@Yrrahacf: "1by1, the directory player, "is a small, fast and handy audio player
which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment
to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks - with no
need for playlists or databases."
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 or compatible or Linux with Wine.
Home (history, download):
<url>
The download is a selfextracting zip file. The program can be
extracted with 7z or Universal Extractor. The program settings are
written to the application folder.
1by1 can use WinAmp 2 plugins and the BASS audio engine. I recommend
BASS. Download 'bass.dll' and selected add-ons ('bass_flac.dll',
etc.) from the Un4seen homepage. Copy the DLL file(s) to the 1by1
program folder. 
BASS audio: 
<url>
1by1 is a good compact audio player. Its handling of tags leaves a lot
to be desired though (at least when the BASS engine is used). 
Same author and highly recommended:
mp3DirectCut, 
<url>
Yrrah"
    @ZH: "<quote>
Thought there was a problem with v1.80 and v1.81 losing its ability to remember the last directory/play state 
(stop/resume or spacebar), but it doesn't like the <space>.
n:\nnn\1by1 181\1by1\1by1.exe
n:\nnn\1by1-181\1by1\1by1.exe
Started when changing where testing is done; now off the program download directory.
foobar2000, AIMP3, 1by1 and MP3Tag are still the big four here.
Thank you.
Zak Hipp"
    @ZH: "<quote>
Definitely!
Now you mention it, I doubt LAME should not be considered a sixth member. Although I still like using WaveShop, updated 
a couple of days ago but not tried yet, Wavosaur for various reasons is a seventh member here.
MediaInfo ? ... ... ... go on then; make that eight. :)
Zak Hipp"
    @ZH: "<quote>
Downloaded, cracked open to see its structure and focus then ran its interface. it may be good, but there are a lot of 
audio players of a similar ilk out there. foobar2000 may not have all the interconnected bells and whistles others of 
that type have, but its portable/install, its configurations, its options and functions fit reasonably close to what I 
want from it. As an example; I'd like it to have the ability to configure various external tools that could be run 
against selected file(s), but you can't have it all.
Thank you for posting a possible alternative though.
Zak Hipp"
    @ZH: "<quote>
[snipped] - Looked at, but prefer foobar2000...
I have an audio directory and a 'Hard Link' clone of it; using the clone, and its sub-directories, as stock for 
foobar2000. it is configured like a multi-tab web browser, using keyboard for control - play/pause, rewind one minute, 
next/random track, 0db -3bd -9db volume keys. Firefox also has playback controls for it. If a new compilation is needed 
for a MP3 Player, just copy items to it, or create a new compilation tab and drag-n-drop items to it from any other tab, 
then select and copy them to your MP3 Player. As a front end to LAME: Load tab with WAVs and convert to MP3s with 
self-defined presets; etc. I don't want to see the player unless I'm working with it.
A different arena, but it's VLC for DVD playback and in conjunction with a Firefox extension (Play All) allows me to 
stream audio and video files directly from web pages without downloading; gives sampling function to web browsing. 
PotPlayer when maximum performance is needed from this old machine. MPC-BE and an old lean Zoom Player for general use; 
MPC for streaming YouTube videos directly from URLs and Zoom for its command-line switches.
My Internet Radio streaming needs are very simple, so it's AIMP3; or with Wavasaur on rare recording sessions. AIMP3 is 
used for audio double-clicked on my system or 'Open with...' RSS podcasts and the like with Thunderbird and Firefox. I 
may have a look at it and see how versatile its recording is.
Could be worth a shot.
I have a different view of what I want programs to do. They are just jigsaw piece functions that need bending to suit 
the way I want my system to work; therefore tight flexible or single purpose programs are the ones that remain; in a 
Darwinian manner.
Zak Hipp"
{'source': 'USENET', 'other_information': '{"reply_count": 4, "forum_name": "alt.comp.freeware.20150324.mbox"}', 'file': 'data/output/usenet-alt.comp.parquet'}