MP3 For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

MP3 For Dummies, 2nd Edition covers all the essentials you need to know to find, download, create, share, save, and hear MP3 files. You2ll find out about the enhanced features of the new release of MusicMatch Jukebox as well as the newest portable and home stereo MP3 players. This and updated edition also covers the newest features on MP3.com as well as coverage of the "bad boys" of MP3 -- notably the Napster file swapping service. The book2s CD includes MP3 players -- MusicMatch Jukebox and WinAmp -- as well as a sampling of free MP3 files to test out.

Author Biography

Andy Rathbone is an amateur musician and the author of more than 40 For Dummies books, including the bestselling computer book of all time, Windows 95 For Dummies.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Part I: What's MP3 and How Do I Use It? 7(32)
Just Get Me Going!
9(10)
Turing Your Computer into an MP3 Machine
19(20)
Part II: Downloading and Playing MP3 Files from the Internet 39(120)
Finding the Best Free MP3 Files
41(14)
Downloading MP3 Files from the Internet
55(22)
Swapping or Swiping: Napster, Napigator, Gnutella, BearShare, and Aimster
77(20)
Playing MP3 Files on Your Computer and Home Stereo
97(24)
Choosing and Using MP3 Players
121(18)
Listening To or Setting Up an MP3 Radio Station
139(20)
Part III: Creating Your Own MP3 Files 159(50)
Ripping Songs from a CD, Album, TV, Radio, Tape, or Microphone
161(14)
Completing the MP3 File with an Encoder
175(8)
MusicMatch's All-in-One Software: From CD to MP3
183(20)
Saving MP3 Songs on a CD
203(6)
Part IV: MP3s for the Musician 209(56)
Why Bother with MP3s?
211(10)
Composing Songs for MP3
221(14)
Musician's Guide to Turning Songs into MP3s
235(10)
Making Money from Your MP3s
245(20)
Part V: The Part of Tens 265(32)
The Ten Best MP3 Sites
267(8)
Ten Ways MP3 Helps Musicians
275(4)
The Ten Most Useful MP3 Utilities
279(4)
Ten Things to Know about Copyrights
283(4)
(Almost) Ten Rumors about MP3
287(6)
Ten Quick Ways to Use MP3
293(4)
Part VI: Appendixes 297(26)
Appendix A: About the CD
299(18)
Appendix B: Glossary
317(6)
Index 323(16)
Hungry Minds, Inc. End-User License Agreement 339(2)
Installation Instructions 341

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