Archive for October, 2006

Windows Media Player 11 Released (version 11.0.5721.5145)

Windows Media Player 11 has been released from beta and is now available in Build 11.0.5721.5145.
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WinZip 11 Beta using WavPack!

The recent availability of the WinZip 11 beta has revealed that the audio compression technology used to compress .WAV files is WavPack’s own compression algorithms.
Based on version 4.21 (2005.12.10) WinZip 11 uses the highest compression setting in WavPack. This is a great addition to WinZip and we will keep you up tp date on any developments. […]

And Then There Were Two…..

I have a quick story to share. My girlfriend of 4 years and I were getting ready to go down to the local magistrate office to get married. Because a lot of my t-shirts could be considered inappropriate I asked her what shirt I should wear, to my surprise she chose the following. I thought […]

More Lossless Audio From China

While this next device is only available in China it’s still interesting to watch the flood of multi-use devices like the Ainol V100 that are coming from Asia that support various lossless formats. Many of these latest Asian born devices are PMP’s with NES\SNES emulation support along with a handful of other features like digital […]

Helios X5000 HD Media Player

Neodigits, the makers of the Helios X-Line of media players has a new network HD media player on deck that packs a wide variety of audio and video formats into a stylish black metal case. Some of the supported formats include MP3,OGG, AAC, FLAC as well as XVID/DIVX. The X5000 also supports the various High […]

Logitech To Acquire Slim Devices!

Slim Devices, the makers of the ever popular Squeezebox and the more recent Transporter are being acquired by Logitech. Slim Devices pioneered wireless based audio streaming as well as hardware support for FLAC and have fostered a large community around them. Let’s hope that they continue to move in a similar direction with Logitech’s branding […]

New Asian PMP’s Support Lossless Formats

It wasn’t very long ago that you could count all of the DAP’s that supported a lossless format on one hand, now with the increasing number of DAP’s and PMP’s from Asia that support various lossless formats it would take a few hands.Two of the most recent comes from Gemei.
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Gemei X-900
The Gemei X-900 is […]

KNC HR-2800, Budget PMP w/ FLAC

The KNC HR-2800 is a multi-purpose PMP that seems to have it all including a low price. The HR2800 runs on a 400mhz processor
and supports AVI, MPEG4, DivX, and XviD for your viewing pleasure with a 3.6 TFT display. What seals the deal for us is that it supports FLAC along with MP3.
All of this […]

Native FLAC in iTunes/QuickTime

The developer of the Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) has written a very interesting post on Native Flac in iTunes/QuickTime. It is plugins like XiphQT that add features and functionaility to some of our favorite applications that are not native but are extremely welcome. And while these plugins may not always get the attention they deserve […]

WMPTSE 1.1.1 is Out!

One of our favorite plugins has released a new version. Windows Media Player Tag Support Extender, WMPTSE for short extends the metatag support in Windows Media Player 9,10 and 11. And because MCE 2004 and 2005 are based on Windows Media Player it works with Media Center Edition 2004 and 2005 as well. See our […]

FLAC 1.1.3 Beta Released

FLAC 1.1.3 Beta has been released and includes a number of welcome changes and improvements. One of the most exciting additions is the support for a picture metadata block which will enable cover art to be used. There is also a variety of improvements to aid in recovery from corruption. For an entire list of […]

Ipod Liberation Party

Would you like your Ipod to be able to play FLAC or OGG files or new games? This coming Friday, Oct. 6th at the MIT Media Lab the Free Culture Boston and the Computing Culture group will hold the Ipod Liberation Party. Those attending can have RockBox or Ipod Linux installed on there Ipods. In […]

Welcome To The New Site….

Welcome to the new site! There will be many changes to come including the template, graphics, layout, etc. We’re just getting settled in.

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