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BallroomDJ 4 Features

• Supported Platforms as of 2023-8-19
  • Windows 10, Windows 11
    Install / Installing on Windows
  • MacOS Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, Sonoma, Sequoia, Tahoe
    Install / Installing on MacOS
  • Linux (Only OpenSUSE and Debian are packaged, other Linux distributions must be built from source)
    Install / Installing on Linux
• Free and open source software.
• No elevated privileges are required for installing or running BDJ4.
• Full unicode support, supports all languages.
  • Many translations are included, but most are machine translated and are of very poor quality. Nederlands (Dutch) is in good shape, and Русский (Russian) is ok.
• No limitation on the number of audio files.
• Any audio file that can be played by VLC is supported (MP3, FLAC, Opus, OGG, etc.)
  • Linux also supports GStreamer.
• Fully configurable.
  • Player, Marquee, User Interface, Dances, Dance Ratings, etc.
  • All listings and the song editor can be configured to display the fields you want.
    Configuration / Display Settings
• Player.
  Player / Player
  • Reload the player upon accidental exit.
    Player / Reload
  • Marquee.
    Player / Marquee
  • Announcements.
    Configuration / Edit Dances
    Subjects / Announcements
  • Requests.
    • Column display is fully configurable.
      Configuration / Display Settings
    • Filter your song collection to select the requested song.
      Subjects / Filter Dialog
  • Request an external song not in the database.
    Player / Playing a Song not in the Database
  • Player Controls.
    Player / Player
    • Play / Pause.
    • Repeat.
    • Pause at end.
    • Skip to next song.
    • Seek in song.
    • Speed with pitch control.
    • Volume.
  • Multiple queues.
    Subjects / Music Queues
    How To / Playing a Mixer
    How To / Running a Showcase
    • Column display is fully configurable.
      Configuration / Display Settings
    • Songs can be added to / moved within / removed from the queue while playing.
    • Queue configuration.
      Configuration / Music Queues
      • Fade-in time.
      • Fade-out time.
      • Gap between songs.
      • Maximum play time.
      • Stop time.
      • Cross-fade.
        Configuration / Music Queues
      • Pause each song.
      • Play announcement for each dance.
        Subjects / Announcements
  • History of played songs.
  • Export the playlist as MP3 files.
• Playlists
  • Song lists : pick and choose the songs to play.
    Management / Edit Song Lists
    Subjects / Song Lists
    • Create song lists using sequenced or automatic playlists.
      Subjects / Create a Song List from a Playlist
    • Export a song list for BDJ4 / Import a song list from BDJ4.
  • Sequenced : specify which dances and the order in which they are played.
    Management / Edit Sequences
    Subjects / Sequenced Playlists
    Subjects / Song Selection
  • Automatic : choose how many of each dance play and let BDJ4 do the rest.
    Management / Playlist Management
    Subjects / Automatic Playlists
    Subjects / Dance Selection
    Subjects / Song Selection
  • Playlist Controls
    Management / Playlist Management
    • Maximum play time for the playlist or for a particular dance.
    • Gap between songs.
    • Stop at a particular time.
    • Stop after some number of songs have played.
• Music Manager
  Management / Music Manager
  • Easily filter your song collection to select the songs to work with.
    Subjects / Filter Dialog
  • Mark songs as the same song to prevent similar songs from being selected in automatic and sequenced playlists.
    Subjects / Same Song Marks
    Subjects / Song Selection
  • Column display is fully configurable.
    Configuration / Display Settings
  • Automatic Organization.
    Subjects / Organizing Music
  • Remove Songs.
    BDJ4 never deletes audio files. Removed songs are renamed.
    Subjects / Removing Songs
• Song Editor
  Management / Song Editor
  • Field display is fully configurable.
    Configuration / Display Settings
  • BPM Counter.
    Subjects / BPM & MPM
  • Optionally update the audio file tags.
  • Song adjustments for playback.
    Subjects / Playback Controls
    • Adjust the song start and song end.
    • Adjust the song speed.
    • Adjust the song volume.
  • Batch Edit songs.
    Subjects / Batch Editing
  • Trim Silence.
    The Song Start and Song End are set.
• Audio Identification
  Management / Audio Identification
  • Identify songs and retrieve tags for the song.
• iTunes Support.
  • Update the information in the database from iTunes.
  • Import an iTunes playlist.
    Configuration / iTunes
• Mobile Remote Control
  • Control BDJ4 from your mobile device.
    Configuration / Mobile Remote Control
• Mobile Marquee
  • Dancers can view upcoming songs on their mobile device.
    Configuration / Mobile Marquee
• Multiple profiles can be set up for different playback needs.
  Subjects / Profiles
• Secondary installations with separate databases.
  Subjects / Alternate Folders

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(Updated 2025-11-03 13:34:39; BDJ4 version 4.17.3.3)