MP3 PLAYERS,
FREELY DOWNLOADABLE SHAREWARES AND TRIALS

 

  MAC

Audion
- remarkably responsive, such a friendly style and a beautifully made web-site; free demo
- variety of 'skins'

SoundJam
- all-in-one, for playing, encoding and visual plug-ins; free demo
- variety of 'skins'

GrayAMP
- plain and simple, small and lightweight but includes all the major features you need

MacAMP:
-Lite edition - unsupported beta version
- all the basic features you need, as well as visual plug-ins; widely used

The Musician
- plays many formats, inc. 'snd ' resources inside whatever file.
Can scan HDs, CDs, folders, diskettes, files, searching for sounds to play. Drag disks on The Musician then continue working: The Musician will play all in background

QuickMP3
- continuous play - loop - random order - autoplay - drag files from Finder - rearrange tracks
- variety of 'skins'

Sound App
- plays everything you throw at it, with a simple interface

QuickTime Player, v.4
- plays lots of different formats: but some .mp3s mysteriously don't work: it is technically a beta...

Your web browser, with QT4 plug-in
- deals with .mp3 files according to the choices made in the preferences ('Applications' or 'File Helpers')
1. via a plug-in like QuickTime ( giving you a controller in a browser window )
2. in a separate application like an MP3 player
3. downloading it to your hard disc for you to use later.
..

WINDOWS 

Windows Media Player,
part of the Windows system

WinAMP

Lots more at

Your web browser, with QuickTime 4 plug-in
- deals with .mp3 files according to the choices made in the preferences ('Applications' or 'File Helpers')
1. via a plug-in like QuickTime ( giving you a controller in a browser window )
2. in a separate application like an MP3 player
3. downloading it to your hard disc for you to use later...

 

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