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![]() The Main Window in JetAudio 8.0.17. | |
Developer(s) | Cowon Systems, Inc. |
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Initial release | 1997; 28 years ago (1997)[1] |
Stable release | 8.1.10.22000(8 June 2023; 21 months ago (2023-06-08)) |
Platform | Microsoft Windows,Android,iOS |
Available in | 11 languages |
Type | Media player |
License | Proprietary Basic:Shareware Plus VX:Commercial |
Website | www |
JetAudio is asharewaremedia playerapplication forMicrosoftWindows andAndroid released in 1997[2] which offers playback options for a wide range ofmultimediafile formats. JetAudio is popular and well-rated for its interface, and its download count at CNET approaches 28 million downloads.[3]
JetAudio offers functions such as music and video playback,metadata editing,CDripping andburning,data conversion,sound recording, andInternet radiobroadcasting. It also includes numeroussound effects.
The commercial “Plus VX” version of the application includes unlocked sound enhancementalgorithms and a wide range of file format support, as well as the ability totranscode more than 30 seconds of video files.[4]
JetAudio’suser interface is similar to earlier versions ofWinamp in that it features separate windows for: playback, playlist and music library. Like Winamp, JetAudio can be minimized to atoolbar ( “Windowshade Mode”) by pressing the “Toolbar Mode ON/OFF” button in the upper right portion of the Main Window.
The interface includes a 10-band spectrum visualization which doubles as an equalizer. Different implementations of this spectrum visualization can be found in the Main Window, the Media Center, the Video Window, the Lyrics Viewer and the External Spectrum Viewer.
The JetAudio interface comprises the following windows:
JetAudio supports all major audio and videofile formats, including for audio:MP3,AAC,FLAC andOgg Vorbis,Monkey’s Audio,True Audio,Musepack andWavPack.
For video it supports the following formats:H.264,MPEG-4,MPEG-2,MPEG-1,WMV andOgg Theora.
JetAudio features a number of built-insound effects, including:
Like many othermedia player applications, JetAudio offers the option of displaying an animatedvisualization synchronized with music:MilkDrop, PixelTrip, Space and Synesthesia. Additional visualization plugins can be downloaded from external providers.
JetAudio has the ability to display both synchronized and unsynchronized lyrics to the music. Lyrics are displayed in the dedicated Lyrics Viewer window, along with the album art of the file and optionally a spectrum visualization.
JetAudio supports mostWinampplug-ins.
JetAudio also offers the following additional features:
On 24 May 2012 (2012-05-24), “JetAudio forAndroid,” mobile version was released.[5]
Initially, the app included the same BBE sound effects found in the desktop version of JetAudio, but these were removed in version 1.0.2 on 8 June 2012 (2012-06-08).[6]
JetAudio was first released in July 1997.[2]
JetAudio 4’s graphical user interface was designed to look like a high-powered stereo rack and installed with an on-screen equalizer and remote control.
JetAudio 5, released in 2002, saw a major overhaul of the entire user interface and added support forskins.
JetAudio 6 was released in 2004.
JetAudio 7 (now also known as Cowon Media Center) was the first version of JetAudio to include BBEsound enhancement algorithms. TheConsumers' Institute of New Zealand evaluated the Basic version and remarked that it “doesn’t have a plug-in for Firefox compatibility”, but judged the range of video and audio file formats supported as “good”.
JetAudio 8 is the first version of JetAudio to be fully compatible with Windows 7. Some of the new features in JetAudio 8 include:
The JetAudio 8.1 Preview was released for download on the JetAudio Forums on 16 November 2011 (2011-11-16). New features introduced in the Preview include:[7]
JetAudio Basic 8.1.6 was released in 2017.
TheAndroid version of JetAudio was released on 24 May 2012 (2012-05-24).[8]
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On 2 May 2011 (2011-05-02), Cowon announced the release of JetVideo,[9] amedia player program with features which partially overlap with those of JetAudio. Like JetAudio, it relies on external codecs (such as those included in theK-Lite Codec Pack) for some of its data decoding.