"elaich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Helen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:PglEd.1760$(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Evaluation 'ware' ... mp3 surround ... doesn't end until 31 Dec 2005
>> and according to the site, after that, it will still have all it's
>> functions. I have my mp3's in a folder. Install this then dragged
>> the mp3 over there... it sounds good.
>>
>> http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/dow...und/index.html
>>
>>
>
> Minimum requirements - 1 GHz processor, DirectX 9.0 or more, Win2000 or
> better, high level sound card... yeah.
>
> I'm very suspicious of anything Fraunhofer does these days. They want to
> make MP3 a licensed format. It also sounded to me like this may require a
> modifying the .mp3 file.
>
> Does it sound better than Winamp with the DFX plugin? I doubt it.
I didn't know that - about attempting to make mp3 a licensed format.
As for Winamp w/ DFX plug-in, I don't know. But IrfanView does fine too
if you aren't into high-faluting sounds... LOL! Actually, I used IrfanView
for wav and mp3. One program that can do sound and graphics! That's
my kind of program.
And yes, it does require XP or Win2000. Sorry I forgot to mention that.
Plus it's just a player... encode, decode... but I tried a wav file and it
wouldn't play it. Strictly mp3! I'm using a Dell which I got from a pawn
shop. So it's running fine..NOW! I had to do some cleaning up
(software wise), but after a year and a half, so far, so good.
I still have my 98SE (my main computer since 1998), but now something's
wrong. I think it needs a new video card. I wouldn't 'light up' either of
there different monitors that worked fine on an old 95 machine. I haven't
taken the case apart yet...perhaps next week-end if time permits.
Helen
