The issue is not that i can't listen sound in browser and XMPlay at the same time, but that i can't listen sound in browser when XMPlay's stopped/finished playback.

Can you confirm that you are able to play audio in XMPlay and in your browser at the same time? Also if you use a file with a different sample rate?

I can not.

Wo-wo-ow.. The issue is not that i can't listen sound in browser and XMPlay at the same time, but that i can't listen sound in browser when XMPlay's stopped/finished playback. 

Yes, but the problem may be that the browser (or Flash I guess) has already initialized its output, and that's invalidated when the ASIO driver takes over the device. Trying it myself (with an ASIO driver that doesn't allow multiple users), the browser/Flash playback was stopped by the XMPlay/ASIO playback, and the webpage had to be reloaded after XMPlay finished playing in order for the browser/Flash playback to work again. I didn't need to close XMPlay or restart the browser. If simply reloading the webpage isn't working for you, please confirm what browser you're using.

It occurs in Opera, IE8. Maybe you are right and flash developers just didn't care about reinitialising output all the times before playback. I mention this in bugs so we can be sure that XMPlay does not "occupies" output device when there's already no need to do it.

Hello ,  I am using 3.6.0.61 (stuff) version. Monitoring library folders seems not to be working (also did not work on previous 60 version).

That's strange, it still seems to be working here. Are your folders missing from the "Monitored folders" list, or are new files just not being picked up in those folders? If the latter, please check a missing file's properties to see what its "Created" and "Modified" dates are.

Win 7, 70% of time:
Listening to XMPlay (ASIO) -> Music ended -> Opening streaming sound/video in browser -> Bam! No sound.

Fix:
Close XMPlay and restart browser.

As saga mentions, your ASIO driver might not allow multiple simultaneous users. Some drivers do, some don't. To confirm whether yours does, can you hear sound from other apps (on the same soundcard) while XMPlay is playing? If not, and you would like to, you could use the default or DirectSound or shared mode WASAPI output systems instead.

You don't gain anything from using ASIO compared to WASAPI.

...depending on the WASAPI mode

Exclusive mode WASAPI is comparable to ASIO, but shared mode WASAPI is more like the default/waveOut and DirectSound output systems (sound from all 3 is mixed together by Windows).

Wo-wo-ow.. The issue is not that i can't listen sound in browser and XMPlay at the same time, but that i can't listen sound in browser when XMPlay's stopped/finished playback. 

Win 7, 70% of time:
Listening to XMPlay (ASIO) -> Music ended -> Opening streaming sound/video in browser -> Bam! No sound.

Fix:
Close XMPlay and restart browser.

Note:
Sometimes, however, everything is okay.

You un4seen guys are cool!

Hello. Is this spam? 

Hello, guys. I wonder if it is possible to use 2+ sound devices in ASIO/WASAPI mode for simultaneous output in windows (7) system? For example, it is useful when me and my band are going to play/record music in the midnight, when all of the neighbours are sleeping.

Just for fun.

Please confirm when the distortion noise is occurring, eg. is it only when starting playback, or is it also present when resuming paused playback or seeking? And how long does it last? Also, does it occur with all of the output systems, ie. the default/DirectSound/ASIO/WASAPI?

The problem with using the output volume level to fade is that it is unlikely to be very smooth; the volume level will change in steps, so the fade needs to be quite long to reduce the size of the steps and avoid the fade possibly causing artifacts itself. For smooth fading, it should be applied in the sample data instead, but it won't always be possible to do that, eg. you can't apply a fade to data that is already in the device's output buffers.

It presents if no fading intro in the beginning of song and also on pause/resume. All is okay when seek. Lasts 1/n part of second. ASIO/WASAPI - yes, DirectSound - don't know.

Let's just speak about *SmoothStream* feature offer: fading to pause, fading to stop, fading in the beginning (it's a function of volume - not very hard to create). How do you evaluate it?

Fade to pause/stop is already on the list of suggestions, I'll add faded start to that. Could you try WASAPI and tell us what soundcard you use?

What I think is going on is that your soundcard(or drivers) are giving you a little distortion when sound inits. The only way to fix that is to keep the sound stream "alive" at all times. that shouldnt' be too hard to add.

That's a workaround, not a fix. It also doesn't work when the sample rate of the output changes, because that requires re-initializing the device.

1. WASAPI - still presents, but less loud and noticeable. Again,  it doesn't happen when song/music already faded in the beginning.
2. I know that i wanted to upload example track, but since our music society already wished stop/pause fading, i feel that not only me was bothered with something happening in the sound. 
3. WHy there's still no commercial version of XMPlay with minor cosmetic and functional improvements for dollar or two? You guys should think twice now before you update versions, because you are closer to ideal than plenty of other player's creators. 

Let's just speak about *SmoothStream* feature offer: fading to pause, fading to stop, fading in the beginning (it's a function of volume - not very hard to create). How do you evaluate it? Would you like to see it? Will it make you happy? Would you like to ask Creators to make it on some day in future?

However problem persists when you stop/pause playback. Try it and you will see what i mean.

No, I don't see what you mean, I don't get distorted audio with XMPlay. Everything sounds like it's supposed to sound.

You click play - DISTORTION (high frequency peak) - MUSIC PLAYS - PLAYING - ... - PLAYING (all is good) - You click pause - DISTORTION - You click play - DISTORTION - MUSIC CONTINUES - PLAYING - ... - etc.
If no one in next 24 hours will say he hears such a thing too, i will attach an example track. 

The auto-amp has a fade-in mode (see Options and stuff > DSP), and you can also set a fade-out at the end of the track (Options and stuff > Miscellaneous).

Doesn't help. Affects overall volume.

The little thing that bothers me is distortion when playback starts.

Maybe you should rather fix this than rely on a fade-in. Can you elaborate what kind of "distortion" you get at the beginning of playback? That doesn't sound like something that should happen at all.

These are some high frequency peak/distortion in the beginning that are wanted to be *faded out*. I think it's connected with zero to top volume increase in a small period of time (0.1 seconds or n milliseconds). It doesn't happen when song/music already faded in the beginning. However problem persists when you stop/pause playback. Try it and you will see what i mean.

Hello. I want to know if it is possible to fade in music in XMPlay? The little thing that bothers me is distortion when playback starts. It is pretty noticeable on high volumes. I'm using ASIO, win 7. Thanks in advance.

By the way, i think that it would be superb if fade in/out effects is used when user pause or stops playback.

Thank you. It's working. God bless all of you, people! XMPlay rocks, so do it's users! 

Hello. You guys are cool! And XMPlay is very cool. ASIO is also great. But, unhappily, XMPlay can not play some (or most of) .m4a files. This format is a part of AAC, which is possible to decode with this subject's plugin, accordingly to people's posts. Can you provide an information whether it's possible to listen to .m4a encoded music with current XMPlay or will be possible in future versions?

Here, I provide you with an example of problem file:
http://exfile.ru/347398