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What is an MP3 audio file and how does it work?<\/h3>\n

MP3 is a method of compressing audio files that uses the MPEG standard to reduce the size from 10 to 12 while maintaining audio quality comparable to a CD. MP3 files are usually used to store a song or the entire CD and require very little hard disk space.<\/p>\n

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Because of the small file size, a computer can store hundreds or thousands of titles. Therefore, a 30 megabyte audio file recorded in uncompressed form from a CD is reduced to approximately 3 megabytes after “compressing” in MP3. When you download and play the MP3 file, it sounds almost like the original file. If you want, you can download an MP3 file, expand it to its original size, and then burn it to a recordable CD so that you can play it on a CD player.<\/p>\n

All it does is toggle between different formats for easy downloading. MP3 compression works with a formula that, among other things, tries to eliminate some noise or frequencies that cannot be heard by the human ear. This method is commonly known as perceptual coding or psychoacoustic modeling. The remaining audio information is recorded spatially efficiently using the MDCT and FFT algorithms.<\/p>\n

If we compare CD-quality digital audio, the compression achieved in an MP3 format is about 74%. For example, an MP3 file encoded at a constant bit rate of 128 kbit would produce a file that is approximately 10% the size of the original. For this reason, you can easily transfer a thousand songs in MP3 format to a USB stick, which would not be possible with songs in WAV format. Unfortunately, the benefits of this reduced file size come at a price. The quality of the MP3 title is not as good as the original due to the way the song is compressed.<\/p>\n

The quality of an MP3 file depends on the so-called “sampling rate” or “bit rate”. MP3 bit rate The bit rate of an MP3 (or the sampling rate) refers to the amount of audio information (measured in Kb kilobits) that is played back per second. The higher the bit rate, the better the quality<\/span>. Increasing the bit rate also increases the file size. The higher the quality, the less it can fit on the storage device.<\/p>\n

There is a noticeable difference in the sound quality of MP3s with variable bit rates, especially when the file is played on a hi-fi audio system at high volume. If you compress MP3s yourself, it can be helpful to experiment with the bit rate to get better quality or more MP3 playback on your storage device. A good compromise between quality and file size is 192 kps. With this bit rate we get songs with a quality that is very similar to that of CD.<\/p>\n

We can only tell the difference to a CD with high-quality headphones or hi-fi systems. On the other hand, if we want better quality, we should opt for FLAC files, ie an audio codec with lossless data compression, ie without loss of quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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