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[6.01] Audio And Video Player, Stream Server
[6.02] Audio Editor
[6.03] Audio Normalizer
[6.04] Audio Player
[6.05] Audio Ripper
[6.06] Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
[6.07] Audio Tool: MP3
[6.08] AV Converter
[6.09] CD Ripper
[6.10] Format Converter
[6.11] Multimedia Player


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[6.01] Audio And Video Player, Stream Server
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PROGRAM_NAME: VLC media player
VERSION: 0.92 Grishenko
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-9-15
HOMEPAGE: http://www.videolan.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://nightlies.videolan.org/
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 2K, XP, Vista
OTHER_OS: GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS, Syllable
DESCRIPTION: VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player
for various audio and video formats (AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
DivX, flv, mov, wmv, flac, mp3, ogg, wma ...) as well as CDAs, DVDs,
VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server
to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth
network. Numerous localizations.
REMARKS: Recommended version for Win9x is 0.8.6
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: VLC team


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[6.02] Audio Editor
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PROGRAM_NAME: Audacity
VERSION: 1.3.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-5-12
HOMEPAGE: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
WINDOWS_OS: All 32-bit MS Windows
OTHER_OS: All POSIX (BSD, Mac OSX, GNU/Linux, etc)
DESCRIPTION: Audacity is free, open source software for recording and
editing sounds.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Audacity team


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[6.03] Audio Normalizer
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PROGRAM_NAME: MP3Gain
VERSION: 1.2.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2005-1-8
HOMEPAGE: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS: Closely related Mac version (MacMP3Gain) available.
DESCRIPTION: Tired of reaching for your volume knob every time your mp3
player changes to a new song?
MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same
volume.

MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do.
Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the
file actually sounds to the human ear.
Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no
quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file
directly, without decoding and re-encoding.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Glen Sawyer


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[6.04] Audio Player
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PROGRAM_NAME: 1by1
VERSION: 1.65
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-8-28
HOMEPAGE: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
DOWNLOAD: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html#dwn
WINDOWS_OS: 98-Vista (?)
OTHER_OS: Linux with Wine
DESCRIPTION: 1by1 is a small and fast audio player which provides a
versatile environment to handle your music file collection and listen
to your tracks - with no need for playlists or databases. With this
player you browse directly through your folders using a tree and a
file list. It can play audio CDs and most audio formats (with WinAmp
plugins).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Martin Pesch


PROGRAM_NAME: Winamp Classic
VERSION: 2.81
RELEASE_DATE: 2002-8-21
HOMEPAGE: http://www.winampheaven.net/
http://www.winamp.com/ (later versions)
DOWNLOAD: http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_std.exe
http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_lite.exe
http://www.winampheaven.net/dl.php/winamp281_full.exe
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Winamp is an audio player for CDs, MP3s and streaming files.
It combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface.  Winamp
features a versatile playlist editor and a ten band graphic equalizer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Nullsoft
AUTHOR: ---


PROGRAM_NAME: XMPlay
VERSION: 3.4.2 (stable)
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-7-6
HOMEPAGE: http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: WinAll
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2
/ MP1 / WMA / WAV / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio
formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX playlists. A load more formats are
also supported via plugins.
I will personaly add the it's lightweight application (size and memory,
ideal for old configuration) with all the features of the big one !
REMARKS:
COMPANY: un4seen developments
AUTHOR: Ian Luck


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[6.05] Audio Ripper
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PROGRAM_NAME: EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
VERSION: 0.99pb4
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-1-23
HOMEPAGE: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/
http://www.zuskomzaka.cz/download/eac-0.95b3.zip (older version)
WINDOWS_OS: W98, W2000, XP, Vista ?
OTHER_OS: Linux with Wine
DESCRIPTION: Exact Audio Copy is an audio grabber for audio CDs.
Scratched CDs read on CD/DVD-ROM drives often produce distortions.
However, EAC is capable of error correction. If there are any errors
which cannot be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the
(possible) distortion occurred. Exact Audio Copy uses technologies
like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip. EAC supports MP3, WMA,
FLAC and OggVorbis encoders for automatic compression after
extraction.
REMARKS: For some tasks (e.g. "retrieve native TOC") the older version
0.95b3 should be kept at hand, as well, since some functionality was
removed in newer versions of EAC.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Andre Wiethoff


