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Yahoo! introduces Media Player

Music is becoming a big thing on the Net. Sites like Yahoo! are wanting to
provide the range of diverisified services and Yahoo! Player makes it easy
to find and play the best music, videos, and radio stations available on the
Internet.

By downloading the Yahoo! Player application to your computer, you can play
MP3s, CDs, and video clips. You also get the following features: Latest
music news, interviews, free music downloads, audio books, and videos. The
best radio stations on the Internet, CD-lookup service that automatically
finds and displays the title, artist, and song titles of the current CD. You
can also personalize the player to your own personality using the skins
feature.



Yahoo comes years late to the player software arena in the days when
RealNetworks celebrates its fifth birthday and eighth player. But the trial
version of Yahoo Player is up-to-date on some hot media player trends.

The software is available to the public for download through Yahoo’s
Broadcast.com site.

RealNetworks recently merged its jukebox and player, calling the combined
software the Real Entertainment Center [Digital Journal Rapid Access story:
# 193].

The Yahoo Player offers a large array of Web page-viewing capabilities
directly in the player interface. Yahoo has caught up with Microsoft and
RealNetworks in its support for skins, or customizable interfaces that
enable people to design the look of the player. Yahoo Player includes such
skins as “Gizmo,” “Swirl” and “Heartrate.”

The Yahoo Player met with mixed reviews from some beta testers. To some
reviewers the latest version of MusicMatch player is still the best.

System Requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above on
system (Netscape Communicator can still be your default browser).
Audio-capable PC (sound card and speakers). Recommended: 200-MHz Pentium or
higher, 800×600 16-bit color display

http://player.broadcast.com

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