XMPlay 3.8.5
by Ian Luck
posted on 2020-09-02

New in this version:
* 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

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189 Comments

Cameron on 2024-12-16
Dropping in to show respect for this legendary program. Been using XMPlay since 2007...nothing else comes close!

Rémi on 2024-12-10
Happy Xmplay user since 2005. I use this probram in my class everyday (iXMplay skin), it runs smoothly on everything (Old and beat up PCs), has perfect portability, easy EQing (Perfect for crusty sound systems), etc. Almost 20 years now... Never thought i'd use a program for so long!

Gigio rated this 5 stars on 2024-12-09
Xmplay forever!!!!

Helinux rated this 5 stars on 2024-12-02
Thnak´s!!!!

Lampa on 2024-11-21
I'm user of XmPlay from many years...
In 2024 we are still here!!!

oyabun p on 2024-11-21
a great alt for other win apps!

Robert Garczyński from Łódź (Poland) rated this 5 stars on 2024-11-17
Very good player!

Kofi Suyo on 2024-11-15
Excellent and easy to use- I recommend

Maxkatsur rated this 4 stars on 2024-11-03
It's pretty good, but some formats aren't supported yet by default (Opus, APE), only through plugins... and no proper 64-bit support (64-bit allows more than 4GB of RAM to be used)... and doesn't support subsongs inside streamed audio file formats (VGMStream, Ogg)... no spectrogram yet, no DirectMusic (DLS/SGT/SGY), and no FM synthesis within S3M is supported at all. I hope that the next stable release will include such changes, but I'm afraid not all of mu suggestions.

Artyom A.A. rated this 5 stars on 2024-10-11
Wow! I can't find the words, this program is almost the best of its kind. It is easily able to compete with other audio players.

Harold L Moles on 2024-10-02
Love it. My right arm

Adilson on 2024-09-02
Ótimo programa

lebon luc on 2024-08-18
super

Isra Vega rated this 5 stars on 2024-08-17
Excellent program!! easy, light, powerfull... I love it!!! <3

Greatting from México!!!

Filipe Santos rated this 5 stars on 2024-08-01
Thank you.

James on 2024-07-18
Maravilhoso

Alberto rated this 5 stars on 2024-07-12
Perfeito, simples e objetivo como deve ser. Recomendo fortemente.

Valeriy on 2024-07-05
The best mp-player in the world

Maltopin M on 2024-03-05
This is very new fresh!

Xogroroth on 2024-02-14
Is there a pure 64bit version, please?
I have a tiny amount of songs; "(47581 items [77 days+14:23:44][477.53GB] in 0.151 sec" according to WinAmp.
I have to use LAA to keep WinAmp from crashing, due to being mere 32 bit.

I'll never understand, why people in the era of 64bit keep creating 32bit nonsense ... .
Why hamper yourself, when you have 64bit?

Thank you.

Chotito on 2024-02-12
Genial

John Doe rated this 5 stars on 2024-02-11
Best audio player until now !!! (11 Feb 2024)

Alexandre Prado - From Brazil rated this 5 stars on 2024-02-10
Wonderful!!

Wil9 rated this 5 stars on 2024-01-06
The best player in the world. Its main attributes are: it does not need to be installed (unzip and use), minimal hardware consumption (RAM, hard drive space and processor cycles) and a wide variety of skins. Thanks for the development of this software.

TheLevelCode rated this 5 stars on 2023-12-24
I was searching for a player that can open MO3 files, then by searching I found XMPlay (From an external website) and only used it to test the files, after using it for a couple of days more, it instantly became my favourite music player of all time. A software that can do so much and it's less than half a megabyte on size it's simply amazing (Also fell in love with XMPlay when I found out I could play MOD files as well). Love the design and the visualizers. Greetings from Argentina

Juan Jose Royes rated this 5 stars on 2023-12-13
Excelene.
Muy rapido y eficiente en cualquier pc.

The best on 2023-12-09
The best ever since Winamp

Mar quis on 2023-11-24
good

Kofi Ketewa rated this 5 stars on 2023-11-14
This is the simplest and efficient Music Software I have ever used. Having manipulated different sounds- from brain waves at different levels_ from Low delta waves through Theta, Alpha, to Beta & More. As such have been really acquainted with sounds and related software(s); and this SOFTWARE- xmplay is the easiest of Software of all - Guaranteed. I feel indebted to post this message. "C'est le meilleur de tous" SIMPLY the BEST!!!!!!! K Ketewa-région Parisien.

