MPEG-FAQ 4.0:

Audio on Macintosh ?!

This just in...

There is now a program for Macs that allows automatic real-time playback
of MPEG files called MPEG/CD.  You can download it from ftp.iuma.com,
or check out our Macintosh help page with a web browser at:

http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/html/use/Macintosh.html

The following is a text dump of the Mac help page...


   
                         PLAYING AUDIO ON A MACINTOSH
                                       
    Last updated: 95-02-14
    
   
   
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   New!!! MPEG CD for Macintosh is now all you need in order to hear 
   realtime MPEG audio on your Macintosh or decompress an MPEG file to 
   an easily readable AIFF. All you need to do is download ...
   
                     MPEG_CD__1.0.1.sea.bin (480 Kb)

   ... from URL=//ftp.iuma.com/audio_utils/mpeg_players/Macintosh/

   For system requirements for MPEG/CD, read the plain text Readme file.
   
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  CONFIGURING NETSCAPE FOR AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK
  
   Yes! You can now have Netscape automatically launch your MPEG audio
   player when you click on an MPEG audio file. Just follow these simple
   instructions...

    1. Click on Preferences under the Options menu in Netscape.
    2. Select Helper Applications from the menu in the Preferences
       window.
    3. Click on the New... button.
    4. Enter audio for the Mime type and x-mpeg for the Mime subtype.
    5. Enter mp2 in the Extensions box.
    6. Selct MPEG/CD for the Application and choose MPEG as the File
       type.
    7. Click on Launch application for the Action.
       
   ... and that should be it!
   
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Special thanks go to Brian Balthazor for bringing us this cool
not-so-little utility!

-Jeff Patterson
 IUMA Co-Czar