Media Player

Media Player
Media Player in Progressbar XB
Availability	Progressbar 1 onward except Chitown BAR/X and BarOS 9 onward
Use	Listen to the included songs of the game

The Media Player is a Progressbar and a BarOS program that plays music. It resembles:

• Winamp (Progressbar 95 after S Blast to Progressbar Nepbar after S Blast)
• Windows Media Player (Progressbar 95 before S Blast, Progressbar Whisper to Progressbar 81)
• Groove Music (Progressbar 10 to Progressbar 11.22)
• iTunes (BarOS 9 to BarOS 10.III, BAR/X and H@ckgresh)
• Apple Music (BarOS 11 to BarOS 13)

The application itself is named differently in different systems.

• In Progressbar 1 and 2, it is called PB Speaker (referring to the PC speaker).
• In all Progressbar systems starting from Progressbar 1 (except Progressbar Chitown and Largehorn) and all server systems, it is called Media Player (judging by the text of the Media Player shortcut).
• In Progressbar 95 to 2000, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server, it is called Progamp (based on Winamp).
• In BarOS 9 and onwards, BAR/X and H@ckgresh, it is called PB Jams (based on SoundJam MP, which was renamed to iTunes in 2001).
• In BarOS 11 and onwards, it is called PB Music (based on Apple Music, judging by the titlebar of the Media Player in aforementioned systems).
• In Progressbar Nepbar, it is called Music (on the foreground menu).

New versions of the songs are unlocked by playing a special game mode in which all of the segments collected must be blue. This game mode has different names in different releases of Progressbar.

• In Progressbar 95 to 98 and NOT 4.0 Server, it is called ProgressBarster (a parody of Napster).
• In Progressbar Meme to Nepbar and 2000 Server, it is called ProgressBarella (a parody of Gnutella).
• In Progressbar Whisper to Wista, Server 2002 and Server 2005, it is called ProgressBaZaA (a parody of KaZaA).
• In Progressbar 7, 81, Server 2007 and Server 2081 it is called PBTunes (a parody of iTunes).
• In Progressbar 10 onwards and Server 2011 onwards it is called PBStream.

Tracks

Regular themes

There are six different variations of the Progressbar95 theme:

• the Speaker version - unlocked from the start of the game
  • This theme is available in all Progressbar systems with a Media Player until the low quality MIDI version is unlocked; afterwards, it is available in Progressbar 1 and 2, and also from Whisper onwards and Server 2002 onwards.
  • For iOS Users
  • Soundcloud
  • Developer video

• the low quality MIDI version - unlocked from the Cow-ox Thing sound card
  • Once unlocked, this theme is available in all Progressbar systems starting from Progressbar 95 until the high quality MIDI version is unlocked; afterwards, it is available in Progressbar 3.14 and NOT 3.60.
  • For iOS Users
  • Soundcloud

• the high quality MIDI version - unlocked from the PbLib Y1238 sound card
  • Once unlocked, this theme is available in Progressbar versions starting from Progressbar 95, BarOS 11 onward, all server systems and BAR/X. It also plays when the Progresstein3d game mode starts.
  • For iOS Users

• the LQ (low quality, 96 Kbps) version - unlocked from the S Blast I sound card
  • Once unlocked, this theme is available in all Progressbar systems starting from Progressbar 95 and all server systems until the HQ version is unlocked; afterwards, it is available in Progressbar Whisper to Wista, Server 2002 and Server 2005. After unlocking S Blast, Progamp is unlocked in Progressbar 95 to Nepbar, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server.
  • For iOS Users
  • Soundcloud

• the HQ (high quality, 128 Kbps) version - unlocked by completing a special game mode, which can be played after getting the S Blast sound card
  • Once unlocked, this theme is available in Progressbar 95 onwards (excluding Whisper to Wista), all server systems and BarOS 9 onward.
  • For iOS Users

• the Remix - unlocked by completing the special game mode after unlocking Progressbar 81
  • Once unlocked, this theme is available in Progressbar 81 onwards, Progressbar Server 2081 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards. For some reason, it is included in Progressbar Whisper onwards when the Carol of the Bells music is available.
  • For iOS Users
  • Soundcloud

Special themes

In addition, there is 1 special track in the game:

• Carol of the Bells - available during winter holidays.
  • This theme is mainly played during the winter holidays (since 2021) and it was available on all systems (excluding PB-DOS Shell to Progressbar Chitown and Bar System 1 to BarOS 10.III).
  • For iOS Users

Track names

While there are only a few music themes, their names can vary from system to system.

