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VinylExplorer on Windows Pc

Developed By: Harald Hansen

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: December 27, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0.1
Size 1 MB
Release Date June 09, 15
Category Music & Audio Apps

Description from Developer:
With the Vinyl Explorer for android phones you have unlimited access to our on-line records database server with over 59,000 record entries of approximately 6500 individual artists... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download VinylExplorer and install on Windows PC. VinylExplorer is free Music & Audio app, developed by Harald Hansen. Latest version of VinylExplorer is 1.0.1, was released on 2015-06-09 (updated on 2023-12-27). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10. Overall rating of VinylExplorer is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install VinylExplorer on Windows?

Instruction on how to install VinylExplorer on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install VinylExplorer on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install VinylExplorer using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "VinylExplorer" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install VinylExplorer on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "VinylExplorer" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 1.0.1.

Download VinylExplorer 1.0.1 on Windows PC – 1 MB

With the Vinyl Explorer for android phones you have unlimited access to our on-line records database server with over 59,000 record entries of approximately 6500 individual artists and bands.
All records have been published in the period 1952-1995. From each record a cover is available!

Most of the records have been published in Germany (West), the former East Germany and in Europe. On records that are published only in a sleeve, we have deliberately omitted! You will find with us but many cover versions; for example are of the Beatles album "All You Need Is Love" 14 different versions from 9 different countries present.

You can search records by either entering the name of an artist, a band or record label. When looking for artists you may include the band members in the search; so you get when you enter "Eric Clapton" not only its own records, but also records of his his bands "Blind Faith", "Cream", "Derek & The Dominos" and "Yardbirds" (total 135 disks).

You can also search for disc titles if you want to know, for example, what song was also sung by which artist. No problem with more than 100,000 titles entries! The title search is done online on the disk server.

The VinylExplorer also has an "offline mode". Using the "Plattendatenbank 2015" (sold separately as a PC software, see below) you can create your own record lists and save them on your phone. From the server loaded cover pictures automatically can be stored locally on the phone, so they do not need to be accessed again.

All available information on individual artists, bands and record labels are displayed on a separate page of the app. If available, you can use the switch "Link for more info" to open a web page, for example, the Wikipedia entry of the artist.

The lists of all artists and label names are stored locally on your phone and can be updated at any time. So you are always up to date when we update the artist information or add new artists and labels in the database.

There are several ways to sort the displayed records, for example, by year of publication, artist name, record company or record title. Depending on the set sorting can be accessed quickly to a particular record with a special menu. Have you, for example, the plates of a record label by artist name, you can directly pick out the desired artist.

The app fits best at the existing resolution: In landscape mode, images are placed to the right of text entries. The recommended screen size is 7 inches or higher.

The app can be used with two surface styles ("Light" or "Dark", see figure).
The language of the user interface can be switched to German or English.
A detailed online help can be viewed with in the integrated browser of the app.

If you acquire the PC software "Plattendatenbank 2015" (on Ebay available for 29.80 EUR), we will give you a discount of 5 EUR. So get the purchase price of the app refunded!

Please note: Unfortunately, this app does not work on the new Android OS 5.x ("Lollipop"). In addition, some equipment is not supported, for example units with Intel Atom processor.

Follow this link to get more information:
http://www.clientserversysteme.de/PLDB_Hilfe/Manual_VinylExplorer.html