Windows Media Player Versions 6.4, 7.1, 8.0,and 9.0 Beta. The safest bet for .MP3's are still versions 6.4 and 7.1. Version 7.1 has the advantage of being both ID3 V1 and V2 aware, as well as being able to decode embedded ID3 Tagged images as well. For Golden Age Radio, try to avoid Media Player 8.0 or 9.0 Beta unless you equip it with the necessary plugins. See more on the Plug-ins page. Note: Version 9.0 is recommended only for the Windows XP Platform, though you can download and use it on both WindowsMe and Windows 2000. You won't see a link for Version 8.0 here. Windows Media Player 8.0 is NOT FREE. It's only available with Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional.

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Apple QuickTime ,Versions 4.x, 5.x and 6.01. Equipped with the right plugins and codecs, QuickTime versions 5.x and 6.01 can play .MP3's directly from your Browser windows while still viewing the content on the page being browsed.

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realONE Player, for Windows. Only realONE is currently available--with support. If you can still find it, or have it, the pre-RealPlayer Plus version of RealPlayer, the RealPlayer Standard Editions is your safest bet if you simply have to use it. Easily the most invasive, privacy-threatening--and difficult to protect one's privacy from-with even the most aggressive Browser, Plug-in, and registry settings, but it can be done. But even the best tweaking can't totally prevent Real Networks from following your online movements completely. Their 'phone-home' reporting structures are hardwired right into the players and plugins.

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WinAmp 5.0. In their own words, 'Winamp is a lifestyle. It is freestyle. Give me a word. Versatility? Yeah. Visionary? Of course. Community? Now you're talking.' I guess that about sums it up. But this is an all-time favorite with many of us, and for good reason. Its highly extensible, with skins and plugins and codecs (coder/decoder add-ons), and its both genuinely free AND non-invasive.

QuickTime, for the Mac and PowerPC, based on OpenDoc, produced by Apple, for the Apple. Optimized for the Apple platform and renders absolutely stunning audio and graphics on any Apple platform.

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realONEPlayer, for Mac OS X.

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Legacy RealPlayers. For the Mac. Here's a link to the safer ones. Took some navigating to find them, but if you have to use RealPlayer, these are your safest bets. You'll see all sorts of disclaimers on their pages about no supporting any of these. Embrace that thought as you download them. (As in "Please, Not The Briar Patch!")

Windows Media Player 7.1 for Mac: Apple Mac OS 8.1 or later (Mac OS 8.6 or later recommended) and for the PowerPC 603e 180 MHz or higher processor.

Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. Carbonized for version 10.1 of Apple’s newest operating system. Sporting a new Aqua interface and with full support for the industry-leading Windows Media Technologies, this new version of our player opens the world of Windows Media content to Macintosh users. (Oh Boy, Oh Boy.)

WinAmp for Mac (Alpha). Winamp has mysteriously and without any explanation removed all references to their Mac versions from their site. Download both existing versions here:
Mac Classic version
Mac ALPHA 0.71 version

Windows Media Player 7.1 for Pocket PC has everything you need to experience music, movies and more on the go. (for the PC 2000 versions of Pocket PC)