Mpxplay is a 32-bit console audio player for

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and Windows. It supports a wide range of audio codecs, playlists, as well as containers for video formats. The MS-DOS version uses a 32-bit

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( DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender being the most up-to-date version compatible).

Features

Mpxplay supports many features unique to it among DOS/console media players. These include: * Native (DOS) support of many modern sound cards and sound chipsets * Commander-style directory, file and playlist handling * Multichannel support at AAC, AC3, DTS, FLAC and Vorbis inputs, and Win32/DirectSound, WAV-file outputs * Real-time DSP functions (volume control, surround, speed, tone control and crossfade) *

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) ID3tag/APETag and playlist handling (reading and writing) * Using of external DLLs, like audio decoders and encoders (DOS/4G and Win32 versions of Mpxplay) *

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client (remote directory browsing and direct playing from FTP servers) * LCD screen support (DOS only) * Support for reading and displaying long filenames under DOS using

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* Built-in TCP/IP stack with HTTP support for playing Internet radio streams

Formats

Native support for audio includes: * AAC * AC3 * ALAC *

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* MP2/

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* MPC *

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* WMA * WV * AIF *

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/W64 * Audio CD playing and ripping (CDW) Audio streams from these containers are supported as well: * AVI *

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* MKV * MP4/ MOV * MPG/VOB *

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and TS containers. With plugins it plays: * DTS *

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* SPX Playlist support includes: *

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* M3U8 * PLS * FPL * CUE * MXU

System requirements

Mpxplay on DOS requires a ~100 MHz

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(or faster) CPU for

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playback (the exact value depends mostly on the format of the file being played), 4-8 MiB RAM, and

5.00+ or equivalent (

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Sound card support

Mpxplay supports sound cards using one of two methods: natively or through

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. Native support is achieved by having drivers in Mpxplay that are capable of writing to the sound card directly. When native support is used more of the sound cards features are available such as the ability to use 32-bit sound. Cards that are currently supported for native access are: * Sound Blaster Live and Live 24 *

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1, 2, 4, and LS * SB Ensoniq (SB PCI 16/64/128) * CMI 8338 and 8738 * Intel ICH * Intel HDA * VIA 686,8233, and 8235 Cards supported through emulation typically need a TSR

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, a program that translates the codes for one type of sound card to the one actually in the machine. This can be used to gain the ability to use a sound card that typically is not well supported by the majority of DOS applications. As DOS needs drivers to be programmed into each application in which they are used, it can be useful to run a sound card that is nearly universally supported by most applications with sound support:

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. Mpxplay can use this technique to support the following sound cards: *

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* Gravis Ultrasound *

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The Win32 version of Mpxplay is a multi-threaded console application with the following sound outputs: *

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(DirectX v3 or higher) * Wave Mapper (all Win versions)

External links

Mediaplayers at DR-DOS Wiki
- more info on MPXPLAY and other DOS audio and video players, more screenshots {{Media player (application software) DOS media players

Features

Formats

System requirements

Sound card support

See also

External links