Billy for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 7, 2008

This unusually named audio player falls short of many competitors due to a poor design, limited functionality, and a lack of even the most standard features. The interface is basically a blank box for your playlist, with several menu items above it. You won't find any buttons or icons for playing, pausing, or stopping files, forcing you to access these functions through the menu or hot keys. Also, unlike most other audio players, Billy lacks the ability to fast-forward, rewind, edit ID3 tags, and play CDs. On the plus side, this audio player doesn't introduce gaps between songs and lets you add a playlist link to your favorites. Perhaps the best aspect of Billy, however, is that it's completely free--but in the long run, even that can't save this minimalist audio player from obscurity.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: June 23, 2004

Latest update: November 7, 2008

Version: 1.03

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 10
Windows NT

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 34,920

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

4.8/5

27 User Votes

No Frills or Bloat
Ifdd2blkDecember 25, 2015
Pros
Extremely limited resource usage. Does everything I need.
Cons
Does not cook or clean.
Summary
I have always and will continue to use Billy. I like to do resource intensive things on my computer. Which isn't the best by any standard. But Billy doesn't even affect my cpu or memory usage.
Fantastic Billy
Niki SamuelJuly 22, 2012
Pros
Does all that i require from it. Does what i want and plays any lists i ask it to.
Cons
I can't think a a bad thing.
Summary
I have used Billy for many years...i recently renewed my computer and have just re installed Billy...i was lost without it. I have downloaded so many audio players and have deleted them...Billy is the best for me.
best lite player
mamu.jiMarch 10, 2008
Pros
takes very less load on cpu
Cons
Summary
Perfect minimal music player
jake2kJanuary 12, 2008
Pros
If your looking for a player to run in the background that takes up almost no resources then you need this. It's easy to control and you can do so without having to leave whatever page or document your on.
Cons
Summary
Very good, small, feature-free MP3 player
vmazelisMay 21, 2007
Pros
Small usage of PC resources. Very stable, plays MP3 files well.
Cons
No support for wma, flac, ape or anything else. Virtually feature-free player.
Summary
An mp3's best buddy.
chiefeagle02January 31, 2006
Pros
The small file size. The loading speed. No gaps between songs. Control with the keyboard for shortcuts.
Cons
No WMA support, no foxytunes support, no evillyrics support.
Summary
You out-did yourself Billy TOTALLY AWSOME!!!!
j_dub29November 17, 2005
Pros
Great sound quality and very fast to react to the touch of whatever you want it to do. Theres no catches between songs LOVE THAT, great player...
Cons
I can't say theres anything about I DON'T like...
Summary
Awesome!
MaaaxAugust 4, 2005
Pros
It is very fast with opening folders, it has a funny name, it is just awesome! <p>It doesn?t require much of your computer either! Perfect if you have a lot of MP3s
Cons
maybe it should play WMA
Summary
Works great!
DougJApril 17, 2005
Pros
I just wanted a simple player, and after downloading 3 or 4 others this worked great. I pointed Billy to my music folder, and picked "shuffle play". It keeps going and going and going.
Cons
Summary
Nice free app!
vickieharrisApril 10, 2005
Pros
Small app that does exactly what it says it will do, play directory of files. This is all I need -- just point it to my music directory and let it do the rest for hours of nice background music while I surf. Even though cnet's review gives it bad marks for the interface, there are keyboard shortcuts for Play, Rewind, etc, so it's not really that big a deal. I like it!
Cons
Haven't found any yet!
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Sheep Productions

Play an entire directory of MP3 files with no gaps between tracks.

Billy is an audio player that allows you to quickly play an entire directory of MP3 files. It can usually load files two to eight times faster than Winamp or Media Player. Billy plays albums with no gaps between tracks, so an overlapping applause or beat will continue. The player is 100 percent controllable by keyboard, and its Easy Finder and Special Rename functions help you find and organize your files quickly.