Download AIMP 4.00 build 1645 beta 1

The first beta release of version 4.00 of the media player AIMP has appeared. This free Russian-made lightweight media player has support for the most popular music formats. The appearance resembles the well-known 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 version 4.0, the appearance of the program has been changed, among other things. The complete list of changes looks like this:

Common:

• Version number of application has been removed from names of binaries
• Macros – one-letter / two-letter names of macros are replaced with friendly names
• Macros – list of macros for playable file has been expanded, following macros have been added: %AlbumGain, %TrackGain and %Lyrics
• Macros – list of functions for text manipulation has been expanded
• The “copy to” / “move to” functionality – an ability to save folder structure

ONION:

• New design of application
• Windows animation no longer inhibits UI
• Scrollbar thumb jumps to previous position when mouse cursor leaves scrollbar zone

player:

• An ability to limit number of attempts to reconnect to internet-radio station when connection is lost

playlist:

• Quick Search – algorithm has been changed: the content that isn’t satisfying to a search string hides now
• The “move to…” functionality has been introduced
• The “Find in Music Library” command has been added
• Smart playlists – an ability to build playlist based on data from Music Library with an ability to filter and group data
• Smart playlists – an ability to build playlist based on one or few directories
• Smart playlists – synchronization with pre-image is now works in separate thread
• Playlist files are now imports each into separate tab if the “open files from external applications” option set to “create new playlist”.

Playlist Manager:

• An ability to view size and duration summaries of selected playlists
• Drag-n-drop support for the preview window has been added

skin engine:

• potential abilities have been expanded (refer to the help for Skin Editor for more information)

tags:

• Added support for multiple values ​​for APEv2, ID3v2, Vorbis Comments and M4A tags formats

Audio Converter:

• Support for aften.exe command-line encoder for AC3 format has been added (thanks to Soolo)

Music Library:

• Integrated into the main application
• “the” article isn’t cut out when adding files in a DB any more
• An ability to save user mark to tags of file automatically (optional)
• An ability to specify different columns set for table and card views
• An ability to adjust height of the alphabetic index control
• An ability to set user-defined filter for grouping preset
• An ability to drag album by its album art
• An ability to scroll song list via mouse wheel without focusing of it
• An ability to fast scroll via mouse wheel if Ctrl key is pressed
• Report generator – support of fields with multiple values ​​has been added
• The “move to…” functionality has been added
• File name column displays a name of file without path now
• Alphabetic index is now supported for all fields
• Skin support has been added
• The “no grouping” mode – an ability to fill song list from current folder only (without sub-folders)
• Support of network files has been improved

Plugins:

• Scheduler – sleep timer – an ability to fade out volume
• Scheduler – the “OK” button has been added
• SACD – ISO – now the plugin displays both stereo and 5.1 tracks