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[6.06] Audio Ripper-Converter, Player, Audio Organizer, Audio Tagger
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PROGRAM_NAME: Foobar2000
VERSION: 0.9.5.5
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-8-4
HOMEPAGE: http://www.foobar2000.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.foobar2000.org/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit edition, Windows Server 2003,
Windows Vista.
OTHER_OS: N/A
DESCRIPTION: Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows
platform. Some of
the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and
native support for several popular audio formats.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Peter Pawlowski, Holger Stenger, Gian-Carlo Pascutto


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[6.07] Audio Tool: MP3
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PROGRAM_NAME: mpTrim
VERSION: 2.13
RELEASE_DATE: 2007-3-8
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mptrim.com
DOWNLOAD: http://download.mptrim.com/mpTrim.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Win98/Me/NT4/2K/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: N/A
DESCRIPTION: Simple, free and fast way to
tune up MP3 files.  Primary use is to remove silent parts from the
brginning and end of MP3 files and/or fade in and fade out.  It can
also adjust the volume up or down (volume normalization.)  MPTrim
keeps the music quality intact, no matter how many times you process
an MP3, because it works directly in the MP3 format without having to
decode/re-encode, which also makes it very fast.  The freeware edition
can generally handle files up to about 7 minutes in length, which is
is adequate for most individual music tracks.  Supports VBR files.
Localization files support more than a dozen languages.
REMARKS: Formerly called MP3Trim.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jean Pierre Nicolle


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[6.08] AV Converter
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PROGRAM_NAME: DVD Flick
VERSION: 1.3.0.0
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-9-7
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: DVD Flick aims to be a tool to convert various PC video
formats to a DVD that can be played on pretty much any standalone DVD
player. It's main target audience is people who know at least the basics
about DVDs and video and audio files.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Dennis Meuwissen


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[6.09] CD Ripper
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PROGRAM_NAME: CDex
VERSION: 1.70 Beta 2
RELEASE_DATE: 2006-6-23
HOMEPAGE: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=download
WINDOWS_OS: Unicode version: Win NT, 2k, XP, Vista.  Non-unicode: Win 95,
98, ME
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio
CD.  Development seems to have been suspended but the beta is stable.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Albert L Faber


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[6.10] Format Converter
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PROGRAM_NAME: XMedia Recode
VERSION: 2.0.6.7
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-9-2
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xmedia-recode.de
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xmedia-recode.de/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS: -
DESCRIPTION: XMedia Recode is a video and audio converter which
supports nearly all audio and video codecs, but is geared towards
video conversions. It is very easy to use.
REMARKS: Website is in German, and so is the program when you first
run it. Go to 'Optionen' and change 'Sprache' to 'English' (if you
like). Then restart the program.
Program settings and all other files are in the program folder.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Sebastian Dörfler


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[6.11] Multimedia Player
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PROGRAM_NAME: Media Player Classic
VERSION: 6.4.9.1 Rev 78
RELEASE_DATE: 2008-7-28
HOMEPAGE: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2
DOWNLOAD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205650&package_id=245753
WINDOWS_OS: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Media Player Classic is the perfect substitute for Windows
Media
Player. Aestetically is identical to version 6.4 and has the same
lightness in terms of RAM occupation, but it has much more usefull
functions. Features: with 'right' and 'left' keys it's possible to go
forward/backward of one single frame; with 'Ctrl + right'/'left' it's
possible to skip one predefinite quantity of frames; with 'Ctrl + up'
it's possible to change faster the speed of reproduction; it's
possible to visualize with media player Quicktime and RealMedia movies
(but that programs must be installed); in full screen modality it's
possible to show a scroll bar putting the mouse in the lower portion
of the screen; in full screen it's possible to do the redimension
images and adopt a cinema format or a TV format; it work as a DVD
player too; keys are completely customizable; it can show subtitles.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Gabest; Niels Martin Hansen

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