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A media player is software that plays either video or audio. Microsoft Windows comes standard with Windows Media Player. Mac OS comes with Quicktime Player for Quicktime movies and iTunes for various media formats. We've come such a long way since Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Convenience has increased massively since the days of records, eight- track tapes, cassettes and CDs. With media players, you become your own disk jockey.

• It's possible for an MP3 playing machine to weigh less than an ounce. Portability is a sizable factor in the popularity of MP3 media players.

• Devices can also view videos, carry an alarm or calendar or incorporate a cell phone or internet service.

• Many respectable media players for computers are available for free, e.g. GOM Player, BS Player, Windows Media Classic and VLC.

• Media players can arrange files by genre or artist.

• The most popular file format is MP3. Others include Windows Media Audio (WMA), Waveform Audio (WAV) and Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI).

• MP3 stands for Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III, which format revolutionized the distribution of music in the late '90s. MP3 compresses files while retaining near-CD quality sound. Smaller files means downloads are faster and more files can be held. A CD song of four minutes' length will occupy 40MB on CD, but only 4MB in MP3 format.

• Good compression requires algorithms using perceptual noise shaping, taking advantage of the limited range of the human ear and that fact that the ear appreciates certain sounds better. Also, if two sounds play simultaneously, the louder is heard more. Hence, certain parts of an MP3 rendition of a song can be eliminated without noticeably damaging the quality of the track.

MP3 is changing your life. Some audio enthusiasts lament that MP3 files don't compare to a CD. It has been alleged that sound engineers mix music differently to accommodate MP3, because the format “flattens” dynamics – the range of pitch and volume. People will work less hard to create a complex sound, because nobody can detect it. As a result, much of the new music emerging from the industry has a similar sound.

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