Interestingly, it looks like Fraunhofer (much to its later regret) released the first real-time MP3 player (didn't have to be decompressed first) in 1995: https

Interestingly, it looks like Fraunhofer (much to its later regret) released the first real-time MP3 player (didn't have to be decompressed first) in 1995: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinPlay3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinPlay3 ... the only option until Nullsoft's 'WinAmp' came out in 1997.