But that’s just me – if you’re looking for a better way to play tracks stashed on your hard drive, this is a good way to go. It also seemed a bit finicky with certain files, and some visualizations didn’t load for me. In my brief testing, I found Plexamp to be a lot less flexible than Winamp when it came to doing things like browsing music and curating playlists. The rest of the app’s menu is accessible from the system tray. The sparse interface design will likely appeal to minimalists: buttons appear when they’re contextually relevant, and disappear when you switch between screens: when you hit ‘play’ on a chosen track, you can hover over Plexamp to see playback controls and buttons to switch between a visualizer from the good ol’ days, and a lyrics view. There are also a few nice touches like gapless playback, automatic soft transitions between songs, and a UI that adapts to the colors present in the album art of whatever you’re listening to. That makes it a little less than ideal for people who want to casually scan through all their music like I do – but it does make for a more streamlined experience if you know what you’re looking for. You can search through your catalog, but don’t expect to see a grid of every album you’ve indexed in Plex. Instead of letting you browse your extensive music collection, Plexamp is built around a ‘discovery’ framework – it’ll show you recently added and played albums, and playlists you’ve updated. The interface features a fairly small player with four different sizes, including one that hides the app entirely. Additionally, it supports a range of music formats, including lossless ones like FLAC. You can use Plexamp offline, or remote control other Plex players when you’re connected to your network.

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