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4 MP3 1.42 Player
by
Rolfen & Ove
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Freeware |
670 kBytes
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Recursive drive search, built-in encoder/decoder/normalizer, cool animations, great display,
more...
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Amp2000 1.5 by
Micrographics |
  
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Freeware |
930 kBytes
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Quick search your hard drive, drag 'n drop into
playlist, highly pleasing interface layout, CD play mode.
Made with MultiMediaBuilder.
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Amplay 1.1 by
Software Solution |
 
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Freeware |
1.82 MBytes
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Eye-candy, not much innovation or forethought and
high CPU usage. Usable playlisting.
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Apollo 37 Player by
Heikki
Ylinen |
   
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Freeware |
590 kBytes
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Sounds great, looks good, and has too many features to list.
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AudioActive 32-bit Player 2.06c
by
Telos Systems |
 
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Freeware
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1.08 MBytes
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Local/streaming MPx player, stable and useable, but no frills. Your fast access, small footprint player.
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Buggy 1.74 by Ove Rung |
 
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Freeware |
0.40 MBytes
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Small, useful, will build playlists for
you. Somewhat buggy, streaming not implemented
yet. |
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Carlanthano 3.0.907 by
Kanasta Corp. |
 
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Freeware
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1.89 MBytes
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Essentially Windows Media Player, but with playlists, shuffle, ID3 tag recognition and
other features. What WMPlayer should have been.
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C-4 2.2
by
Panic
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Shareware $15 |
1.15 MBytes
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No llamas were whipped during the making
of C-4. Too many features to list - really nice
GUI (with skins!). |
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CD Spectrum Pro 2000.0602
by
SyntheSoft |
 
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Shareware $20 |
0.60 MBytes
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Now with MP3 support. Still has problems
displaying the spectrum though. |
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Cool Player 1.0 build 7782 by
Niek Albers |
  
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Freeware |
0.15 MBytes
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Fast, small, functional playlist support, equalizer, neat skins, XAudio engine.
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DAMP (Dos Amp) 0.97 V3 by
Hedgehog Software |
 
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Freeware
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0.30 MBytes
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Lots of features including visualization, unfortunately only command line support.
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D-AMP (Digital Amp) 3.0 by
Rastaworld Software |
  
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Freeware
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0.76 MBytes
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Excellent "Just Player". Clean car-stereo like
interface, built-in drive search. Made with MultiMediaBuilder.
Clone of Amp2000.
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DeliPlayer 1.11 by
F. Vorberger & P. Kunath |
  
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Freeware
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4.22 MBytes
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Excellent module, electronic format and MP3 player.
If you have an obscure electronic music format (from times
of Amiga), this will play it. Excellent sound quality for
all formats, hundreds of options - Streamcoder still costs
$20 to register.
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Dice VQF 1.4
by
Softuarium
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Freeware
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1.07 MBytes
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Adjustable layout (Netscape collapso-bar like), smooth playback, rudimentary controls. Some resizing problems.
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DJSystem 2.51
by
DJS Team |

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Freeware
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0.45 MBytes
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Run several of them and mix your MP3's like a DJ. Pitch and cross fade controls.
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FAN 1.7
by
Free Audio Network |

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Shareware $10 |
2.83 MBytes
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An interesting but very clunky and amateurish multi-functional player.
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FreeAmp 2.1 RC5 sponsored by
EMusic |
  
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Freeware |
3.04 MBytes
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Good-looking, functional MP3 player, skin support, playlist, streaming.
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Jet Audio 4.7
by
COWON Systems |
 
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Shareware $40 |
7.40 MBytes
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All format player, ripper and encoder. Hefty download size. Now adware (free, but with ads displayed).
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Juke 3.5
and
Juke 3.53 Update by Wolosoft |
  
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Freeware |
1.10 MBytes
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A playlisting tool as well as a player. Will play your MP3s, MIDIs, MODs,
movies...
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Kjofol 2000 beta 2 by
AEGIS Corp |
 
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Freeware |
1.10 MBytes
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The player with the (formerly) lowest CPU usage,
now suffering from complete stagnation and lack of development.
Play MOD files with this
plugin, and VQF files with this
plugin.
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maplay 1.A
by
Tobias Bading |
 
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Freeware |
0.82 MBytes
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Discontinued effort since '97, but this could've been WinAmp.
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Media Sauce 2.2 by
Flatcracker Software |
 
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Freeware |
1.36 MBytes
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Multi-format player, but awkward interface.
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Melody 1.52
by
LightTek Software |
 
