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NeroPlugins updated - adds RealAudio and Shorten support

Written by Lasse Penttinen @ 22 Apr 2003 7:51 User comments (3)

NeroPlugins updated - adds RealAudio and Shorten support NeroPlugin's updated - adds RealAudio (.RM/.RA), Shorten (.SHN) support
Mausau, the developer of free Nero audio plugins, has been a busy bee. Recently the older plugins have been updated and new formats have been added. His latest work are the RealMedia / RealAudio plugin, based on the Real Helix SDK, and a plugin for the lossless Shorten audio compressor.

Currenly supported formats with Mausau's plugins:

AAC - based on libfacc/libfaad
AAC/MP4 - based on PsyTEL AAC
ASF - Windows Media
FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
MP3 - LAME MP3 encoder / decoder
MPC - MusePack
OGG - OGG Vorbis
RA/RM - Real Media
SHN - SoftSound Shorten lossless compression

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3 user comments

122.4.2003 19:25

What exactly does the RA/RM plugin do?

222.4.2003 22:10

Encodes and decodes music.

323.4.2003 03:17

If I have a previous version of Nero, do I have to pay for updating it to a version which is compatible with Mausau´s plug-ins?

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