MAD is an input plugin mp3 decoder. You can find the plugin, as well as more info about it at the following link. I found it at the following link. http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/ I have yet to try it out with a lower version of Winamp, just to see if it might be more compatible, but as I said, I think you will like the sound of it. At 03:08 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote: >What is the mad plug-in? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry Higgins" <lhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: "Winamp For The Blind" <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:51 PM >Subject: Got the MAD plugin working, and it's great! > > >Listers, > >All I can say is this. If you haven't tried this thing, I think you're in >for a big surprise. It really comes across with a lot of detail that I >haven't gotten from even the Thomas mp4 decoder, and that one isn't too >bad. However, I think the MAD decoder has not only greater overall detail, >but a much cleaner and smoother sound. > >Once I took the nulsoft input plugin out of the winamp\plugins folder, and >set MAD up for 16 bit, this thing sounded like a million bucks. It may not >have been compatible with Winamp 3, but it sure works well with 5. > >I may try running it with one of the older versions, but at this point, I >don't know how much better it could sound. > >Would like to hear what some of you think of it. > >Larry > > >To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: >winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the >subject line. > Archives located at: >//www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or >the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. >Instead, please contact >the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: >winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the >subject line. > Archives located at: >//www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or >the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. >Instead, please contact >the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. Instead, please contact the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx