Soundbase was created to fill a gap in the large amount of  free and  commercial players/taggers.
 We do not pretend to have the  ultimate  audio solution, but Soundbase will most likely 
fit somewhere  into your  playing or tagging experience - it will always give you a  quick
 way of  doing common tasks. 
 
 Soundbase uses the Microsoft® DirectShow® architecture. DirectShow   provides
 high-quality capture and playback of multimedia streams. It   supports a wide
 variety of formats, including MPEG Audio Layer-3 (MP3),   OGG Vorbis (OGG),
 Monkey Audio (APE), and FLAC sound files. It   automatically detects and uses
 audio acceleration hardware when   available, but also supports systems
 without acceleration hardware. 
You might need to read the help section on installing more   sophisticated 
formats (ape, flac, ogg) to enable playback for those   files. The help section
 provides you with links to free directshow   filters and will give
 you information on how to best install the   different pack.