Play MP3 Links on Webpages

Katya here to share a little trick I have used for years to make enjoying online audio easier. It is the bookmarklet of Mark Wheeler's 1 Bit Audio Player, and it turns mp3 links into small mp3 players.

A bookmarklet is a tiny line of code in your bookmarks (a.k.a., favorites) that you can click to make things happen on a webpage. For instance, you might want to change the colors on a webpage to make it easier to read or you might like to prevent it from playing some annoying ad. Jesse Ruderman made most of the bookmarklets I use, Jesse's Bookmarklets, and I highly recommend them.

Clicking Mark's 1 Bit Audio Player bookmarklet loads a tiny player with a play/ pause option right after every mp3 link in a page.

HOW TO PLAY MP3 LINKS ON A WEBPAGE

MX Play for Your Webjay Playlists

I do not have any experience with this program. I am not endorsing it. It has been suggested as an option for saving Webjay playlists.

Finetune and SpringWidgets

Have you played with Finetune yet?

created by SpringWidgets

File Converters

These are new to me, but recommended by listmates:

FREE MP3 WMA CONVERTER 1.4
Downloads 357,076 Popular
Requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server
Publisher Rbroquin
File size 5.1MB
Date added February 21, 2006

Free Mp3 Wma Converter can convert all your mp3, Wma, Ogg, AAC, M4A, APE, Wav files. The following conversions are supported: Mp3 to Ogg, Mp3 to Wma, Mp3 to AAC, Mp3 to Wav, Mp3 to Ape, M4A to Mp3, M4a to Wma, M4a to ogg, M4a to wav, Wav to Mp3, Wav to Ogg, Wav to AAC, Wav to Wma, Wav to Ape, Wma to Mp3, Wma to Ogg, Wma to AAC, Wma to Wav, Wma to Ape, Ogg to Mp3, Ogg to Wma, Ogg to AAC, Ogg to Wav, Ogg to Ape, AAC to Mp3, AAC to Wma, AAC to Ogg, AAC to Wav, AAC to Ape, Ape to Wav, Ape to Mp3, Ape to Wma, Ape to AAC, Ape to Ogg.

This download also Includes Tag Editor (V1 and V2), CD Audio Ripper with CDDB support. You will be able to convert you Itunes music library (m4a format) to mp3, wma, ogg. Version 1.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes




MEDIAMONKEY 2.5.4.978
Downloads 1,331,499 Popular
Requirements Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Publisher Ventis Media
File size 4.82MB
Date added September 12, 2006

MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library. It includes a CD ripper, CD/DVD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and manual or automated playlist editors for creating music mixes. Its player automatically adjusts volume levels so that you don't have continually fiddle with the volume control and supports hundreds of Winamp plug-ins and visualizations; or if you prefer, it can use Winamp as the default player. It also includes portable audio device synchronization that allows you to quickly synch tracks and playlists with iPods and other portable audio devices.

Version 2.5.4.978 adds improvements and fixes related to synchronization, support for wav tags, and CD/DVD Burning, and others.

Bye Bye iTunes?

ml_iPod plugin allows you to copy songs (MP3 & MP4 AAC) to your Windows iPod using Winamp [official ml_iPod site]

some additional features:
:: iPod Shuffle supported
:: Artist-Album view
:: Smart Playlists
:: Playlist Support
:: Reverse & Forward Sync
:: On The Go Playlist Support

Winamp Staff Review:
Kiss iTunes goodbye. Send music to and from your iPod directly from the Winamp Media Library. Nothing could be easier.

User Review: Feb. 24, 2005
"Before this plug in I seriously considered getting rid of my iPod. I just could not stand iTunes. It slowed my computer up so much.... I was going to sell my iPod and get another mp3 player; that's how bad iTunes is."

From CD to OGG

Rip your CD tracks to the OGG-Vorbis format with Winamp Plug-In

Developer's Comments:
Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. It’s currently one of the best candidate to 'mp3 successor', and its wide increasing support illustrates its qualities and popularity.

This encoder allows to rip CD tracks to Ogg-Vorbis 1.1 files using the Winamp 5 built-in CD ripper (free or pro editions). Resultant files are adjustable through a quality setting (-1.00 to 10.00), although an estimated average bitrate is displayed for information.
[official Ogg-Vorbis site]

Winamp Staff Review:
Gives you OGG-Vorbis encoding power for Winamp, allowing you to rip CD's to the OGG format.
[official Winamp site]