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This section only includes software, not services. For services programs like Spotify, Pandora, Prime Music, etc. see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services. Likewise, list includes music RSS apps, widgets and software, but for a list of actual feeds, see Comparison of feed aggregators.
The following comparison of audio players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs. For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player explicitly designed to play audio files, with limited or no support for video playback.
Winamp was first released in 1997, when Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev, [6] [7] [8] formerly students at the University of Utah, integrated their Windows user interface with the Advanced Multimedia Products ("AMP") MP3 file playback engine. [55] The name Winamp (originally spelled WinAMP) was a portmanteau of "Windows" and "AMP". [56]
Version 1.0 of Music Center for PC is based on x-APPLICATION (and in turn, SonicStage). [1] Version 2.0 was released in late 2018 and had a major overhaul of the user interface [6] developed on Electron. [1] Additionally there is now also support for DSEE HX. [3] Gracenote tagging of music is also integrated into Music Center for PC. [7]
OpenMPT was initially developed as a browser plug-in called MOD Plugin, [7] which enabled users to play music and other sounds encoded in module files. ModPlug Tracker, along with a player application named ModPlug Player , evolved from this plug-in. [ 8 ]
The program used to dynamically load audio plug-ins is called a plug-in host. Example hosts include Bidule, Gig Performer, Mainstage, REAPER, and Sonic Visualiser.Plug-ins can also be used to host other plug-ins. [4] Communication between host and plug-in(s) is determined by a plug-in application programming interface ().
In computing, a plug-in (or plugin, add-in, addin, add-on, or addon) is a software component that extends the functionality of an existing software system without requiring the system to be re-built. A plug-in feature is one way that a system can be customizable. [1] Applications support plug-ins for a variety of reasons including:
Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems. [4] [5] As of December 6, 2022, Audacity is the most popular download at FossHub, [8] with over 114.2 million downloads since March 2015.