Musicload: 75% of customer service problems caused by DRM

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Deutsche Telekom's Musicload, one of the largest online music stores in Europe, has come out strongly against DRM on account of its effects on the marketplace and its customers, according to German-language Heise Online.
Musicload said in a letter distributed last week that customers are having consistent problems with DRM, so much so that 3 out of 4 customer service calls are ultimately the result of the frustrations that come with DRM. In a business where the major music labels expect to be paid well for their source material, the costs of supporting DRM are borne entirely by the music retailers. If the labels' love affair with DRM is hurting the companies trying to make a go at selling music online, something is horribly wrong. ArsTechnica has more.

LAME v3.98 alpha 9

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This is a newer but beta release of LAME. LAME is an LGPL MP3 encoder. The Open source development model allowed to improve its quality and speed since 1999. It is now an highly evolved MP3 encoder, with quality and speed able to rival state of the art commercial encoders.

WinAmp 5.32

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAmp 5.31

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAmp v5.3 Final

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

LAME v3.97 beta 3

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This is a newer but beta release of LAME. LAME is an LGPL MP3 encoder. The Open source development model allowed to improve its quality and speed since 1999. It is now an highly evolved MP3 encoder, with quality and speed able to rival state of the art commercial encoders.

WinAmp v5.25 build 825 beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAmp 5.25 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAmp 5.23 Final

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAmp 5.23 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.220

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.2

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.2 build 449 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.2 build 436 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.2 build 427 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.13

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.2 build 365 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

Winamp 5.2 build 359 Beta

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAMP 5.12

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning

WinAMP 5.112

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

WinAMP 5.111

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

WinAMP 5.11

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

LAME MP3 Encoder 3.97 beta 1

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LAME MP3 Encoder is the best mp3 encoder and is available for free! LAME originally stood for L AME A in't an M p3 E ncoder. LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding.

Winamp 5.1 *Removed*

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As some of you may have seen on other sites, a pre-release version of 5.1 has been published accidentally, and is currently pending removal.

Winamp 5.094

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Winamp 5.093 Released

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Winamp 5.092 Released

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

WinAmp 5.091

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Nullsoft WinAmp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. WinAmp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI, ASF, MPEG, NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic WinAmp 1.x and 2.x skins and WinAmp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping and CD burning.

iAudio M3L @ HWzone.co.il

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Several months ago we have reviewed iRiver's H-120 MP3 player, and we came to the conclusion that it was the best MP3 player that was available at that time. Since it is very important to be familiar with the features and capabilities of the H120 in order to understand the differences between it and the iAudio M3L, we strongly recommend that you read our review, if you haven't done so already. In order to determine which of the two players is better at daily use, we intend to be extremely petty and bring every little detail of the M3L to your attention.

DivX Pro Plasma Codec Alpha

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You asked for a Beta program, we're going one better. Following more than a year of research, architectural improvement and development, DARC are proud to present this DivX Pro? Plasma Alpha release.

iPodDownload 1.1 - Come and get it, quick

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Apple tried to squash it, but our fave tool for getting music off of our iPods and on to our Macs is back?no weird HexEdit hack needed, either, this is a new version. Just install and you can drag & drop your files right out of iTunes. If you?re on a PC, check out yesterday?s How-To on getting your music back and check out the comments for other ways to reclaim what is rightfully yours.

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LAME MP3 Encoder 3.96.1 Stable

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LAME MP3 Encoder is the best mp3 encoder and is available for free! LAME originally stood for L AME A in't an M p3 E ncoder. LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding.

Winamp 5.04

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Nullsoft Winamp 5 is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library.

WinAmp 5.03c

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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Lame MP3 Encoder 3.97 Released

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Lame 3.97 has been released. Following the great history of GNU naming, LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder. LAME started life as a GPL'd patch against the dist10 ISO demonstration source, and thus was incapable of producing an mp3 stream or even being compiled by itself. But in May 2000, the last remnants of the ISO source code were replaced, and now LAME is the source code for a fully GPL'd MP3 encoder, with speed and quality to rival all commercial competitors.

Winamp 5.03a

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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Winamp 5.03

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Thanks to LilWiz for hooking us up with Winamp 5.03.

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OnlyNewZ MP3 Player Final 1.0 - Download

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OnlyNewZ MP3 Player is build just for the fun and the only thing it will do is play music, it supports mpg;mp1;mp2;mp3;ogg;wma;asf. You can open a list of files and play them with the common cd player options.

