
It is claimed that Windows Media Audio provides CD quality encoding at half the bit rate of MP3.īrian Dipert's December 2000 analysis and comparison of the Windows Media Audio 7, MP3 (Fraunhofer) and RealAudio G2 codecs found that lossy-compression artifacts (such as echo, low-pass filtering, frequency masking and silence gaps) that are created by all lossy codecs were more numerous in RealAudio and MP3 than in WMA. Using speech audio recorded at 8khz sample rate or high-quality stereo music files recorded at sample rates up to 48kHz, Windows Audio Media files can be encoded at bit rates as low as 5 Kbps up to Windows Media Players own 'near CD quality' bit rate of 192 Kbps. wma file extension is an audio recording encoded with Microsoft's Windows Media Audio Codec, and shows that it is an audio-only file that either be downloaded or streamed. This is also the case of the Nero Media Player, which offers a variety of customizing options, easy control, Internet radio support and encoding features.A file with the. Nero is a well-known name in the world of software and the applications it offers are unlikely to disappoint you. The audio options offered by Nero Media Player are enough to satisfy any average user: adjusting the volume rewind, fast forward and pause equalizer Winamp visualization plug-in support repeat option displaying full track information etc. Regarding audio files playback and management, Nero Media Player allows you to create playlists from local files and Internet radio stations, to make your own sonic profiles using the graphic equalizer, to add digital track-labeling to your audio CDs and to rip audio tracks to various file formats extremely fast.Įncoding is an important part of the Nero Media Player with this application you can benefit from unlimited MP3, WAV, VQF and HE-AAC decoding, you can rip audio tracks very fast, standard bit rates range from 96 to 320 KB/s, you can choose between high quality and high speed mode and use the latest Fraunhofer MP3 audio-encoding technology. Nero Media Player is available shareware, and the range of advanced options it offers is very diverse. Moreover, with this program you can play online streams and create playlists. The file formats supported by Nero Media Player are audio CD, MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, AIFF and many others. Moreover, it enables you to convert music from audio CDs to mp3.
