A basic audio and radio player for Windows with Internet radio, cross-fading and support for MP3, WMA and MIDI.
Calaym is a simple audio player for Windows which sticks to the basics. It supports Internet radio stations.
The main layout of the program is very basic and does not include skins, unless you also include the secondary skin available during setup.
With Calaym, you've got yourself a probably which uses very little system resources and sticks to its main function: to play music.
The playlist of this audio player is also pretty basic and adding items to it involve selecting directories where you mp3 files are located. It also supports a few other media formats such as FLAC, OGG, WMA and MIDI.
Apart from its core features, Calaym can also schedule events like an alarm clock as well as adding supported Internet radio station URLs for continuous playback. There are no stations included so users must add stations on their own.
Overall, Calaym is a capable but limited media player that has limited file type support but is also very light on system resources.
Features of Calaym
- AutoRefresh for directories.
- Automatic retries playback after 1 minute after failure.
- Basic tag and quality information for music files.
- Customize keyboard controls for most common functions.
- Delete file(s) or open in the Windows Explorer.
- Dropdown list of the last played songs.
- Fading and (dynamic) crossfading.
- Full drag'n'drop (both directions).
- Keyboard LED mode
- Kiosk mode and other command line parameters to disable features.
- Passive registering of playlist files.
- Presets: Quickly change multiple settings.
- Runtime output device changing, hibernating support...
- Search functions
- Show titles when minimized.
Compatibility and License
Calaym is provided under a freeware license on Windows from MP3 player software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.03 is the latest version last time we checked.
Jan Vorel accepts donations for the continued development of this free software.
What version of Windows can Calaym run on?
Calaym can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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