WinPlay3 is the first real-time MP3 audio player for PCs running Windows, both 16-bit (Windows 3.1) and 32-bit (Windows 95). Previous to this, audio compressed with MP3 had to be decompressed prior to listening. It was released by Fraunhofer IIS ("Institute for Integrated Circuits"), creators of the MP3 format, on September 9, 1995. Since then, the Fraunhofer Society has removed any trace and mention of WinPlay3 from their web sites. The program has become popular thanks to the warez scene.

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  • WinPlay3 is the first real-time MP3 audio player for PCs running Windows, both 16-bit (Windows 3.1) and 32-bit (Windows 95). Previous to this, audio compressed with MP3 had to be decompressed prior to listening. It was released by Fraunhofer IIS ("Institute for Integrated Circuits"), creators of the MP3 format, on September 9, 1995. Since then, the Fraunhofer Society has removed any trace and mention of WinPlay3 from their web sites. The program has become popular thanks to the warez scene. The first warez group to bring WinPlay3 to attention of a wider audience was Compress Da Audio. They released CDs, with WinPlay3 included, on several warez FTP sites. Rabid Neurosis emerged shortly afterwards, and then the scene exploded. Until the release of Winamp in 1997, WinPlay3 was the sole option for playing MP3-compressed music on Microsoft Windows. Unlike modern audio programs, such as Winamp or iTunes, it lacks advanced features such as equalizers, or playlists as a menu option and concentrates mostly on playback. A playlist can be created by hand, however, in a simple text file listing the system path to each MP3 and saving the file with an M3U extension. The limitations are most likely due to the requirement of a 486DX processor running at 66 MHz for real-time playback, which at the time was fairly high.
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  • WinPlay3 is the first real-time MP3 audio player for PCs running Windows, both 16-bit (Windows 3.1) and 32-bit (Windows 95). Previous to this, audio compressed with MP3 had to be decompressed prior to listening. It was released by Fraunhofer IIS ("Institute for Integrated Circuits"), creators of the MP3 format, on September 9, 1995. Since then, the Fraunhofer Society has removed any trace and mention of WinPlay3 from their web sites. The program has become popular thanks to the warez scene.
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