Mp3 Format facts
While investigating facts about Mp3 Format, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 1999, They Might Be Giants became the first major-label recording artist to release an entire album exclusively in mp3 format
The mp3 format will be almost totally patent-free on December 31, 2017
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 11 of the best facts about Mp3 Format 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 the birth song of the MP3 format.
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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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Karlheinz Brandenburg, a German acoustics engineer, was the inventor of the MP3 format.
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The singer Suzanne Vega is considered the "Mother of MP3" as her song "Tom's Diner" was used to refine the algorithm in MP3 format.
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The "MP" in MP3 stands for "moving picture" because it is basically just the audio component of the MPEG-1 video standard. It is the third iteration of that format, thus the 3.
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The song "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega was the first song used by Karlheinz Brandenburg to develop the MP3 format
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MP3 file format is only one year younger than JPEG