Finally .. after long long long time .. Sonique 2 beta released

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I thought i was gonna post this news with release of DUKE NUKEM FOREVER , but here it is, BETA release of Sonique 2 is here. Some features From Sonique.com:-
At long last, Sonique2 Beta is here, and henceforth, we unleash the power of the Mantis Graphics Engine upon the world like a tornado of Swoob. Here are just some of the new features you will find: New interface with maximum functionality and swoob All powered by the Mantis graphics engine, which enables endless interface possibilities. Video support Download it from here :- Sonique.com - Download Mirror :- Majorgeeks.com

Winamp 5 Released Officially

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Winamp 5 has been released, and finally "official". The new look at the Winamp.com website today announced the release of Winamp 5. As had been announced earlier by Winamp (during beta releases) there are two versions: Winamp5 standard (Free version) and Winamp5 PRO (Paid version) for US$ 14.95. Click Read more for more info and download links. Update: Added some (New Winamp-options) screenshots.

Winamp 5.0 RC666

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Nullsoft just released another Release Candidate for their upcoming revamp of the popular Winamp Player - bringing it up to v5.0 RC666. Read More for the changes this time and download links.

Veröffentlichung von Winamp 5.0 rückt näher

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In den vergangenen Wochen entwickelte sich Winamp 5, der gemeinsame Nachfolger von Winamp 2.x und dem gefloppten Winamp 3, rasant weiter, sodass eine baldige Veröffentlichung zu erwarten ist. Inzwischen sind die Nullsoft-Entwickler bei Release Candidate 8 (Link auf Betanews.com) ihres Allround-Players angekommen.

foobar2000 v0.7.4 Final

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Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats.

Winamp 5 RC8 *Updated*

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We are pleased to announce that the final beta build of Winamp 5.0 is now available for testing! This new build contains several bug fixes which make it even more enjoyable to use. Because this is the last beta build, we'll need as much feedback as we can possibly get to ensure Winamp 5.0 will be the best it can be! If you encounter any problems while using this build (or have any last suggestions), please let us know by submitting a bug report and posting on the message boards. Winamp 5 RC2 has been updated to RC8. Click on Read More... for more information and download links.

Tag&Rename 3.0 RC6

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Tag&Rename is a powerful, easy-to-use program for organizing and archiving your library of music files. Its solid design handles both the .mp3 and .vqf music formats.

With Tag&Rename, you can quickly and easily rename your music while also editing the embedded tag data used by popular music players - both ID3 and ID3 v2 formats.

Tag&Rename makes it easy to edit existing tag information, update for new tagging standards, or write tags for music files which had no previously embedded tags (e.g. bootlegs).

Lame 4.0 Alpha Encoder

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Its about some months ago but only few of you noticed a silent alpha release of the free LAME encoder. The new 4.0 Alpha build seems to be 5 times faster than the 3.9x builds...

Winamp 3 Build #499c Released (Developer Build)

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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Version 3 includes many additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library. It's weird that they still develop Winamp 3 (It was canceled) Click on Read More... to see what's new and a download link.

Foobar2000 v0.7.2 Beta 6 *Updated*

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Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats. It has been updated from Beta 2 to Beta 6. Click on Read More... for download links.

Apple stellt iTunes für Windows vor

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Apple hat die zweite Generation des iTunes Music Store vorgestellt. Der neue iTunes Music Store bietet jetzt auch Windows-Anwendern die Möglichkeit, den Online Music Store zu nutzen - die gleiche Auswahl an Musiktiteln, die gleichen Nutzungsrechte und das gleiche 99-Cent-pro-Song-Preisschema gelten auch hier. Neu im Katalog sind über 5.000 Hörbücher. Leider ist der iTunes Music Store derzeit nur in den USA nutzbar. Die Nutzung des MP3-Player Apple iPod mit iTunes steht nun auch Windows-Anwendern zur Verfügung. Die Software erlaubt neben der MP3- und AAC-Kodierung von Audio-CDs die Erstellung von Playlisten, die Auswahl von 250 Internet-Radiostationen sowie die Möglichkeit, eigene Playlisten auf CDs oder MP3-CDs zu brennen, das Backup der ganzen Sammlung auf DVDs sowie das gemeinsame Hören von Musik per "Rendezvous" über das Netzwerk - auch über Plattformgrenzen hinweg.