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XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / AAC / MP4 / WAV / AIFF / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX / CUE playlists, and ZIP archives. A load more audio and archive file formats are also supported via plugins.
When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM file format was supported, hence the name "XMPlay".
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Main features
- 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, crossfading - DSP
Automatic gain control (and Replaygain), 9 band equalizer, reverb, plugin support - Net streaming
All supported file types (including MODs and archives) can be streamed from FTP and HTTP servers (inc. Shoutcast/Icecast and HLS), optionally writing a copy to disk, FTP directories and HTML webpages can be scanned for playable files - Subsongs and cues
Files with multiple subsongs or cues can be played as one or separated into individual subsongs/cues - Track information
Displays file/format information, messages/tags, and instrument/sample texts, open webpages from the texts - Title formatting
You decide how you want the track titles to look, title updating from 'net streams and CUE sheets - Library
A database of your tracks, with directory monitoring, for quick and easy access to the tracks you want to play - Saved/preset settings
Save settings (DSP/etc) to be automatically used each time particular tracks are played, save presets for quick application at any time - Disk writing
Write 8/16/24/32-bit WAV files, use external encoders (MP3/OGG/etc), optional level normalization, dithering & noise shaping, individual MOD instrument writing - Keyboard shortcuts
Fully customizable shortcuts, including global hotkeys - Integration
Open files/folders from Windows Explorer, drag'n'drop files/folders/shortcuts/URLs, monitor the clipboard for playable URLs, drag'n'drop tracks from XMPlay into other programs, icon customization - Archive support
Archived/compressed files can be loaded just like normal files, including support for nested archives - Unicode file support
Support for Russian, Chinese, etc. - Visualisation
Compatible with Sonique plugins, fullscreen display, includes a MOD pattern view - No installation
UnZIP where you want and go!
Skins
| click on a skin image to download | |
 | Rated Alpha by Cypress 11 variations included |
 | LiteB by DelayS 2 variations included |
 | A-Round by Sergey Kokorin original by Andrey Gavrilov 5 variations included |
 | Euphoria by Sergey Kokorin original by AIMP dev team |
 | LiteA by DelayS original by Rezin & Adem |
 | WAClassic3 by KelticDanor original by Nullsoft |
 | WAClassic2 by KelticDanor original by Nullsoft |
 | Multipass by KelticDanor original by R. Peter Clark |
 | Aiwa Z-D3300M v2.1 by Cypress 4 variations included |
 | MMD3 by KelticDanor original by Sven Kistner 7 variations included |
 | WAModern by KelticDanor original by Sven Kistner 5 variations included |
 | Section by KelticDanor 2 variations included |
 | Entel by Cypress 2 variations included |
 | Windows Classic 2.1 by Amit |
 | Royale Vista by KelticDanor |
 | Lithe by KelticDanor 2 variations included |
 | Vintage Radio by Muxson |
 | TeKnoid by Noruen 3 variations included |
 | Flat II by Cypress 15 variations included |
 | XMP Underground Radio by Thomas Radeke |
 | Acidian Fire by Noruen 2 variations included |
 | Sterling XP by Tero Niemi 7 variations included |
 | Bruise by Tony Palmer 4 variations included |
 | NNP-3 by Ernie |
 | ImAbar by KelticDanor 9 variations included |
 | LunaFamfam by Funkkybebel |
 | Neutron by Ben Laufer 3 variations included |
 | Min by Ben Laufer 3 variations included |
 | Go by Dimitris Pipertzis |
 | We'll see.. by Lasse Mattila |
 | WMP10 v2 by Ben Laufer 2 variations included |
 | Windows Classic 2 Mini by Amit 4 variations included |
 | XLXM by Dragan Jakovljevic |
 | iXMPlay by Thomas Radeke 2 variations included |
 | PowerDee by Fernsx |
 | Silk by KelticDanor 6 variations included |
 | Bonjour, BS2000 by Danny Trommer 5 variations included |
| many more skins are avaliable at the support site | |
 | Skinning kit Example skin files, demonstrating what's required to create your own XMPlay skins. The source files for other skins are also avaliable at the support site. |
Plugins
| MIDI input plugin (revision 17) Allows XMPlay to play MIDI files, including MUS/RMI/XMI formats, using SF2 and SFZ soundfonts (not included) to provide the sounds. Includes a lyrics/karaoke vis mode. An example SF2 soundfont (with example MIDI files) is available here, and another is available here |
| FLAC input plugin (revision 12) Allows XMPlay to play FLAC (inc. Ogg FLAC) encoded files and streams. |
| WavPack input plugin (revision 6b) Allows XMPlay to play WavPack encoded files and streams. WavPack DSD files are supported when the DSD plugin is also installed. |
| Opus and WebM input plugin (revision 7a) Allows XMPlay to play Opus encoded files and streams. WebM and Matroska files that have Opus or Vorbis audio are also supported. |
| ALAC input plugin (revision 2) Allows XMPlay to play ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) encoded files. The ALAC format is supported as standard by XMPlay on Windows 10. |
