rdwhitehill Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Greetings, I am sure that folks that have belonged to this forum longer that I have already know this, so forgive me if most veterans already have this on hand, but I recall reading a forum post here that related to the ability of Win Media Player to play AA3 files... There *is* a plugin supposedly provided by Sony (Asia) for Windows Media Player for AA3 file types. I don't recall where I first found it, but I happened onto an installler compressed into a RAR compressed archive file. It's available on a number of sites... just search the web for AA3 and RAR, and you should happen onto it. I did search minidisc.org, but no search results turned up. Even when I looked at the public FTP area of the site... If it's here, I don't know that it is <smile> You'll need a file decompressor that can handle RAR file types. I hope that this helps some of you newer folks to all of this (as I am new to MiniDisc.org, but not to MiniDisc technology). PS: If what I got sounds like the same thing as the plugin for SonyMediaSoftware applications, I don't honestly think that it is, as I have had ACID and Sound Forge and Vegas (all current versions) installed on my PC for some time and use them all regularly; WMP would not handle AA3 files until I installed the WMP plugin that I found as described above. PPS: Also for newer folks to this... yes there is a WinAmp plugin available as well. A quick 'Net search will turn it up for you. Doug W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Do you have plugins that work? You could simply add them as attachments to a reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdwhitehill Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Hi there, The WinAmp plugin is already in the forum's DL area... but it only handles OMA and OMG file types (which I won't touch any closer than someone with a bad case of the flu! <ggg>)... so this plugin isn't of much use for me. But it exists... The Win Media Player plugin... it *does* work wonderfully with WMP to play back AA3 files. As I don't want to be the cause of someone complaining about some software-related problem, I'll just suggest that you search the 'Net for the keywords AA3 and RAR. You're looking for the Sony AA3 plugin v0.98 (that's the one that I use at least). I just did a search and found it on a site called softpedia.com (I'm not condoning nor condemning this site... that's just where I found it right now). I make no claims about this; neither good ones or bad ones... but this plugin works quite well and quite seamlessly for me in WMP. No issues at all <ggg>. Hope this helps. Doug W. Do you have plugins that work? You could simply add them as attachments to a reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdwhitehill Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Well... OK... I don't know if everyone else has this or not... and I don't vouch for anything about this plugin... but OK... here you go... in ZIP format.It works for me... I have it installed on a whole bunch of PCs both at home and where I work (I'm a school tech integrator/coordinator). I'm good to go with it. Doug W. Do you have plugins that work? You could simply add them as attachments to a reply. atrac3.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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