FUN WITH MUSIC & MOVIES

15 programs designed to help you find, enjoy, manipulate and store your music and movie collections, including MP3, .wav and .mid files plus a range of audiovisual formats.
Click on program names on the left to see more information, screenshots etc., Remember that the website links on the right will work if you click on them but some have been abbreviated in this view so they will not work if you copy and paste the information... To see the full URL, place the mouse cursor over the link and look at the bottom left of the window, on the frame itself.

Anisoft Amp		The Anisoft Advanced Media Player is a neat, colourful and tiny console from which to access your MP3 files and play them. angelfire.com/in/anish
Win9x/NT	442 kilobytes
	Anish Venkateswaran
AVIplay Browser 2.1		Browses .avi files with speed and ease; You can switch between tab-folders or list, zoom in and out while you're playing, move from frame to frame in steps you set. AVIplayer stores all the settings, including last open folder. Fluid playback. home.everyday.no/heanders
Win9x/NT	364 kilobytes
	Helge Andersen, Norway
Daos MP3 6.0.1.275		Daos is an all-in-one MP3 tool. No Help file comes with this application but you can visit the Daos website for help if the program does not appear self-explanatory after you have experimented with it. http://www.Daos.co.uk
Win9x/ME	921 kilobytes
	Matt Inglis
DriveInfo		This little application reads your DVD drive and informs you as to the region protection status of the drive. Useful if you are buying a secondhand computer with DVD drive or cannot remember how many times you have switched regions. Drives are programmed to allow only five switches and leave you stuck with the region you chose last. digital-digest.com/driveinfo
Win9X/NT/2000	6 kilobytes
	Erwin van den Berg
DropIt		Select the *.WAV and or *.MID files that you want to play (in Explorer or by opening a folder that contains the desired file(s) drag and drop them to either the DROP IT! icon, or the DROP IT! window. If you want your selections to be looped through after they are done playing, simply click the loop button. This, and many other useful files, can be found at: winsite.com/win3/sounds
Win9x	21 kilobytes
	Hamid Shojaee Tempe, Arizona, USA
DropWav 1.0		Well, if DropIt is minimalist, DropWav is minimized-alist...all you see of DropWave is the appearance it makes on Windows Taskbar (bottom of your screen, around the middle somewhere, unless you've been playing with ShakeIt...) and you just drag and drop your .WAV files onto the icon to play them! This, and other files, at: winsite.com/win3/sounds  or at: riverbbs.net/
Win9x	6 kilobytes
	Karl Thoroddsen, Iceland
Frames_n_Beats		If you ever have to sync 3D and MIDI by hand this program can save you some time and calculation. Simply select your frame rate, dial in your tempo and hit "Calculate". You'll get Frames per Minute, Frames per Beat and Beats per Second calculated for you so you can keyframe your animation to the beat.  this and more at: badmonkey.dyndns.org
Win9X/NT/2000	205 kilobytes
	Bryn 'BadMonkey' Mosher
GDiVX_1.8.5		This player has been designed from the ground up to be a complete and fully functional alternative to Windows Media Player and adds numerous additional features. The Global DiVX Player is easy to use and good-looking too. http://www.gdivx.com
Win9x/NT	524 kilobytes
	The Wolf's Lair Productions
Krazy Player		This MP3 player places no files in your computer's system. It is zany and fun and allows you to enjoy finding and hearing MP3s without any unnecessary complications. audio.newfreeware.com/
Win9x/NT	435 kilobytes
	Kenneth Peng
MidiMon 2.01		MIDI Monitor displays incoming MIDI streams and passes the data to a MIDI output driver or the MIDI Mapper. The program was originally included in the MS Windows 3.1 SDK, but has been extensively modified.This app now forms part of a program called Midi-OX: midiox.com/jsoft
Win9x	68 kilobytes
	Jamie O'Connell, Boston, Massachussetts, USA
MP3 Cat 2.5		MP3.Cat 2.5 was designed as a utility to help organize your mp3 collection, but can be used for other file types. Start by adding files or directories to the list, and from there you can play/open the files in their default application, and much more!  mp3.cat.50megs.com
Win9x/NT	2179 kilobytes
	Mark Griffin
SCrename 2.1		This application allows you to change the filenames on MP3s you have downloaded and to list the information about them in the way you like it listed rather than having to accept someone else's way of doing things. This and loads of other free downloads available at: mtv411.com/download
Win9x/NT	885 kilobytes
	Nikolaj Therkelsen, Sandcreatures Sweden
Squash MP3 1.5		A smart-looking and compact, oval-shaped, MP3 player with various options. skyscraper.fortunecity.com
Win9x/NT	973 kilobytes
	Matthew Woodhams, Squash Productions Chile
ToWave 1.0		ToWave is designed to convert any sound file, no matter what it is, to a Microsoft Windows compatible sound file.  N.B. The ReadMe includes details of files that must be placed in the system if they are not already there. Just copy and paste them to wherever you are instructed. The site contains a treasure trove of freeware for webmasters! bellsnwhistles.com
Win 9x	316 kilobytes
	Bells and Whistles Software - Fort Worth, Texas, USA
WinAmp 2.76		Winamp is an MP3 player with built-in graphic equalizer so that you can tweak your sounds to your heart's content. http://www.nullsoft.com
Win9x/NT	921 kilobytes
	Nullsoft Inc.