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's line as of 2014. From left to right:,,. A portable media player ( PMP) or digital audio player ( DAP) is a portable device capable of storing and playing such as audio, images, and video files. The data is typically stored on a CD, DVD, BD,,,. Most portable media players are equipped with a 3.5 mm, which users can plug into, or connect to a or system.

In contrast, analogue play music from non-digital media that use storage, such as. Often mobile digital audio players are marketed and sold as 'portable MP3 players', even if they also support other and media types. Increasing sales of and have led to a decline in sales of portable media players, leading to most devices being phased out, though flagship devices like the and are still in production. Portable DVD/BD players are still manufactured by brands across the world. This article focuses on portable devices that have the main function of playing media. See also: The immediate predecessor in the market place of the digital audio player was the and prior to that, the. In particular, 's and are the ancestors of digital audio players such as 's.

IXI [ ] British scientist invented the first digital audio player, which he called the. His 1979 prototypes were capable of approximately one hour of audio playback but did not enter commercial production. His UK patent application was not filed until 1981 and was issued in 1985 in the UK and 1987 in the US. However, in 1988 Kramer's failure to raise the £60,000 required to renew the patent meant it entering the public domain, but he still owns the designs. Hired Kramer as a consultant and presented his work as an example of in the field of digital audio players during their litigation with almost two decades later. In 2008 Apple acknowledged Kramer as the Inventor of the Digital audio player AT&T FlashPAC [ ].

AT&T FlashPAC Digital Audio Player In 1996 AT&T developed the FlashPAC digital audio player which initially used AT&T (PAC) for music compression, but in 1997 switched to AAC. At about the same time AT&T also developed an internal Web based music streaming service that had the ability to download music to FlashPAC. AAC and such music downloading services later formed the foundation for the Apple iPod and iTunes. SaeHan/Eiger MPMan [ ] The first portable MP3 player was launched in 1997 by, which sold its “' player in Asia in spring 1998. Kniga prostore i ponyatnoe programmirovanie v codesys.

In mid-1998, the South Korean company licensed the players for North American distribution to Eiger Labs, which rebranded them as the EigerMan F10 and F20. The flash-based players were available in 32 MB or 64 MB (6 or 12 songs) storage capacity and had a LCD screen to tell the user the song currently playing. The Audible Player [ ] The first production-volume portable digital audio player was The Audible Player (also known as MobilePlayer, or Digital Words To Go) from available for sale in January 1998, for US$200. It only supported playback of digital audio in Audible's proprietary, low-bitrate format which was developed for spoken word recordings.

Capacity was limited to 4 MB of internal flash memory, or about 2 hours of play, using a custom rechargeable battery pack. The unit had no display and rudimentary controls. Diamond Rio [ ]. Main article: The from was introduced in September 1998, a few months after the MPMan, and also featured a 32 MB storage capacity. It was a success during the holiday season, with sales exceeding expectations. Interest and investment in digital music were subsequently spurred from it.