What of this?

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Helen said:
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/download/mp3surround/index.html
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Here's more info and the site. Also there's info to contact them if you have
questions.

The evaluation period of the MP3 Surround encoder will expire on the 31st of December
2005, while the Fraunhofer IIS player will continue to remain fully functional. The
use of the software is allowed for personal and non-commercial purposes only.
Professionals can license MP3 Surround from Thomson at www.mp3licensing.com.
 
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/download/mp3surround/index.html
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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.
 
elaich said:
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.
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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
 
elaich said:
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.
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I agree re fraunhofer. The reason my favorite program, dppoweramp, is
not freeware in it's most recent version is because fraunhofer insisted
that they be paid if encoding to mp3 was included in the program. Now
it's freeware for all formats except mp3. Shareware for mp3 encoding.
 
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