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Cabel Sasser has written that he and Steven Frank had one goal with Audion: "We wanted to listen to our music CDs on our computers while we worked, and we wanted it to be stylish." [2] During Audion's development, MP3 files became a popular means of listening to music on a computer, and Panic licensed an MP3 decoder for incorporation into Audion.
[2] In April 2006, Cog joined other Mac OS X audio software Tag and Max in an effort by the respective authors to consolidate Mac OS X open source audio software on the internet. Subsequently, the Cog website was redesigned to Tag and Max's website design, and its forums were also moved to the Tag and Max Forums. [ 3 ]
[5] [6] Its MP3 decoding capability was based on the PlayMedia Systems AMP MPEG-2, Layers 1, 2 and 3 decoder. By 1999, MacAmp was cited as a "premier MP3 player" and most popular such player for the Macintosh.
For a list of current programs, see List of Mac software. Third-party databases include VersionTracker , MacUpdate and iUseThis . Since a list like this might grow too big and become unmanageable, this list is confined to those programs for which a Wikipedia article exists.
Stable versions are available for many Linux distributions, as well as a beta preview for OS X and an alpha preview for Windows. Banshee was the default music player for a year in Ubuntu and for some time in Linux Mint, but was later replaced by Rhythmbox in both distributions. [5] [6] [7] Banshee uses the SQLite database library.
It supports a wide variety of audio formats including OGG, FLAC, MP3, WAV, and it also has support for ALSA. The program supports for last.fm , automatic cover art and lyric fetching, a smart playlist feature, VU meters , and the ability to label tracks and edit track tags using MusicBrainz .
Released as free software in 2004 BSD-3-Clause (since OpenMPT 1.17.02.53) / GPL-2.0-or-later, partly public domain: SoundTracker: Yes No Yes No Fast Tracker clone GPL-2.0-or-later: SunVox: Alexander Zolotov Yes Yes Yes Yes Also runs on Windows CE. Proprietary (Music Creation Studio) BSD-3-Clause (Engine) Noise Station: Mark Sheeky No No No Yes ...
Ecoute does not require separately importing music or information; it uses the same files that iTunes does. [2] Ecoute is a lightweight player. Features include the ability to search for missing artwork, and customizable themes. Users may share information about the music they are listening to on Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm. [3]