MP3 power! with Winamp / written by Justin Frankel, Dave Greely, and Ben Sawyer.

• The MP3 Experience -- The History of MP3 -- What Is MP3? -- Winamp -- The Legal Issues of MP3 -- A Look at the News -- Leaks Everywhere -- Here Comes the RIAA -- Here Comes the Rio...and More -- Winamp: The Future Stereo Platform Is Software -- The Future of MP3 Power -- Fighting with MP3 Power: An Interview with Chuck D of Public Enemy -- Inside the MP3 Format and Players -- Inside the Format -- Perceptual Audio Encoding -- Crash Course in Bit Rates, Sampling Rates, and Frequency Rates -- More Details -- Fraunhofer Extensions "MPEG2.5" -- Format Quality? -- Sorting Through the Format Confusion -- MP4, AAC, VQF? What's After MP3 and Is It Better? -- The Players -- From Format to Movement -- Your First MP3 Experiences -- Before Beginning: Hardware Issues -- Downloading Winamp -- Installing Winamp -- Finding and Playing an MP3 File -- Finding and Installing MacAMP -- Playing an MP3 on MacAMP -- Downloading and Listening to MP3s on the Rio PMP300 -- Installing the Rio Software -- Downloading MP3s to the Rio -- Where to Now? -- Winamp: The MP3 Player -- What Is Winamp? -- The Shareware System -- The Winamp Screen -- Upper Corner Box Menu -- Visual Song Display -- The Clutterbar -- Song Title Display -- Recording Quality Information -- Volume and Balance Sliders -- Equalizer and Playlist Buttons -- Play Controls -- The Graphic Equalizer -- Making Your Sound System Sound Better -- The Playlist and Playlist Editor -- Creating a Playlist -- Add File Menu (+ File) -- Remove File Menu (- File) -- Select Menu (Sel All) -- Misc Opts Menus -- Load List Menu -- Playlist Mini Play Control Console -- The Winamp Minibrowser -- Exploring the Main Winamp Menu -- Skins -- Editing Cursors -- Editing Winamp GUI Graphic Files -- Final Skin Editing Issues -- Where to Get MP3 Files -- The Tools Necessary for Accessing Content -- Finding and Downloading MP3s from the Web -- Making Downloads Easier with GetRight -- Speeding Downloads with TweakDUN or MTU Speed -- Sites Supporting New Artists -- Major Artists -- Fan Taping Sites -- Bands That Allow Taping FAQ -- SHOUTcast MP3 Streaming: Hi-fi Radio -- MP3Spy -- The MP3Spy Environment -- Configuring MP3Spy -- The MP3Spy Screen -- Connecting to a Server -- Chatting with MP3Spy -- Seek and Ye Shall Find -- Interview: Josh Wardell -- Advanced Winamp -- Advanced Winamp Configuration Guide -- Configuring Your Way to Power Playing -- The Setup Menu -- Setting File Types -- The Options Menu -- The Plug-Ins Preferences -- Output Plug-Ins -- Visualization Plug-In Settings -- Finding and Installing Plug-Ins -- Docking the Nullsoft Visualization Library -- Fullscreen -- Running the Nullsoft Visualization Library in Full-Screen Modes -- General Visualization Overview -- DSP/Effect and General Plug-Ins -- General Purpose Plug-Ins -- Power to the User -- All About Winamp Plug-Ins: How to Configure the Leading Plug-Ins -- Plug-Ins and Winamp -- Windowed, Fullscreen, and 3D-Only Visualization Plug-Ins -- FunkyFX Plug-In -- Exploring the Properties Menus -- FrequencywurX Module -- FyrewurX Module -- FlamewurX Module -- The "Electromagnetic" Albedo Plug-In -- Amazing 3D-Only Plug-Ins -- Installing Prince's 3D OpenGL Plug-Ins -- The Prince of Plug-Ins -- Sound and DSP Plug-Ins -- Volume Equalizing Plug-Ins -- Modifying Sound with Plug-Ins -- Stacking or Running Multiple Plug-Ins -- Plug-Ins That Are Just Useful -- Piloting Winamp -- Hints for Using Different Plug-Ins -- Plug-Ins and Tune Up -- Digitizing Audio -- Digital Audio -- Digital Sound Basics: How Computers Capture Sound -- Sampling -- Channels -- Resolution -- File Size -- Acquiring Sound Files -- What You Should Know About Computer Sound Cards -- Antex Electronics -- Turtle Beach -- Gadget Labs -- Sound Blaster -- More Notes About Sound Cards -- The Issues That Control Good Sound Acquisition -- Kill Background Noise -- Clean Tape Heads and Records -- Get Good Cables -- Optimize Your Hard Drives -- Recording Your Files -- Capturing and Enhancing Audio -- What About Output? Drivers and Speaker Issues -- Boston Acoustics -- Creating Your Own MP3 Files -- The Basic Process -- The Programs to Use -- Xing MP3 Encoder (for