Exaile

Exaile is an open source, freely distributed and multi-platform software project designed from the ground up to act as a media player for GTK-based desktop environments on GNU/Linux systems. It also supports Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Features at a glance

Key features include automatic fetching of album art, handling of large music libraries, lyrics fetching, artist and album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm scrobbling support, support for iPod devices, built-in shoutcast directory browser, tabbed playlists and blacklisting of tracks.

In addition, it is also possible to download guitar tablature from the fretplay.com website, submit played tracks on your iPod to Last.fm, Internet radio support, 10-band equalizer, queue manager, import and export of playlists in and to various formats, as well as support for URLs.

Easy to use graphical user interface

Exaile’s GUI (Graphical User Interface) is easy to use and straightforward, comprised of a main area where you can interact with your songs, as well as a tabbed sidebar that gives users quick access to lyrics, playlists, radio, music collection and file browser.

Supports a wide range of audio file formats

As expected, the application’s most important feature is the built-in support for a wide range of audio file formats. Exaile can play MP3, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, M4A, AAC, Opus, MIDI and many other audio files.

Under the hood and availability

The application is written entirely in the Python programming language and uses the GTK+ GUI toolkit for its graphical user interface. On GNU/Linux systems, it is officially available for download only as a source archive, which requires users to configure and compile the application prior to installation.

Supported operating systems and hardware platforms

Being written in Python, Exaile is a cross-platform application that can be successfully used on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and all GNU/Linux distributions where the GTK+ and Python requirements exist. Both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware platforms are supported at this time.

What is new in this release:

• Errors loading Smart Playlists that filter based on a playlist
• Missing icon issue
• Disable equalizer by default

What is new in version 3.4.1:

• For those of you wanting to use Exaile on OSX Mavericks or Yosemite, this release is for you! Prior releases of Exaile did not work properly because of font issues in GTK. This release contains workarounds for that.
• There are other minor fixes too, check the commit log for details.

What is new in version 3.4.0:

• General:
• Audio output device can now be switched while playing songs
• Official support for OSX!
• Improved unicode support
• An option has been added to disallow playback while another song is playing (great for DJs)
• Linux: UDisks/UDisks2 support
• Covers: cover manager improvements, saving to disk
• UI:
• Playlists can be shown in multiple panes
• The left tab panels are now closable
• BPM counter plugin has better UI integration
• Enhanced smart playlists:
• Create playlists based on other playlists
• Support for filtering over 20 different tag types
• Plugins:
• A simpler plugin API is available (but the old one still works!)
• Plugin manager doesn't show users potentially broken plugins anymore
• New plugins: console, Icecast Radio, lyricsmania, mono output, playlist analyzer, Soma.FM
• Broken/old plugins removed: lyricsfly, shoutcast
• Fixes/improvements for various plugins
• Windows:
• Improved bootup times for Windows
• Installer has support for 64-bit python
• Exaile restart doesn't break
• Improved multimedia keys plugin

What is new in version 0.3.2.1:

• The shoutcast plugin has been removed from the default install, as shoucast has changed their API and the new terms of service are not compatible with our license.
• The default lyrics provider was changed to lyricwiki, as lyricfly no longer works properly.
• A bug that prevented Exaile from running on very recent versions of pygobject was fixed.
• A bug preventing files from being added via the CLI was fixed.
• A number of additional minor issues were resolved.

What is new in version 0.3.2:

• No new features since the rc, just a smattering of minor bugfixes.

What is new in version 0.3.1.2:

• Full python2.5 compatibility was restored
• A bug resulting in unexpected duplicate playlist entries was fixed
• Several stability and interface issues were resolved

What is new in version 0.3.0:

• Last.fm cover support
• Autodetection of cds and media players
• An optional shiny new context panel, like that of amarok 1.x
• Experimental support for gapless (must be enabled in prefs)
• New artwork throughout exaile
• A librivox plugin
• UI has been improved in several places
• and more!

Requirements:

• GTK+