| DSD input plugin (revision 1) Allows XMPlay to play DSD (Direct Stream Digital) data in DSDIFF/DFF and DSF file formats, with optional DSD-over-PCM output. WavPack DSD files are also supported when the WavPack plugin is installed. |
 | SID, AHX, RealAudio, DELIX input plugins A bunch of plugins by Sebastian Szczepaniak, adding support for SID (c64) files, AHX (HivelyTracker) files, RealAudio files and streams, and over 100 Amiga formats. |
| "Highly Experimental" PSF input plugin A plugin by Neill Corlett, allowing XMPlay to play music from Playstation and Playstation 2 games (PSF and PSF2 formats). |
| "Ganbatte!" D00 input plugin A plugin by OPLx, allowing XMPlay to play D00 and D01 files. |
| Musepack input plugin (revision 2c) A plugin by Sebastian Andersson, allowing XMPlay to play Musepack encoded files and streams, including support for SV8. |
| Monkey's Audio input plugin (revision 2) A plugin by Sebastian Andersson, allowing XMPlay to play Monkey's Audio encoded files. |
| Speex input plugin A plugin by Sebastian Andersson, allowing XMPlay to play Speex encoded files. |
| AAC input plugin (revision 8) A plugin by Sebastian Andersson, allowing XMPlay to play AAC/MP4 encoded files and streams, including AAC+ Shoutcast streams. The AAC/MP4 format is supported as standard by XMPlay on Windows 7 and above (also updated Vista). |
| OptimFROG input plugin A plugin by Sebastian Andersson, allowing XMPlay to play OptimFROG encoded files. |
| AC3 input plugin (revision 2) A plugin by Sebastian Andersson, allowing XMPlay to play AC3 encoded files and streams. |
| ST-Sound input plugin A plugin by Arnaud Carré, allowing XMPlay to play Atari ST sound in the YM format. |
| ASAP input plugin A plugin by Piotr Fusik, allowing XMPlay to play 8-bit Atari music in several formats. |
| Game Music Emu input plugin A plugin by Brad Miller, allowing XMPlay to play several console game music formats. |
| OpenMPT input plugin A plugin that uses OpenMPT's engine to play a wide variety of Amiga and PC tracker formats. |
| DigiBooster input plugin A plugin allowing XMPlay to play DigiBooster 2 & 3 formats. |
| LibXMP input plugin A plugin that uses the Extended Module Player library (LibXMP) to play a variety of tracker formats. |
| ZXTune input plugin A plugin that uses the ZXTune library to play several chiptune/tracker module formats. |
| DirectSound output plugin (revision 5) Allows XMPlay to use DirectSound output. |
| ASIO output plugin (revision 7a) Allows XMPlay to use ASIO output when there are ASIO drivers present. |
| WASAPI output plugin (revision 4b) Allows XMPlay to use WASAPI output, available on Windows Vista and beyond, in either shared or exclusive mode. |
| Remote Speakers output plugin A plugin by Eric Milles, allowing XMPlay to stream audio to one or more AirPort Express, Apple TV or other AirPlay/AirTunes-compatible devices over wired or wireless networks. |
| 7-Zip archive plugin (revision 5) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within 7-Zip archives. Includes support for LZMA2. |
| ARJ archive plugin (revision 4) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within ARJ archives. |
| LHA archive plugin (revision 8) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within LHA and LZH archives. Includes support for the -lh7- method. |
| MMCMP packer plugin (revision 1) Allows XMPlay to load and play MMCMP packed files. |
| MOD packer plugin (revision 3) A plugin by Sebastian Szczepaniak, allowing XMPlay to load and play MOD files in several packed formats - KRIS, AC1D, NP2, NP3, PHA, PP21, PP30, PRUN, PRU2, P40, P41, P50, P60, P61, TP3. |
| PP archive plugin (revision 2) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within PowerPacker archives. |
| RAR archive plugin (revision 9) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within RAR archives. Includes RAR 5.0 support. |
| WAD archive plugin (revision 1) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within WAD archives used by DOOM and other games. |
| XM-EXE executable plugin (revision 2) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within EXEs created by XM-EXE 1.5 & 1.6. |
| XPK archive plugin (revision 3) Allows XMPlay to load and play files from within XPK archives. |
| GZIP, LZX, Crunch-Mania archive plugins A few more plugins by Sebastian Szczepaniak, adding support for GZIP, LZX, and Crunch-Mania archives. |
| MSN "now playing" plugin (revision 7) Displays in MSN what you're currently listening to in XMPlay. |
| Discord Status plugin A plugin by Graham Downey that sets your "Now Playing" status in Discord to what you're currently listening to in XMPlay. |
| Cover Art visual plugin A plugin by Bernhard Schelling, allowing album/cover art to be displayed for the current song. |
| Winamp visual plugin wrapper A plugin by Bernhard Schelling, allowing Winamp visual plugins to be used with XMPlay. |
| Audioscrobbler plugin A plugin that lets you "join the social music revolution at Last.fm" with XMPlay. |
| Visual & Input plugins A plethora of visual and input (additional format) plugins are available at the XMPlay Support site. |
| XMPlay plugin SDK C/C++ APIs to create your own XMPlay plugins with. |
| WMA support modules WMA playback requires the Windows Media Format modules to be installed. They come installed with Windows Media player, so will already be on most users' systems, but they can also be installed separately. |
| Latest stuff Updated XMPlay and plugin versions that have not been released yet. |
