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Rerun: What was the first mp3?

Rerun: What was the first mp3?

TechStuff

November 6, 202410m 57s

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When developing the mp3 compression algorithm, engineer Karlheinz Brandenburg used a specific song to tweak settings and get them just right. What was that song? And why does Jonathan not like it?

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tom’s dinersuzanne vegamp3compressiondata compressionaudio compressionkarlheinz brandenburg