Top 15 Trout Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

My main audio player for many years has been, and will remain, foobar, but there are some times when I just want a simple “load’n'play” type of player. An application that comes very close is Billy. It’s a fantastic little app that fits in with my preferences in software design i.e. standard controls, no skins, etc. However, it only supports MP3, WAV, OGG, & FLAC and it also doesn’t display or use tags. Unfortunately, my audio collection comprises many more formats than that and I tag files like a man possessed. So, with that in mind, I’ve always wanted to write my own simple player. A good friend and I wrapped the BASS audio engine in AutoHotkey and I’ve written a player called Trout. ...

1. Sayonara Player

Sayonara Player Sayonara is a simple but nice audio player and holds a lot of features like a library, id3 tag editor, equalizer, lastfm radio, lastfm scrobbler, stream recorder and so on.........

2. Sonata

Sonata Sonata is an elegant GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It has been forked from the unmaintained Pygmy project in order to fix bugs, introduce new features, and proceed down a different path. Features: Expanded and collapsed views; Automatic remote and local album art; Library browsing by......

3. Stellio Music Player

Stellio Music Player Stellio is an advanced music player with themes support, powerful audio and integration with VK and Dropbox. Powerful audio engine- Crossfade - Smooth transition from one track to another- 12 bands equalizer and 13 audio effects: VolumeAmp, Speed, Tone, Balance, Echo, Reverb, AutoWah, Flanger, AGC, Z-Bass, Z-Mids, Z-Treblr, Compression- Support......

4. Exaile

Exaile Exaile is a music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm submission support, and optional iPod support via a plugin. In addition, Exaile also includes a built-in SHOUTcast directory browser, tabbed......

5. KISS Player

KISS Player KISS Player - A Simple and Lightweight Music Player......

6. Spider Player

Spider Player Spider Player is a skinnable audio player with full support for all major audio formats: MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, FLAC and others. Its most interesting features include audio streaming, integration with Shoutcast and Icecast radio directories, lossless Internet radio recording, advanced CD Ripping and Converting capabilities, FreeDB integration, 32-bit sound......

7. HikiPlayer

HikiPlayer Lightweight folder based music player.Features:-Local lyrics search by tag-Quick lyrics translation with extarnal apps-Customizable text, background, icon color-Customizable font, icon, seekbar size-Skins-Auto-color mode (set colors based on album art image)-?UE sheet support (if your device supports FLAC etc.)-Embedded and external album art (cover.jpg, front.jpg etc.)-last.fm scrobbling-Playlist shuffle-Sleep timer-Supports headset......

8. My Cloud Player

My Cloud Player A new online audio player powered by SoundCloud , playlist creator, search engine and much more. Scrobbling to Last.fm. No installation required. Just bookmark it! Search through all the music on SoundCloud, create playlists, share your playlists and tracks on Facebook and Twitter, follow other SoundCloud......

9. LoopRecorder

LoopRecorder LoopRecorder is a Live Looper, an almost click-less Recorder (wav) and a loop Player (wav, flac, aiff, mp3, ogg). Insert it as a 32/64bit plugin (VST or AU), place the cursor where you want to record and press play in your host. You can set "Auto Save" to record everything,......

10. EZMP3 Player

EZMP3 Player EZMP3 Player is a music player which can play MP3 and M4A (Apple's Lossless Music File Format) files. You can directly input your music files and there is no need of iTunes sync. When operating using remote control, you can use beep sound effect and special features like deleting files.......

11. Wilt.fm

Wilt.fm Wilt.fm is a free and open source alternative to CBS' Last.fm.......

12. Helium Music Manager

Helium Music Manager You can take control of your music collection. Stop spending time looking for files on your computer or hunting through CDs, vinyl records and tapes - instead, simply enjoy and explore your music!Helium Music Manager can replace your ripper, player, tag editor and other audio related software.Supported audio formats :......

13. Last.fm audio Scrobbler

Last.fm audio Scrobbler The Scrobbler automatically fills your library and updates it with what you’ve been listening to on your computer.Enhance your listening experience, stay up-to-date with what your friends are listening to, view your listening history and share it with friends. The more Last.fm learns what you like, the better it gets.......

14. Museeks

Museeks A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.Polished, elegant and minimalist. Offers playback speed control and supports keyboard media shortcuts.......

15. Apple Music

Apple Music We are profoundly passionate about music. It’s a force that’s driven and inspired us from day one. So we’ve set out to make it better. To bring you more music than ever with access to millions of songs. To give you personal recommendations from people who know and love music.......