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Shareware $10 |
0.51 MBytes
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CD, WAV, MP3, MOD and MIDI player. Pretty, functional and easy to use.
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Microsoft Media Player 6.4 by
Microsoft |
   
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Freeware |
2.41 MBytes
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Plays video formats as well as audio,
nifty streaming progress indicator. |
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Microsoft Media Player 7.0 by
Microsoft |
  
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Freeware |
7.36 MBytes
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Following in the steps of Real, MS makes their own multi-player jukebox. Skins,
internet searches, digital CD reading and more. Very CPU intensive.
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Mix Vibes 2.23 Pro
by
Mix Vibes
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Shareware $24 |
0.45 MBytes
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Limited file formats supported,
excellent for mixing. |
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mp3 Album 1.24 by GmS |
  
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Freeware |
0.41 MBytes
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The only player that circumvents bulky playlists by directly scanning your
drive for MP3s. Great for MP3 CDs.
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MP3 Viewer 1.71 by S-Typy |
 
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Shareware $15
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610 kBytes
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Right click on an MP3 to play it. Great for previewing
newly obtained MP3s.
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MpegDJ Player V1.31
by
Xaudio |
 
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Shareware $17 |
1.31 MBytes
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Can also encode, includes a Charts-Database feature which lets you know
what's on the Singles Charts now. |
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MPxPLAY Audio Mpeg Player v1.42 Final by
PDSoft |
 
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Freeware |
0.22 MBytes
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Spiffy DOS 5.0 and higher MP3 player. Low CPU and system requirements, many
options. Get 1.43 ALFA 2here. |
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MuzicMan v3.01d b1031 by
MuzicMan |
   
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Shareware $25 |
3.30 MBytes
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Great for keeping track of mp3s, easy to use interface (now improved), many nice options
like pitch control. |
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My Net Media Player/Recorder
by
MyNetMedia
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Shareware $30 |
4.89 MBytes
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Attractive player. Small download and low price for a recorder.
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myCaster 2.01
by
myCaster.com
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Freeware |
0.13 MBytes
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Make a playlist and webcast your favorite songs with this easy to use
player/caster.
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Nad MP3 Player v0.93
by
Axe & Kabuki |
 
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Freeware |
0.11 MBytes
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Great player for its file size, moderate CPU usage, still some problems with
filename fonts.
Here is the latest beta.
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PAM Player 2.71.1
by Michael
Doering |
 
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Shareware $10 |
1.26 MBytes
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Needs MS Media Player, can use skins, wake-up timer. Get the version with MS Media Player here. |
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Pocket Player 1.2
by
Conduits C
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N/R |
Shareware $15
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0.89 MBytes
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Another player for the Windows CE driven Palm
Pilots. Screenshots look nice...
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Pulse v0.96
by
Unreal |
 
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Freeware |
1.19 MBytes
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Multi-format support, 4 audio stream mixing.
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QCD 3.1.0 by
Quinnware |
   
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Freeware
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1.88 MBytes
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Previously just a CD player, now a large (loadsize
and CPU usage-wise in the large display mode) multiformat
player. Lots of options, great default interface, very gadget-like.
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Streaming Audio Player (SAP) 0.9
by
Sorinara |
  
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Freeware |
0.22 MBytes
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Great visuals, display, videogame like interface, much animation everywhere, it's fun!
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SCMPX 1.51
by
Shinji Chiba |
  
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Freeware |
0.33 MBytes
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Great player, small size, built-in encoder, many other options.
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Simple 4.8.324
by
Cycline3 |

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Freeware |
2.98 MBytes
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Previously just a CD player, now a multi-format player. VisualBasic-driven clunky, unstable and unfriendly.
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SJGPlay v0.46
by
Steve Gray |
 
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Freeware |
1.66 MBytes
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Highly configurable, plays many formats (including CDs).
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Skull Player 4.0
by
Espectro Interactive |
 
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Freeware |
2.55 MBytes
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Nice interface, MP3, MOD, CD and MIDI player.
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Sonique v1.808 by
MediaScience |
  
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Freeware |
2.31 MBytes
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Great visual effects, supports many sound formats, three display modes - occasionally
slow.
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Soritong v1.0
by
Sorinara |
  
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Freeware |
2.41 MBytes
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Easy to use interface, uninstall a little tricky.
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Squash MP3 1.5
by
Matthew Woodhams |
 
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Freeware |
1.00 MBytes
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Plays CD and MP3 format, will search your drive for MP3s, cool interface.
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Squash Pro 2.0
by
Matthew
Woodhams |
 
