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Software art: mp3 player (only 176kb)

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11 pointsgalfarragem6 comments

Requirements mp3 ACM codec (present since XP) or mpglib

This is just a frontend to the decoder, that's not that small to what it does.

I agree that lately programs are too bloated, software that small are rare on windows.

I don't wish to sound 'unappreciative', and it's not that I think all software must be open source, but I struggle to find it interesting/'art' without the source code.

And in reality, look at old versions of winamp, they were much better players available in this size.

Look what the demoscene can do in 64k. I'd call that art. This? Not so much.

I am not really impressed. Bass.dll is under 100kb and handle most of the formats mentioned.

WMA etc. can be played with pure system calls. I bet that the .exe himself is creating the window handles etc. with pure system calls instead of using an framework or resource files.

I have not looked into binary details but i would not be wondered if the file is packed with kkrunchy (.farbrausch) or similiar.

@michh, 4k is the new 64k ;)

For me this is a work of art. Tiny software that achieves a lot. Besides this one I only know UTORRENT, another diamond. If you know another great tiny software please post it here. Disclaimer: I don't have any conexion with this software and I DON'T have a CS background, so I'm just judging it from an user point of view.

Here's a short list:

http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy

Billy is a lightweighted no nonsense audio player that allows you to quickly play an entire directory of MP3/FLAC files.

http://www.foobar2000.org/

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.

http://twotoasts.de/ http://www.twotoasts.de/media/midori-0.4.5.7z

Midori: Webkit Web browserScribe is a small and fast email client with an intergrated contact database and calendar.

http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php

Scribe is a small and fast email client with an intergrated contact database and calendar.

http://mmm3.sourceforge.net/

Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) is a free POP3 mail monitor with multiple accounts support. It sits silently in your system tray, and notifies you about new messages in your mailboxes. Then you can preview messages and delete unwanted mail in order to avoid spam and viruses.

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