FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

   -- CULVER CITY, CA, January 27, 2000 -- 4Front Technologies and the
   X MultiMedia System team are happy to announce the release of XMMS
   version 1.0.0. 

   XMMS is a multi-format audio player capable of playing .wav, .mod, .mid
   and .mp3 (MP3 Audio) files. 

   XMMS v1.0.0 provides the following new features: 

   Playlist: 
   Added function: remove dead files 

   Input: 
   * CD Plugin now supports CDDB, and CD Index. 
   * Another CD plugin, which can read data directly, making the sound
   available for Effect and Visualization plugins. It also supports CDDB. 
   * mpg123 plugin now handles compressed id3 frames. 

   Output: 
   * OSS plugin got a much better and faster resampling routine. 
   * Setting for adjusting master volume instead of pcm volume. 

   Gui: 
   * New shortkey, ctrl-n for "No Playlist Advance" 
   * XMMS can now be made "sticky" 
   * The Equalizer and Playlist don't show up in GNOME/KDE's task list anymore.
   * Reload skin shortkey (F5) 

   Misc: 
   * wmxmms can now hide/show main and playlist window by pressing right
   or middle mousebutton. Wheelmouse changes volume. 
   * New plugin.h file which allows closed source plugins. 
   * Option to set the speed of the mousewheel. 
   * Playlist files are now recognized by content in addition to suffix. 
   * Added Fullscreen support for visualization plugins. (in libxmms) 
   * Added DGA support to fullscreen. 
   * Added xmms-config command. 
   * XMMS now handles winamp's .wsz skin files. 

   The new plugin API is released under an "artistic license" similar to BSD or
   MIT/XFree license which has provisions for proprietary plugins. "We expect
   a number of companies to start developing commercial plugins for XMMS",
   said Dev Mazumdar, the president of 4Front Technologies. An example of
   one such successful commercial plugin is the iQ for XMMS jointly
   developed by QSound Labs, 4Front Technologies and the XMMS
   developemt team. 

   XMMS is released under the GNU Public License and has been widely
   hailed as one of the best multimedia applications for Linux. 

   ABOUT 4FRONT TECHNOLOGIES: 
   4Front is a privately held company with development facilities in California,
   Finland and Sweden. 4Front's main focus is on developing audio solutions
   for the UNIX and embedded Systems marketplace. Open Sound System
   has become the "de-facto" audio API that is now distributed with Linux and
   FreeBSD kernel sources and licensed by companies like SCO, Wind River
   Systems and endorsed by SUN Microsystems. 

   Open Sound System provides a cross-platform audio API with device
   drivers for over 250 brand name sound cards from vendors like Creative
   Labs, Yamaha, Crystal Semiconductor Aureal, ESS Technologies and
   others. More information on Open Sound System and 4Front Technologies
   is available at http://www.opensound.com. 

   ABOUT X MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM: 
   The X Multimedia System (XMMS) project is developed under the GNU
   Public License (GPL) and is sponsored by 4Front Technologies. XMMS is
   a cross platform multimedia player that support MP3, Wave, CD, MOD,
   MIDI, and other digital audio and video formats. It also provides MP3
   streaming playback support over the Internet and provides visual graphics
   synchronized to sound output. It also provides complete control over GUI
   layout and design. More information on XMMS is available at
   http://www.xmms.org. 

   --XX-- 

   Copyright (C) 2000, 4Front Technologies. All rights reserved. Open Sound
   System is a trade mark of 4Front Technologies XMMS and X MultiMedia
   System is a trade mark of 4Front Technologies Linux is a registered trade
   mark of Linus Torvalds UNIX is a registered trade mark of X/Open
   Company Ltd. All other trade marks that appear in this document are
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