WinPlay3
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| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Fraunhofer IIS |
| Initial release | September 9, 1995[citation needed] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Windows 3.1/95/98/NT |
| Available in | English (German) |
| Type | Media player |
| License | Trialware |
| Website | http://www.iis.fhg.de:80/departs/amm/layer3/winplay3/ |
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WinPlay3 was the first real-time MP3 audio player for PCs running Windows,[2][3][4] both 16-bit (Windows 3.1) and 32-bit (Windows 95). Prior to this, audio compressed with MP3 had to be decompressed prior to listening. It was released by Fraunhofer IIS ("Institute for Integrated Circuits"),[5] creators of the MP3 format, on September 9, 1995.[6] The first versions (1.x series) were distributed as shareware and required a registration fee of DM 75,00 (~US$ 50,00). The 2.3 versions were made freeware. The latest version was released on May 23, 1997.[1] In 2000, the program was discontinued and all information and downloads were removed from the Fraunhofer IIS website.
The program became popular thanks to the warez scene.[7] The first warez group to bring WinPlay3 to attention of a wider audience was Compress Da Audio.[8] They released MP3 rips of CDs, with copies of WinPlay3 included, on several FTP-based warez sites. Rabid Neurosis emerged shortly afterwards, after which the scene exploded.[9]
Until the release of Winamp in 1997, WinPlay3 was the sole option for playing MP3-compressed music on Microsoft Windows. Unlike modern audio programs, such as Winamp or iTunes, it lacked advanced features such as equalizers, or playlists as a menu option, and concentrated mostly on playback. A playlist can be created by hand, however, in a simple text file listing the system path to each MP3 and saving the file with an M3U extension. The m3u playlist support made it the first widely available media player application that offered a well-integrated streaming experience for the web user. Clicking a link on a webpage launched WinPlay3, which would start a stream of the mp3 listed in the m3u file.[10]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (1999). "WinPlay3 / MPEG Layer-3 Player for Power Macintosh - Real-time MPEG Layer-3 Players". Archived from the original on 1999-04-24. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "1995: (...) In the same year, Fraunhofer provides a first PC based Layer 3 codec as shareware."—Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The mp3 history". Fraunhofer IIS. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WinPlay3". The Sonic Spot. Archived from the original on 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zeller, Jürgen; Sieler, Martin. "Using ISO/MPEG Audio to provide Low and High Quality audio services in real-time". Erlangen Germany: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 1997-07-04. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "All title and copyrights in and to the IIS WinPlay3 v2.3b5 software product are owned by: Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen, Am Weichselgarten 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany". IIS WinPlay3 v2.3b5 software product license agreement, a document displayed in the WinPlay3 installer window.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ReallyRareWares - FHG IIS WinPlay3".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1996_DACMP3.nfo". scenerules.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maldonado, Adrián. "The archaeology of the mp3: review of How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt". Almost Archaeology. Tumblr. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.NetFraCk (13 April 2012). "A Brief Summary of the MP3 Scene". MP3 Scene .info. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robinson, Dom (2017-06-20). "Chapter 4: Publishing". Content Delivery Networks: Fundamentals, Design, and Evolution. Wiley. pp. 138–139. doi:10.1002/9781119249924. ISBN 978-1-119-24988-7.
External links
- WinPlay3 Version V2.3 beta5 23.05.1997 (Fraunhofer-IIS)
- FhG IIS WinPlay3 on Really Rare Wares (September 1995 through May 1997) (16- and 32-bit versions)
