Rhapsody Player Engine is a browser plug-in that gives you access to RealNetwork's online music service. This incredible plug-in allows you to play up to 25 songs per month for free, select the songs you want from millions of songs in RealNetwork's music library and play 25 premium Rhapsody Channels without limit. Once you install the plug-in, you have to go to www.rhapsody.com and then select the songs that you want to download. When you choose the songs, a small browser's window appear and the download process begins. Unfortunately, this service is currently only available to residents within the United States, so if you don't live in the USA do not waste your time installing it because it is not going to work. Instead, you are sent to visit www.real.com to download RealPlayer 11. So, if you want to go legit and download the latest hits legally Rhapsody Player Engine has a ever-increasing stock of beats in all the popular genres. However the service comes in a little bit expensive in comparison with other existing services.
Advantages:
* Simple and intuitive download process.
Disadvantages:
* Only available for the USA.
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ivX Web Player is part of the DivX for Windows suite. The suite includes DivX Codec, DivX Player, DivX Converter, and DivX Web Player. DivX Web Player is intended to play videos directly from the web browsers. In addition, a cool advantage of DivX Web Player is that it allows downloading videos and using a full screen view mode. DivX Web Player supports several commonly used web browsers (like Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera, Netscape, etc.), and it provides high quality services at low file size cost. Other interesting features include allowing users to continue working on web pages while the videos are loaded in separate windows, subtitling, and a customizable interface of the player.
But not only can DivX Web Player be used by web page visitors, but also web page creators can take advantage of its benefits. This tool allows page creators to embed videos in their web spaces, blogs, or sites with simple steps that are available online.
While other web players require high resource usage, DivX Web Player simplifies the experience of video viewing with a modest usage of system resources and good quality, so for both, web page surfers and web page creators, this is a good choice to manage videos online.
Advantages:
* Easy to use
* High quality videos
Disadvantages:
* Vulnerable to denial of service attacks
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Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Adobe Director. This application allows users to access to some of the best the Web has to offer, including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications. Shockwave player is available for most modern browsers and the installation process couldn't possibly be any easier. Most of the browsers even install this program automatically when they find Shockwave content. Once installed, this application will play content right and left, fast and safely. With all the multimedia, interactive content that the Internet abounds with these days, there is really a big need to have a good player for it, and Shockwave plays it greatly.
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As of today, audio technology has improved a lot and has come up with new high definition sound technology that is not simply better, it is unmatched. You must be familiar with stereo sound in which two channels were used to make the listener feel sound to be coming from various directions. With the advent of Digital Sound Technology such as DTS, Dolby and Surround Sound, it is not possible to take full advantage only with a stereo driver installed on your pc. You need high definition drivers in order to enjoy such audio, video.
Realtek has been always leading in audio drivers/codes and has come up with high definition dirvers as well. The Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0 will provide you with listening capabilities for multichannel sound such as DTS, Dolby and Surround.
Now you can experience the movie theater like audio experience inside your room/home. You must have visited theaters equipped with latest sound systems and must have enjoyed great movies that have there sound tracks on DTS, Dolby, Surround Sound. With a High Definition Audio Driver you can recreate the same effect using your PC and speaker systems.
Realtek HD Audio Driver comes with a huge bundle of features. Among the variety of features it provides, i have listed some of them. It is a solution for six channel DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). It supports 16/20/24-bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) format for 5.1 channel audio. It meets performance requirements for Microsoft WLP 3.08 Vista premium. Realtek HD Audio Driver supports 44.1k/48k/96kHz S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format) output through which you can connect the output of a DVD player to a home theater receiver. It supports legacy analog input to analog output mixer.
Besides the above hardware features the following software features are also supported. It is compatible with Windows Vista Premium (complies with Microsoft WLP 3.08 specifications). Direct Sound A3D, I3DL2 and 3D compatible. Now enjoy a fantastic gaming experience as Realtek has emulation of 26 sound environments to enhance gaming environment.