Roziman rated this 5 stars on 2023-11-13
xcelent

Keltexx1996 rated this 5 stars on 2023-11-12
laverdad yo lo utilice hace 10 años ahora vengo buscandolo ya que me es muy eficiente y compacto el reproducctor y tiene versatilidad de skins, saludos y exelente programa

Kalamun on 2023-10-27
Still downloading, installing and using daily.

Marcos rated this 5 stars on 2023-10-17
Better than using Windows Media Player or MS Groove Music.
Already vibing with the WINAMP skin.

Kevin rated this 5 stars on 2023-10-14
awesome

kevin on 2023-10-11
good

Marivaldo rated this 5 stars on 2023-09-26
Exlecente programa.

2004 veteran rated this 5 stars on 2023-09-22
I have used XMPlay for almost 20 years now and it's still the best! Thank you for keeping it alive!

daniel rated this 5 stars on 2023-09-18
Every new PC installed necessarily includes xmplay. Thanks from Argentina

xm play rated this 5 stars on 2023-09-11
XM play is the best.

crown on 2023-09-04
nice app

Dany0 rated this 5 stars on 2023-09-03
Thank you for all the years. XMPlay was just the best on low-end hardware

RustyRebar rated this 5 stars on 2023-08-31
I use XMPlay from XP era. What Winamp cannot play XMPlay is here to help

Tjahzi of uN aMOr rated this 5 stars on 2023-08-03
XMPlay is the best.

Jorge on 2023-08-02
top xmplay

Miguel Rodriguez on 2023-08-01
very good softwere

John chacko on 2023-07-31
Do you have 64 bit version for Windows 11?
Windows 11 rejects 32 bit.

Farbex rated this 5 stars on 2023-07-31
Best audio player. I always use it

GusTavoZioN rated this 5 stars on 2023-06-24
the best and smallest player in the world!
i love it!
thx so much

Gabogandi rated this 5 stars on 2023-06-21
El mejor, siempre!

karl on 2023-06-15
great job

kim ki chon on 2023-06-15
good jop

Esgorhannoth rated this 5 stars on 2023-06-12
My fav player of all times, no kidding.

paulus boskabouter rated this 5 stars on 2023-06-07
4e lustrum reeds 4 me !!

Luis Bueno rated this 5 stars on 2023-05-27
Great App. Soft and easy

Víctor Gonzalez rated this 5 stars on 2023-04-22
Genial, se merecen todos los reconocimientos.

Eduardo Santos rated this 5 stars on 2023-04-09
The best

Goltram rated this 5 stars on 2023-04-04
Love it

chris 5 rated this 5 stars on 2023-04-01
best ever

rob on 2023-03-29
yea

Mavortis Ceasar on 2023-02-23
Finally got fed up with KMPlayer choking on music files with an error message 'cannot connect video' when an audio only file was being played. Time to go retro with a small simple program.

Daniel - Grupo Infomax - PF-RS-BR rated this 5 stars on 2023-02-02
Thx for this GREAT SOFTWARE. Eu sou apaixonado por esse player desde o dia que conheci, a mais de 20 anos atrás. Obrigado por todos estes dias, onde boa parte da trilha sonora foi reproduzida de forma leve, graças a vocês.

astro on 2023-01-26
Thank you

Nice on 2023-01-10
Nice

Ricardo Hentz on 2022-12-28
Thank you all XMPLAY Team. I´ve been using this player since 1999 (if i´m not mistaken). It was the only player, my old 486 CPU would be able to run, and here I am, still not found a better one. Simple and effective. Great job guys!

pHasedBased on 2022-12-24
.mod challenge..... geeZ

pHasedBased on 2022-12-24
You heLped me getting a christmas .mos within an hour to WAV on soundcLoud just for a chellenge!!! :)

Dj rated this 5 stars on 2022-12-18
great

Jade Jetts rated this 5 stars on 2022-12-13
started using this after watching Ahoy's tracker documentary a few months ago to listen to mod files, stuck around for every other file type it can load!! the amount of plugins and themes are astounding and i'm glad i found this player :]

Hadsada rated this 5 stars on 2022-12-10
Waiting for the next update......

