Mp3 Files facts
While investigating facts about Mp3 Files, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The NASA Space Shuttles operated with 1mb of RAM in five redundant computers. That's less than the average .mp3 file.
Primus is the only band with its own genre tag in ID3 (metadata for MP3 files)
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 10 of the best facts about Mp3 Files I managed to collect.
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When German engineers were developing the MP3 file format, they used Suzanne Vega's a capella song "Tom's Diner" to test their creation, checking for loss of fidelity. She is now unofficially known as the "Mother of The MP3"
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"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega was used to fine tune the algorithm used to create the MP3 file format, making Suzanne Vega "the mother of the MP3"
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AYBABTU Y2K Viral Song has a secret message encoded into MP3 file. It is only visible via Spectral Frequency Analyzer.
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The band Primus is it's own genre according to the ID3 metatag system used for mp3 files
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Louis C.K. sells his shows as unprotected MP3 and FLAC files, making them easy to torrent. He did this deliberately so they would be easier to use, even though he was advised against it.
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The Loudness wars in which artists would increase the volume their music in cd's and mp3 files in order to make their music more noticed than other artists, creating a race to create the "loudest" cd's (possibly losing quality in the process)
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MP3 file format is only one year younger than JPEG
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Wrapster, a program created to embed any files within MP3s so that they could be shared on MP3-only Napster
