Download AIMP 3.00 build 810 beta 1

The developers behind the AIMP media player are developing version 3.0 and have now released its first beta release. AIMP is a free Russian-made lightweight media player with support for the most commonly used music formats. The appearance is somewhat like Winamp and can be adjusted by means of skins. AIMP has an 18-channel equalizer on board and supports plugins. Furthermore, the program can rip CDs, convert music files and edit tags. In addition to a new look, Version 3.0 includes a new sound engine, a completely new music library and support for ReplayGain.

Sound Engine:

• Our output system, BASS is used now only as decoder
• Added ASIO / WASAPI / Direct Sound support
• Extended track mixing options
• Added 5.1 / 7.1 Channels emulation
• Added DTS / TAK formats support
• Added OGG files support with multiple track inside
• Improved works with *.iso.wv / *.iso.ape files

tags:

• Increased tags reading speed
• Added reading / writing covers to OGG files
• Added reading M4A / M4B / MP4 tags
• Added reading / writing TTA / OFR / OFS tags

skins:

• Added full support of semitransparent textures
• Tray icon is now depends from skin
• Added ability to create round sliders
• Added ability to clon gauge and spectrum elements
• Added ability to place playlist tabs vertically
• Extended elements options

player:

• New design
• Added ability of random switching visualizations
• Added ability to dock player with playlist to the screen edge
• Added ability to set alternative global hotkeys
• Added ability to pin player / playlist on the screen edge
• Expanded tracklist export options
• Improved options window
• Plugin manager was moved to options
• Extended running line animation options
• Main window now isn’t frozen on file moving to removable device

playlist:

• Added “Single playlist mode”
• Added ability to lock playlist from changes
• Added ability to disable auto expanding files by CUE
• Added ability to set individual settings for every playlist
• Added %Up(), %Low(), %Caps(), %Replace() and %Char() macroses
• Categories – Added optional separating template
• Categories – Added ability to expand / collapse them
• Categories – Added information about size and duration
• Categories now couldn’t be separated into few parts
• “Send to…” – Now you can rename by template options
• “Send to…” – Added ability to copy additional files with main files

Queue Manager:

• Added track duration to the table
• Added information about total duration of all tracks in the queue
• Double-click on track will focus it in the playlist

Radio Capture:

• Added ability to capture stream “as is” (only for MP3 / AAC / AAC+)
• Added ability to make CUE sheet file
• Extended file split options – by time / by size

CoverArt Downloader:

• Cache previous search results
• Cover search now doesn’t begin immediately after window shown

LastFM Scrobbler:

• Now works directly with the service
• Scrobbling track from internet radio

InfoBar:

• Added ability to adjust background transparency
• Added ability to display track cover art

Internet Radio Station Catalogue:

• Added tab “Favourites”
• Integrated to audio library

scheduler:

• Added smooth volume increasing

Icon Library:

• Added ability to set icon for each format

Tag Editor:

• Renaming one file – now highlight only file name
• Renaming by template: added confirmation dialog if file names match
• Renaming by template – added ability to work with copy of the file
• Added columns: Bitrate / Duration / ID3v1 / ID3v2 / APE / WMA / Vorbis
• Field “Track Number / Track Count” was devided into two fields
• ReplayGain – added ability to enter values ​​manually
• ReplayGain – added ability to autocalculate values

Audio Library:

• Implemented as independent application
• Quick content filtering among columns values
• Added ability to group by any columns
• Added ability to sort on several columns at once
• Added tags support
• Added report generation – total duration, favorite artist / album / genre
• Added ability to filter files by size or/and duration before adding to database
• Disk number now used for groupping by albums
• ID3v2.4 separator support
• Added ability to hide grouping window