Quintessential Player
 Quintessential Media Player version 5.0 | |
| Developer(s) | Paul Quinn (Quinnware) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | ? |
| Final release | 5.0.121 (February 18, 2009) [±] |
| Preview release | None [±] |
| Written in | ? |
Media player | |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.quinnware.com (archived) |
Quintessential Player (also called QMP and formerly QCD) was a freeware, multi-format
Quintessential Player began life in 1997 as a CD-only player for Windows, when it was known as Quintessential CD Player (hence the 'QCD' moniker associated with the player). Over the years, Quintessential Player gained support for playing
It was the only way of submitting audio metadata (on CD tracks, artists, etc. as created by a tag editor) to Gracenote's CD database other than iTunes, and was still listed as such even in 2019.[3]
Features
Quintessential Player natively supported:
- CDPlayback
- Video Playback with the aid of External Codecs
- Full Speed CD Ripping
- MP3 Encoding
- Streaming Audio
- Tag Editing
- Gracenote CDDB
- Crossfading & EQ
- Multiple Visualizations
- Skins and Plugins
A wide range of audio formats playable via the use of plugins,
Quintessential Player also had fully functional
See also
References
- ^ PC World Best of the Web list
- ^ Pricelessware list of best free multimedia software
- ^ "Support - How To Submit a CD (QMP)". support.gracenote.com. GraceNote. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Quinnware
External links
- Quintessential Player Website (archived copy from April 2017, last valid version)
- Quintessential Player plug-ins at Sourceforge.net
- Quintessential Player Wiki (archive)
- Quintessential Player Wiki (Japanese)
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