In what year could home computers play real music?

In what year exactly was the technology invented that allowed computers to play music (mp3?)

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The first mp3 encoder was released to the public on July 7th 1994. The first mp3 player software (Winplay3) became available on Sept 9, 1995.

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June 1985 the first CD-ROM were released and they could play music via a 3.5mm jack socket on the front and had an analogue output to feed your sound card.

MP3 came much later and certainly wasn't the first route to playing music on a PC