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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 No matter what Microsoft's reasons for solidifying MP3 support in Windows XP, the add-on packs give "users the full flexibility of choice for creating their music collections, whether it is using WMA to get CD-quality sound in half the file size...
[July 16, 2001, 11:06]
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]
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]
Acoustica Audio Converter Pro
Downloads Version 1.0 b18 fixes some bugs regarding MP3 conversion and supports WMA on just installed Windows XP SP2.Version 1.0 b22 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes. This user-friendly audio converter changes MP3, WAV, WMA, CDA...
[December 7, 2005, 0:01]
Media Center Karaoke Plug-in
Downloads Media Center users can use this plug-in to select audio channels when playing VCD or DVD, can display lyrics included in WMA or MP3 music files, can remove vocals from the song, can also control microphone connected to the PC.
[October 17, 2005, 11:01]
Video-Repairer
Downloads Repair DivX, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, RM, and RMVB file cannot be played or dragged. Repair DivX, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, RM, and RMVB file, which are not completely downloaded. Full support Windows 95, 97, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, 2000, and XP Operation is very...
[December 11, 2005, 19:46]
MiniPlayer
Downloads The Widget is able to play MP3 (.mp3), WAVE (.wav), WMA (.wma), AIFF (.aif .aiff), and Sun/NeXT (.au .snd) sound files. Tested using Windows XP Professional and Windows Media Player 9. You can play audio without Windows Media Player, iTunes, Winamp...
[May 11, 2006, 0:49]
NCTDiscWriter ActiveX DLL
Downloads Write audio CDs from MP3, MP2, OGG, WMA, and other popular audio formats directly without intermediate WAV files. Rip audio CDs to MP3, MP2, OGG, WMA, and other popular audio formats with the maximal possible speed.
[April 15, 2005, 14:01]
Ezserver
Downloads It supports the various video/audio formats including MPEG1/2/4, DIVX, WMV9, WMV9 HD, H.264, MP3, WMA. EzServer supports Windows XP/Linux/uClinux version. EzServer 3.0 aims to provide a video streaming and webpage transmission which is especially...
[August 30, 2007, 18:01]
File Audio Processor
Downloads Supported formats: MP3, MP2, WMA, OGG Vorbis, WAV, Compressed WAV, GSM, RAW, VOX, G726, G723, G721, MIDI, MPEG, WMF, AU. Complete solution for Multimedia Editing -Management includes: File Manager for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, File Renamer, ID3 Tag...
[May 4, 2006, 10:46]
Easy Screensaver Standard
Downloads Several options are available: Most popular image file formats support(BMP, JPEG, PNG, PSD, PCD, TIF, PCX,GIF and so on); MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA Background music support; Transition Effect, Image Masking Effect, Image Transparency Effect support...
[October 22, 2007, 7:29]
All Media Extractor
Downloads All Media Extractor support the following Media (Video, Audio, Picture) file formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF, WMF, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMV, MPEG, AVI since you can add any formats supported by your computers. Supports Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint...
[February 4, 2004, 18:01]
Windows XP: Entertainment And Multimedia review
Reviews The My Music folder is where WMA and MP3 files go by default, and My Videos is where video clips are located. That said, as well as offering the usual ability to play audio and video sources, XP's new Windows Media Player (WMP), version 8.0, can...
[October 30, 2001, 15:23]
All Sound Recorder XP
Downloads Captured sounds can be saved in WAV, MP3, WMA, or OGG formats using real-time conversion. All Sound Recorder XP enables you to record sound and play it back through your sound card or any other source, such as a microphone, a VCR, a line-in jack, a...
[March 9, 2006, 0:31]
Music File Flaws Could Threaten Traders
News WinAmp has a similar flaw that allows code to run when certain multimedia tags in MP3 and WMA files are loaded with too much data. A security firm on Wednesday warned that people using Windows XP or popular music player WinAmp could fall prey to a...
[December 19, 2002, 7:51]
Microsoft Unveils Entertainment Software
News MP3 and WAV files can also be converted to Windows Media Audio (WMA) files or vice versa with a compatible MP3 plug-in for Windows Media Player 9 Series. Microsoft will announce on Tuesday availability of new personal entertainment software for...
[December 17, 2002, 7:36]
Sony Reveals VAIO Makeover
News The music player can handle tunes in MP3, WMA, WAV formats, as well as ATRAC3, which is the company's proprietary format. Included are a new portable hard drive-based music player, the world's smallest Windows XP PC, and some new PCs with enhanced...
[May 10, 2004, 17:00]
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. I am an IT developer and I'm telling you categorically that it is not possible to uninstall...
[April 1, 2005, 12:48]
UK Firm Transfers IPod Feel To Pocket PC
News Kelly said his company is also thinking of adding support for Windows Media Audio (WMA) files because of strong demand. It is not uncommon for companies to tap the popularity of Apple gear, with desktop themes that emulate the Mac OS being a...
[March 10, 2004, 7:55]
