Yes, with MPXPLAY. You'll need a least a fast 486 as minimum for playing high bitrate MP3 files.

gonna play with it looks fun 😀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0zZpzxHSeM

mpxplayer uses spectrum analyser wont that consume cpu power ?

i tried both these files nothing happens

Mpxplay v1.65 DOS/32
Mpxplay v1.65 DOS/4G

druaga1 used this app in his netbook mp3 playback machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EMwL4QgMpQ

i dont think the spectrum analyzer would really be much of drain on top of decoding the MP3. there are command line parameters where you can disable that anyway.

1-f0 no screen output 
2-FF displays only the current playback position and the actual file name 
3-FL Displays only one row of output 
4-v Verbose mode (including media information, ID3 label information, when specifying-F0,-FF,-FL options) 
5-fe Full Screen playlist editor (no spectral simulators and browsers) 

scroeffie wrote on 2021-09-09, 15:38:

i tried both these files nothing happens

Mpxplay v1.65 DOS/32
Mpxplay v1.65 DOS/4G

How that nothing happens?

If you open MPXPLAY by default without any parameters you will get a TUI where you must find the directory where the MP3 files are located. You may also need to change the default view if you opened this way for the first time.

You also must download the DOS extender depending which version are you using such as DOS/32A or DOS/4G (this one is also on the very same site where you download MPXPLAY around "Other util" section).

i tried both are these the correct files
i unrar the files than i put the folder on C:
than i type in mpxplay.exe < does nothing maybe it doesnt work with my soundblaster pro 2 ?
does nothing i mean the program wont start nothing is happening the pc is not frozen no popping or anysound from the speakers
or maybe it doesnt work with a compact flash ?

Mpxplay DOS console portable versions
Just unpack all files from the zip to a directory and start the executable under DOS. (for Windows operating system use the above versions!)
Program name & version
Mpxplay v1.65 DOS/32
Mpxplay v1.65 DOS/4G Release date
October 4. 2020.
October 4. 2020. Download
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with DOS32A extender (inc. TCPIP by SwsSock library)
with DOS4G v2.61 extender with DLL handling and TCPIP (ftp/http)

wil try again tomorrow

i have uploaded a video nothing happens
when i remove the soundcard it says no sound card detected
when i insert the soundcard program wont start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNAtyOT-Hk

scroeffie wrote on 2021-09-09, 21:28:

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i have uploaded a video nothing happens
when i remove the soundcard it says no sound card detected
when i insert the soundcard program wont start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNAtyOT-Hk

Did you make sure that you downloaded the corresponding DOS extender?

I don't see it on the "C:\MPXP165D" path. If it is the DOS/4G version download it from this link (from MPXPLAY website) and for the DOS/32 version you can download DOS/32A here by selecting the binary distribution. You must extract DOS4G.EXE or DOS32A.EXE into the MPXPLAY path.

BTW, I suggest doing a new post instead of editing (useful if you just posted it and want to quickly correct something or add more info) for new messages to be more noticeable.

its working now after leaving the pc on for 20 min its working 🤣 wtf

Does the computer has motherboard cache installed on it? It's not normal to take 20 min for MPXPLAY to load.

yes it has ! maybe the program doesnt like compactflash cards ? or maybe its loading so slow because it doesnt like soundblaster pro 2 cards
games are loading fast no problems at all
the compact flash card is a real card not a fake from ebay or aliexpress
256mb

scroeffie wrote on 2021-09-10, 16:53:

yes it has ! maybe the program doesnt like compactflash cards ? or maybe its loading so slow because it doesnt like soundblaster pro 2 cards

Very unlikely that the SB Pro2 card is causing that, I have one of these cards installed on a old computer.

Do you also use SMARTDRV or not?

no i dont use smartdrive ,maybe the gotek is causing the problem somehow dont know its a 486 66 with amibios 256kb cache

GoTek is just a floppy emulator (I don't think that is the the problem either as I have one too but not using it). Try booting the computer without anything extra on CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT except the HIMEM.SYS, SB Pro mixer settings, BLASTER and PATH environment.

only thing i have on autoexec is the mouse and the mitsumi cd rom drive nothing else ,wil try to remove the lines just a sec

oke i removed the mouse and the cd rom player ,program takes along time to start !
it doesnt realy matter it works 😀 maybe its a bug ?

scroeffie wrote on 2021-09-10, 17:20:

it doesnt realy matter it works 😀 maybe its a bug ?

Strange... 🤔

Do you have another computer with DOS support to check this?

wil try on my pentium 1 just a sec
its faster on a pentium 1 stil takes somes time to load
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skSZd2AVy1w

Since you aren't using SMARTDRV, try increasing BUFFERS to 20 or 30 and FILES to 40 in CONFIG.SYS:

1BUFFERS=20
2FILES=40

tried that on both my p1 and 486 changes nothing before the program starts the speakers give a popping sound like 4 times
i think its a program bug or something
p1 takes about 1 min to load
486 about 7 min