Initially released in 1997, JetAudio is one of the oldest extant media players for the Windows platform.Īpart from music and video playback, JetAudio offers functions such as metadata editing, CD ripping and burning, data conversion, sound recording and Internet radio broadcasting. The commercial “Plus VX” version of the application includes unlocked BBE sound enhancement algorithms and a wider file format support, as well as the ability to transcode more than 30 seconds of video files. With over 21 million total downloads, JetAudio Basic is the most downloaded application in the “music management software” category on CNET. Ī copy of JetAudio is supplied on a mini CD with every MP3 player produced by Cowon, the Korean consumer electronics manufacturer responsible for the development of the application.

The Main Window in JetAudio 8.0.17 wearing the “Default Gunmetal Grey” skin. JetAudio’s user interface has similarities to that of (earlier versions of) Winamp in that it features separate windows for e.g. Like Winamp, JetAudio can also be minimized to a toolbar (what Winamp calls “Windowshade Mode”) by pressing the “Toolbar Mode ON/OFF” button in the upper right portion of the Main Window. The interface centers around a 10-band spectrum visualization which doubles as an equalizer. The JetAudio interface comprises the following windows: 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. JetAudio comes with a number of pre-installed skins: “Default Gunmetal Grey”, “Default Silver”, “Default Silver Mini” and an older version of “Default Silver” with a potentiometer-style volume control. In addition to these, there are four skins that display the Main Window as a bar. Users are able to create their own skins using the JetAudio Skin Development Kit (SDK) available for download from the JetAudio website.

Jet audio skins