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We recently posted this question on social networks. Someone immediately guessed what the hint was about, someone did not. So, revealing the secrets:
Continue readingThe year 2024 is now over, and it’s time to summarize its results.
In this year, we released three minor versions of the mobile player for Android OS.
v4.10
Focused on improvements of music library (aka “My Music”) that has been introduced in AIMP4: we’ve improved performance, extended number of sorting templates, made possible to remove files physically, and also — we’ve added integration to Android Auto.
v4.11
Focused on tags editor: the JAudioTagger library that was used before, has been replaced by ATL ported from AIMP for ПК. This had a positive effect on the stability and performance of the editor, as well as significantly reduced size of executable file.
v4.12
Focused on Android 15. Despite the fact that there are almost no visible changes compared to the previous release, quite a lot has changed inside the app in order to support the new requirements that Google introduced in Android 15.
v5.40:
Key features of this version:
Let’s take an example of how to transfer music and playlists from a PC to a mobile device.
Continue readingSome users claim that the mobile version of AIMP does not have the ability to change the playback speed. However, this is not true.
Continue readingFew people know that AIMP for Android also has smart-playlists. Compared to the PC version, the implementation is less explicit here – most operations are performed automatically. Let’s take a closer look at how this works.
Continue readingSometime users asks us about AIMP’s random playback mode. In this article, I want to talk about our random playback implementation that used in modern version of AIMP for all supported platforms. Let’s go.
Continue readingWhile new major version is in the prototyping stage, we are pleasured to present you a new minor update for AIMP5 – v5.40.
Continue readingOver a month ago we launched the AIMP development survey. Now, as the flow of respondents has subsided, we are ready to post the results:
Continue reading2023 is coming to its end, so let’s summarize its results.
AIMP for PC
In this year, we made following major features in AIMP for PC:
Refer to detailed overview of changes we made.
The “Internet Radio Catalog” and “Sound Recorder” planned features are postponed again.
AIMP for Android
Refer to detailed overview of changes we made.
Roadmap 2024
Roadmap 2024 is not yet ready. Please take a few minutes to answer a few questions in roadmap survey. We would like to hear your opinion about features that you would like to see in next AIMP versions.
Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Today AIMP celebrates it 17th birthday. At this beautiful day, we are happy to present you a new version of AIMP for PC – v5.30. What’s new in this version?
Additionally, we have extended sound effects support:
DSP
Since this release, you can use few DSP plugins at same time. You can exclude the plugin from processing chain by un-checking it mark. Sound processing order is equal to order of plugins in the list. Use drag-n-drop to re-order plugins in the list.
VST
Yes, we’ve added support for VST plugins (our host implements VST API v2.4). VST plugins can be installed as well as another plugins*.
* 64-bit VST-plugins will work only on 64-bit version of app.
Performance
We’ve improved playlists loading speed:
Batch operations
In the “Managing playlists” dialog you will find few new commands that applies to all selected playlists:
Removing
We’ve added the “physically remove files with it folders” command that will be useful when getting acquainted with new albums or artists. The command allows you to delete entire album in just a couple of clicks if you don’t like it.
Personal settings
Personal settings block has been extended by individual tempo control:
This setting will be useful for audiobook playback, you no longer need to adjust tempo by yourself when switching between playlists with music and audiobooks. Dont forget to switch on the option in app settings:
Not all users knew that if you put a file/album name as equalizer preset name, it will be catched up automatically when you play that file/album. That’s why in v5.30 we decided to rework the presets creation dialog, making the naming rules more transparent:
Notifications
When you change volume or rate the playing track, a notification about this action displays in app’s main window. Now, notifications can also be displayed in the Information Bar:
Macros
List of available macros for the Information Bar has been extended by new one – %Playlist. The macro will display a name of playing playlist, if the playlist has not been removed or unloaded.
Card View
Now, if you change card position, the card will remember new position and will use it for next shows.
New fields
In this release, we’ve added support for the “key” tag field. Now you can not only view data from the field, but also modify it.
Undo
Advanced Tag Editor now has an “undo” feature:
The Undo requires more memory and cpu time to operate, because tag editor forced to make a backup of modifying data. So, if performance is critical for you, just disable undo feature in app settings (its switched on by default):
Errors
Now, if an error occurs when saving the changes, the editor provides detailed information about what exactly happened. However, we hope that this feature will not be used by you.
Performance improvements
Than larger the number of records in your music library, the more noticeable the effect of the changes.
Templates
Table view now provides an ability to create a templates that includes colum’s visibility, order and sorting settings:
Grouping tree provides new “Grouping Templates” dialog that allows you to manage already created templates:
Note that the dialog displays only user-created templates (templates that can be modified), built-in templates will not be listed here.
Also
Made easier to disable unused music library data sources:
The action will find plugin that implements selected data source, unload it and ask user to restart the app.
Settings
We’ve added an ability to disable volume control via mouse whell over interactive controls.
We’ve introduced the “save album art to file folder” option as well as it implemented for lyrics.
Time codes
Default skin in “modern” view now highlights time codes for the “comment” tag field:
Click on time code will seek playback to this time.
Beta-version is already available for download on our website.
On March 15, 2013, we have published first mobile version of AIMP. 10 years have passed since that moment! In that time we’ve come a long way – from the simplest version with just a few buttons and playlist, to a version that supports multi-playlists, NAS, cloud storages and much more. Yes, perhaps the development was not as fast as many people wanted, but Android also evolved: the requirements for applications changed, restrictions were introduced, new versions of firmware based on this OS appeared with a different behavior of basic functions. Much of the time was simply spent on adapting the application to the new things.
Today we glad to present you AIMP4, the next big update for the mobile version of player for Android OS.
Continue readingAnother year has passed. It brought us many events, challenges, and “plot twists”. When the world keeps changing every second, one can’t really plan much for any distant future. But let’s try. Ready, set, go!
Continue readingThe welcome screen is the first thing the user sees when launching the product installer. Welcome screens usually present general information about the product being installed and describe how the installer itself works. Simple enough, it would seem.
However, there’s one more thing of particular interest – the banner. In most cases you’ll find it to the left of the text. Each software manufacturer designs banners differently – while someone takes an extremely creative approach, others go with the logo or a screenshot of the app.
And what about AIMP banners?
Continue readingBetter code-name for v5.10 is “features forgotten by time”. The release includes quite old and not so popular features, but which users ask for every now and then. Most of them are cosmetic or improves app usability.
Continue readingAs you can see, the XSPF file format became a default playlist format in both AIMP version (in AIMP v5.03 for Windows and AIMP v3.30 for Android). What is XSPF? What is the reason to make it default playlist format in AIMP?
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