Today celebrates the 10th birthday of Mp3's [July.14th]

[sNyx]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07...enth_birthday/

Yes, on 14 July 1995 Germany's Fraunhofer Institute chose to use the .mp3 extension for files holding audio data encoded using the MPEG standard's Audio Layer 3 specification. The MPEG Audio Layer 3 codec was standardised in 1992.

Fraunhofer researcher Juergen Zeller broke the news ten years ago in the following email, provided by the Institute today:

Originally Posted by Juergen Zeller

Date: Fri, 14 July 1995 12:29:49 +0200
Reference: Endings for Layer3: mp3
Hello,_according to the overwhelming opinion of all asking: the ending for ISO MPEG audio Layer 3 is mp3.
i.e. we should for coming www sides, Shareware,_Demos, etc. on it respect that no more bit endings rausgehen.
It has a reason, believes me : -)

What does the next 10 years bring to us you think? In my opinion Mp3's are on the outs like VHS or Cassettes. Viva la format!

[Cdn_Brdr]

WAHOO!!!! MP3's changed the face of music so I guess it's a pretty big deal.

As for what's coming.... I dunno if mp3's are on the out yet. Will they last another 10yrs? Probably not, but I'm sure they've got a fair amount of time left before they're obsolete.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Happy Birthday MP3! :D

[cheeseburger]

wheres mp4!??!?!

Thought it would be here long time now
long time

[Silverwinged]

Originally Posted by Kenny Grant

wheres mp4!??!?!

Thought it would be here long time now
long time

mp4 comes from ripping tracks off cd doesnt it kennay?

[mapleleaf4ever]

You can convert almost anything into MP4. :)

[cheeseburger]

i was referring to mp4 being the standard

and not so much mp3

[Silverwinged]

Originally Posted by Kenny Grant

i was referring to mp4 being the standard

and not so much mp3

WELL THEN!

[shift]

wow, I can't believe we're celebrating the decline of audio quality...

let's hope the next ten years brings lossless compression formats that can compete with the mp3 ect in file size and replace the lossy formats that are currently common place.