October 7th, 1999

[5:00 PM] Makers Of PageSpinner Release Preview Release Of MP3 Player

Optima Systems, the maker of the HTML editor PageSpinner, have joined the MP3 crowd with the preview release of SoundSpinner MP3. SoundSpinner MP3 is a full featured MP3 player. According to Optima Systems:

"We are happy to announce the first public release of SoundSpinner MP3" said Jerry Aman, president of Optima System. SoundSpinner MP3 is an Audio player and Album manager for QuickTime 4 that plays files in the popular MP3 format plus music and sounds in AIFF, WAV, MIDI and QuickTime file formats.

SoundSpinner MP3 version 1.0 features custom searchable albums, random and sequential playing, Drag and Drop of files, folders and MP3 CD-ROMs, keyboard controls for volume and playback, support for ID3 information, conversion of tracks to small QDesign QT4 files, user selectable skins in WinAmp format and more...

System Requirements
SoundSpinner MP3 is designed for PowerPC only and uses QuickTime 4 (or better) for playing sound files. A Macintosh with a 233Mhz 603e/G3 processor, 3800 Kb free memory and Mac OS 8 or better is recommended.

The preview release of this product is a free download. The company has set pricing for the full version of SoundSpinner MP3 at US$6.95 and will be offering a bundle with PageSpinner for US$29.95. You can find more information and download links on SoundSpinner MP3 at the company's web site.

Optima Systems