Soundbase 2008 04.27

Using the windows standard

Soundbase uses the Microsoft® DirectShow® architecture. DirectShow provides high-quality capture and playback of multimedia streams. It supports a wide variety of formats, including MPEG Audio Layer-3 (MP3), OGG Vorbis (OGG), Monkey Audio (APE), and FLAC sound files. It automatically detects and uses audio acceleration hardware when available, but also supports systems without acceleration hardware.

You might need to read the help section on installing more sophisticated formats (ape, flac, ogg) to enable playback for those files. The help section provides you with links to free directshow filters and will give you information on how to best install the different pack.

The publisher also added the option to use BASS Audio audio drivers, they can be installed from inside Soundbase.

Is there more?

Of course there is more, you can skin soundbase, organize your music to different locations, edit tag information, search, filter, create playlists, there is a unique history display and Soundbase doesn't use any registry entries but stores all in one ini file, it is completelly anonymous, it can run from any location with limited user access rights, and much more. 

Major Features:

1. Soundbase allows for automatic information retrieval from freedb album database or any of its counterparts freedb2 or gnudb. It allows a selection of available album matches and will automatically store this information into your audio files, inclusive an analyze and automatic parsing of the ALBUM ARTIST TAG.
2. Soundbase also allows for automatic album art retrieval from multiple locations on the web, and they will keep increasing the search capabilities. Soundbase can do so automatically, or manually by drag and drop. They hope the end result will be a beautiful thumbnail presentation of all your albums.
3. Moving your songs
   • If you are struggling with your albums locations then Soundbase is for you! They created Soundbase with control over folder location in mind. You are always only two clicks away of moving your albums to a structured, template driven folder location.
   • Soundbase allows you to move or copy albums from its current location to locations that you can choose yourself. Just imagine all your albums being stored on album and artist name, file names automatically named to track - title. Album art will move along too, so you have not to worry if things get missing. And it enables you to keep track of duplicate albums, various artist albums, and much more...

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