Before you download Realtek HD audio driver, check if you have Direct X version 8 installed. If not then please install direct X or else the installation will fail.
Quality of sound also depends on the type of sound system attached to your PC. If you have only dual channel usual speaker systems attached to your PC then you will not be able to get full advantage of this HD driver.
Advantages:
* Supports 5.1 Channel Audio System
* Features Dolby Digital Live and DTS CONNECT software
* Features Dolby Home Theater software
Disadvantages:
* Installation of Realtek HD audio driver has a dependency on DirectX8. If you do not have it, the installation fails.
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PowerDVD 6.0 is a high definition, ultra modern Dolby Digital video/audio player. It supports the following format of audio/video files: DVD Disc, VCD Disc, Audio CD Disc, Playlist files (*.pls), DVD Video object files (*.vob), MPEG Video files (*.mpg), MPEG-1 Audio Layer-2 files (*.mp2), MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 files (*.mp3), Video Recordable files (*.vro) and many more.
PowerDVD 6.0 comes with a crystal-clear clarity of audio using the latest state of the art technology. It provides excellent picture quality for high definition videos.
Now you can enjoy 360 degrees surround sound right in your home. This piece of software is enough to shake your walls and the neighborhood with the right kind of speaker system attached to your PC.
Remember movies like 'Jurassic Park', 'Batman Returns', 'Clear and Present Danger' which started the Dolby DTS revolution? If you want to enjoy every single bit of such high definition sound technology, then this software is worth a buy.
PowerDVD 6.0 comes with four skins - Crystal, Oscar, Glamor (Default) and Glow. It provides two audio output modes - Stereo and Dolby Virtual Speaker, and comes with 14 equalizer presets - Classical, Dance, Brass, Sparkly, Pop Contemporary, 80s Glam Rock, Soft, Techno, Hard Rock, Ska, Country, Acoustic, Folk, Blues.
Advantages:
* Better clarity of audio and video output
* Sharp and bright colors for high definition videos
* State-of-art surround sound technology
* Plays VCD, DVD, MPEG1, MPEG2 files
Disadvantages:
* Enabling video color profiles such as "Vivid", "Theater" or "Bright" (instead of "Original") consumes extra CPU power. This means that you need to run PowerDVD on a 400MHz or more speed CPU.
* At least 128MB of RAM is required to enjoy features such as Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, SRS, CLMEI-2, DSP, and Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoder.
* For loading external subtitles, you should name the subtitle file with the same file name as the playback video file.
* DirectX version 8.1 or higher is required to ensure that PowerDVD works properly.
* To use CLPV, it is highly recommended that you use a graphic card with 8MB or more video memory.
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Windows Media Player is the one stop for all your multimedia needs. It has been designed to download, personalize, and play all your high-quality Windows Media audio and video files.
Windows Media Player comes with Windows and is available for download as well. This powerful and intuitive application is more than a media player. It incorporates many other functions in a neat package. WMP allows users to play audio CDs, audio and video files, listen to Internet radios, transfer files from and to a mobile device, and burn your own audio CDs. What is appealing about this package is that it combines all the aforementioned features in a single software application.
Since Windows Media Player has been specifically designed for Microsoft Windows by the Windows team, a great degree of stability and compatibility can be expected.
The new features in version 7.0 are Windows Media Audio 8 (WMA8) encoding, new Smart Transcode support for the best quality transfer to portable devices. Includes Windows Media Audio and Video 8 decoding.
Advantages:
* Plays all the Windows Media formats flawlessly
* Comes with Windows
* Free
* Great compatibility with other Window devices
Disadvantages:
* Does not play all the formats out there
* The UI is sometimes annoying
* Performance is below par
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Miro (formerly known as Democracy Player) is the free and open source internet TV platform.
Play All Your Videos
Play virtually any video-- Quicktime, WMV, MPEG, AVI, XVID, and more. Browse your collection, make playlists, stay organized.
