I tested AlbumPlayer using a mouse and keyboard and was impressed by the experience I imagine it would be even more impressive using a touch screen.ĪlbumPlayer would make an excellent addition to a party, as you could create custom collections of music and allow party guests to do the same. And in that it succeeds: its slick interface lets you search through album covers, almost as if you were using a real jukebox. This is not an oversight, the developer says: AlbumPlayer is designed solely as a music organization and playback tool. AlbumPlayer will allow you to rip CDs, but not burn them, nor will it sync with any portable devices (although you can copy music to a memory card). Once your music is added, you can use AlbumPlayer’s slick controls to browse your collection. (AlbumPlayer says that this step is necessary because of licensing restrictions.)ĪlbumPlayer’s interface is attractive, and it makes it easy to play back your favorite tunes. It located and added tunes quickly, but it balked at adding much of the content from my iTunes library before I downloaded and installed a dll that it suggested. To add your own content, you have to point AlbumPlayer in the direction of your music collection. The developer says he put these samples (which are very small snippets of tunes) in there so you can see how AlbumPlayer will look when content is loaded. After you make your choice, the software loads, and you’ll see that it includes a few music samples. AlbumPlayer is designed to work with touch screen controls as well as the more standard mouse and keyboard combination. The first time you run AlbumPlayer, it asks you about your input device. AlbumPlayer costs 30 Euros ($39 on 2/26/13) and has a free, playtime-limited demo.
You also can create custom collections of your favorite tunes for easier access, though I found it unfortunate that you had to do so in a separate menu, rather than right in AlbumPlayer’s main window. Its tabs let you switch between viewing all of your music, to sorting by artist, genre, composer, moods, and more. Instead, this audio software focuses its attention solely on music playback, on being jukebox software for music aficionados, and it succeeds. AlbumPlayer is not trying to be everything to everyone.
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