<s>
Zinf	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
audio	O
player	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zinf	B-Language
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zinf	B-Language
is	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
FreeAmp	B-Language
project	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zinf	B-Language
can	O
play	O
sound	O
files	O
in	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
WAV	O
formats	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
skins	B-Application
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
MusicBrainz	B-Application
network	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
features	O
an	O
optimized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Xing	O
MPEG	O
decoder	O
,	O
a	O
powerful	O
music	O
browser	O
and	O
playlist	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
download	B-Application
manager	O
which	O
supports	O
downloading	B-Application
files	O
from	O
sites	O
using	O
the	O
RMP	O
(	O
RealJukebox	B-Application
)	O
download	B-Application
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zinf	B-Language
was	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
handling	O
all	O
audio	O
files	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
metadata	O
(	O
Author	O
,	O
Album	O
,	O
Song	O
Title	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
hiding	O
more-technical	O
details	O
like	O
actual	O
locations	O
and	O
file	O
names	O
(	O
but	O
these	O
features	O
are	O
now	O
standard	O
in	O
many	O
players	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zinf	B-Language
is	O
a	O
recursive	O
acronym	O
that	O
stands	O
for	O
"	O
Zinf	B-Language
Is	O
Not	O
FreeAmp	B-Language
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
FreeAmp	B-Language
had	O
to	O
be	O
discontinued	O
due	O
to	O
trademark	O
issues	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
AMP	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
trademark	O
of	O
PlayMedia	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FreeAmp	B-Language
project	O
was	O
originally	O
funded	O
by	O
EMusic	O
,	O
who	O
paid	O
the	O
salaries	O
of	O
3	O
developers	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zinf	B-Language
project	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
find	O
another	O
sponsor	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
slowed	O
greatly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
nearly	O
all	O
development	O
of	O
Zinf	B-Language
has	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
popular	O
open-source	O
Linux	O
audio	O
player	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
largely	O
surpassed	O
by	O
newcomers	O
such	O
as	O
Audacious	B-Language
,	O
Amarok	B-Language
,	O
Exaile	B-Language
,	O
Banshee	B-Language
and	O
(	O
more	O
recently	O
)	O
Songbird	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
largely	O
because	O
Zinf	B-Language
has	O
not	O
seen	O
an	O
official	O
new	O
release	O
since	O
early	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
now	O
standard	O
in	O
rival	O
players	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
implemented	O
;	O
such	O
as	O
cover	O
art	O
and	O
lyric	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
the	O
zinf.com	O
website	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
a	O
domain	O
squatter	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
capitalizing	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
traffic	O
for	O
monetary	O
gains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
link	O
called	O
"	O
QnA	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Ads	O
"	O
are	O
now	O
visible	O
on	O
the	O
zinf.com	O
website	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
redirect	O
to	O
the	O
squatter	O
's	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
