The MP3 made the iPod possible. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac July 14, 1995: The MP3 file format receives its official name as the new .bit file extension gets changed to .mp3. The technology allows ...

The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the ...

The MP3 — the digital file format accused of nearly killing the commercial music industry at the last century’s end — is effectively dead. The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, a German ...

At higher bitrates it's hard to tell the difference between lossy and lossless ...

Delegates at music business conference MIDEM in France have witnessed the unveiling of a new digital file format, created by some of the names behind the development of the original MP3 format.

The creators of the MP3, the revolutionary music file that sent shock waves through the industry by making songs more easily played and shared on personal computers, are working on a new format called ...

MP3 is the most commonly used file format for audio files, but did you know that the OGG file format offers better audio quality? An OGG file is a compressed audio file similar to an MP3 file but with ...

French media behemoth Thomson has announced mp3HD, a new lossless 'hybrid' MP3 format, which not only offers the sound detail lost in a normal MP3, but remains compatible with your existing MP3 player ...

You can convert a video to an MP3 file using Adobe Media Encoder, which can help save you storage space on your device. You can download a YouTube video as an MP3 ...

I have some MP3's which are giving Windows Media Player 9 fits. I have verified them with MP3 Utility and can successfully play them with other players. I would like to get a utility which could save ...