Download Quintessential Player beta build 108

Paul Quinn has released a new development build of his audio-focused media player Quintessential Player. The program plays mp3, ogg, wav and audio CDs, can also rip the latter, has a built-in mp3 encoder and supports streaming audio. In addition, this player is fully skinnable and has an extensive tag editor and CDDB support. Quintessential Player is completely free and contains no spy or adware. If you really appreciate this program, the maker will really appreciate it if you send him a postcard. Below are the changes from the last few releases:

Build 108 (development)

• fixed Core – many bug fixes, potential crash fixups, code refactoring
• fixed Plug – tagging new encoded MP3 file fixes
• fixed ML – Playlist renaming in playlist manager
• updated Core – Input plugin management: all access by same independent thread
• updated Core – Playlist menu builds from library playlists
• updated Core – Shuffle order now remains intact on play queue changes/adds/deletes
• updated Core – Playback Pruning mode implemented
• updated Core – Playlist renamed to ‘Play Queue’
• updated Plug – ReplayGain analyzes on playback, stores in ML
• updated Plug – updated Gracenote Controls to address Playlist and MusicID issues
• updated ML – performance enhancements
• added Core – skin coloring engine

Build 107 (development)

• fixed Core – player windows remaining after ‘show desktop’ (bug #1253,#1242,#1052)
• fixed Core – player fails to restore after ‘show desktop’ (bug #1129)
• fixed Core – switching from a maximized skin puts new mode in upper left, other maximize fixes (bug #1231, #1280)
• fixed Plug – crash in Lame MP3 encoder when Lame not installed
• fixed Plug – CD information edits not being reflected in player (bug #1179)
• fixed Plug – crash in tagger browsing for artwork (bug #1240)
• fixed ML – missing view pane context menu for folder views
• fixed ML – no longer force the selection to be displayed on sort, unless it’s user triggered
• fixed ML – improved unskinned drawing for media library (bug #1216)
• fixed ML – freeze when dialogs opened from ML (bug #1215)
• fixed ML – add to library bug (bug #1270)
• fixed ML – files being imported on tag changes (bug #1266)
• updated Plug – better messaging for missing Lame DLL in MP3 encoder
• updated ML – include album year when sorting by artist
• updated ML – added file date columns to audio/video
• updated ML – only sort visible portion of a tree list (sort sub trees as they are expanded)
• updated ML – more comprehensive list in Shoutcast genre tree
• updated ML – Merged Columns can now use icons
• updated ML – Core messaging improvements (better Window messaging, better performance)
• updated ML – added Tooltips to toolbars (Windows floating and QMP status)
• updated ML – View trees expand on single-click, play on double-click
• updated ML – view/tracklist selections now occurs on mousebutton up
• added ML – added Icecast Radio Listings plugin
• added ML – text/icons option for ML toolbars
• added ML – record added/record modified columns
• added ML – added playlist track order column to playlist manager

Build 106 (development)

• fixed Core – Full mode opens shifted down (bug #1236)
• fixed Core – Cdda plugin reenabling itself (bug #1237)
• fixed Core – Secondary decoder search now looks beyond default plugin
• fixed Plug – CDRoms not being listed in player (bug #1213, #1220)
• fixed Plug – Replay Gain crash (bug #1230)
• fixed Plug – Video window QuickTrack settings not working (bug #1245)
• fixed ML – Ratings reset after tag changes (bug #1200)
• fixed ML – Expanding view tree snaps to highlight (bug #1217, #1222)
• fixed ML – Crash on double click in view tree (bug #1219)
• fixed ML – Years disappearing on edit (bug #1221)
• fixed ML – Editing/Deleting Shoutcast stations did not update treeview (bug #1229)
• fixed ML – Couldn’t add ratings to autoplaylist rules (bug #1234)
• fixed ML – ‘Delete from disk’ buggy (bug #1244)
• fixed ML – Folder Views not able to set root folder
• added ML – added ‘Remove missing files from Library’
• added ML – double-click device separators to collapse/expand
• added ML – view pane context menu items
• added ML – added Portable Device support plugin

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