vuplayer
VUPlayer is a freeware multi-format audio player for Windows
supporting the following formats:
MOD • Sound/Noise/ProTracker
MTM • MultiTracker
S3M • ScreamTracker
XM • FastTracker
IT • ImpulseTracker
MO3 • MO3 Packer
MP3 • MPEG Audio
MP4 • QuickTime MPEG-4 (AAC/Apple Lossless)
MPC • Musepack
OGG • Ogg Vorbis
FLAC • Free Lossless Audio Codec
APE • Monkey's Audio
WV • WavPack
AIFF • Audio Interchange File Format
WMA • Windows Media Audio
WAV • Windows PCM/ACM
MIDI • Musical Instrument Digital Interface
CD • Audio CD
Features include:
• gapless playback •
• MP3/OGG/WMA internet file streaming •
• optional 32-bit mixing •
• 9-band graphic equalizer •
• volume, balance & pitch controls •
• full system tray functionality •
• timer playback/screen saver feature •
• configurable system-wide hotkeys •
• support for multiple visuals via a plug-in system •
• digital audio extraction •
• encoding to Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, APE, WMA & WV formats •
• Audioscrobbler support •
• remote freedb support •
• CD-Text support •
download
• version 2.49 (1.6Mb) •
(for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista)
System requirements:
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT ,2000, XP or Vista
Microsoft DirectX version 3 or later
32-bit mixing requires WDM audio drivers
Graphic EQ requires DirectX 8 (version 9 required for 32-bit mixing)
Windows Media Audio support requires Windows Media Player version 9 or later
QuickTime MPEG-4 support requires QuickTime version 7 or later
MIDI support requires a SoundFont
Audioscrobbler & freedb functionality requires an internet connection
Audio CD support requires Windows NT, 2000, XP or Vista
CD-Text support requires Windows XP or Vista
plug-in source code
developers who wish to create their own visual plug-ins for VUPlayer
should download the example source code here
(includes mini control, oscilloscope, spectrum analyser & vu meter examples)
developers who wish to create their own encoder plug-ins for VUPlayer
should download the example source code here
(includes Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, APE, WMA, WV & MP3 examples)
all software was developed using Microsoft Visual C++ version 6
if you create something useful, let everyone know at the forum
credits
main program is copyright © 2000-2007 James Chapman
BASS library is copyright © 1999-2007 Ian Luck
http://www.un4seen.com
Ogg Vorbis is copyright © 1994-2007 Xiph.Org Foundation
http://www.vorbis.com
FLAC is copyright © 2000-2007 Josh Coalson
http://flac.sourceforge.net
Monkey's Audio is copyright © 2000-2007 Matthew T. Ashland
http://www.monkeysaudio.com
WavPack is copyright © 1998-2007 Conifer Software
http://www.wavpack.com
Musepack is copyright © 2007 Musepack Development Team
http://www.musepack.net
QuickTime is copyright © 2007 Apple Computer, Inc
http://www.apple.com/quicktime
portions utilize Microsoft Windows Media Technologies
copyright © 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation
All Rights Reserved
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia
Audioscrobbler is copyright © 2002-2007 Audioscrobbler.com
http://www.audioscrobbler.com
freedb is copyright © 2000-2007 freedb.org
http://www.freedb.org
recent updates
• version 4.0 (1 May 2017) •
https://github.com/jfchapman/VUPlayer/wiki
a slightly belated update after ten years of inactivity
• version 2.49 (18 September 2007) •
updated to libvorbis 1.2.0, libFLAC 1.2.1 & WavPack 4.41
updated to version 2.3.0.3 of the BASS library
• version 2.48 (24 March 2007) •
updated the Ogg Vorbis encoder to aoTuV Release 1
fixed a few minor bugs
• version 2.47 (28 February 2007) •
added MIDI support via BASSMIDI
added a MOD interpolation option
switched to using BASSWMA for WMA decoding
updated to version 1.1.4 of libFLAC
fixed a couple of Windows 98 related bugs
• version 2.46 (25 January 2007) •
updated to version 2.3.0.2 of the BASS library
updated to version 4.4 of WavPack
updated to version 1.2.4 of libmpcdec
updated the main program icon (finally)