CD-DVD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.23, by Dr. Herong Yang
.MP3 File Name Extension - MP3 Files
This section describes what is .mp3 file name extension or MP3 files.
.mp3 is the file name extension for audio files - music and songs in MP3 format.
Audio files using MP3 format store audio information encoding with MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) encoding algorithm, which was invented by a team of European engineers at Philips, CCETT, IRT and Fraunhofer Society in 1991.
MP3 encoding algorithm compresses digital audio information in WaveForm from a bit rate of 1,411.2 kbit/s to a much lower bit rate range between 32 and 320 kbit/s.
Audio MP3 files are usually generated by compressing audio WAV files with a MP3 compressing program.
A regular song or music stored in MP3 format (.mp3 extension) takes only about 20% of the storage space comparing with WAV (WaveForm) format (.wav extension).
See other chapters for more information on .mp3 file name extension.
Table of Contents
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Format
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Players
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music
MP3, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, Encoding Format
DVD (Digital Video Disc) Standard Format
TOC (Table Of Contents) on CDs
IsoBuster - A Nice CD GUI Tool
vStrip - Rip and Manipulate DVD VOB Files
mpgtx - Manipulating MPEG Files
►CD/DVD - File Name Extension and Format Types
►.MP3 File Name Extension - MP3 Files
.WAV File Name Extension - WAV Files
.WMA File Name Extension - Windows Media Audio Files
.ISO File Name Extension - ISO Files
.DAT File Name Extension - VCD Media Files
.INF File Name Extension - AUTORUN.INF Files
.IFO File Name Extension - DVD Information Files
.VOB File Name Extension - DVD Video Object Files
.AVI File Name Extension - Audio Video Interleave Files