Application
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Version
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Date
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Size
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Description
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Status
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RealAudio Player for Windows 95
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3.0 Official Release
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12/17/96
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770 K
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The most popular real time
audio app goes 32-bit. Allows you to listen to audio in real time across
the internet with no downloading required. For more info and registration,
check out the RealAudio Home Page.
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Freeware
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Quicktime
Plug-in
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1.1 Official Release
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12/15/96
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203 K
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Allows you to view quicktime
movies (.MOV) in your Web Browser. For more info, check out the Quicktime
Home Page.
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Freeware
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Crescendo Plug-in
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2.3
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12/3/96
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1192 K
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Quite simply, it is a Plug-in
for Internet Explorer/ Netscape Navigator browsers that lets you listen
to background music as you browse a web site. Of course, that depends on
the site actually designing background music into its pages. For more info,
check out the Crescendo
Home Page.
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Free beta
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VDO
Live for Windows95
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2.1
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12/2/96
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943 KB
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Multimedia plug-in for playing
real-time audio and video files. For more info, check out the VDO
Live Home Page.
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Freeware
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ToolVox for Netscape
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2.0
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9/22/96
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1000 K
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Get high quality audio feeds inline over the Web. It has very good
quality sound even over a slow connection because it uses 53:1 compression.
Use any server to server the audio. For more info, check out the ToolVox
Home Page.
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Free beta
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VDO Live 32
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2.0
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9/20/96
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584K
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Live video streaming player
for the Internet, even over low bandwith. Forget the ISDN lines with this
one. Requires at least a 486 DX2 / 66MHz, 8MB RAM, an Internet connection
of 14.4 kbps or higher. For more info, check out the VDO
Live 32 Home Page.
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Freeware
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Crescendo
ActiveX for Internet Explorer
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2.2 beta 4
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9/1/96
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700 K
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Quite simply, it is a ActiveX
control that lets you listen to background music as you browse a web site.
Of course, that depends on the site actually designing background music
into its pages. For more info, check out the Crescendo
Home Page.
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Free beta
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MidPlug
for Netscape
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2.0 Beta 1
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8/20/96
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1.1 MB
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MIDPLUG is a Yamaha plug-in for Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet
Explorer. MIDPLUG features a Yamaha "Soft Synthesizer" which
makes it easy to enhance web pages with high-quality music. It has MIDI
file playback, stop, tempo adjustment, and transposition and well as 128
GM-compatible voices, 8 drum kits, reverb, and 32-note simultaneous polyphony.
For more info, check out the MidPlug
Home Page.
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Freeware
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Mirage
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1.0
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8/4/96
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1.7 MB
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Strata's Mirage plug-in to Netscape allows browsers to view MediaForge
movies or titles anywhere in the world via the Web. For more info, check
out the Mirage
Home Page.
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Freeware
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Vosaic
ActiveX Control for Internet Explorer 3.0
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1.0
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8/3/96
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XX
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Real time streaming of video means you don't have to wait for the whole
video to be downloaded before being able to watch it. Vosaic's Video Datagram
Protocol intelligently adapts to the available network bandwidth and CPU
power on your machine, providing the best possible video transmission under
the circumstances. For more info, check out the Vosaic
Home Page.
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Freeware
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OLiVER
Plug-in
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1.0B61
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7/25/96
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250 K
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Using the OLiVR viewer, you
can view streamed, instantly-interactive movies which have been optimized
for the current Internet connection infrastructure. For more info, check
out the OLiVER Home Page.
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Freeware
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CoolTalk
for Netscape
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Beta 6 7/24 Release
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7/11/96
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2.1 MB
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CoolTalk is a realtime audio
and data collaboration tool specifically designed for the Internet. Users
can enhance interpersonal communications and avoid long distance phone
charges.
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Fully functional evaluation
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Emblaze
Plug-in
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1.6b
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7/21/96
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356 K
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A software based technology, allows any animation to be displayed at
a rate of 12 to 24 frames per second at a 1 to 1.5 Kbs line quality, in
256 colors using a standard 14.4 Kbps modem while browsing through the
W.W.W. (World Wide Web) at a quality visual image comparable to that of
a Simpson's cartoon. For more info and registration, check out the Emblaze
Home Page.
