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What is MP3?
MP3 is a revolutionary digital audio format developed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
and Thompson Multimedia in the late 1980s and brought to the mainstream through
the Internet in 1997. MP3 is short for MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group)
Layer - 1 , the group that help make MP3 an international standard.
MP3 is a compressed audio format that allows for smaller file sizes with similar
sound quality to PCM WAV format, the format found on normal music CDs you would
buy in a store.
MP3 is a type of audio codec where processed by significant compression from the
original audio source with very little loss in sound quality. The compression up
to 12:1 produces a very little degradation. Tighter compression can be achieved,
but it will effect in sound degradation results.
To obtain certain compression, we must adjust the bit rates. The standart bit
rates (near cd quality result) is 128 or 112 kbit/s. Many people claim that
low-rate MP3 files sound better than Real Audio files with similar bit rates.
The advantage of MP3 is that it can be broken up into pieces, and each piece is
still playable. The feature that makes this possible (headerless file format)
also means that MP3 files can be made to stream across the net real-time
(assuming the playback bitrate and speed of the Internet connection are
compatible).
The popularity of MP3 comes from its practical uses. Music tracks in WAV format
are extremely large in file size, averaging around 50MB in size. Since it is so
large, it is not practical to send WAV files through email or offer them for
download on the Internet. MP3, however, compresses WAV audio on average of 10 to
12 times smaller than the original size. The result is audio tracks around 3 to
4 MB in size, perfect for downloading and sending through the Internet. Thus,
custom MP3 format CDs can be created with 10 to 12 times the amount of tracks of
a normal 12-15 track audio CD, producing CDs with over 100 tracks easily. The
format is also popular for turning your PC into a jukebox of hundreds or
thousands of songs or loading them into a portable mp3 player and taking your
music collection wherever you want.

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