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Audio - MP3 Tag Editors (3)

foobar2000 v1.2.6 Updated

Checker on 4 May 2013

Foobar2000 is an audio player with low memory footprint and native support for most popular audio formats. It includes replay gain, audio normalization, equalization, and more. Play list display and keyboard shortcuts are both very customizable.

The program can edit song tags (album and song name, number, year, etc.) based on the FreeDB Internet database and even rename the original songs based on these tags. A file format conversion tool is available, but must be enabled with external downloads. Can even fix some MP3s with corrupted file headers.

Windows 2000 is no longer supported but users can download the last compatible version: 0.9.4.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and launch.
  2. Select "Portable installation" and choose the destination folder.
  3. Launch foobar2000.exe.
What's new?
  • Windows 8 "connected standby" countermeasures:
    - Option to keep display up while playing - seems to be the only way to prevent Windows desktop apps from being shut down while the machine turns idle
  • Fixed misbehavior when updating attached pictures in files with ID3v2.2 tags.
  • ReplayGain tagging now works with AIFF.
  • Fixed crashing when embedding specific picture files into Ogg Vorbis files.
  • Attached picture manager dialog tweaks.
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abc on 2012-10-28 02:09

For file tagging I prefer Tag Scanner but the tagging and audio conversion features of foobar2000 are quite convenient and adequate enough most the time I forget about using Tag Scanner.

Comparable to WMP, iTunes and others, The lack of multi-media handling (audio / video / etc) has become it's Achilles hill. But I haven't found a better performing and customizable replacement, so I'm quite happy foobar2000 for the time being.

Some component recommendations:
foo_simplaylist
foo_playcount
foo_facets

lautrepay on 2012-11-02 09:33

@abc: Considering Winamp's video playback quality, perhaps it is preferable to keep foobar2000 as it is...

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Multi Commander v3.1.0 (Build 1401) Updated

webfork on 1 May 2013

Multi Commander is a customizable, feature-rich, and multi-tabbed file manager with a dual-pane layout. The program includes the standard file manager features with the ability to browse a variety of resources including local hard drives, network servers/shares, archives (zip, 7zip, rar, bz2), system registry, and FTP (with SSL/TLS Support). Available tools include quick search, file verifier, splitter, audio, picture, clipboard, permissions, and many more.

Includes intelligent functions that allow you to do advanced tasks with ease such as auto-unpacking, auto-sorting, internal file type associations, a powerful scripting engine for automation, and command-line field.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MultiCommander.exe.
What's new? Release v3.1 (Build 1401) (26-Apr-2013 )

Over 190+ Changes and some of them are....

