
It was produced by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) (MP3). Causes increase in music piracy due to greater availability and ease of use.Īn MP3 File format is a compressed audio file that uses "Layer 3" audio compression. Incompatible with high-definition audio (sampling rates higher than 48kHz). The maximum bitrate (320kbps) isn't always enough.There are no multichannel implementations available yet. Performance and efficiency are lower than current codecs. It provides support to multichannel files. Anyone can put their own version together with the available demo sources. An ISO standard that is part of the MPEG specifications. Can be decoded pretty fast, and in a more sophisticated manner. Practically all hardware audio players and gadgets support it.

MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer IIIĪccepted extensively by all.
