Welcome to the XMPlay Support Site!
This site is dedicated to the support of XMPlay and its ever growing number of users.
The aim is to create a resource to use XMPlay to its fullest, answer any questions, and solve any problems that may arise. In addition to a comprehensive list of input plugins allowing support of the many audio formats available, you may also browse a wide variety of visuals to accompany your aural entertainment.
Visit the Guide for information on every area of XMPlay, how to perform numerous tasks and even submit your own ideas and tips.
News
Updates & new stuff
After more than four months without any sign of life, I have put up some new files and updates:
New skin: Bruise
New skin: NNP-2
New skin: XP Sterling
Update: XMP-Scrobbler 0.8
Update: AAC/MP4
Update: FLAC input (revision 6)
Update: ASIO output (revision 4)
Update: DirectSound output (revision 1)
- Thomas
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 2008!
Unfortunately, my Merry Christmas wishes are a bit late and the Happy New Year is a bit early, but I'm moving and don't have Internet, so I have to seize every opportunity. :-)
I even have a belated Christmas gift: JFGreu by Tony Palmer, a modification of "Just For Me" by Aux.
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 2008!
- Thomas
Some fresh stuff
I have finally graduated! :-)
As promised, here is the first batch of updates:
New skin: NNP by Ernie
New skin: HeavyDuty by Tero Niemi
New skin: ImAbar by KelticDanor
New output plug-in: WASAPI
New addon: HyperIM XMPlay [extended] 1.2.0
Update: LAME 3.97
Update: Real Audio Beta 7
Update: Delix test version 8c
Update: SID rev. 25b
Update: MIDI rev. 4
Update: FLAC rev. 5
Update: Oddcast v.3.1.18
Update: MSN "now playing" plug-in
Thanks to Dotpitch for helping me with these!
- Thomas
Site updates - help needed
Many of you might have realised that quite some files and articles need to be updated or even completely rewritten. While I feel bad about this, I cannot do anything until I'm through with my diploma thesis and the final exam, which will be in roughly two months.
Therefore I kindly ask you to use this forum thread to make a list of files and articles you want to see updated. I will eventually work through that list to make you happy XMPlay Support visitors again.
Thanks in advance,
- Thomas
ASIO module not a trojan
Some users have reported that the ASIO plugin is being recognized as "TR/Peed.Gen.912" trojan by Avira's AntiVir. I sent them the file for inspection and it was confirmed to be a false positive. Detection of this file will be removed in future versions of AntiVir.
XMPlay 3.4.2 finally online
I finally found a moment to upload XMPlay 3.4.2, after quite some complaints. There's still some stuff waiting to be uploaded, but my diploma thesis has a higher priority - sorry.
- Thomas
More than 1000 comments!
During the last days, XMPlay Support has gathered more than 1000 user comments! Thank you for your ongoing interest! :-)
- Thomas
Updates & new skin
Updated Windows Classic 2 again and added Funkkybebel's LunaFamfam.
Sorry it took me so long. :-(
- Thomas
More new stuff
Added in_cube for playing GameCube streams. Also updated 64th Note to 1.2 beta 3 and PSF - Highly Experimental to 2.09.
XMPlay 3.4, updates and other new stuff!
This is what I call a happy easter: XMPlay 3.4 is out and with it comes a brand new download category: Output Plugins, which include the new ASIO and DirectSound modules. There are a couple of new and updated skins: Ben "Maserati" Laufer released Min and Neutron, WMP10 v2 and Windows Classic 2 have been updated for XMPlay 3.4. The FLAC and MIDI plugins were brought up-to-date, too, as well as the 7Z, LHA, PP, RAR, WAD, XPK and ZIP archive readers. Last but not least, XMP-Scrobbler was updated to 0.7.
Please note that XMPlay's features and options have changed a bit with 3.4 and so some tutorials need updating, which will eventually happen in the coming week(s).
Happy easter! :-)
Update & new skin
An updated version of Windows Classic 2 is now online. This version has larger seeking and volume bars and has become even more useful now.
There is also a new skin: WMP11Skin by Pidusak.
