooltip
- * "Save track position upon closing" option now applies when paused/stopped too
- Relative paths in saved playlists now use ".." to traverse parent folders
- Saved playlists can be set to use back or forward slashes in paths
- Bringing XMPlay to foreground when opening files from Windows Explorer is now optional
- M3U8 extension added to filetype association options
- Detection of OPL instruments in OMPT files
- Optional checking for beta updates
- Fix to stop paused playback auto-resuming after system sleep
- Fix for soundcard detection in Windows 10 v2004 ("Microsoft Sound Mapper" renamed to "Default")
- Fix/workaround for HE-AAC seeking bug in Windows 10 AAC decoder
New in XMPlay 3.8.4.0 (Dec 20, 2019)
- Double skin size option
- ZIP support built-in (ZIP plugin removed)
- Live HLS stream delay is limitted to around 30s
- Option to not play Adlib S3M files using built-in player so that a plugin can
- Level reduction/normalisation when downmixing is now otional
- Improved support for channel masks in multi-channel files
- Selection of search results in playlist/library is now optional
- Playlist track selection is retained across sessions
- "-noplay" command-line option to not start playing
- Default LAME encoder options changed to write only ID3v2 tags (not ID3v1)
- Default FLAC encoder options changed to write an intermediate file for proper seektables
New in XMPlay 3.8.2 (Dec 22, 2015)
- HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) support
- RF64 support
- Support for large (over 4GB) files
- FastTracker 2 panning for XM files (and MODs in FT2 mode)
- Support for OpenMPT author field
- Crossfading on/off switch and shortcut
- Skin and vis plugin menus alphabetically grouped when there are lots of them
- Automated system sleep disabled while playing
New in XMPlay 3.8.1.1 (Dec 29, 2014)
- Loading of different settings from multiple saved sets
- Loop limits included is saved loop settings
- Higher priority for exact path matches in saved settings
- Subsong number title formatting option
- Optional random bias for tracks that were last played longer ago
- Next/prev subsong seeking options also apply when the subsongs are separated
- Per-track overriding of removal after playback option
- Extraction of tracks from archives to separate files
- Filename sorting separated into filename and full path options
- Checking for dead tracks upon launch is now optional
- IT virtual channel configuration
- Peak active MOD channels display
- Upmixing for quad speaker output
- Auto-amp also applies when Replaygain is enabled
- Limit according to Replaygain peak level option also applies when Replaygain is disabled
- Replaygain mode shortcut
- Restart shortcut
- List looping shortcut
- Skinning enhancements (see skinning kit)
New in XMPlay 3.8 (Dec 27, 2013)
- Separation of tracks into individual subsongs/cues, and unseparation back the other way
- Subsong info added to library ("subsongs" column) and track info window
- Random playback mode can be applied to subsongs too
- "%subsong" and "%subsongs" search term options added
- Support for tag names in search terms
- Playlist processing of CUE files
- Support for remarks in CUE files
- Soundtracker MOD support
- Looped OGG support
- Loop limiting by playback time
- "Go to time" shortcut to jump to a time position (aka "jump to time")
- Selection extension page up/down shortcuts
- Quicker access to file writing options via track right-click menu
- Support for "Content-Disposition" header filename when saving a streamed file
- "Year" track info replaced/expanded to "Date"
- Option to have XMPlay in both the taskbar and tray
- Taskbar title scrolling
- Option to replace the playlist when playing tracks from the library
- Track info option added to info window right-click menu
- Info window height limit for auto-resizing
- Archive file URLs will have all of their contents added to the playlist when opened
- Improved support for drag'n'dropping between the playlist and library and other XMPlay instances
- Extended playlist filename display mode can optionally include the full paths
- "closetrack" and "closelist" command-line options to close at the end of the track or playlist
- Automatic use of the backup if the library file gets corrupted
- Option to apply title formatting to Winamp plugins removed (now always on)
