Media players can usually play both audio (sound) and video files.

Streaming is simply playing files sent from an online service through your computer.

There are several software programs that can play audio files on demand.

It also has a speaker and can play sound files at sampling rates up to 8 kHz.

MyLink can play video and image files in select formats.

In a demonstration of the service here last week, a lightly loaded Sprint wireless network took some time to start playing audio files.

If the computer has the proper equipment and software for generating sounds, Netcruiser will automatically play sound files.

It can play files downloaded from the Internet.

The program I m using to play midi files is called Synthesia.

For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player which can only play audio files.