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Player Info |
Supported Files & Formats |
AOL Audio Player Info |
AOL Video Player Info |
MP3 Support
To ensure the best AOL audience compatibility, we recommend that you use only RealVideo G2 with SVT (aka Real 7) for video
and only RealAudio G2 for audio. The new AOL 7.0 supports the latest Video and Audio
codecs for RealPlayer 8, so as the percentage of AOL 7.0 users grows, we will
eventually migrate all content to the latest Real codecs
All of the file types listed below are supported by the
AOL Media Player. The last three columns indicate which player component
inside of the AOL Media Player is actually used or at least capable to play back
that file type.
| File Extension |
File Type/Format |
Nullsoft, WinAmp v2.6.1 |
RealPlayer v8 |
Windows Media Player** |
| Mp3 |
MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio *te:
This includes Shoutcast Voicemail Stream Support |
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| Mp2 |
MPEG-1 Layer 2 Audio |
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| wma |
Windows Media Audio |
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| Asf |
Windows Media File-Advanced Streaming Format |
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| Asx |
Windows Media File |
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| Wm |
Windows Media |
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| Wmv |
Windows Media
Video |
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| Asx |
Windows Audio
File |
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| mid |
Musical Instrument Digital
Interface |
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| M3u |
MP3 Playlist |
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| Pls |
Audio Playlist |
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| Ram |
Real Video Streamed |
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Rm |
Real Audio/Video Streamed |
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| Rmj |
Real Video |
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| Ra |
Real Audio Streamed |
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| Avi |
Audio Video Interleaved |
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| Mpg |
MPEG-1 Video |
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**Support for streaming and
downloaded Windows Media Audio files will be provided via the Windows Media
Player playback functionality ONLY WHEN THE LAYER OR PLAYBACK FUNCTIONALITY IS
ALREADY RESIDENT ON THE USERS MACHINE (i.e. AOL does t install this on a
members machine.) The user must be running WMP 7.0 (or above) in order to invoke
this functionality. Operating systems that have native support for this
functionality are Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, 2000 and XP. A user of standard
Windows 98 will also have this support if they independently chose to download a
Windows Media Player.
*Notes:
1. When the media format is supported by
both WinAmp and RealPlayer, WinAmp shall be the default player.
2. While Real is capable of playing Windows
Media formats, it requires the Auto Update functionality in the Real Player for
this player to be used. Auto Update is t available to AOL Members for Real
8.
AOL Media Player's Supported
Plugins
Currently the AOL Media Player Supports the
following plugins:
| Real Player Video/Audio 8 |
| Winamp 2.6.1 |
*Note:
Regardless of encoding software used, please make sure your settings are not accidentally defaulted to Real 9.
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