FreeAmp Main Window
FreeAmp plays files created using CBR (Constant Bitrate) and VBR (Variable Bitrate) encoding methods.
Display Area
During playback, the display area of FreeAmp shows the title of the track, the bitrate, the sample rate, and the stereo mode of the track.
By clicking on the time indicator, you can toggle between the current time in the track and the remaining time.
Help opens the Help topics for FreeAmp.
View switches between 3 different sizes of FreeAmp views (Normal, Medium, and Mini). FreeAmp works the same in each view.
Minimize places FreeAmp on your Windows taskbar.
Quit FreeAmp closes FreeAmp.
Volume Control Slider controls the playback volume. Moving the Volume Control Slider to the right increases the volume. Moving the Volume Control Slider to the left decreases the volume. Note: The Volume Control Slider is only available when an MP3 file is loaded.
Seek Slider moves the playback position in the track. The left position represents the beginning of the track. The right position represents the end of the track. As you move the Seek Slider, the playback position time is indicated on the FreeAmp Main Window. Note: Seeking is unavailable when playing streams.
Buttons
My Music opens the My Music window to choose which music tracks to play and to create or modify your playlists.
Options opens the FreeAmp Preferences dialog to configure FreeAmp settings.
Download opens the FreeAmp Download Manager to download SHOUTcast, icecast, EMusic, and RealJukebox files.
Files opens the Add Tracks and Playlist dialog to select files, playlists, or streams for playback.
Normal/Random Play randomizes the playback of tracks in the currently playing playlist. It does not change the order of tracks in the saved playlist. Clicking the Normal/Random Play button again resets the playback of tracks to the normal position.
Repeat sets the playback repeat mode. Clicking the Repeat button toggles between Repeat none, Repeat current track, and Repeat all.
Repeat none plays all tracks in the playlist and then stops.
Repeat current track repeats only the current track.
Repeat all continues playback on all tracks until you stop playback.
Previous Track stops playback of the current track and begins playback of the previous track in the playlist.
Pause the Current Track pauses playback of the current track. Clicking the Pause button again after pausing resumes playback from the exact location where Pause was selected.
Play/Stop the Current Track plays/stops playback of the current track. Clicking the Play button after stopping resumes playback from the beginning of the track.
Next Track stops playback of the current track and begins playback at the beginning of the next track in the playlist.