At the height of the summer of 2005, world-renowned digital music format - mp3 - celebrated its tenth anniversary. Today mp3 - already twelve. For a long century of technology development, but what happens to mp3? So far not found none predominant in quality compression and playing music new technological idea. Exactly twelve years ago the group of developers and Tester fait crucial for the development of digital technology revolution, the world had a format mp3.
How did all start? At the end of last century group of German Fraunhofer Institute scientists have begun to develop new technology to encode audio. Soon it was published specification, known as MPEG Audio Layer. It scientists guarantee full compatibility of files created using different applications.
The standard has shown its viability, and was registered as an international standard ISO (ISO 11172-3).
Name MPEG Audio Layer - the term beautiful, but agree, it’s long. Therefore, faced with the problem of how to call files encoded using the new technology? The issue decided by democratic: among the Fraunhofer Institute anonymous vote was held on July 14, 1995 It is this date is considered the date of birth mp3.