In-app titles

• Gemfire - PB95 (from Progressbar 95 to Nepbar, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server, and BarOS 9 onwards)
• Gemfire - Progressbar_95_theme (from BarOS 9 to 10.III)
• Gemfire - Progressbar_95_theme.midi (from Progressbar 95 to Nepbar, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server)
• Gemfire - Progressbar95_themeHQ.mp3 (from Progressbar 95 to Nepbar, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server and BarOS 9 onwards, when high quality is unlocked)
• Gemfire - Progressbar95 (from Progressbar Whisper, XB and Server 2002)
• Gemfire - Progressbar 95 [Speaker] (from Progressbar Whisper onwards, Server 2002 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• Gemfire - Progressbar 95 theme [midi] (from Progressbar Whisper onwards, Server 2002 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• Gemfire - Progressbar 95 theme (from BarOS 11 onwards)
• Gemfire - Progressbar 95 [HQ] (from Progressbar Largehorn onwards, Server 2005 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• Gemfire - Progressbar 95 [Remix] (from Progressbar 81 onwards, Server 2081 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• Viepard - Shchedryk/Carol of the Bells (special)

File names

• PB95.MIDI (from Progressbar 1 to 3.14)
• PB95_theme.midi (in BAR/X)
• pb_theme_pc_speaker (from Progressbar Whisper onwards, Server 2002 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• pb_theme_midi (from Progressbar Whisper onwards, Server 2002 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• pb_theme_mp3_low (from Progressbar Whisper to Wista, Server 2002 and Server 2005)
• pb_theme_mp3 (from Progressbar 7 onwards, Server 2007 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• pb_theme_mp3remix (from Progressbar 81 onwards, Server 2081 onwards, and BarOS 11 onwards)
• viepard_carol (Carol of the Bells soundtrack)

Gallery

Progressbar

Progressbar 1

Progressbar 2

Progressbar 3.14

Progressbar NOT 3.60

Progressbar 95 to Nepbar, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server (before S Blast I)

Progressbar 95 to Nepbar, NOT 4.0 Server and 2000 Server (after S Blast I)

Progressbar Whisper

Progressbar XB

Progressbar Server 2002

Progressbar Largehorn

Progressbar Wista

Progressbar Server 2005

Progressbar 7

Progressbar Server 2007

Progressbar 81

Progressbar Server 2081

Progressbar 10

Progressbar Server 2011

Progressbar 1X and 11

Progressbar Server 201X

Progressbar Server 2021

Progressbar 11.22

Progressbar Server 2023

BarOS

BAR/X

BarOS 9

BarOS 10, 10.II and H@ckgresh

BarOS 10.III

BarOS 11 and 12

BarOS 13

BarOS 14

Icons

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14

Trivia

• Despite the song having a .midi file extension in Progressbar 1 to NOT 3.60, it is actually an .mp3 file.
• Some versions of the theme song are actually encoded differently compared to their estimate in the game.
  • The high quality version of the theme song is actually encoded in 89kbps, instead of 128kbps.
  • The low quality version of the theme song is actually encoded in 87kbps, instead of 96kbps.
• The song with the highest bit rate is the theme played in Progressbar 1 and 2 at 92kbps.
• In Progressbar Wista to 81 and Server 2005 to Server 2081, the icon is based on the Windows Media Player 11 and 12 icon.
• In Progressbar 1 to NOT 3.60, the icon is an audio tape.
• Media Player doesn't exist in PB-DOS Shell, Progressbar Chitown and in BarOS until BarOS 9, although Progressbar Chitown has unused icons for Media Player.
• The Media Players in BarOS 11 and onwards also include a cover art of the music theme.
  • Since the "Carol of the Bells" theme got added to the game, when you press the track in BarOS 11 and onwards' Media Player it changes the cover art.
• The icon of PB Jams in BarOS 9 is a Cathorse wearing headphones (a reference to the SoundJam MP icon).
• In Progressbar 10 onwards and Server 2011 onwards, the Media Player is based on the dark theme of Microsoft Media Player (formerly Groove Music), the default music player in Microsoft Windows systems since Windows 10.
• Interestingly, Progressbar Chitown is the only Progressbar system (besides PB-DOS Shell) to not have Media Player. This is because the Media Player did not exist in 0.21.