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A digital media player and library application which is meant for playing audio, video and also viewing images on personal computer is Windows Media Player. As the name suggests, it has been developed by Microsoft. Windows Media Player runs on the Microsoft Windows operating system and is also Pocket PC and Windows Mobile. This software tool has the ability to rip music from and also copying music to compact discs can be done with building Audio CDs in discs which are recordable, synchronizing content with a digital audio player (MP3 player) and other mobile devices. It also enables the users for purchasing or renting music from a number of online music stores. It has replaced earlier software called Media Player and has features which are beyond the simple music or audio playback. Windows Media Player has innumerable features. It allows the user for connecting, sharing, and syncing data with a handheld portable device and game consoles, has playback of audio, video and pictures together with fast forward and reverse facilities. Supporting the local playback, streaming playback it helps in progressive downloads. A number of versions have been released under Windows Media Player; the latest to go is Windows Media Player 11 with which an improved support for Direct X was introduced. It has offered new great ways of storing and enjoying the music, videos, and pictures and also recorded TV. The unique and simple design will bring your digital entertainer a new look. You ca enjoy with this version no matter wherever you go.

Winamp, which is a subsidiary of Timer Warner, is a media player with a restricted use. It was written by Nullsoft and is a multi-format freeware or shareware. Justin Frankel first released this software tool in 1997 and presently its development is credited to Ben Allison, Will Fisher, Taber Buhl, Maksim Tyrtyshny, Chris Edwards and Stephen (Tag) Loomis. The minimalist version of Winamp, WinAMP 0.20a was released on April 21, 1997 as a freeware. On March 31 in 1998, the 1.90 Version of Winamp was released with the general purpose of audio playing and was documented on the website winamp.com as a support for plugins including the two input plugins MOD and MP3 and also a visualization plugin. By now Winamp has released many versions like 1.90, 2.0, 2.10, 3 and 5.

Winamp 5 has come with three versions, which are ‘Lite’, ‘Full’ and ‘Pro’. The ‘Pro’ version requires registration and has features of unlimited speed music ripping and CD burning and MP3 encoding. Support for the iPod synchronization is done from the version 5.2. On the tenth anniversary of its first release, the 5.5 version of Winamp was released which has features like album art support, improved localization support, unified player and also a media library. The Windows 9x can support this version. Together with MP3, Winamp supports music file formats like MIDI, MOD, MPEG-1, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV and Windows Media Audio. Winamp can also play and import music from audio CDs and can burn music to CDs. From 33 million users in February 2005 Winamp grew to over 57 million users.