MP3! I Didn't Know You Could Do That... by Guy Hart-Davis, Rhonda Holmes

Paperback - (May 2000) 400 pages

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Part 1 MP3 BASICS Chapter 1 Understand What MP3 Is and What It Does Chapter 2 Get the Right Hardware Chapter 3 Get the Right Chapter 4 Go to Jail for Distributing MP3 Files Part 2 FIND MP3 FILES AND MUSIC ONLINE Chapter 5 Find MP3 Sites on the Web Chapter 6 Find MP3 Files via MP3 Newsgroups Chapter 7 Search for MP3 Files Chapter 8 Search for MP3 Files Using Napster Chapter 9 Use RadioSpy to Find SHOUTcast Servers Part 3 WINDOWS MP3 PLAYERS Chapter 10 Choose the Right Stand-Alone MP3 Player for You Chapter 11 Play MP3 Files with the Windows Media Player Chapter 12 Create Playlists for the Windows Media Player Chapter 13 Get and Install Winamp Chapter 14 Use the Winamp Interface Chapter 15 Play Tracks and SHOUTcast Streams with the Winamp Main Window Chapter 16 Create and Use Winamp Playlists Chapter 17 Use Winamp Bookmarks to Access Tracks Quickly Chapter 18 Make Music Sound Good with the Winamp Graphical Equalizer Chapter 19 Check and Set Track Information with Winamp Chapter 20 Choose Visualizations for Winamp Chapter 21 Change Winamp's Look with Skins Chapter 22 Add Functionality to Winamp with Plug-Ins Chapter 23 Play CDs with Winamp Chapter 24 Get and Install Sonique Chapter 25 Understand Sonique's Interface Chapter 26 Play MP3 Files and SHOUTcast Streams with Sonique Chapter 27 Create a Playlist with Sonique Chapter 28 Tweak Sonique's Sound with the Audio Enhancement Control Chapter 29 Space Your Brain with Sonique Visualizations Chapter 30 Change Sonique's Skin Chapter 31 Extend Sonique with Plug-Ins Part 4 WINDOWS MP3 RIPPERS AND JUKEBOXES Chapter 32 Choose the Right Sampling Rate Chapter 33 Get, Install, and Configure MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 34 Rip Tracks with MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 35 Build Music Libraries with MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 36 Rock Out with MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 37 Use MusicMatch Jukebox's Net Music Feature to Access Music on the Internet Chapter 38 Play Net Radio with MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 39 Equalize Out Mixing Errors with MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 40 Burn CDs with MusicMatch Jukebox Chapter 41 Get, Install, and Configure RealJukebox Plus Chapter 42 Navigate the RealJukebox Plus Interface Chapter 43 Rip with RealJukebox Plus Chapter 44 Rock Out with RealJukebox Plus Chapter 45 Use RealJukebox Plus with a Portable MP3 Player Chapter 46 Change RealJukebox Plus's Skin Part 5 MAC MP3 PLAYERS AND RIPPERS Chapter 47 Get, Install, and Use SoundApp Chapter 48 Get and Install MACAST Chapter 49 Play MP3 Files with MACAST Chapter 50 Tweak MACAST's Sound with the Equalizer Chapter 51 Improve MACAST's Visuals Chapter 52 Go to Sleep with MACAST Chapter 53 Play MP3 Files with QuickTime and RealPlayer Basic Chapter 54 Get, Install, and Configure SoundJam MP Chapter 55 Navigate the SoundJam Interface Chapter 56 Rip with SoundJam Chapter 57 Rock Out with SoundJam Chapter 58 Use SoundJam's Graphical Equalizer Chapter 59 Enjoy SoundJam's Visualizations Chapter 60 Change SoundJam's Skin Part 6 LINUX MP3 PLAYERS AND RIPPERS Chapter 61 Get and Install xmms Chapter 62 Make Noise with xmms Chapter 63 Get, Install, and Configure Grip Chapter 64 Rip with Grip Part 7 TEN COOL MP3 MANEUVERS Chapter 65 Choose a Default MP3 Player under Windows Chapter 66 Turn AutoPlay Off or On on Your Computer Chapter 67 Choose a CD Recorder Chapter 68 Create Audio CDs with Easy CD Creator Chapter 69 Copy MP3 Files Directly onto CDs Chapter 70 Convert MP3 Files to WAV Files for Burning to CD Chapter 71 Create Executable MP3 Files with MP3 to EXE Chapter 72 Uncook Cooked Files with Uncook 95 Chapter 73 Rename MP3 Files with MP3 Renamer Chapter 74 Store MP3 Files Online with MP3.com's Beam-it Chapter 75 Enter Information in CDDB Part 8 FIND AND SHARE MUSIC WITH NAPSTER Chapter 76 Understand Napster Chapter 77 Get and Install Napster Chapter 78 Find Music with Napster Chapter 79 Share Music with Napster Chapter 80 Use Macster-Napster for the Mac Chapter 81 Use Napster on Linux Chapter 82 Get, Install, and Configure Gnapster Chapter 83 Find and Share Music with Gnapster Part 9 PUBLISH AND SHOUTCAST YOUR MUSIC Chapter 84 Careful with Those Rights, Eugene! Chapter 85 Create MP3 Files of Your Own Music Chapter 86 Get Your MP3 Files onto Riffage.com and MP3.com Chapter 87 E-Mail Your MP3 Files to People Chapter 88 Share Your Music via Online Drives Chapter 89 Build a SHOUTcast Server and Get on the Air Part 10 MP3 BEYOND THE COMPUTER Chapter 90 Choose the Right Portable MP3 Player for You Chapter 91 Use the Diamond Rio Chapter 92 Use the Pine D'Music Chapter 93 Use the Audiovox Chapter 94 Use the I-JAM Chapter 95 Use the Sharp MD-MT15(S) MiniDisc Player and Voquette MiniDisc NetLink Chapter 96 Use the HanGo Personal Jukebox Chapter 97 Use the Sony VAIO Music Clip Chapter 98 Use the Samsung Yepp Chapter 99 Use the i2Go eGo Chapter 100 Play MP3 Files on a Palm-Size PC Chapter 101 Play MP3 Files on a Hand-Held PC Chapter 102 Play MP3 Files in Your Car Chapter 103 Use the empeg car Chapter 104 Choose an MP3 Home Stereo Component Chapter 105 Connect Your PC to Your Stereo System Part 11 TOP 11 MP3 TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS Chapter 106 I Can't Rip Digitally Chapter 107 My Computer Rips but Sucks Chapter 108 My Computer Rips Fine, but the Tracks Sound Lousy Chapter 109 No-They Sound Really Lousy Chapter 110 The Tracks Go Snap, Crackle, and Pop Chapter 111 The Graphical Equalizer on My Player/Ripper Doesn't Work Chapter 112 I Can't Get Any Sound out of My Speakers Chapter 113 CDDB Doesn't Work Chapter 114 MP3 Plays When I Want to Download and Save It Chapter 115 The Wrong MP3 Player Starts When I Open an MP3 File Chapter 116 Downloading Files Is So Slooooow! 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