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XingSound MP2 player/XingMP3 player
XingSound is an MP2 and WAV audio player for Win16 created by Xing
Technology Corporation. It is as minimalist as can get, not even pause
is implemented. Its only functions are "Open", "Play", "Stop" and
"Repeat".
The oldest version available here is dated 1993 - that makes it the most
ancient software featured at ReallyRareWares to this date (before
XingSound, the oldest program here was Sonarc). Considering that in 1993
most of us were still using 286s and 386s, Xing also added to their
player the option of half and quarter quality playback, similar to an
option available to this day in MP3 players.
Decoding quality is unfortunately bad because the versions here are free
demos featuring a low-precision decoder that is mono-only. If you happen
to have the full version lying around in some old floppy disk please get in touch! For MP2 playback, the Philips MPEG player offers higher accuracy (but,
alas, does not work on Win 3.1).
Date: 1995-02-15
Version: ?
Interface: Graphical
Platform: Win16
Download: mpgaudio2.exe - 114kB
Date: 1993-07-23
Version: 1.0
Interface: Graphical
Platform: Win16
Download: mpgaudio1.exe - 107kB
Years later Xing created the XingMP3 player, a companion for their MP3 encoder and CD ripper (AudioCatalyst). It is way more featureful and better looking than
its predecessor, and was distributed for free.
Date: 1999-08-06
Version: 1.0.1
Interface: Graphical
Platform: Win32
Download: mp3p101.exe - 2.105kB
Kindly contributed by Zachary Jelesoff
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