- ZIP plugin added to the XMPlay package
- Skinning enhancements including alpha channel support (see skinning kit)
New in XMPlay 3.7 (Dec 22, 2012)
- Recently played tracks list with the option of going back
- List of last 5 track titles for internet streams in "Message" info
- Contains/equals/lower/greater tag searching options
- Search history available via search button menu and quick find option
- Automatic playlist replacement with library search matches
- Playlist history and quick loading/saving of entries
- Playlist saving of only the selected tracks
- Playlist entry removal after playback
- Sorting by album also considers track number
- Use of the track title when writing to file
- Internet streams that are paused too long auto-reconnect on resumption
- MP3/AAC internet stream writing without needing to reconnect
- Toggling/stopping of internet stream/file writing
- HTTP/FTP download support for Winamp plugins that don't include their own HTTP/FTP support
- Improved tag reading support for Winamp input plugins
- Support for Unicode-enabled Winamp input plugins, and support for exotic filenames with non-enabled plugins too
- Improved support for non-Unicode encoders
- Removal of empty tags from encoder command-line options
- FLAC encoder added to default encoder options
- Loop limiting to a specified number of times (instead of just once)
- Bookmark resumption at end of queue
- Window position locking
- Skin config customisation
- Visualisation refresh rate control
- Shift+left-clicking alternative to middle-clickng in "Vis" window
- Support for per-user vis config (VIS.INI)
- Amplification level resetting upon new subsongs
- Amplification slider range increased to +/-20dB in DSP options
- Output buffer range extended to 5 seconds
- History clearing by category
- More accurate MP3 seeking
- Ramping-in disabled for all but the XM format (and MODs in FT2 mode) in "normal" ramping mode
- Tracker detection for IT files
- Open folder option added to tray menu
- Support for archive file entries via DDE
- "replace [playlist] from library" and "write to disk" shortcuts
- Restarting/reloading of XMPlay
- Missing fonts warning not shown at startup
- CD plugin: Fix for drives with letter A
- CD plugin: CD-TEXT reading bug fix
New in XMPlay 3.6 (Dec 23, 2010)
- Decoder/plugin saved settings
- Replaygain included in amplification saved settings
- Tag-based saved settings
- Priority filetypes for input plugins
- Use of the source sample resolution when writing to disk
- Shortcut reordering
- Playback state resetting when looping non-looped MODs
- Playlist track number column is now optional
- Average play count per month in library
- Improved search support for diacritics
- Clearing of the folder/URL/search history
- Windows default output device ("Microsoft Sound Mapper")
- Support for UTF-16 playlists
- Support for opening URLs via DDE
- Gapless support for iTunes MP3 files
- Overriding of Explorer's "Hide extensions for known file types" setting
- Sample resolution added to WAV/AIFF "General" info
- WMA plugin: Sample resolution added to "General" info
- WMA plugin: Proxy support
- WADSP plugin: Bit borrowing for headroom to avoid clipping
- Skinning improvements (see skinning kit)
New in XMPlay 3.5.1.17 (May 20, 2010)
- Rating shortcuts
- Optional length/filetype/rating columns in playlist panel and extended playlist
- Adjustable crossfade length for manual track changes
- Search system tweaked some more, including a single phrase mode
- M3U playlist saving can use the standard or extended form
- CD plugin: MusicBrainz CDDB server option
New in XMPlay 3.5.1 (Feb 10, 2010)
- Adds rating shortcuts, adjustable manual crossfade length, standard M3U playlist saving, and a bit more tweaking of the search options
New in XMPlay 3.5 (Dec 23, 2009)
- Adds crossfading, AIFF support, track rating, some track searching enhancements, some Replaygain enhancements, and a bunch of other stuff. See the "readme" for a full list.
New in XMPlay 3.4.2 (Jun 29, 2007)
- Library menu options and shortcuts to select all tracks with matching tags
- Reverb "time" parameter
- Configureable internet connection timeout and pre-buffering
- CDDB and CDTEXT info shown separately
- Option to prefer CDDB or CDTEXT for tags
- Updated version notifications