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It was called MPEG2 Layer III, right? And the licensing around mp3 is why many Linux distributions didn't offer mp3 in the default install, without adding "non-
by djsumdog 9y ago
It was called MPEG2 Layer III, right? And the licensing around mp3 is why many Linux distributions didn't offer mp3 in the default install, without adding "non-free" repositories.
We also saw open standards emerge, like Ogg Vorbis and FLAC (although neither were widely adopted by hardware vendors compared to Apple's AAC/ALAC)
- auxym 9y agoAccording to wikipedia, the compression algorithm was originally called MUSICAM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Development
- LeoPanthera 9y agoYou are misreading it. MUSICAM is an older codec technically very similar to MP2, as used in digital radio in Europe.
- lorrit 9y agoIt is not "Apple's AAC". Apple did not have any part in the development of AAC. It was actually developed by Fraunhofer as a successor to their MP3 encoding.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoIIRC, MP3 was based on the audio component of the first "MPEG" standard (the one used for Video CDs) rather than MPEG2 (the one used for DVDs, amongst other things), which would make it "MPEG Layer III".