Audio player for computer: what to choose

Audio player for computer (multimediaplayer) - this program used to play audio files. Some modern players can also play video, but this is not their main function. Different audio players have their advantages and disadvantages, let's take a short look most famous free music players.

Perhaps, The most famous audio player for a computer is Winamp. You can not call it completely free of charge: it exists in three versions, the versions of Lite and Standard are free, but they do not have a full set of functions. All functions of this player are in the version of Pro, which costs 19.95 dollars.

Winamp reproduces most music formats, including Ogg Vorbis and lossless-audio. This program is cross-platform: there are versions for Windows, Mac OS X, Android. On Linux, the application can be started using Wine. The interface is multilingual (Russian is also supported).

The functionality of the program can be expanded through plug-ins, some of them enter the installer, andyou can choose which ones to connect (note that the Lite version does not contain many modules). Winamp supports streaming playback, normalization of the sound level, portable multimedia players. There is an autofill feature for audio file tags. The appearance can be changed due to covers (skins).

A worthy alternative to Winamp is free audio player for computer AIMP. The developers focused on the quick launchprograms and minimum system load. The interface of the player is similar to the Winamp interface (some consider it an advantage, some are a disadvantage). AIMP supports 37 popular audio formats.

Many AIMP functions are similar to the Winamp functions (multilingual interface, support for plug-ins,streaming audio playback, integration with the operating system and other programs, support for skins and visualization, etc.). AIMP supports shutting down the computer with the specified parameters, displaying information about the file when you hover over the player icon in the tray or start the next track (optional).

If the player is minimized, it collapses either into the tray or into a small Tray Control panel. AIMP is especially suitable for those who want to rationally allocate system resources: the consumption of system resources by the program is minimal. But this player works only on Windows, there is no support for other operating systems.

Another famous audio player for computer - foobar2000. It, like AIMP, is designed for Windows. The interface of the program may seem minimalistic, but the player boasts of wide capabilities, extensibility and high performance.

foobar2000 supports a large number of formats (including lossless-audio). His system requirements are minimal, even when processing large playlists programdoes not use much RAM. The functionality of the program can be expanded with additional plug-ins, and the program's interface is conveniently configured "for you."

Basically, a set of basic functions foobar2000 is similar to the functions of the two previous players: volume equalization function, supportmultiple playlists, streaming audio, media library, reading tags from MP3 files, continuous file playback. Unicode is fully supported. Standard and portable versions are available. But the program in English, the creation of Russian localization by the developer is not planned.

If you do not need a lot of different functions, you can install a simpler audio player for your computer. Here is the whole list free audio players with Russian interface, which you can try: 1by1, Akva, Album Player, aTunes (not to be confused with iTunes), BBox Player, Clementine, CometPlayer, CrystalWolf Audio Player, EMedia Player, Ghost Audio Player, Helium Music Manager, Ipple Play, Jaangle, Jukes, Kallisto Player, Linnon Mire Audio , MediaMonkey, Oiynsoft Music Player, Pluton, Quintessential Media Player, Small Media Player, Songbird, Soundbase, Spider Player, VSO Media Player, Wynil.