Инженер on 2022-11-13
GOOD PLAYER.

Frank on 2022-11-04
Brilliant MP3 player - have been using it for awhile now. It
has everything that I need without any unnecessary complicated things - Well done!

normal penis rated this 5 stars on 2022-11-03
Simplicity at its best.

Niksfish on 2022-11-01
Thanks for the update. Good old school mp3 player!

Daniel R rated this 5 stars on 2022-10-10
The best mp3 and flac player for the Windows platform. The lightest on resources among all existing players around (cpu time and memory footprint), and the most responsive (latency time). No unnecessary functionality/bloat. Keep up the good work!

Zander on 2022-10-06
I am happy I was reminded that this exists.

jaewon on 2022-09-17
gg

Helinux on 2022-08-27
Amazing!!!!thank´s!!!!

Sargis on 2022-08-26
Thank you for a good player, I have been using it for more than 15 years!

Alex Wilson rated this 3 stars on 2022-08-16
cannot use, 3.8.5.37 - 100% 1 cpu thread usage because of msvcrt.dll (7.0.17763.1). clean '2019 essential' install. same hight cpu usage on 2016 datacenter. And please make f5 button - refresh device list without restarting at Output - Device tab, asked 9 years ago already =(

Admin: Hey mate, please post on the forum so we can fix that issue for you! Be sure to try the latest stuff version.

Zard rated this 5 stars on 2022-08-03
Amazingly light-weight. Excellent!

Suri rated this 5 stars on 2022-07-28
Not bad

BodomLake on 2022-07-13
great work!

Ben rated this 5 stars on 2022-07-07
2022 and still the king, great work Ian

Helinux on 2022-05-30
Obrigado!!!! valeu

ATRoller rated this 3 stars on 2022-05-27
Thanks!

Jota rated this 5 stars on 2022-05-25
Gracias!

Cleber Magalhães rated this 5 stars on 2022-05-23
Still The most useful program. Even better than Winamp today.

whatever on 2022-05-14
how about STICKY WINDOWS

n3 on 2022-05-13
usefull

Junio on 2022-05-05
gracias

UP on 2022-04-26
I wanr to try It

yudi rated this 5 stars on 2022-04-21
seem a very good software

Gilson on 2022-04-19
Muito bom programa!!!!

Aliisa on 2022-04-18
Great player with lot's of customization options and a gorgeous aesthetic

:-D rated this 5 stars on 2022-03-05
Great app

Herriemen rated this 4 stars on 2022-02-26
Prettig en licht programma. Doet precies waarvoor ik het wilde gebruiken. Veel mogelijkheden.
Equalizer, auto amp.playlists etc. (te?) veel skins.

Aino rated this 5 stars on 2022-02-21
Lovely player

Rohit Sarma rated this 5 stars on 2022-02-18
Thank you for making such an excellent lighweight app.

Zion rated this 5 stars on 2022-02-17
Petit par la taille, mais géant pour l'écoute !

BENSON rated this 5 stars on 2022-02-10
thanks for the music player

Erik rated this 5 stars on 2022-02-08
Crossing my fingers for continued support! My #1 audio player/converter for all purposes since 2000s.
A hi-res default skin for 4K resolution would be awesome.

Helinux rated this 5 stars on 2022-01-23
Amazing!!!! obrigado!!!!

anand rated this 3 stars on 2022-01-22
no

Timotheus on 2021-12-30
Like&Subscribe =)

Yves rated this 5 stars on 2021-12-28
This has been a must-have on all my computers from windows 98 to windows 11. Many thanks to all the people who keep this great program alive, you're kings!

Joanna rated this 5 stars on 2021-12-15
I had been looking for a super lightweight music player and I can finally use my **** 2008 Netbook Win7 Starter as music server! Windows Media Player was asking too much from it and the tracks kept jumping. Thanks!

Jaromir rated this 5 stars on 2021-12-07
Great Program! I would just like to suggest the implementation of the possibility to show track info window and playlist window at once - without switching. That would allow us to have Playlist and cover art displayed together for example.