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Freeware |
110 kBytes
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Just a minibar and only MP3 player, but still nice. Not many features.
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SystemTrayPlayer 3.0 b1205 by
Youri Stous |
   
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Freeware |
189 kBytes
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Good tray player for shuffle play, lots of extras,
options and near-hierarchical playlist.
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Supersonic v4.52b
by
Morton Software |
  
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Shareware $40 |
1.03 MBytes
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Good for mixing, includes 13 audio devices.
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Tactile 12000 b5
by
Tactile Pictures |
 
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Preview |
2.38 MBytes
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Intuitive and easy to use DJ-machine. Load some MP3s and mix!
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TwinVQ VQF Player 2.52 b1
by
NTT Human Interface |

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Freeware |
1.46 MBytes
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Still a very basic VQF Player. Use Kjofol instead.
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Unreal Player 3.10.8a
by
303tek
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Freeware/Shareware
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0.77 MBytes
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Multi-format player with many features. Kinda neat!
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Ultra Player 2.0
by
UltraCo, Inc. |
  
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Freeware |
3.47 MBytes
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Excellent skins, nice functionality and interface, multi-mode. Think faster Sonique without the bloat.
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VVSPlayer build 2.0.1615 by
Alex Shtol |
  
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Freeware
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1.75 MBytes
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Nice looking basic player with instant directory read support.
Impressive playlist management. Slightly awkward.
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WinAmp 2.7 by
Nullsoft |
   
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Freeware |
1.86 MBytes
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Multi-format player, decoder and browser. Lots
of skins and plugins available. Now free. Increasingly bloated.
Get Lite version (no WMA, no MJuice, no VIS Studio) here.
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Wired Planet Player 1.8
by
Wired Planet |
 
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Freeware |
0.59 MBytes
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Mainly a way to listen to Wired Planet broadcasts, it also features equalizer
and playlist for local file playing. Nice.
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WPlay Pro 1.0
by
Thomas Lenart |
  
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Shareware $10 |
0.73 MBytes
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Many features including rip/encoding and great skins but no CDDB support
yet. |
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XAudio Classic MP3 Player for Windows CE
by
XAudio |
 
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Shareware $20 |
0.61 MBytes
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Another MP3 Player for handheld PCs.
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Xing Player 1.0.1
by
Xing Tech |
 
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Freeware |
2.12 MBytes
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Useable and good-looking interface, standard features.
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Yamp (Yet Another Music Player) 3.3
by
AKA |
  
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Freeware |
2.17 MBytes
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Clean, pretty, easy-to-use and packed with features multi-format player.
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MP3 Software: Players: MacOS
windows | mac | linux |
beos | os/2 | solaris
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AMPRadio 1.6.7
by
Subband Software
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Freeware
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3.03 MBytes
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A streaming player with recording support and excellent hierarchical display.
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Applesource 2.3 by
AppleSource |

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Freeware
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860 kBytes
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A streaming player with recording support and excellent hierarchical display.
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Aqueous 1.0.2
by
Brad Alan Eaton |
N/R
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Freeware |
710 kBytes
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Neat and fully functional WinAmp-like player, but bloat-free and nicer.
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Audion 1.5
by
Panic, Inc. |
  
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Shareware $18 |
1.65 MBytes
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Clean, pretty, easy-to-use but basic MP3 and CD player (CDDB supported).
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Audion 1.5 PR2 for OsX by Panic, Inc. |
  
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Shareware $18
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1.44 MBytes
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As above, but for the upcoming Os X. Pre-release
(beta) version.
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BayTex Party 2.5.1
by
BayTex |
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Shareware $20 |
790 kBytes
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Very high CPU usage DJ utility.
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Destiny Player 1.41
by
Radio Destiny |

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Freeware
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940 kBytes
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Decent usage, lousy radio selections, invasive browser redirects upon every station selection. Stick
with Wired Planet.
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Echo 1.21 by
Unsanity |
N/R
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Shareware $20
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3.25 MBytes
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Looks nice, plays OGG, features streaming support,
fully configurable visualizer and skins.
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Gray Amp 1.20
by
Eckysoft
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Freeware |
290 kBytes
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Great "Just Player." Minimal effect on system performance, even on
older Macs.
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MacAst 1.0r2
by
@soft |
  
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Shareware $25 |
1.90 MBytes
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Lots of features and skins, the standard for Mac MP3 playback. Get mikmod (to play
MODs) here.
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MacAst Lite 2.01
by
@soft
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Shareware $10 |
1.10 MBytes
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Packed with options, small profile, neat appearance.
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Microsoft Media Player 7.0.0.1019 by
Microsoft |
  
