1. Sound Processing
Softwares

2. Windows CD Player
It is a good example for single format player
It is designed to play standard audio CD’s in the computer’s CD-ROM drive and nothing else

3. RealPlayer
It has two versions
◦ The free version – for low bandwidth connection
◦ The plus version – better audio quality and record streaming audio.

4. MusicMatch Jukebox
First all-in-one MP3 program
Includes a ripper, encoder, player and a playlist manager.
Has a unique feature named AutoDJ, which automatically generates playlist based on user
specified criteria.

5. ITUNES Player
One of the latest innovation of the music industry.
It plays music and video files for iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.
It has features like playlist creation, live radio streaming, importing of audio files from CDs and
many others.

6. Winamp Player
Includes separate windows for a player, playlist manager, equalizer and mini browser.

7. SOFTWARE DEVELOPER WEBSITE
FreeAmp Open source www.freeamp.org
Hum Windows CE Utopiasoft www.utopiasoft.com
MacAmp & MacAMP lite @soft www.macamp.com
Sonique Mediascience www.sonique.com
Wplay Xaudio www.xaudio.com/wplay
Winamp Nullsoft www.winamp.com
X11 Amp Linux X11 Amp Project www.X11amp.bz.nu
Xaudio MP3 player unix Xaudio www.xaudio.com
AudioCatalyst PC 5 mac Xing technologies www.xingtech.com
MusicMatch jukebox MusicMatch www.musicmatch.com
RealJukebox Real Nerworks www.real.com
Sound jam mac Cassidy & greene www.soundjam.com
Party DJ DC Software www.fon.fon.bg.ac.yu/~dcolak
Virtual Tumtabies Carrot Systems www.carrot.prohosting.com
Digital 1100 SL VisioSonic www.visionic.com

8. Portable Players

9. Mp3 Player
Also called as Digital Audio Player or DAP

10. Flash-based Players
Used solid state devices that can hold digital audio files using an internal flash memory or
removable flash media called the memory cards

11. iPod Players
Develop by Apple in 2001
Songs and videos can be download with the use of Itunes store