John tgb rated this 5 stars on 2021-11-23
great progam

Alpharisc rated this 5 stars on 2021-11-23
Love it many many many many years later.

giovannino jonny rated this 4 stars on 2021-11-20
buono ed ottimo

ELVIO BOTTAZZI rated this 5 stars on 2021-11-16
Me encanta este reproductor hace años que lo uso

Roziman rated this 5 stars on 2021-11-06
My Fav Audio Player

r_goose rated this 5 stars on 2021-10-26
So light and so good..!!!

Ti rated this 5 stars on 2021-10-22
My all-time favorite audio player.

Comentropy rated this 5 stars on 2021-10-14
very nice

Atsuい rated this 5 stars on 2021-10-10
I can't find a better music player. Also, the Euphoria skin ages like a fine wine!
Greetings from Finland. Pitäkää toisistanne huolta!

Wernher rated this 5 stars on 2021-09-17
thanks for the music player
now go watch all 26 Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes, plus the 2 movies and then the 4 even newer movies.
It's well worth it.
Best show of all time

GioPas rated this 5 stars on 2021-09-07
Tutto Ok

vijay on 2021-09-05
ok good thank you

jose sarmiento on 2021-09-03
bueno y practico

carlos loyola rated this 5 stars on 2021-09-02
excelente el mejor reproductsor , fiel me a acompañado por años

Vojta Nedved rated this 5 stars on 2021-08-24
I've been using XMplay since ever. In that time it was the only precise player of XM modules for Windows. Portable and powerful, even today it's my favourite music player.

one of the gyvers rated this 5 stars on 2021-08-23
how many years passed since i started using xmplay, forgot, nevermind. it can constantly run on background in my over 10year laptop. thanks for making it free, i hope i can support when i got a decent job.

Ravikumar rated this 5 stars on 2021-08-19
Light weight and quite.

While E. Coyote on 2021-08-18
Un Reproductor Excelente

Exocet rated this 5 stars on 2021-08-15
Still the best module player for Windows!

holacrosty rated this 5 stars on 2021-08-13
It sounds tremendous. It does not produce acoustic stress.
I just tested against winamp and cannot believe the difference. I dont know were is the trick but it sounds like "acousticly balanced" and "high softened fidelity".
It is superlightweight and options panel is not copmplicated.
Now I have to customize it. wow.. thank you man. Great work.

yo on 2021-08-13
Since 1998? wow. I have to try it.

pitt on 2021-08-01
great

Phil rated this 5 stars on 2021-07-29
Great piece of software. Thanks

ZeroDarkAge rated this 5 stars on 2021-07-27
Best "Winamp" like Ever! XMPLAY Rulez!

XMGOOD on 2021-07-27
best

Mentitas Limón on 2021-07-21
This is the most awesome mp3 player, faster and minimalist.

xm rated this 5 stars on 2021-07-20
best player i ever had in my entire life

mario rated this 5 stars on 2021-07-01
The best for playing Amiga mods in 2021.

Ivan rated this 5 stars on 2021-07-01
The "-play" command line option does not work in the 3.8.5 release but works flawlessly in 3.8.3.4 version

Dex rated this 5 stars on 2021-06-30
omg thanks

lysis rated this 5 stars on 2021-06-30
yeehaw buy a burger

Lexx rated this 5 stars on 2021-06-22
ok

Gravity rated this 5 stars on 2021-06-13
Nice

HARTUNG-MICHAEL on 2021-05-28
GUT

Cortland rated this 4 stars on 2021-05-28
Older and smaller? VERY cool. Cooler? Does everything? SWEET!

Microbi rated this 5 stars on 2021-05-23
Znakomity program. Dziękuję.

dalton rated this 5 stars on 2021-05-12
Excelente reproductor. El mejor.

Jonathan rated this 5 stars on 2021-05-01
Great program. Thanks

Wow. Great! rated this 5 stars on 2021-04-22
Wow. Great!

leanlea rated this 3 stars on 2021-04-18
muy elegante

SpitFireTM rated this 5 stars on 2021-04-12
Simple and cool player. Thank you for this application!!!

