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Cog

Version 0.08

Multi-format audio player (beta).

4.4
Based on 33 user ratesRead reviews & comments
Free
Application is not under development & not supported.

Cog overview

Cog is an audio player that supports many popular file formats, including Ogg Vorbis, Flac, Musepack, Mp3, Shorten, Wavpack, AAC, and Monkeys Audio. Features include gapless playback, seeking, shuffle, and the ability to read unicode tags.

What’s new in version 0.08

Updated on May 04 2013

Version 0.08:
  • No attempt to start Last.fm is made now if Last.fm 2.x.x is already running

Information

License

Free

Size

9.2 MB

Developer’s website

http://cogx.org

Downloads

51333

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Intel 32
  • Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
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Music-06
Music-06
Apr 27 2015
0.08
4.0
Apr 27 2015
4.0
Version: 0.08
I love the application but have one issue. When dragging a list of pre-sorted files onto the playlist (unwanted) Cog auto-sorts these files in alphabetical order :( . Maybe this issue can be fixed by the developer?
DeathAngel
DeathAngel
Mar 26 2014
0.08
0.0
Mar 26 2014
0.0
Version: 0.08
more recent and active developed fork: https://bitbucket.org/kode54/cog
Seedy
Seedy
Nov 20 2013
0.08
4.0
Nov 20 2013
4.0
Version: 0.08
Simple. Works. I keep my music arranged in folders and don't care to edit metadata. The left column shows me the list of folders, I double-click on one and it loads everything in that folder to the main playlist and starts playing it, including subfolders. So far it plays everything I've thrown at it. Much easier to use than Clementine.
neuwelt
neuwelt
Nov 1 2013
0.08
5.0
Nov 1 2013
5.0
Version: 0.08
Light weight, pure music.
SawtoothRising
SawtoothRising
Aug 8 2013
0.08
0.0
Aug 8 2013
0.0
Version: 0.08
love it a lot, can we have hotkeys for adjusting the volume please?
kingofleon86
kingofleon86
Dec 25 2012
0.07
5.0
Dec 25 2012
5.0
Version: 0.07
Cog 0.08 Nightly Build, excellent http://cogx.org/development.php
Aargl
Aargl
Aug 11 2012
0.07
4.0
Aug 11 2012
4.0
Version: 0.07
I'm using Cog since years now and it's my preferred player for mp3 because of its simplicity, with just the essentials, but there is something strange about all those "little nice players" (including Play and Vox): while they play aac (.m4a) apparently correctly, they misunderstand tunes'durations (displaying something like 1:13:24 instead of 04:35). It might be boring if you have to go to a precise location in the song, when checking a converted song, for example. The only app displaying durations correctly (except for iTunes or Quicktime Player, of course) is VLC! P.S.: note than I have only checked on PPC :-)
Guest
Guest
Dec 8 2011
0.07
0.0
Dec 8 2011
0.0
Version: 0.07
i can't seem to play radio streams (pls, m3u) anymore on lion.
kingjj
kingjj
Nov 2 2011
0.07
4.0
Nov 2 2011
4.0
Version: 0.07
A nice, light, no nonsense player that works with Last.fm, yet bypasses the bloat (and bugs) of iTunes and Songbird.
Arghwhymustiregister
Arghwhymustiregister
Oct 11 2011
0.07
5.0
Oct 11 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
Version 0.08 is already out.. Look at the "Development" part of the homepage. Love this app for is simplicity - just listening to your music.. PLUS you can scrobble (last.fm) your tracks with it ;)
Philosopherdog
Philosopherdog
Aug 31 2011
0.07
5.0
Aug 31 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
Solid, minimal player. I've always loved players that open a file browser to navigate on the left panel. The only thing I noticed is when the player is in its minimal state the shortcut keys don't work. I'll try downloading the nightly to see if that helps. Thanx to the developer.
nattkrigare
nattkrigare
Aug 19 2011
0.07
5.0
Aug 19 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
A nice and great player for those of us who don't believe that their music is iTunes ;-) I find it so feature complete and smoothly working that I do not see any reason to ask for any updates of this piece of software.
nazeema-aslam
nazeema-aslam
May 24 2011
0.07
5.0
May 24 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
sound quality is good
Bigboysdad
Bigboysdad
Feb 27 2011
0.07
5.0
Feb 27 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
Just another thumbs up for this great product. The nightly build updates are appreciated. And, as with Vox, the quality of the sound coming from this is better than iTunes which my iPhone unfortunately locks me into. It's great having an application which just focuses on my music collection and respects my own folder structure. Very much enjoying the Spotlight integration for finding any music file on my HD & compiling playlists. Thank you developer.
driveparty
driveparty
Jan 17 2011
0.07
5.0
Jan 17 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
COG uses fixed point high quality MAD (Mpeg Audio Decoder) library to play mp3 files, so the sound quality is much higher than played in iTunes and QT. Go to developer's site and download last 0.8x beta.
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Jan 11 2011
0.07
5.0
Jan 11 2011
5.0
Version: 0.07
Excellent Music Player. I like its simplicity. It reminds me of what iTunes used to be. Too bad they evolved into what they are today.
Easer
Easer
Dec 26 2010
0.07
4.0
Dec 26 2010
4.0
Version: 0.07
For me, the primary advantage of Cog is that it allows system-wide hot keys. As far as I can tell, all of the other players can only be changed if I first select the player program itself. I like the freedom to change a track while I'm in Safari and such.
Guest
Guest
Dec 17 2010
0.07
0.0
Dec 17 2010
0.0
Version: 0.07
vox, cog and play are the most audiophile solutions for audio on a mac. because i like testing new software i just wanna add 2 cross platform suggestions: http://www.clementine-player.org/ http://banshee.fm/ personally, i'm stuck with vox.
Aargl
Aargl
Dec 13 2010
0.07
4.0
Dec 13 2010
4.0
Version: 0.07
At this point, it seems quite clear that developpement is stopped (nearly 3 years now from the last 'news' on the site...). I use and really like it to check an album without importing it in iTunes. I've just noticed a little lack: it does not read m4a (aac) tags.
Yoshinatsu
Yoshinatsu
May 30 2010
0.07
0.0
May 30 2010
0.0
Version: 0.07
I just checked the latest Cog nightly, and it's getting better. The last stable release is really old though. Still not better than Vox, but it's definitely getting better.
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