Windows) -- AudioCatalyst (MAC and Windows) -- AudioActive (Windows) -- AudioGrabber (Windows) -- Using AudioCatalyst -- The MP3 Dialog Box -- The Normalizing Dialog Box -- Other Settings -- Performing the Encoding -- Rip and Go -- Using AudioGrabber -- External MP3 Program Name -- Internal MP3 CODECS -- AudioGrabber or AudioCatalyst? -- Using Xing's MP3 Encoder -- Setting Profiles -- Using AudioActive -- Alternative Platform Programs -- Linux -- BeOS -- Unix (Various) -- Open the Music -- Creating Your Own Custom CDs -- Purchasing a CD-R Device -- Drive Types -- Looking for Drives to Buy -- Preparing an MP3 File for CD Audio -- Using Easy CD-Creator -- Using Toast -- Advanced CD Creator Options -- Previewing, Editing a Track Name, and Rearranging the Track Order -- Saving and Loading a Layout -- Recording Your CD -- Writing MP3s to a Disc -- Closing a Session or Disc Separately -- Creating a Jewel Case Printout -- To MP3 and Back Again -- Artists and MP3: Make It Work for You -- MP3.com -- Signing Up as a New Artist -- Digital Automatic Music CD Program -- Setting Up a Free Web Site -- GeoCities -- Tripod -- Setting Up a Standard Web Site -- Building an Effective Web Site -- Design -- Content -- Promoting Your Music with Your Web Site -- Promoting Your Site Online -- Links -- Web Rings -- Search Engines -- Announcement Sites -- MP3 Watermark Technology -- E-Labels Galore -- Interview: Lucas -- MP3 Radio and More -- Creating Your Own MP3 Radio Station: SHOUTcast and Beyond -- The Creation of SHOUTcast -- Developing Your Own SHOUTcast Station -- Acquire the Necessary Software for SHOUTcast -- If Needed, Install the NetShow MP3 CODECs -- Install the SHOUTcast DSP Plug-In Into Winamp -- Install the SHOUTcast Server System -- Configure Winamp to Send Content to the SHOUTcast Server -- Configure the SHOUTcast Server System -- Using a Microphone with SHOUTcast -- Understand Your Sound Card's Capabilities -- Purchase a Microphone -- Tweak Your Volume Setting -- Configure and Use the Line Input Plug-In for SHOUTcast -- Administering SHOUTcast -- Troubleshooting SHOUTcast -- Licensing SHOUTcast for Commercial Use -- Making the Most of SHOUTcast -- Developing Good SHOUTcast Playlists -- Promoting Your SHOUTcast Station -- The MP3Spy DJ Plug-In for SHOUTcast -- Creating Cool Web Site Track Listings with MusicTicker -- Posting MusicTicker's Output to Your Site -- Making Your SHOUTcast Station Compliant with Current Webcasting Law -- Getting the License -- Files You Create for Webcasting -- Royalty Payments -- Dealing with Licensing Agencies -- Get Legit? -- More Rights Questions? What to Do? -- Radio Doesn't Have to Suck Anymore -- Interview: Tom Higgens (aka TomWhore) SHOUTcaster Extraordinaire -- Alternative Formats to MP3 -- Major Alternatives -- VQF -- Using VQF Files with Winamp -- Encoder Software -- Finding VQF Files -- AAC -- AAC Software -- ASFS -- AT&T's A2B System -- Liquid Audio -- SDMI -- MSAudio 4.0 -- What About RealAudio? -- To MP3 or Not to MP3. Is That Even a Question? -- MP3 and Winamp Programming Information -- Types of MP3 Programming -- Constructing a Winamp Plug-In -- Sample Code Available -- Publicly Available Code -- Fraunhofer Example Code -- Freeamp -- X11 Amp -- mp3asm -- mpg123 -- MP3 for Applications -- Miles Sound System -- Xaudio MP3 SDKs -- Fraunhofer Commercial Tools -- Testing Your Software -- ID3 Tags: File Managers and Editors -- Info on Patents and Licensing Issues -- More MP3 Interesting Technology and Programming Resources -- MPEG.ORG -- Good Information on MP3 Frame Header Information -- Original Patents for MP3 Layer-3 Technology -- Bring the Power -- Interview: Jeff Myers -- All About Virtual Turntables -- PitchFork -- Virtual Turntables -- Alternatives to SHOUTcast -- Fluid Streaming Server -- Icecast -- LiveAudio -- Xing MP3 Server -- What's Real Up To? -- What About MSAudio 4.0 Streaming? -- MP3 for Your Car -- Empeg Car -- GreenGroup's MP3Case -- Do It Yourselfers -- LCD Output Interfaces -- MP3 On Demand -- Interface Controllers -- Irman -- Winamp Shortcut Keys.

Ämnesord

Music  -- Data processing. (LCSH)

Computer sound processing.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

ML74.4.M6 (LCC)

006.5 (DDC)

Pugb (kssb/8 (machine generated))