BBox

Author:tipsandtricksforpc March 31st, 2010Cat:Multimedia

BBox is a slimline music player and management application that will free you from monster apps like iTunes and make managing your music an altogether more enjoyable enterprise.

This little app does a good job of organizing and playing your music. BBox features a clean, skin-able interface and divides its main features – Music Library, CD Player, Internet Radio and Visualization – into easily accessible tabs across the bottom of the main window. BBox also has a number of very useful features – a good tag editor, playlist creator and file ripper/converter. The audio quality is high and there are a number of configuration options – for both the player and your music – that you can modify to your liking.

There is, however, one major problem with BBox. There is no getting started guide and no offline help. This makes it pretty difficult to find your way around at first, and really increases the likelihood of missing an interesting feature. Our advice is to have a good look at the features online here before starting to use BBox, because other than that, it's an excellent alternative to other music management systems.

Features:

Easy to use.
CD player & ripper (convert your CD's to MP3 files) any format to MP3.
Internet radio (.pls and .asx)
Advanced Music Organizer.
Tag Editor (ID3), with advanced auto-capitalize options.
Download additional album info from Amazon.com.
Filename to Tag wizard.
Fully adjustable Intro Scan.
Smart-Volume based on ReplayGain.
Backwards playing.
Variable playback speed.
Random playback with Normal and Selective (rated) mode.
FX's: Equalizer and Compressor.
Supports Sonique visualization plug-ins.
Integrated in the Windows© Shell.
Supports Media Keys.
Plays: MP3, WMA, Wave, MP1, MP2, MP4, AIFF, OGG, M4A, M4V, M4P, AAC, AC3, APE, TTA, OFR, SPX, FLAC & CDA.

Library Functions:

The BBox library is very powerfull, it is equiped with many search, select, find/filter, group and sort options.
(Shell) Drag & Drop support
Group by one or more columns
Sort on one ore more columns
Show/Hide the columns you want
Album preview with Album-Art support
Incremental search (search whilst you type)
Inline editing of (ID3) Tags
Quick Find (F3)
Quick Filter with Drag & Drop support
Locate playing Track
Open track in the Windows Explorer
Export to M3U
Copy selection to Clipboard (so you can paste in e.g. Notepad or Excel)