ADDED - Support for New Langauge - Romanian Created by Gabriel
ADDED - Auto expansion of subitems can now be disabled in the FolderTree.
ADDED - FTP now support UTF8 encoded filenames and UTF8 encoding in the FTP log.
ADDED - FTP now support context menu. Will for now only show "Edit" for bookmark items and "Disconnect" for ftp items.
ADDED - MultiRename search and replace part can now be set to only process Name part or Extension part or Both.
ADDED - Now possible to run file in search result from the context menu.
ADDED - Now possible to customize the key for the Explorer Panel command "Toggle selection and step down"
ADDED - Now possible to customize the key for the Explorer Panel command "Toggle selection and calculate folder"
ADDED - Editing an exiting custom command in the editor. The namespace/function dropdown and description will update to match command
ADDED - CustomCommand MC.Explorer.Selection.Select now support option ONLYFILES / ONLYFOLDERS (Works in all panel types)
ADDED - CustomCommand MC.Explorer.Select now support option ONLYFILES / ONLYFOLDERS (Only for Explorer Panel)
ADDED - CustomCommand MC.Explorer.SizeFolder
ADDED - CustomCommand MC.Explorer.SizeItemFocus
ADDED - CustomCommand "SetActiveTab" now support "Next" and "Prev" as tab parameter.
ADDED - Rename multiple item using move to same path (shift+F6) is now using target name filter.
ADDED - Rule based file coloring. (Exprimental, no UI to configure it yet. Use MultiScript to configure)
ADDED - Able to hide delete options dialog when deleting to recyle bin. (Use at own risk)
ADDED - FileOperations settings that was access from CopyTo dialog is not also available from configuration menu
ADDED - Change file properties dialog (Attributes and FileTime) can now also change Created and LastAccess time.
ADDED - Show hidden files command and Search command now available in menu and toolbar
ADDED - Extended Contextmenu options is shown if shift is pressed while showing it
ADDED - Hovertime for auto select on hover can now be tweaked
FIXED - QuickLaunchBar handles relatives paths better.
ADDED - QuickLaunchBar can create relative paths better
ADDED - QuickLaunchBar can now be configured on how to handle dropped files.
FIXED - Converting path to absolute/relative in FileTypeSetup now works better.
FIXED - File search handles binary files better.
FIXED - QuickSearch in ExplorerPanel can now be started with none localized alpha letters.
FIXED - TargetName pattern now supported for copy of multiple files/folders.
FIXED - Path matching settings in FileTypeSetup is now loaded correct.
FIXED - CheckSum checking (SFV) sometimes locked a file if the process was stopped with the stop button.
FIXED - Issue with move operation leaving a empty folders if SKIP ALL was selected when an existing file was found when moving a previous folder.
FIXED - Crash problem with FTP on 64bit OS
FIXED - UserDefined Commands of external type will now expand ${xx} tags correctly.
ADDED - RAR files will now be tested against it bytemark before they are opened as rar files.
FIXED - File search continue button in dialog now works again
FIXED - Crash issue with Tar/Gz
FIXED - Lots of internal fixes and improvements.
FIXED - 8 Crash problems reported by the Crash Report System.
Latest comments
Ennovy on 2012-09-05 06:02

System Requirements: Please add Win8

rogerthedodger on 2013-02-07 23:40

Looks pretty competent, but wow, it cant be called lightweight, over 350 files/folders on first use 13.5MB.

hamasaki on 2013-05-04 09:35

This is my preferred file manager and has all the features I need. Never any issues.

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AIMP v3.20 Build 1165

Checker on 22 Dec 2012
  • 16MB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by eldad

AIMP is a skinnable audio player similar to Winamp that supports most audio formats, as well as Internet radio. Features include a mini-player, colorizing of individual skins, equalizer, visualizations, playlist, global hotkeys, library, and plug-ins capability. The application also includes a built-in tag editor, alarm clock, and auto-shutdown.

Alternatively, AIMP Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder.
Dependencies: For Win2K: GDIPLUS.DLL
Stealth: ? No. Writes to registry if run with admin rights. See this forum thread.
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware (donate)
How to extract:
  1. Download and run the installer, choose a folder of your choice (outside of the Program Files directory) and select Portable version
  2. Launch AIMP3.exe and choose Single User Mode
Optionally, you may delete the uninstall.exe file and the temporary setup folder C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\AIMP
What's new?
  • Tag Editor: Cover art now stored to special section in FLAC format
  • Player: The Algorithm of catching CUE sheets for audio files with double extension has been improved
  • Fixed: Audio Converter - Sample format saves incorrectly for command line encoders
  • Fixed: Audio Converter - Error occurs when trying to remove virtual track from disk
  • Fixed: Radio Capture - Unable to choose command line encoder for capture
  • Fixed: The "Ctrl+Del" hotkey is intercepted by playlist from secondary text input elements
  • Fixed: The content of playlist stops drawing in some cases
  • Fixed: Player doesn't play sound, if initialization of DSP-plugin failed
  • Fixed: Player doesn't detect CD-drive at "A" letter
Latest comments
webfork on 2012-11-03 16:44

Disappointed that recent updates have made this program too distracting. Can improve it by disabling annoying scrolling text animation via Options - Templates - Running Line Animation - Set Movement (for annoying file scrolling) to "Disabled". Sadly, no way to turn off the volume animation and I can't figure out how to disable the song title popping up at the top of the screen.

lautrepay on 2012-11-03 20:08

@webfork: Respect to the song title, Options>Plugins untick "Information Bar". HTH

webfork on 2012-11-06 02:41

lautrepay - cool, thanks

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