Players


Many streaming media players can play more than one format. Most can play raw WAV and/or AIFF files, and the RealMedia, QuickTime, and Windows Media players can all play MP3 files as well.

  • RealPlayer (RealNetworks) www.real.com. Macintosh , Windows, Unix (Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/IRIX/and so on).

  • Windows Media Player (Microsoft) www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia. Macintosh, Windows, Unix (Solaris).

  • QuickTime Player (Apple) www.apple.com/quicktime/download. Macintosh, Windows.

Because so many third-party MP3 players are available, the following presents a short list of those that can handle streaming. (Many can only handle playback of downloaded files.)

  • Audion (Panic) www.panic.com/audion. Macintosh.

  • iTunes (Apple) www.apple.com/itunes. Macintosh.

  • Macamp (Subband Software) www.macamp.com. Macintosh.

  • Media Jukebox (J. River) www.mediajukebox.com. Also acts as a ripper and encoder, with some degree of support for RealMedia, Windows Media, and QuickTime formats. Windows.

  • mxaudio (Xaudio) http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10146-100-910010.html. Linux/FreeBSD .

  • Sonique (Lycos) www.sonique.com. Windows.

  • Winamp (Nullsoft) www.winamp.com. Windows.

  • xmms www.xmms.org. Linux/FreeBSD .



Streaming Audio. The FezGuys' Guide
Streaming Audio: The FezGuys Guide
ISBN: B000H2N1T8
EAN: N/A
Year: 2001
Pages: 119

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