X-Message-Number: 31628
From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Radio 5 live programme
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:11:34 +0200
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On 22 Apr 2009, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:

> Mp3 files are good, but wma files are much smaller, and hence good  
> for downloading when people are limited in bandwidth (or charged so  
> much per Mb

MP3 has several sizes/sec : Several bit rates are specified in the  
MPEG-1 Layer 3 standard: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144,  
160, 192, 224, 256 and 320 kbit/s, and the available sampling  
frequencies are 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3


It is the most efficient audio compression scheme (see AAC:

http://www.mp3-tech.org/



Thus, it has the advantages of both standardization and efficiency.



dss
David Stodolsky
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