<s>
Quintessential	B-Application
Player	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
QMP	O
and	O
formerly	O
QCD	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
freeware	O
,	O
multi-format	O
media	O
player	O
developed	O
by	O
Paul	O
Quinn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quintessential	B-Application
Player	I-Application
began	O
life	O
in	O
1997	O
as	O
a	O
CD-only	O
player	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Quintessential	O
CD	B-Device
Player	O
(	O
hence	O
the	O
'	O
QCD	O
 '	O
moniker	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
Quintessential	B-Application
Player	I-Application
gained	O
support	O
for	O
playing	O
MP3s	B-Application
and	O
other	O
audio	O
formats	O
,	O
video	O
playback	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
optional	O
media	O
library	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
latter	O
addition	O
gave	O
rise	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
Quintessential	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
,	O
or	O
QMP	O
for	O
short	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
World	O
Magazine	O
named	O
Quintessential	B-Application
Player	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
choices	O
for	O
'	O
Best	O
Media	O
Player	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
selected	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
the	O
Pricelessware	O
list	O
of	O
best	O
freeware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
of	O
submitting	O
audio	O
metadata	O
(	O
on	O
CD	B-Device
tracks	O
,	O
artists	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
as	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
tag	B-Application
editor	I-Application
)	O
to	O
Gracenote	O
's	O
CD	B-Device
database	O
other	O
than	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
was	O
still	O
listed	O
as	O
such	O
even	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quintessential	B-Application
Player	I-Application
natively	O
supported	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
audio	O
formats	O
playable	O
via	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
Audioscrobbler	O
support	O
(	O
also	O
supplied	O
via	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
)	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
skins	B-Application
allowing	O
the	O
customization	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
interface	O
were	O
obtainable	O
from	O
the	O
Quinnware	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quintessential	B-Application
Player	I-Application
also	O
had	O
fully	O
functional	O
Windows	B-Application
profile	O
support	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
administrator	O
user	O
access	O
to	O
run	O
properly	O
.	O
</s>
