Winamp mpg123 plug-in Winamp mpg123 plug-in| Decoder Source: | shibatch http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/9674/in_mpg123.html |
| Version: | 1.18 |
| Price: | free |
| Settings: | disabled mp3 decoding in Nitrane in_mp3.dll from Config |
| Similar products: | based on mpg123 library, from lame version. |
| Verdict: | Excellent |
| VBR: | All |
| Full file: | Always |
| Major Flaws: | none |
| Minor Flaws: | still in development |
| Output level: | correct |
| 1-bit relative accuracy: | Excellent |
| 1-bit absolute accuracy: | Excellent |
Winamp is the most popular software mp3 player. By going into the preferences menu, and selecting the Disk Writer output plug-in, it will save mp3 files to disk as wave files (to specify where to save the file, hit the configure button after selecting the plug-in). See Winamp screenshots for further details. Use your browsers' back button to return here.
The mpg123 plug-in is based on the decoder in lame, ported from mpg123. As its name suggests, this decoder will handle MPEG-1 layers 1 and 2 (mp1, mp2) in addition to MPEG-1 layer 3 (mp3). Whilst a note on the author's website warns that the decoder is still in development (ID3 tag editing may be buggy), the decoding quality of this plug-in is excellent, and it is highly recommended.
The review of Winamp 2.62 explains some of the problems with the old Nitrane decoder, which caused this plug-in to be written. Since version 2.7 of Winamp decodes correctly with the built-in decoder, this plug-in is now redundant.
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