New visual: RD's Vectorscope
I got a bit into Sonique visual development over the last few days and produced a vectorscope visual for stereo phase analysis. Background fading can be toggled with the middle mouse button. Have fun with it! The source is also included. - Thomas
Updates & new stuff
Added Martin Pokorný's XPSkin, which shows an interesting way of sliding the panels.
Mykel, the author of quite some original Sonique visuals, has kindly donated the source code of Smear. Thanks again!
Knurek and snakemeat have posted a list with a lot of websites dedicated to vintage music - these can be found on the Links page now for your enjoyment. Thanks, guys!
I also updated MSXPlug to version 0.34 and added Jammix Enhancer to the DSP section.
Have fun with these updates!
"Just For Me" by Aux
Another new skin has arrived: Just For Me by Aux.
"Go" source files
The source files for the "Go" skin are available now.
New skin & XMP-scrobbler 0.6
A new skin is online: "Go" by Pipertzis Dimitris. It includes three colour schemes: default, "green" and "strange colour". Also updated yagood's XMP-scrobbler to 0.6.
New tutorial: Running XMPlay under Linux
I wrote up a small tutorial about how to get XMPlay running under Linux (Ubuntu) using WINE. It also includes a guide on how to mount your NTFS partitions under Ubuntu, so you can access your music.
Comments are welcome!
We'll See.. skin update
Raina has fixed some minor issues on his VLC default skin adaption We'll See.., it's v1.1 now.
New stuff and updates
Maserati has updated his WMP10 skin to v2, including sources for both colour schemes. Another Winamp plugin for playing Nintendo NSF files has been added: NSFplug - and last but not least, Sebastian Andersson's AAC/MP4 plugin has been updated, too.
The FAQ has been cleaned up and brought up to date, too.
Happy new year 2007!
As the title says. :-)
Updates
Updated the AAC/MP4 and the SID plugin and uploaded a tweaked version of Windows Classic 2 Mini.
More fixes and some updates
Some more bugfixes concerning the magic-quotes-stuff have been made and XMinioNX updated XMLyrics, which now works with the latest XMPlay version! :-)
Also uploaded WavPack revision 1 and the new Windows Classic 2 Mini skin.
Magic Quotes are evil
I finally found some time to get rid of the dreaded backslash problem when posting a comment that contained single or double quotes. For those that don't know about Magic Quotes: you can read all about them in the PHP manual. Unfortunately, this server doesn't allow me to turn them off without breaking the entire site, so I had to find another solution. Hooray!
While I was at it, I also uploaded the latest Shoutcast DSP and updated Windows Classic 2 to the latest version.
XMPlay 3.3.0.6 released + MIDI plugin update
XMPlay 3.3.0.6 has been released. From the newsletter:
"[The update] includes a playlist file (PLS/etc) related security fix. So, although pretty unlikely to be exploited, it's a good idea to upgrade. As well as that, there are a few new features, including per-extension saved settings and CD support for restricted/limited Win2k/XP users."
The native MIDI plugin has been updated, too.
Updates & new stuff
The 7Z archive plugin and the native FLAC plugin have been updated to revision 3, the latest 64thNote is online now and a new archive plugin has been released which allows you to read DOOM WAD files. A new version of the Chorium sound font has also been released; the native MIDI plugin description reflects that update now.
Thanks to Maserati and Ian for pointing these out.
[Edit] Also updated Fraggie's SID plugin to revision 25.
Lyrics plugins
A thread on the forum pointed out that XMLyrics no longer works with the current version, so I updated the description texts for both the XMLyrics article and the download.
I also found out how to use MiniLyrics, the instructions are in the download description now. ;-)
New file
Added the Winamp plugin NotSo FatSo, which plays NES NFS files.
Some updates
Here I am again with some updates and new stuff: Minilyrics - a(nother) lyrics viewer that works with XMPlay and WAClassic - a new skin that looks like Winamp 3. Unfortunately, the LCD font used by that skin misses some characters - but that can be fixed, can't it? Just post in this thread, if you're able to help TommyB.
