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Comdex '99: Microsoft Trumpets MP3 Alternative
News In a shameless effort to catch the organisation's eye, Microsoft showed the first live demonstration of a song in WMA on an SDMI capable portable device, Diamond's third-generation Rio 500 player. Sony has also said that it will support WMA, along...
[November 17, 1999, 9:01]
Microsoft Offers A 'tune-up' For XP
News Windows Media Player packs digital rights management (DRM) technology Microsoft hopes will woo content providers to WMA. Running the conversion utility transforms MP3 files to Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA) file format.
[December 13, 2001, 15:57]
Microsoft Releases XP Add-ons For MP3
News Without the add-on packs, Windows XP will play MP3s but can only be used to create copies of songs from CDs in Microsoft's own Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. Windows XP contains digital rights management software--designed specifically to work...
[October 23, 2001, 10:26]
Microsoft Changes Its Tune On MP3 Ripping
News Still, Windows XP users will have to pay extra for ripping MP3s using Windows Media Player, a move that could empower competitors but also make it easier for average users to go with WMA. No matter what Microsoft's reasons for solidifying MP3...
[July 16, 2001, 11:06]
Windows XP And MP3s May Not Mix
News Although previous versions of its operating system have supported MP3 rippers from other companies, Microsoft's own audio and video software, Windows Media Player, has converted audio files only to the Windows Media format, dubbed WMA.
[June 13, 2001, 9:50]
Unreal Media Server
Downloads Supported file formats: AVI(DivX, XVid, any encoding), MPEG-1/2/4, WMV/WMA, ASF, MP3, QuickTime. Codecs used for live video compression: WMV and MPEG4; for live audio: WMA, MP3 and GSM 6.10. Version 5.5 adds ability to stream via MMS protocol to...
[December 7, 2007, 8:31]
RealNetworks Cries Foul Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
Talkback Whereas if I'm buying WMA encoded tunes, I can only ever play them on Windows. Buying RealNetworks tunes gives me more flexibility than buying WMA tunes. It is probably only coincidence that millions of people agree with me as far as Windows Media...
[April 1, 2005, 12:48]
Olympus DM-20 Conference Kit review
Reviews It also lets you upload WMA- and MP3-based files to the DM-20’s music folder, allowing the recorder to be used like any other digital audio player when it’s not performing its primary function. However, with both Digital Speech Standard (DSS) and...
[April 1, 2004, 9:35]
TCPlayer
Downloads TCPlayer is an MP3/WMA media player for use on Windows networks. Run the server program on the computer with speakers and control the player from anywhere on the network using the client application. Tracks can be selected from up to 5 sources...
[April 3, 2005, 23:16]
SolveigMM WMP Trimmer Plugin
Downloads SolveigMM WMP Trimmer plug-in is a fast and small tool to cut without loss AVI, WMV, ASF, MP3, and WMA files loaded to Windows Media Player. No quality degradation, no out of sync problems, no AVI size restrictions.
[October 14, 2008, 21:01]
River Past Crazi Video For PMC
Downloads It uses Windows WMV format for the video and WMA or MP3 for audio. It uses Windows Media Player to sync with the PC. River Past Crazi Video for PMC is bulkier. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[December 17, 2007, 11:16]
GEQ15P
Downloads Some examples: - audio formats including: mp3, wma, MPEG-4 (mp4, m4a), wav - CD playback - streaming audio formats including: Windows Media (wma, asx), MP3 stream (m3u, pls). GEQ15P is a graphic equalizer plug-in for Windows Media Player 9 Series...
[March 10, 2006, 23:01]
CarTunes
Downloads While CarTunes works exceptionally well in cars, it is also an excellent MP3 and WMA player for your computer. CarTunes is a media player specifically designed for car computers running Windows. Using large on-screen buttons perfect for touchscreen...
[March 11, 2005, 10:31]
Super MP3 Converter
Downloads Super MP3 Converter also supports playback of all audio files with its built-in player as well as audio-volume normalization, and encodes with Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA). Super MP3 Converter converts audio files among MP3, WAV, WMA (Windows Media...
[January 17, 2006, 9:01]
Crime, But No Punishment For Microsoft
Talkback Personally, I think a much more effective remedy would have been to allow them to continue shipping Windows Media Player, but to make them ship it with an OGG encoder in place of the WMA one.
[July 25, 2005, 18:09]
X-Play Studio
Downloads X-Play Studio provides friendly and very easy-to-use user interface with reach functionality Features: watch live TV (requires video capture device with TV tuner); play CD s; play video files (MPEG, ASF, AVI, WMV, and DivX); play audio files (MP3...
[April 15, 2006, 10:16]
Storm Player Exotic
Downloads So, at a standard complete set the player supports: Audio Bass files: WAV, MP1, MP2, MP3, OGG, MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, UMX, CDA, and WMA. Audio plug-in files: CDA, MID, MIDI, RMI, KAR, MOD, MDZ, MP3, MP2, MP1, AAC, APL, VLB, SPX, OGG, WAV, and...
[April 26, 2006, 17:16]
Microsoft Plans OpenDocument Translator
Talkback This story reminds me of how MS grudgingly added MP3 support to Windows Media Player, but in such a way that we get a warning screen about WMA having higher quality and being more secure, despite everyone knowing that MP3 is a more flexable format...
[July 6, 2006, 11:35]
Super Audio Grabber Pro
Downloads Extract audio stream from Internet Streaming Media and save them as WAV,MP3,WMA or OGG files. You can make your own WAV/MP3/WMA/OGG files. Batch convert audio files to wav,mp3,wma or ogg files. Record your own music,voice,other sound you hear, e.g...
[May 15, 2007, 19:12]
MiniPlayer
Downloads The Widget is able to play MP3 (.mp3), WAVE (.wav), WMA (.wma), AIFF (.aif .aiff), and Sun/NeXT (.au .snd) sound files. You can play audio without Windows Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, or other audio players open.
[May 11, 2006, 0:49]
