Cog (software)

{{Infobox software

| name = Cog

| logo = Image:Cog-0.06-icon.png

| screenshot = Image:Cogosx7.png

| caption = Cog 0.07 (r909)

| developer = Vincent Spader

| released = 0.01 (2005-06-02)

| programming language = Objective-C \ Cocoa

| operating system = macOS 10.4+ (Tiger and above)

| language = Multiple Languages

| genre = Audio player

| license = GPL-2.0-only

| website = [http://cogx.org/ cogx.org]

}}

Cog is an open source audio player for macOS.[http://cogx.org/index.php Cog - News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323071613/http://cogx.org/index.php |date=2009-03-23 }}. Cogx.org. Retrieved on 2013-12-09. The basic layout is a single-paned playlist interface with two retractable drawers, one for navigating the user's music folders and another for viewing audio file properties, like bitrate. Along with supporting most audio formats compatible with macOS's Core Audio API, Cog supports a wide array of other audio formats, along with their metadata, which are otherwise unsupported on macOS.[http://cogx.org/features.php Cog - Features] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220115729/http://cogx.org/features.php |date=2009-02-20 }}. Cogx.org. Retrieved on 2013-12-09.

In April 2006, Cog joined other Mac OS X audio software Tag and Max in an effort by the respective authors to consolidate Mac OS X open source audio software on the internet. Subsequently, the Cog website was redesigned to Tag and Max's website design, and its forums were also moved to the Tag and Max Forums.[http://forums.sbooth.org/viewtopic.php?t=673 sbooth.org • View topic - Relationship between Play and Cog?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000752/http://forums.sbooth.org/viewtopic.php?t=673 |date=2011-07-28 }}. Forums.sbooth.org (2007-02-12). Retrieved on 2013-12-09. In July 2007, Cog moved to its own separate forums shortly before the release of version 0.06. Last build been created in 2013.

As the original project appears to be abandoned, with the website last updated in 2008,{{Cite web|url=https://cogx.org/|title=Cog - News|website=cogx.org|access-date=2020-03-20|archive-date=2020-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322064757/http://www.cogx.org/|url-status=live}} there are now several forks of the project maintained by others. In 2013,{{Cite web |url=https://g.losno.co/chris/Cog/src/commit/7f3da31b454f03322cb60b9b842427a0dcf20f2b/README.md |title=Chris/Cog: An audio player for macOS 10.8 and newer. - README.md at 7f3da31b454f03322cb60b9b842427a0dcf20f2b - Cog - López-Snowhill |access-date=2020-03-20 |archive-date=2020-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320012444/https://g.losno.co/chris/Cog/src/commit/7f3da31b454f03322cb60b9b842427a0dcf20f2b/README.md |url-status=dead }} Christopher Snowhill started a fork{{Cite web | url=https://kode54.net/cog | title=Cog | access-date=2020-03-20 | archive-date=2020-03-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320012445/https://kode54.net/cog | url-status=live }} and continues to maintain and develop it as of 2020. In 2015, MacRumors user Vivo made a new audio player Phonix, which is based on original Cog code.[https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/phonix-free-macos-music-player.1985426 macrumors.com • View topic - Phonix - Free macOS music player]. Forums.macrumors.com (2015-06-18). Retrieved on 2018-06-21.