When comparing XMPlay vs Resonic, the Slant community recommends Resonic for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for Windows?” Resonic is ranked 15th while XMPlay is ranked 22nd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Launch XMP to Play individual files or folders of audio files straight from the Contextual Menu
XMP has a settings option to be added into Windows CONTEXTUAL MENU list. Simply RIGHT CLICK on any folder containing audio files or individual files to Launch & add to playlist or Launch & play said file or folder of files - either action can be selected in the Options / settings.
Pro Small, light, and easy to use
Pro Accepts WinAmp plugins
Pro Lots of plugins available
Pro Portable version available
Pro Clean interface
Pro Fast
Pro Lightweight
About 8 MB, and about 11 MB with the integrated Soundfont for its MIDI playback synthesizer. Native application, no dependencies (no .NET runtime).
Pro Has a waveform seekbar and analyzers
Has a big single-click waveform seekbar and three real-time analyzer visualizations by default.
Pro Pure sound
Pro Supports all formats
WAV, BWF, RF64, AIFF, AIFC, FLAC, APE, ALAC, WV, TTA, DSF, DFF, MP3, MP2, MP1, M4A, MP4, AAC, MPC, MP+, OGG, OPUS, SPX, WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, MP4, WMV, AVI (certain codecs), MID, RMI, KAR, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD
Pro WASAPI/ASIO support
High-end audio cards can be easily used to their full potential without any additional software due to WASAPI (Player and Pro) and ASIO (Pro) support.
Pro Most actions can be done with a single click
Most actions can be done without having to double-click. Things like navigating folders, playing files, seeking audio, changing volume are all done with a single-click.
Cons
Con No playlists
Or not yet, at least in the forums they say they're working on it