Any Ideas On What "MP3" Stands For?

[aliensleftmehere]

Just Wondering

[Anticrombie0909]

Mpeg Audio Layer 3.

Kthx GG Google.

[Chromer]

Actually what does it mean? O_o I know what it is I just dont know what it stands for. Music Player 3?

[lightdarkness]

More specificly, it's a compression scheme.

[jimerax]

Mario Paint 3

[linus]

google is your friend.....

[babybenji2004]

music player cubed? alltheweb has better picture searches though

[Moogy]

MPEG Audio Layer 3.

It's a (rather lossy) compression scheme, like LD said.

OGG provides the best lossy compression for audio files, and FLAC the best lossless compression.

[User6773]

MPEG = Motion Picture Experts Group, the group that developed the technology.

MP2 is really far superior, and in the days of high-speed connections, I have no idea why people don't use it.

[Squeek]

Mp3s are in place right now because had the technology not been invented all audio files would be about 10mb / minutes. This is about the size of your averave WAV file.

WAV files are still in place, however. Whenever you burn an audio CD, the program you use must first convert all the Mp3 files to WAV format and temporarily store them in a folder while it burns to the CD.

By the way, anybody heard any progress on the Mp4 file format, or is that just a myth?

~Squeek

[User6773]

MP4 would normally be another layer of compression, but it's actually been trademarked and developed as a way of delivering low-quality DRM music. It sucks.

[deltro300111]

MPEG = Motion Picture Experts Group, the group that developed the technology.

MP2 is really far superior, and in the days of high-speed connections, I have no idea why people don't use it.

I'm pretty certain MP4/DivX = easier to make/more .. that thing with uh.. oh yea,.. standardized..

[Xaimus]

OGG > MP*

FLAC > You

[hydrojakep]

k liek this is retarted

[Moogy]

OGG > MP*

FLAC > You

Wow, somebody that actually knows what they're talking about.

A rarity for these boards.