| Introduction | xi |
| Acknowledgments | xv |
| About the Authors | xvi |
| 1 | I Want My MP3! | 1 |
| Windows Players | 2 |
| Winamp | 2 |
| Winamp Tour | 3 |
| Tutorial 1-1 | Saving and Loading a Preset | 8 |
| Tutorial 1-1 | Retrospect | 11 |
| Winamp Plug-Ins | 11 |
| Skins | 12 |
| Tutorial 1-2 | Cross-Dressing with Winamp Skins | 12 |
| Tutorial 1-2 | Retrospect | 16 |
| Sonique | 16 |
| The Navigation Console | 16 |
| Sonique Retrospect | 24 |
| MusicMatch Jukebox 3.0 | 24 |
| The Jukebox | 24 |
| More Jukebox Functions | 26 |
| Honorable Mentions | 26 |
| Unreal Player | 27 |
| Windows Media Player | 28 |
| FreeAmp | 29 |
| Macintosh | 30 |
| MacAmp | 30 |
| Other Mac Players | 32 |
| Chapter Retrospect | 33 |
| Coming Up ... | 33 |
| 2 | Finding and Playing MP3s | 35 |
| Finding MP3 Action on the Web | 36 |
| MP3.com | 36 |
| MusicMatch | 38 |
| GoodNoise | 38 |
| PlatinumCD.com | 39 |
| MP3 Search Engines | 39 |
| Creating a Playlist | 40 |
| The Playlist Tutorials | 41 |
| Tutorial 2-1 | Creating a Winamp Playlist | 41 |
| Tutorial 2-1 | Retrospect | 45 |
| Tutorial 2-2 | Creating a MacAmp Playlist | 45 |
| Tutorial 2-2 | Retrospect | 49 |
| Before We Move On | 49 |
| File Management | 50 |
| Tutorial 2-3 | Utilizing the MMJB 3.0 Music Library | 50 |
| Tutorial 2-3 | Retrospect | 53 |
| Archiving | 54 |
| Iomega | 54 |
| Going to CD | 54 |
| Adaptec Toast (Mac) | 55 |
| Adaptec Easy CD Creator | 55 |
| SHOUTcast | 56 |
| Tutorial 2-4 | Using SHOUTcast | 56 |
| Tutorial 2-4 | Retrospect | 58 |
| Bookmarking a SHOUTcast | 58 |
| One More SHOUT ... | 59 |
| Coming Up ... | 59 |
| 3 | Making MP3s | 61 |
| Sound Quality | 62 |
| File Resolution | 62 |
| The Tools | 63 |
| Tutorial 3-1 | Ripping with Audiograbber | 63 |
| Tutorial 3-1 | Retrospect | 68 |
| Tutorial 3-2 | Encoding with Audiograbber | 68 |
| Tutorial 3-2 | Retrospect | 72 |
| Tutorial 3-3 | Ripping with BIAS Peak 2.0 | 73 |
| Tutorial 3-3 | Retrospect | 76 |
| Tutorial 3-4 | Encoding with MPecker (Mac) | 77 |
| Tutorial 3-4 | Retrospect | 79 |
| Tag Editing | 80 |
| Tutorial 3-5 | The MacAmp Tag Editor | 80 |
| Tutorial 3-5 | Retrospect | 82 |
| Tutorial 3-6 | Tag Editing with Winamp | 82 |
| Tutorial 3-6 | Retrospect | 84 |
| The Mercedes of Tag Editors | 84 |
| Chapter Retrospect | 85 |
| 4 | All-in-One Tutorials: Ripping and Encoding | 87 |
| Tutorial 4-1 | AudioCatalyst 1.5 for Windows | 88 |
| Tutorial 4-1 | Retrospect | 93 |
| Toolbar Tour | 96 |
| Ripping or Encoding | 97 |
| Final Thoughts on AudioCatalyst | 98 |
| Tutorial 4-2 | AudioCatalyst 1.0 for the Mac | 98 |
| Tutorial 4-2 | Retrospect | 102 |
| And the Verdict Is ... | 107 |
| Tutorial 4-3 | MusicMatch Jukebox 3.0 (Windows) | 108 |
| Tutorial 4-3 | Retrospect | 114 |
| The Music Library | 115 |
| Saving the Database | 116 |
| The Bottom Line ... | 117 |
| Chapter Retrospect | 117 |
| Coming Up ... | 118 |
| 5 | Portable MP3 | 119 |
| Rio | 120 |
| Truth Versus Rumor | 120 |
| Tutorial 5-1 | Navigating Rio | 121 |
| Tutorial 5-1 | Retrospect | 126 |
| Tutorial 5-2 | Rio and MusicMatch Jukebox | 127 |
| Tutorial 5-2 | Retrospect | 130 |
| More Portable Players | 132 |
| VaroMan Plus | 132 |
| MPMan | 133 |
| MPlayer 3 | 134 |
| Yepp | 135 |
| Auto MP3 with Empeg | 137 |
| PDAs and More | 137 |
| The MP3 Home Stereo | 137 |
| One Last Thought ... | 138 |
| Coming Up ... | 138 |
| 6 | MP3 for Musicians | 139 |
| Tutorial 6-1 | New Artist Registration | 140 |
| Tutorial 6-1 | Retrospect | 145 |
| Tutorial 6-2 | Uploading an MP3 | 146 |
| Tutorial 6-2 | Retrospect | 151 |
| Making Some DAM Money | 153 |
| Tutorial 6-3 | DAM Music for the Masses | 153 |
| Tutorial 6-3 | Retrospect | 155 |
| Checking Your Stats | 155 |
| MP3.com Artist Profiles | 157 |
| Michael E. Williams, "The Best Is Yet to Come" | 158 |
| Chuck E. Baby and the Allstars | 160 |
| Before We Go | 165 |
| 7 | Competition and Coalitions | 167 |
| The Competition | 168 |
| AAC | 168 |
| a2b music | 169 |
| Madison | 170 |
| Liquid Audio | 171 |
| MP4 | 173 |
| Microsoft | 176 |
| RealAudio | 176 |
| Sony | 177 |
| Twin VQ/VQF | 178 |
| Coalitions | 179 |
| SDMI | 179 |
| Genuine Music Coalition | 180 |
| Looking Forward | 181 |
| 8 | The World According to MP3 | 183 |
| Catch a Wave! | 183 |
| What Does MP3 Do? | 184 |
| The Developers of MP3 | 184 |
| Not Quite CD-Quality | 185 |
| The Journey | 186 |
| The Truth About Encoding | 188 |
| Decoding | 189 |
| What Is MPEG-7? | 189 |
| Believe It When You Hear It | 190 |
| Before We Go | 190 |
| 9 | The Legalities of MP3 | 191 |
| Your Rights | 192 |
| Enforcement | 193 |
| Legislation | 194 |
| The Home Recording Act | 194 |
| Digital Performance Right in Sound Recording Act of 1995 | 194 |
| The Digital Millennium Copyright Act | 195 |
| And Then Came WIPO | 195 |
| Pirate Web Sites | 196 |
| Internet Radio | 197 |
| ASCAP | 198 |
| BMI | 198 |
| Total Base Cost | 198 |
| An Inexpensive Option | 198 |
| Music on Demand | 199 |
| OPM | 200 |
| In Search of MP3 | 201 |
| One Last Thought | 201 |
| Glossary | 203 |
| Appendix | MP3.COM Artist Agreement | 207 |
| Index | 213 |
