<s>
X	B-Language
Multimedia	I-Language
System	I-Language
(	O
XMMS	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
audio	O
player	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
released	O
under	O
a	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMMS	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
written	O
as	O
X11Amp	B-Language
by	O
Peter	O
and	O
Mikael	O
Alm	O
in	O
November	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
resemble	O
Winamp	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
XMMS	B-Language
has	O
supported	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
"	O
classic	O
"	O
skins	B-Application
since	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
was	O
made	O
under	O
a	O
license	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
any	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
4Front	O
Technologies	O
decided	O
to	O
sponsor	O
X11Amp	B-Language
development	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
XMMS	B-Language
-	O
the	O
name	O
being	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
X	B-Language
MultiMedia	I-Language
System	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
XMMS	B-Language
users	O
take	O
this	O
to	O
mean	O
"	O
X11	B-Operating_System
MultiMedia	O
System	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
MultiMedia	O
System	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
official	O
interpretation	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
X	B-Operating_System
"	O
is	O
"	O
Cross-platform	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Peter	O
Alm	O
initiated	O
the	O
XMMS2	O
project	O
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
XMMS	B-Language
using	O
all	O
new	O
code	O
and	O
devoted	O
solely	O
to	O
audio	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMMS	B-Language
has	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
GTK+	O
1.x	O
toolkit	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
being	O
GTK	B-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
reason	O
for	O
this	O
reluctance	O
to	O
upgrade	O
is	O
that	O
many	O
XMMS	B-Language
plugins	O
(	O
written	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
)	O
are	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
older	O
version	O
of	O
GTK+	B-Application
to	O
properly	O
function	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
"	O
about	O
"	O
boxes	O
and	O
configuration	O
dialogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
software	O
developers	O
also	O
consider	O
the	O
XMMS	B-Language
codebase	O
to	O
be	O
poorly	O
designed	O
and	O
difficult	O
to	O
maintain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
factors	O
led	O
to	O
various	O
forks	B-Application
and	O
related	O
projects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GTK+2	O
based	O
fork	B-Application
by	O
Mohammed	O
Sameer	O
,	O
named	O
XMMS2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
XMMS2	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
new	O
codebase	O
and	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
not	O
derived	O
from	O
XMMS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMMS	B-Language
currently	O
supports	O
the	O
following	O
audio	O
and	O
video	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Icecast	B-Application
and	O
SHOUTcast	B-Application
streaming	O
supported	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
skins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JACK	B-Application
plug-in	O
for	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
JACK	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ModPlug	B-Language
plug-in	O
for	O
playing	O
.MOD	O
,	O
.S3M	O
,	O
.XM	O
,	O
.IT	O
and	O
other	O
famous	O
tracker	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Musepack	B-Algorithm
support	O
using	O
XMMS-Musepack	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SHN	B-Operating_System
support	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
a	O
plug-in	O
provided	O
by	O
etree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WMA	B-Application
Limited	O
support	O
provided	O
by	O
third	O
party	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMMS	B-Language
has	O
a	O
default	O
skin	O
provided	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
any	O
WSZ	O
classic	O
skins	B-Application
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
graphic	O
attractiveness	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xmms-coverviewer	O
is	O
an	O
XMMS	B-Language
plugin	O
which	O
allows	O
XMMS	B-Language
to	O
display	O
album	O
art	O
and	O
further	O
enhance	O
the	O
graphical	O
interface	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
