Zinf can play sound files in MP3, Vorbis, and WAV formats, among others.[5] It supports skins and is part of the MusicBrainznetwork. The player features an optimized version of the Xing MPEG decoder, a powerful music browser and playlist editor, and a built in download manager which supports downloading files from sites using the RMP (RealJukebox) download process. Zinf was also notable for handling all audio files based on their metadata (Author, Album, Song Title), and hiding more-technical details like actual locations and file names[6] (but these features are now standard in many players).
Namingedit
Zinf is a recursive acronym that stands for "Zinf Is Not FreeAmp!"[6] Use of the name FreeAmp had to be discontinued due to trademark issues, as "AMP" is a trademark of PlayMedia Systems, Inc.[7][8]
History/Fundingedit
The FreeAmp project was originally funded by EMusic, who paid the salaries of 3 developers working on the player. Later, Relatable joined EMusic to help support continued development.[9]
In January 2001, after 2 years of funding the project EMusic pulled their support, and subsequently fired the developers.[10] The Zinf project was unable to find another sponsor, and development slowed greatly. The most recent release was made in early 2004. As of 2008, nearly all development of Zinf has ceased.[citation needed]
Adoptionedit
Once a popular open-source Linux audio player, it has now been largely surpassed by newcomers such as Audacious, Amarok, Exaile, Banshee and (more recently) Songbird. This is largely because Zinf has not seen an official new release since early 2004, and many new features that are now standard in rival players have not been implemented; such as cover art and lyric support.[citation needed]
In 2010 the zinf.com website was bought by a domain squatter for the purpose of capitalizing on the site's traffic for monetary gains. A new link called "QnA" and "Ads" are now visible on the zinf.com website that is a redirect to the squatter's site.
zinf, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Zinf news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Zinf is a free audio player for Unix like and Windows operating systems 2 Zinf is released under the GNU General Public License ZinfZinf playing an audio fileDeveloper s Robert Hart Tim Lesher David Hough 1 Initial releaseJuly 2 2002 21 years ago 2002 07 02 Stable release2 2 5 February 17 2004 20 years ago 2004 02 17 Preview releasenone Repositorysourceforge wbr net wbr projects wbr zinf wbr Written inC GTK TypeAudio playerLicenseGPLWebsitezinf wbr sourceforge wbr netZinf is a continuation of the FreeAmp project and uses the same source code 3 4 Contents 1 Technical features 2 Naming 3 History Funding 4 Adoption 5 References 6 External linksTechnical features editZinf can play sound files in MP3 Vorbis and WAV formats among others 5 It supports skins and is part of the MusicBrainz network The player features an optimized version of the Xing MPEG decoder a powerful music browser and playlist editor and a built in download manager which supports downloading files from sites using the RMP RealJukebox download process Zinf was also notable for handling all audio files based on their metadata Author Album Song Title and hiding more technical details like actual locations and file names 6 but these features are now standard in many players Naming editZinf is a recursive acronym that stands for Zinf Is Not FreeAmp 6 Use of the name FreeAmp had to be discontinued due to trademark issues as AMP is a trademark of PlayMedia Systems Inc 7 8 History Funding editThe FreeAmp project was originally funded by EMusic who paid the salaries of 3 developers working on the player Later Relatable joined EMusic to help support continued development 9 In January 2001 after 2 years of funding the project EMusic pulled their support and subsequently fired the developers 10 The Zinf project was unable to find another sponsor and development slowed greatly The most recent release was made in early 2004 As of 2008 nearly all development of Zinf has ceased citation needed Adoption editOnce a popular open source Linux audio player it has now been largely surpassed by newcomers such as Audacious Amarok Exaile Banshee and more recently Songbird This is largely because Zinf has not seen an official new release since early 2004 and many new features that are now standard in rival players have not been implemented such as cover art and lyric support citation needed In 2010 the zinf com website was bought by a domain squatter for the purpose of capitalizing on the site s traffic for monetary gains A new link called QnA and Ads are now visible on the zinf com website that is a redirect to the squatter s site nbsp Free and open source software portalReferences edit Members FreeAmp Zinf Audio Player for Linux amp Windows Retrieved 19 June 2019 Paul Rowlingson January 19 2004 Zinf 2 2 1 A free audio player with streaming audio support v3 co uk Retrieved November 24 2009 Lasse Penttinen July 1 2002 No more FreeAmp Meet the Zinf Afterdawn Retrieved November 24 2009 Zinf Audio Player 2 2 1 Zebulon fr July 29 2004 Retrieved November 24 2009 a b Winamp Alternativen Zinf Tonspion October 16 2003 Archived from the original on February 29 2012 Retrieved November 24 2009 FreeAmp becomes Zinf Sergei Yaremchuk February 27 2003 Audioproigryvatel ZINF Computerra Archived from the original on December 1 2008 Retrieved November 24 2009 EMusic and Relatable Team to Offer Open Source Audio Archived from the original on 2010 01 13 Retrieved 2008 02 25 Important project update Archived July 21 2011 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zinf amp oldid 1146573187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
