MP3 Compact Format for Audio files
Since the mid-90s, it gives you the MP3 file. Behind a MP3-file:
- "MP3" is the abbreviation for "MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3," and belongs to the family of the Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG). MP3 files with the ".mp3" in.
- In the case of an MP3 file is an audio coding, i.e. that the original music file is compressed and converted.
- The music file is compressed very heavily, while losing only slightly on sound quality. In comparison to the original music file, a comes .mp3 file with just ten percent of the original file size.
- This compression is indicated in a compression rate in kbit/s. The higher the value of the compression rate, the better is the quality of the MP3 file. A compression rate is 196 kbit/s you will hear a sound hardly make a difference to the classic CD.
- Digital music is as .the mp3 file is stored and sold. This allows you to play music from a PC, iPod or MP3 Player without the need of a CD on our own.
- Also Streaming services such as Deezer or Spotify to use MP3 files.

MP3 audio file
MP3 is compressed
For example, to make a large Wave file to a small MP3 file are subject to the data some of the analyses.
- Just certain tones are omitted. This applies to the tones that are masked by louder sounds, so be covered. The trick is to find exactly these sounds.
- These are for the human ear is hardly perceptible, and thus loss of quality occurs hardly at the time of compression.
- The method thus ensures good quality at a lower data size.
- In addition to MP3, there is also the MP4 file format. The difference between the two formats we will explain in a further practical tip.
If you are a Audio-CD into several MP3 files convert want to, we can help you in a further article.