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Freeware |
3.18 MBytes
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Plays video formats as well as audio, nifty streaming progress indicator.
Requires PowerPC system 7.6.1 or later.
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MPlay 1.4.8 PPC
by
Deep9 |
N/R
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Freeware
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1.50 MBytes
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Multi-format player with all the standard options and a well-designed layout. Get your 68K version.
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MP3 Strip 1.0 by
Softwarium |
  
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Shareware $15
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94 kBytes
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Excellent QuickTime based player in your control
strip, with hierarchical playlist display.
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Simple MP3 Player 1.0 b2
by
Chris Comeau
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Freeware |
520 kBytes
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Very simple just player. Few features.
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Sound App 2.7.3 PPC by
Norman Franke |
  
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Freeware |
580 kBytes
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Multi-format Mac player and format converter. Also
available in 68K
format.
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SoundJam MP3 2.5.2 by Casady
and Greene |
   
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Shareware $40 |
4.02 MBytes
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Audion-compatible skins, CDDB, easy rip and encode,
tons of features for every aspect of program. This version
has full functionality for 30 days, then only the player continues
to function.
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SoundSpinner MP3 1.0
by
Optima-System
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Shareware $9 |
1.11 MBytes
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A frontend player to the QuickTime engine with playlists - nothing to make it stand out though.
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TwinVQ VQF Player 2.41 b3
by
NTT Human Interface |

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Freeware |
1.57 MBytes
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Still a very basic VQF Player.
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MP3 Software: Players: Linux
windows | mac | linux |
beos | os/2 | solaris
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FreeAmp 2.1 RC5 RPM sponsored by
EMusic |
  
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Freeware |
1.66 MBytes
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Good-looking, functional MP3 player, skin support, playlist, streaming.
If you need other Linux versions, go here.
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MP3 Blaster 2.0
b17 by Bram
Avontuur |
N/R
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Freeware |
0.19 MBytes
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Command-line driven, but with graphic interfaces, fast player with impressive
playlisting.
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PlayMP3List 0.8
by
Paul Urban |
N/R
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Freeware |
0.10 MBytes
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Ncurses based simple player with playlists. Mail the author with suggestions.
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XMMS 1.2.3 RedHat 6.x RPM by
XMMS.org Team |
N/R
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Freeware |
0.65 MBytes
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Probably the premier Linux player with skins (WinAmp
compatible), visual plugins, and WinAmp-compatible options.
If you need the source, get it here. You can get other versions
and binaries at the homepage.
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MP3 Software: Players: BeOS
windows | mac | linux |
beos | os/2 | solaris
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| APlayer 3.6.1
by Polycode
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N/R
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Freeware |
1.47 MBytes
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Primarily a multi-module (103 kinds of modules)
player, APlayer can also playback all forms of MPEG formats,
including MP3.
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CL-Amp 3.71 Intel R5 by
Claes Löfqvist |
  
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Freeware |
1.55 MBytes
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Excellent player that can use WinAmp's skins - tons of plugins - can play WAV, modules, MP3's, write out to WAV, lots
more! R4 version here.
PowerPC users get
this version - compiled by Evan Knop. |
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SoundPlay 4.3 R5 Intel by
Marco Nelissen |
 
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Shareware $12 |
0.86 MBytes
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Easy and obvious interface, can use WinAmp skins,
has pitch control and crossfade, multiformat support including
MOD and Vorbis OGG.
Get PowerPC
version 4.3 (530 KB).
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MP3 Software: Players: OS/2
windows | mac | linux |
beos | os/2 | solaris
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MPPlay 1.7.6 by
Brian Harvard |
N/R
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Freeware
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84 kBytes
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A player capable of playing the MPEGPlus codec.
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PM123 1.01
by Taneli Leppä |
N/R
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Shareware $15 |
750 kBytes
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All the required playing functions are here - even skins. |
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Z! 2.5 beta 2 by dink |
N/R |
Freeware |
140 kBytes
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Cubic-style interface (kind-of a DOS window box), good speed.
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MP3 Software: Players: Solaris
windows | mac | linux |
beos | os/2 | solaris
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Maplay 1.3b Intel
by
Tobias Bading |
N/R
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Freeware |
0.05 MBytes
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Here's the SPARC version.
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Mpeg3Play 0.9.6 Intel
by
Johan Hagman |
N/R
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Freeware |
0.06 MBytes
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Here's the SPARC version.
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XAudio 1.0.5
by
XAudio |
N/R
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Freeware |
0.69 MBytes
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Here's the SPARC version.
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