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Play is an application for playing and managing audio files.

Play currently supports playback of FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, WavPack, Monkey’s Audio, AAC, Apple Lossless, MP3 and various other audio file formats.

For lossless formats such as FLAC and WavPack, and for Ogg Vorbis and specially-tagged MP3 files, Play supports gapless playback allowing sample-accurate audio reproduction.

Play’s powerful searching and organizational features make finding music a snap! Play’s integrated browser allows you to easily locate tracks in your library grouped by artist, album, composer, or genre, while smart playlists create unlimited ways to combine your music.

Need to make changes to your audio files’ metadata? No problem! Play has a powerful integrated metadata editor that allows multiple files to be edited at once, even if the files are in different formats.

Never touch your volume control again! Play supports replay gain, allowing files to play at a constant volume despite inherent differences in their loudness.

Play is integrated with the official Last.fm client, so you can share your listening habits with everyone. Consider joining the Play Users group!

Play is free software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

What’s New:
Version 0.1.2:

New Features:

• ReplayGain is now fully implemented with a built-in scanner, multiformat tagging support, and preamplification and clipping preferences for playback.
• Next and Previous buttons added to the Track Information and Metadata Editing sheets.

Bug Fixes:

• Loop mode works with only one track in the Play Queue.
• Metadata is now correctly written to Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files.
• Metadata is now written correctly when editing multiple files from a search result.
• Fixed a bug that could cause playback to be approximately 6 dB too soft.

Version 0.1.1: WavPack metadata is now read properly.

Developer’s website: Stephen F. Booth