All versions of the Windows operating system integrate an audio and video player developed by Microsoft to enable users to play music and movies from the very first PC boot, called Windows Media Player (WMP), rich in options and compatible with the most important and used multimedia formats.
It did not get popular with the public, as Microsoft probably expected, despite being one of the first players to play online audio streams, allowing the user to organize music into libraries, ripping CDs or burning them.
Apart from the built-in Windows software, there are other programs that are the crowds’ favorite, which I will try to enumerate below not necessarily in the order of popularity.
1.Dopamine.
Dopamine is a music app for your computer.
Dopamine can be used as an audio player to listen to music but also to organize music collections by genres, albums or artists.
This application can run the following music formats: wav, mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, wma and m4a / aac.
Price: Free
Operating System: Windows 7/8 / 8.1 / 10
License: Free
Limitations: None
2.MusicBee.
Another interesting audio player, though far too complex for the needs of most users, is the MusicBee program developed by Steven Mayall. Its strong points are the additional tools it provides to those who use it every day, such as converting between different audio formats, updating labels and metadata, and the one that makes it easier to find and locate the lyrics of the songs played.
Its graphical interface is somewhat similar to that of iTunes, being divided into several panels. The central panel contains the current playlist, a summary of musical genres, artists, albums, and a search box.
Its appearance, like other music listening programs presented above, can be easily customized by visiting the View menu, all of which can be activated by the mini player. MusicBee features a duplicate song management system, as well as an automatic folder cleaning utility.
MP3, OGG, WMA, AIFF, ALAC, APE, BWF, CDA, FLAC, M3U, MP4, PLS, TTA, WAV, TAK and SPX are just a few of the audio file formats that MusicBee can play.
3.foobar2000.
foobar2000 is developed by Peter Pawlowski, an independent programmer who has set his shoulder to develop the Winamp 3 audio player along with Nullsoft’s team of programmers.
Without the need for third-party codecs foobar2000 can play in an exceptional way, audio files in the following formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, and NDS.
Its developer, Peter Pawlowski, has taken care to ensure that foobar2000 consumes as little resources as possible, even though it seems hard to believe, using fewer resources than even the AIMP audio player, which is why we recommend it especially for those who will use it on modest systems, that is, without a modern processor, on older systems such as laptops and netbooks.
Operating System: Windows, Android, iOS
4. AIMP.
Even though AIMP was initially released in 2006, it was not until the demise of the Winamp player that its popularity began to increase as the effort of its growth and development grew. AIMP has native compatibility with CDA, AAC, AC3, APE, DTS, FLAC, IT, MIDI, MO3, MOD, M4A, M4B, MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, MTM, OFR, OGG, MPUS, RMI, S3M, SPX, TAK, TTA, UMX, WAV, WMA, WV, XM, so it can play any audio files in any of these formats without the need to download a package of additional software.
The popularity of this program is due, even though current systems should not pose a problem of higher consumption, low consumption of resources, the quality of song playback, the ease with which it can be installed, configured and use of data and settings migration functions, the ability to play audio streams from Internet stations such as radio stations or live sessions of DJs, the possibility of customizing it with skins (interfaces) on all tastes, but also a growing portfolio of plugins, specially developed to provide it with features and features that other audio players have long been waiting for on the market.
Operating System: Windows, Android
5.iTunes.
Developed by Apple initially for users of the operating system Mac OS X, iTunes later made the leap to release it on mobile devices with iOS. iTunes has become one of the most popular audio players mainly due to the iPhone and iPod, devices that can’t import music without the use of iTunes.
Its advantage over the other audio players presented above is the iTunes Store, the shop where you can buy songs or complete music albums, thus saving the unnecessary customer from downloading a single sing, thus reducing the number of people who were used to download music due to the lack of an alternative.
Operating System: Windows, MacOS
6.MediaMonkey.
Without having extensive options when compared to other similar programs, MediaMonkey is an alternative to the classic Windows Media Player or VLC. Among the types of files that can run with MediaMonkey are mp3, aac, ogg, WMA, avi, mp4, or flac. The program also has the audio conversion option between the various formats mentioned above. In addition, MediaMonkey offers the ability to print CDs or DVDs. It’s also possible to sync Apple devices or Android operating systems with this program.
7. Clementine.
Clementine is a modern music player and organizer of music collections. Clementine is a multiplatform music player. It’s inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music. You can now listen to music stored in Box, Dropbox, Skydrive and Ubuntu One. The newest major feature is starring playlists so you can safely shut them down and then restart them from another device. Operating System: Windows, MacOS, Linux