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VOX Media Player Gets Simplified Access to Playlists, Free Radio, SoundCloud Integration, More

Posted August 3, 2014 at 9:17pm by iClarified · 13795 views
VOX Media Player has been updated with numerous new features including simplified access to playlists, free radio, SoundCloud integration, and more.

VOX was originally developed following the principles of clarity, simplicity and versatility. Thus, the minimalistic interface incorporates both essential and unique features, which let you:

Listen to your music regardless of the format:
• Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats;
• Export playlists in various formats (PLS, M3U, XSPF);
• Open different playlist types including M3U, PLS, XSPF and the popular CUE format used to store CD rips;
• Play audio files stored on NAS devices and other network drives.

Rule your music with ease:
• Control the player from the main interface, Dock context menu or main menu controls;
• Automatically search for all the missing album artwork from MusicBrainz and LastFM databases;
• Use keyboard media keys, headphones buttons and Apple Remote to control playback (requires VOX Preference Pane);
• Easily add music via smart drop zones, ordinary open dialog and Finder context menu;
• Use equalizer with presets & custom mode, crossfade, fade on play/pause, converting music to 5.1 or 7.1 format;
• Preview album artwork from your Dock icon;
• Gapless playback support;
• Get system or Growl playback notifications.

Focus on music, not the source:
• Work with different audio sources including custom Playlist, iTunes Library, online Radio & even more in the future;
• Keep your listening statistics up-to-date with your LastFM account by means of LastFM scribbling.

Get more out of your technical equipment:
• Advanced Audio Features: HOG Mode; Improved multi-output device support;
• Convert stereophonic audio in your headphones to binaural using Bauer DSP (BS2B) technology;
• Pause playback automatically on headphones disconnection;
• Take full advantage of AirPlay (10.8+) to listen from any of your wireless output devices.

What's New In This Version:
New features:
- Collections:
- Simplified access to all of your playlists (including iTunes). 
- Conveniently create & manage your own custom playlists right inside VOX.
- Queue:
- New & flexible way to shape your playlist and collect music from different sources
- SoundCloud integration:
- Full access to the largest database of the world’s music.
- A completely new & more intelligent ‘Search’.
- Added True Audio (.tta) format support.
- Added support of multi-output devices.
- Radio is now FREE. Listen to top radio stations free-of-charge.
- Updated interface – now more clean and comfortable

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bugs related to parsing of iTunes library.
- Reinvented iTunes artwork mechanism that allows to extract most of the track artwork (OS X 10.9 & above).
- Fixed bugs with NAS music playback.
- Fixed bugs with gapless support.
- Fixed bugs with crashes.

You can download VOX from the App Store for free.

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