I also recently updated the DDE command list, see this thread for details.
More obvious "Download" link
I finally got around to adding a "Download" link to this page, that also shows the current version number. I admit that it was a bit hard to find the download location between all the Archive files and tutorial pages. Sorry for that!
I also added two new questions and answers to the FAQ.
Server Switch
The XMPlay Support Site was moved to a different server recently, which required some little code changes (PHP's Magic Quotes are a pain). While I was at it, I improved the 404 page: it now automatically searches for the missing item. Try me! ;-)
More source files
Keltic Danor sent me the source files for WAModern and MMD3. Happy hacking, people!
New skin: We'll See..
Just added "We'll See.." by Lasse "raina" Mattila.
[Edit] Updated "We'll See.." to the final version and added the source files, too. Thanks, raina! :-)
New skin: Luna (WMP10)
Ben "Maserati" Laufer's long-anticipated WMP10 skin is here, complete with source.
A bug that caused all news' and files' times to be backdated by six hours has also been fixed. :-)
[Edit] Also updated XMP-Scrobbler to 0.5b, which adds MusicBrainz ID (MBID) Support.
Update: Luna was renamed to WMP10 on request of the author. :-)
Updates
Updated the FLAC and AAC/MP4 plugins and included the missing OptimFROG.dll in the OptimFROG package.
XMPlay 3.3 revision 5 online
Ian has released revision 5 of XMPlay 3.3, which introduces a couple of new skinning features and some bugfixes.
XMP-Scrobbler updated to 0.5
Yagood released another version of his experimental Audioscrobbler/Last.FM plugin, which should fix some bugs with WMAs and cached submissions.
New Vis plugin
Dominik Tugend has sent in TestPlug, which is the first visual plugin based on the Sonique system that was actually made especially for XMPlay! Dominik also included the source code, so hack right away, folks! :-)
New files
Added the "Windows Classic 2" skin by Amit and updated AdPlug to version 1.7.
XMP-Scrobbler Update
XMP-Scrobbler 0.4b is up, which should fix many issues people were having.
Little code changes
Some people suggested that the file sorting by rating should go by the comment count as secondary criterium, so I implemented that. Files will now be sorted by rating AND comment count, so within files that are rated the same, the one with the highest comment count will be on top.
I also added a little number next to the "stars" image that shows the exact rating.
Updates
Updated the XMPlay2MSN plugin (formerly known as "MSN now playing plugin") and XMP-Scrobbler 0.3.
New files
Updated Pipertzis Dimitris' SkyBlue skin, which now contains two themes and added Fraunhofer IIS' MP3 Surround WA input plugin.
New native input plugins
Added the following native input plugins:
WV (WavPack), TTA (The True Audio), SPX (Speex), OFR (OptimFROG), APE (Monkey's Audio), ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), AC3 and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). Also updated the MPC plugin.
New files
Added these files: SNESamp 3.2 (Winamp Input Plugin), Source files for the "Plastic" skin, XMPlaySecret and XMPlaySkin (both Other Add-ons).
Also added the ability to sort files by their rating.
Bonjour, BS2000 update
Added a colour theme for Danny's "Bonjour, BS2000" skin: "raina". Source also included.
New skin and commenting update
Added "NightWish" by Stanton to the Skins section and edited the commenting function to allow "Don't rate" for files and articles.
Even more updates
Added compiled .xmpskin files for Cerealkiller's "Deviate", "Korvax" and "Machina" and updated Highly Experimental PSF player to version 2.08.
Updates and additions
Updated and added several input and archive reader plugins, as well as a MSN "now playing" plugin. Thanks to Knurek for pointing these out to me!
New files
Added three skins by Cerealkiller: Deviate, Korvax and Machina. Also added XMP-Scrobbler 0.2 to "Other Add-Ons".
New Support site online
After about two weeks of development and typing stuff into the database, the new Support Site is finally online! I hope you find the new structure at least as useful as the old one.
The screenshots in the files section will be replaced by bigger ones and I will look for updates for all plugins during the next days.
Have fun! - Thomas