Sound formats

[Dave Cragg]

Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Dan Shafer wrote:
>
>
>> Microsoft claims ( http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ windowsmedia/ 
>> knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0071.aspx#417) that Windows  Media  
>> Player (Version 9 and later) supports the .mp3 format as well,   
>> but my audio consultant tells me that's just a lie as far as he  
>> can  tell.
>>
>>
> It plays MP3's just fine on my system (WMP 9.0, WinXP Home)  
> (actually - on all 6 Windows boxes I currently own - but I don't  
> know the version numbers of them apart from the one I'm typing on).

I'm pretty sure mp3s have been supported since WMP 6.4. I've always  
used that as a spec for clients, and have been using mp3s with Rev on  
Windows (with or without QT installed) for a couple of years without  
problems.

Dan Shafer wrote:

> BTW and FWIW, I don't know what you use for sound editing, but  
> there's a great little shareware program from Hairersoft.com called  
> Amadeus II that is mind-bogglingly powerful and really easy to use.

I use this too. As a rare user of audio tools, I also find this easy- 
to-use. I'd put it in the Graphic Converter class of shareware.

Cheers
Dave