玉城育造 rated this 4 stars on 2021-04-11
以前使っていました。
スキンが沢山で」気に良いていました。

Francisco Borges on 2021-04-08
You are paranoid, I would love it if it was in Portuguese.

Dany SR on 2021-04-08
Thank you. 12 years using it and it still have <500 KB

Charles F on 2021-04-02
Thanks so much for this awesome program! I've tried so many music players and yours is by far the best.

Arch Beard on 2021-04-01
Thank you for your continued work with XMPlay. This is truly a wonderful player. Keep up the great work!

Jon_x on 2021-03-29
R6034 - runtime error - xmplay load C runtime library incorrectly. Only since a windoze update. ?

Roine on 2021-03-26
I want my Amiga back

H8Ball rated this 5 stars on 2021-03-23
Forgot to rate... Have 5 stars on me as a much deserved thank you!

H8Ball on 2021-03-23
Lightweight, easy to use and plays everything I throw at it. Have used it for over 10 years and have no intention of changing. Well done on a fantastic free product!

Banago rated this 5 stars on 2021-03-21
--==[ BEST PLAYER EVER !!! ]==--

Atsuい rated this 5 stars on 2021-03-19
Using 11 years already and going strong! Way to go XMPlay.

LKW on 2021-03-18
Love It+++++++.

@&&@ rated this 5 stars on 2021-03-15
From 2009 to 2021
My best player+++

Rnooo rated this 5 stars on 2021-03-13
Lite, fast, lots of formats readed, exensive skins ... all I like, Thank you for your works !

Peter rated this 5 stars on 2021-03-01
I'm using it for quite a while now. It's a great player with the necessary things. There are many skins and visuals if needed. Nice sounding, greatly customizable.
Thank you for developing it!

Roan rated this 5 stars on 2021-02-20
Just setup new PC, and for some reason decided to see if there was a newer XMPLAY version than the one from 2014.

And there actually is one. Unbelievable!

Luis Roberto Rigon on 2021-02-20
This is the best player i have used since long time. I'd like tho have one like this to use in cell phone.

ilko iliev on 2021-02-20
ok

edd on 2021-02-20
no deja de lanzar una ventana emergente de option and stuff y no se cierra ayuda

vStork rated this 5 stars on 2021-02-16
Great music player. Simple and effective. Lots of plugins, skins, and settings available. Audio imaging is the best.

Harry on 2021-02-11
Thanks let,s go tst xmplay

Diego on 2021-02-11
Hi there !! I would like to know how I can get the xmplay-on and xmplay-of files to program the use of XMPLay from the zara radio. thanks !!

Hola !! quisera saber de que menera puedo obtener los archivos xmplay-on y xmplay-of para programar la utilzación del XMPLay desde el zara radio. gracias !!

claudio on 2021-02-11
grazie x il miglior software

Owl rated this 5 stars on 2021-02-10
Awesome performance (almost no delay moving the controls), excellent add-ons, very easy operation and very good sound

Meow rated this 5 stars on 2021-02-08
Thanks for this great software!!!

😈 rated this 5 stars on 2021-02-05
I want to know how many people are using it

Carlin rated this 3 stars on 2021-02-03
falta traduccion al español

oiz on 2021-02-02
how is this still getting updated?? this looks at least 12 years old

Exocet rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-30
Thanks for a great program!

Madman/Amnesty on 2021-01-25
best ever:)

Nick rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-23
Better than the others player

Felix rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-20
Still best in 2021😍

juan on 2021-01-19
vamos a probarlo

Mario on 2021-01-16
Me gusta, super ligero!!!

mikiqex rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-16
Absolute gem! Thank you for keeping it alive. Small resource footprint, great features, compact skins, overall superb.

Rumpampul on 2021-01-15
best for unreal tournament

Denffer rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-08
simple interface,but mighty inner

Tim rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-05
I am a new fans.Love it!

Matthew Newcastle rated this 5 stars on 2021-01-04
using it since 2013 my player of choice

Oscar Castro rated this 5 stars on 2020-12-22
Deberian dejar que XMplay pueda ser controlado en su eq y opciones con controladores midi con sliders o con Kobs, sería genial y unico

Serg on 2020-10-02
Wow. Great!