Get Internet TV Shows
Subscribe to any video RSS feed, podcast, or video blog. Explore hundreds of free channels with the built-in Channel Guide.
Search YouTube
Download and save videos from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and other sites.
High Definition and Fullscreen
Your computer screen is a high-def display. Watch free HD videos in gorgeous fullscreen.
Torrent Power
Easily download any BitTorrent file. Fast. Then watch it in the same app. Simple.
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K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even some rare formats.
This download is for the Mega package and is aimed at pro video users.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
It it always very up-to-date with the newest (and/or best) versions of the components.
It is very user-friendly.
The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able install exactly those components that you really want.
Uninstallation removes all files and registry entries created by the pack.
It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation.
It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting or buggy codecs.
It tries to avoid potential problems with existing codecs and even fixes some problems. The pack is able to detect broken codecs and filters on your system, and remove them for you.
It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
There are different packages. From small to extra-large.
Suitable for both novice and expert users.
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QuickTime Player from Apple allows the playback of quicktime movies (.mov) and many other formats:
The new QuickTime Player not only delivers startling quality, but it's easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead, QuickTime Player automatically determines your system's connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime Player automatically reconnects. Now, thats convenience.
Playback of 3GPP and 3GPP2 files
Playback of MPEG-4 video, H.274, AAC audio & Instant-On media
Easy-to-use controls
Enhanced interface
Bass and treble controls
Balance control
Streaming media support
Ability to save movie favorites
Ability to view VR & interactive content
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RealPlayer (renamed from RealOne) allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram)
This new version also allows you to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices, including the iPod.
RealPlayer is a digital-media player for finding and downloading new music, playing and managing audio and video clips, and taking your digital entertainment with you. RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand. Keep all your digital-media clips organized in one place; save CD tracks with one click; pause and rewind live streams; transfer music to CDs and portable devices; and enjoy clear, smooth video playback and multichannel, surround-sound support.
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VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg...) as well as 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.
It is a free cross-platform media player
It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features
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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music and video player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, 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
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iTunes is an audio player for playing and organizing digital music files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. The iTunes Music Store is the component of iTunes through which users can purchase digital music files from within iTunes.
Users are able to organize their music into playlists, edit file information, record compact discs, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music on the Internet through its built-in music store, run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music as well as encode music into a number of different audio formats.
iTunes includes the Quicktime Player installer.
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The DivX Play Bundle gives you everything you need to start watching high-quality DivX videos, including DivX Video-on-Demand movies.
The DivX Player is capable of playing every DivX file ever created, with integrated support for advanced DivX Media Format features and special enhancements for high definition (HD) playback, providing the ideal way to enjoy all your DivX videos.
DivX Play supports the DivX Media Format allowing you to watch DivX videos (including DivX VOD movies) with advanced interactive features on your PC such as video menus, subtitles and alternate audio tracks.
The DivX Play bundle includes:
DivX Player
DivX Community Codec
DivX Web Player
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Do you download movies and get confused by all the different formats and codecs? Now you don't need to worry about downloading your movie codecs separately, you can do it all in one go.
Codec Pack All-in-1 includes:
DivX 6.0
XviD Codec 1.0.3
DivX, XviD - FFDShow 17.02.2005 Alpha
MPEG2 2.0.0.0
Subtitles G400 2.83
Subtitles DVobSub (Win9x, Win2k and WinXP) 2.23, 2.33
OGG Vorbis 0.9.9.5
AC3 1.01a RC5
Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher 0.99
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Audiograbber is that grabs digital audio from cd's. It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. It can even perform a test to see that the copies really are perfect. Audiograbber can also automatically normalize the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, and send them to a variety or external MP3 encoders, such as Fraunhofers L3enc, or even use some MP3/WMA encoders internally for automatic creation of MP3's. Audiograbber can download and upload disc info from freedb, an Internet compact disc database. You can even record your vinyl LP's or cassette tapes with Audiograbber and make wav's or MP3's of them.
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