Requires  Pentium class processor, Windows 95/98/NT, ATAPI or SCSI CD/DVD drive
Limitations  Shareware
Contact  Jukka Poikolainen www.poikosoft.com/cdda/

CD-DA Extractor performs digital audio extraction from CDs or DVDs into WAV, RAW, or MP3 files. This powerful application supports ATAPI, SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 devices, and has the ability to save and edit track names, play audio, and perform sector synchronization. Additionally, it contains a file encoder/decoder (MP3, WMA, or WAV to MP3, WMA, or WAV) and a digital CD player.

Requires  Windows 95/98/NT
Limitations  This free version of Audiograbber will only extract half the number of tracks on a CD at one time.
Contact  Audiograbber www.audiograbber.com

Audiograbber allows you to copy music from a CD-ROM drive digitally. This digital recording process enables you to make high-quality copies of the original music. In addition, Audiograbber can automatically normalise the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, encode straight to MP3 format via internal MP3 or WMA (MS Audio 4.0) codecs, or send an extracted WAV file to an external MP3 encoder. Audiograbber also supports the downloading of CD track listings via CDDB.

Requires  Pentium class processor, Windows 98/2000, 64Mb of RAM, Internet Explorer 4 and above, sound card.
Limitations  None
Contact  Microsoft www.microsoft.com

Fresh out of beta, this media player from Microsoft is back in the limelight. In addition to its all-in-one multimedia playback capabilities, this new version features built-in support for custom CD creation from Adaptec, a Digital DJ skin that creates playlists based on your tastes, and an array of new skins and visualizations.

Install - Remember to 'Run the program from its current location'.

MusicMatch Jukebox is integrated, digital music management software for the home that combines a CD ripper, MP3 encoder, playlist maker, ID3 tag editor, and media player in one package

Features include

• Auto DJ that creates playlists automatically based on your sorting preferences
• Additional features include CDDB support
• Player that displays cover art, lyrics, track notes, and artist bios for each track while it's playing
• MP3 to WAV conversion
• Ability to export playlists to the Diamond Rio MP3 player
• Advanced recording capabilities
• Multiple GUI themes
• MP3 streaming
• Support for Windows Media Audio format.

Install - Remember to 'Run the program from its current location'.

Winamp plays MPEG Layer 2 (MP2) and Layer 3 (MP3) audio streams, and combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. It has a full-featured playlist editor and a ten-band graphic equalizer with user-definable presets that can automatically load specific files. It also features Windows Media Technology 4.0 input/output support and the industry-standard Fraunhofer MP3 decoder.

Install - Remember to 'Run the program from its current location'.

QuickTime is Apple's video technology that allows you to play high-quality video directly on your computer. QuickTime is a set of extensions that, when used with movie software, lets you view video clips or even full-length video productions.

Install - Remember to 'Run the program from its current location'.

Sonique is an audio player that is capable of handling MP3 files, Microsoft Windows Media files, audio CDs and more. With a dynamic interface it also includes a full featured playlist editor, a variety of unique output visualisation modes, a robust control set and much more.

Install - Remember to 'Run the program from its current location'.