MP3



MP3, also know as MPEG Layer 3, is a compressed audio format which take up a lot less space than that of the same wave file. MP3's sampled at 128K/s are about CD quality and ten times smaller than their respective wave. It's possible to fit hundreds of MP3's on a 650 MB whereas an audio CD is usually limited to 74 minutes. For these reasons MP3's have gained much popularity lately. In order to play one, you need a decoder aka a player. There are many MP3 players out there, my favorite of which is WinAMP. In order to create an MP3 you need an encoder such as L3enc.
Here is a large documentary on MP3 compression, which I won't bother quoting because it's so long. It goes in to great detail, though.

MP3 Links

There are several places on the Internet you can download them. Here are some pages related to MP3s:
 

MP3

Infoseek: L3enc.exe, GO32.exe, mp3 encoder
The MP3 Site Search Directory
..::[ mp3site.com ]::..
MP3.com - The mp3 resource on the internet
MP3s.com
Under Bidding...
--== Blex's Page of Good Mp3 ==--
Xing Technology Corporation
Mp3 music files download more than 500... Cd quality !!!
CBA-PH have the Music 4 U
Directory of /
MP3 Link Archive
MP3
Music Station Square

The MP3 Rock

Some of the links should have encoders and decoders.Of course MP3 sites change very frequently, so the number of links I have tends to decress; hopefully I"ll be able to replenish it sometime.



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