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Freeware
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Vivo
for Netscape & IE 3.0 Beta 2
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1.0
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7/18/96
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675 KB
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A plug-in that allows for real-time streaming of video across the web.
Vivo uses HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP), the same protocol used to
deliver ordinary Web text and image files. For more info, check the Vivo
Home Page.
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Freeware
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TrueSpeech Plugin
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3.20b
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7/17/96
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876 K
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Like RealAudio, allows you to listen to audio in real time with no
downloading required. As you would expect, it works best with at least
a 28.8 connection. For more info, check out True
Speech Internet.
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Freeware
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PreVU
for Netscape
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1.0
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7/16/96
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681 KB
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An excellent plug-in for Netscape
that allows the real-time viewing of embedded or downloading(ed) MPEG files.
Displays the movie as it's being downloaded, and thus allows for embedded
MPEG movies to be placed on your web page. For more info, check out the
InterVU Home Page.
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Free Beta
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Steaming
VideoGram for Netscape
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1.0
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7/14/96
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1 MB
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A "streaming" plug-in for Alaris VideoGrams. Videogram technology
from Alaris allows you to produce highly compressed video files that can
be downloaded from the Internet or sent via email. You can fit a 60 second
video onto a single 3.5 inch floppy. For more info, check the Steaming
VideoGram Home Page.
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Freeware
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CineWeb
for Netscape
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1.0
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7/8/96
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1082 K
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With CineWeb, you can view movies in real-time without waiting for
a lengthy download to complete. Using Digigami's JetStream technology,
all movie formats, including QuickTime, Video for Windows, Autodesk (FLIC)
Animation, and MPEG, can be viewed as they are being downloaded. For more
info, check out the CineWeb Home Page.
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Freeware
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Cha
Cha for Netscape
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1.0 Beta
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6/20/96
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1.9 MB
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ChaCha is a technology demonstration of a streaming audio plug-in from
IBM Research that allows you to play streaming audio over the Internet.
For more info and registration, check out the Cha
Cha for Netscape Home Page.
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Freeware
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Worldgroup
for Netscape
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2.0 final
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5/11/96
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3 MB
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A netscape plug-in the supports real-time video conferencing over the
'Net. On-line fax-back services, questionnaires with graphed results and
more! For more info, check out the Galacticomm
Home Page.
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Freeware
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EchoSpeech
for Netscape
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1.2
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5/5/96
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35 K
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A plug-in that compresses speech over the Internet. For more info,
check out the EchoSpeech Home Page.
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Freeware
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TEC Player for Netscape
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0.5.0
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5/2/96
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68 K
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The TEC Player is a QuickTime movie player plug-in for Netscape browsers.
For more info, check out the TEC
Player Home Page.
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Shareware
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Action
for Netscape
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beta
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4/15/96
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1.3 MB
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A Netscape 2.0 plug-in that plays MPEG video "on demand"
(i.e. it streams it so there is no downloading required). With anything
less than a T1 you won't get audio. However, you can capture the movie
and play it later for increased performance. For more info, check out the
Action Home Page.
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Rapid
Transit for Netscape
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1.0 beta
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4/14/96
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115 KB
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RapidTransit is a new compression scheme for the World Wide Web that
will allow servers to provide you with full 16 bit, 44.1 KHz CD quality
sound at compression rates of 20:1 or better. For more info, check out
the Rapid Transit Home Page.
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Freeware
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MovieStar
Plug-in for Netscape
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1.0a3
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3/4/96
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24 K
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MovieStar is a compact Netscape
plug-in for Windows 95 that lets you view QuickTime movies embedded in
any World Wide Web page. Although several plug-ins are already available
for viewing QuickTime movies, the MovieStar plug-in is unique in that it
allows you to view QuickTime data in a "streaming" format. You
must have Quicktime for Windows95.
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Freeware
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Cool
Fusion for Netscape
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Beta 6
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2/27/96
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474 KB
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Get full-speed, full motion video decompression with this Netscape
Plug-in. For more info, check out the Iterated
Systems Home Page.
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Freeware
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