For the PortableApps version, place the skins folder and any plugins in \App\XMPlay. Otherwise, the program won't find them.

Please move this conversation to forums. I'll start...

Oh, that's the problem... A problem that doesn't affect me because I don't use XMPlay's library nor I use it from external devices. So it's 100% functional for me.
Anyway, this entry is a mess. There's no mention that XMPlay is natively portable (with the flaws mentioned in the thread), there's a note alerting for problems that the PortableApps version is supposed to solve and the instructions do not correspond with the PAF package.

http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7805

No idea.

So why are we listing the PAF version?

@Midas: XMPlay is natively portable. Just run xmplay.exe and it will save the settings to xmplay.ini in the app folder.

It would be nice if someone detailed here how to make the 'native' version portable...

Yes, what a tiny, smart, useful, Audioplayer! =)
I prefer the "original-portable" Version http://www.un4seen.com

I'm with Checker here. Nice proof-of-concept, but I'd stick with a dedicated video player like one of the MPlayer variants.

@ billon: Thanks. Surely a nice new feature.
I love XMplay for audio and internet radio streaming, but it won't become my new video player.

@ billon: The plugin works partly fine. It plays audio from video-files, but I don't have any video output presently. According to the forum text it should work at least with a .mkv file.
Do I need an additional visualization add-on to see videos?

@ freakazoid: Thanks ... and running ;)

@Checker - XMPlay is at 3.8.0.2 now ;)

@ freakazoid: My XMPlay is running as v3.8.0.1 ;)

Another Christmas day release for XMPlay! Still going strong.

If it was me, I would switch out the portableapps.com version in TPFC for the native version.

@ billon: Good find!
But TPFC database entry links to the PortableApps version of XMPlay, which still is at v3.7.

Agreed Checker!

I still use XMPlay everyday. The only thing I'd love to see is some sort of directory separator in the playlist, but other than that, still the best byte-for-byte audio player on the planet!

2012-12-22 23:28

Amazing how this program has improved from a simple player for tracker .xm files ( made by programs like skale tracker: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14420&p=44902&hilit=Skale ) to now.
Still my favorite music player!

@spicydog, The KMPlayer is a good alternative.

Simply E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T... I want no other player but this!

I wish the developer of XMPlay would also make a video player with the same sleek features... If anybody knows an equivalent of XMPlay to play the common video formats, please post some alternatives.

Tnx

New version 3.6

Don't working at all in my Windows 7
Also if I run as administrator.
I'm re-installing old 3.5 version
I hope this will be fixed

great news! new xmplay! :D

Fixed.

The download link still points to the older v3.5.1!

One of the best players available in an amazingly small size.

3 thumbs up!

Great player. It's too bad that it doesn't support relative paths. It would be such an easy fix. However, it supports the one-time omission of a drive letter in the playlist, which means limited portability can be enabled as follows:

1. load your playlist, and do a search on =D:\ and replace by just =\
2. Backup your playlist file
3. Launch XMPlay. It will locate your file on whatever drive the USB happens to be located.
4. Upon exiting XMPlay, look at your playlist - XMPlay added the current drive letter
5. Restore your backup playlist for the next time.

It works for me because I only play music from my playlists, because they don't change often, and because I already have a batch file that I launch upon putting my USB flash drive in a computer. I get that batch file to restore the backed up PLS files without drive letter on top of the ones last messed up by XMPlay.

It's not ideal, because I have a replicate of my USB flashdrive in a folder of my regular PC, and I'd need real relative path (i.e. ..\..\music\ instead of \music). Playing with these give random results.

This is a really handy audio player.For its size it dose a lot and with a few plugins you get a really good player.It is also low on system resources.

Latest build always here:

http://support.xmplay.com/article.php?id=7#wheretodownload

Directly:

http://www.un4seen.com/stuff/xmplay.exe

Currently 3.5.1.19

The "Mona Lisa" of the music players

A new release after 2 years.

Is not that XMPlay is not being maintained, is just that it doesn't need any more improvements.

Very nice piece of work, looks ggreat & is small too. Just one question though: can the library be configured to support dynamic drive letter? Or does it work fine anyway?

bowser17/Buckster: right click the open button to add folders.

Best music player I've used.

Like bowser17 said, I miss the ability to open a folder.

A really good audio player considering its small size and the low system resources it uses.Excellent as a portable application.

Excellent player, did what I needed which was... The graphic equaliser didn't distort the sound when you played around with it...

Perfect... Thank you...

The best music player to portable devices!

The best portable audio player I've founded.
The playback quality and the skins are very good.

This little thing is the best player I've ever used. Loads in a breeze, doesn't use half the PCs resourses and plays almost everything you want to hear. Try it and you won't be disapointed. I know I'm not.

Plays midi files portably. 'nuff said.

I'm a strong Evil Player user and now that I've switched over to XMPlay, I won't ever switch back. It uses less memory than Evil Player and has an EQ!

My favorite player by far. It's very stable, and some great skins are available.

Looks good, but the playlist was a little tricky. The drag and drop is nice, but opening a file feature should include opening a folder also. Lastly, which is very important to me, the random play didn't seem to work, or if it does, is too dificult to figure out. I had to shuffle the playlist, and now all the albums are out of order. I would like it to work like winamp or MP, where it jumps around the list.

Best sound quality!
For the last three years I've tried every new music player I've come across on the net (included all the big ones).
So far none is even close to XMPLAY.

I was very satisfied with XM until a reinstallation of the program.
Now, if I open a few tracks by the right mouseclick in Explorer, it plays a track for 3 seconds and then moves on to the next track etc, till the last in the list, which is played completely.
I cannot figure out where in the options-and-stuff to c9EUhange it.

My choice! Migrate from Winamp.

Simply THE BEST PLAYER - the sound quality beats everything!! Although the Library could be a little easier to handle, but hey, it's a lightweight player, it's free, it's my choice!

One skin far better than the default that excels in being clean and simple is "Neutron" http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html (In reference to AncientImages complaint.)

A real gem. Works perfectly on my Libretto 110ct which has some really quirky specs eg 800x480 resolution, 7'' display,233mhz processor etc.
The support web site is excellent.

Love the program, hate the interface. There's a winamp skin but that doesn't change the fundamental differences (i.e., the "side pannel playlist" is hardcoded to pop out of the right side and display *maybe* twenty characters. Either that or you're stuck with a strange, floating alternate playlist that doesn't dock and generally annoys the hell out of me.)

Here's to drastic changes in 4.0!

Beats anything else I've tried... with a plugin it plays midis using soundfonts. Excellent player.

kicks winamps arss by a mile..

I was a Winamp fanboy from v2 up to v5, but got fed up with it. The sound quality was lacking something and it was a little too greedy resource-wise for me. I stumbled upon XMPlay just over a year ago and have been very happy. The playback quality is miles ahead of Winamp. Great program.

One Tip ? I have extracted my preferred radios from the "screamer" database and saved them as ".pls".
In that way, I have just one tool to hear radio or mp3s as I want...

I like this player. It does not eat much memory so I can use it on my old pc. A good alternative to try.

coolest player!
my favourite! - nice design and great functionallity!

this is an excellent music player, i've been using it for years and i've actually took the time out to make a skin for it.. the sound quality is very good aswell.

In order to sort of 'HardWire' XMPlay into not letting it write anything to the registry, you have to enter "NoReg=1" (without the quotes) in the ini file found in the folder.
This disables all writing to the registry.
(http://support.xmplay.com/article.php?id=16)