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BJ_CW

May 2 2006, 05:43

Hi,

MP3 plus - What is it?
Is it another standard?
Is it as popular as MP3 itself?
Are MP3 plus codecs available?
Where MP3plus is used?
'MP3plus', 'MP3 Plus' and 'MP3+', are all diffrent?

These may be quite basic question!
But, I didn't find the answer in google.
Can you help me to find the answer?
Thanks.

shadowking

May 2 2006, 05:51

Some party trick by Creative Labs.

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/mp3+/

DARcode

May 2 2006, 06:21

...and some from Coding Technologies ;-) :

http://www.mp3prozone.com/

Mike Giacomelli

May 3 2006, 21:18

A trick to make MP3 work well at very low bitrates. Its not very popular, and almost nothing supports it.

jmartis

May 4 2006, 01:17

QUOTE(DARcode @ May 2 2006, 02:21 PM)

...and some from Coding Technologies ;-) :

http://www.mp3prozone.com/

This is mp3 PRO not plus. I believe the mp3 plus evolved into MPC musepack later. the mp3 plus was an extension of standard mp3 that solved some mp3 design flaws.

Firon

May 4 2006, 01:31

Isn't Musepack originally based off MPEG Layer II, and it was called "MPEG Plus" (not MP3+) at one point then renamed to Musepack?

jmartis

May 4 2006, 01:39

quote from "MPC world site:

QUOTE

Andree Buschmann knew the problems in MP3 and he made a new audio format based on mp2 technology and added many techniques like M/S stereo and VBR encoding.

Yes it fixes mp3 flaws but is based on mp2 as Firon said. And it is MPEGplus. MP3 plus is a distributor of digital technology, not an audio format.

Garf

May 4 2006, 01:57

QUOTE(jmartis @ May 4 2006, 09:39 AM)

quote from "MPC world site:

QUOTE

Andree Buschmann knew the problems in MP3 and he made a new audio format based on mp2 technology and added many techniques like M/S stereo and VBR encoding.

Yes it fixes mp3 flaws but is based on mp2 as Firon said.

MPC/MPEGPlus/MusePack don't solve MP3's flaws, they in fact have almost nothing to do with it. MPC is based on a totally different design.

Firon

May 4 2006, 12:11

I think he meant that MPC's intent was to avoid the same flaws that MP3 had.

Mike Giacomelli

May 8 2006, 19:24

QUOTE(jmartis @ May 4 2006, 00:17)

QUOTE(DARcode @ May 2 2006, 02:21 PM)

...and some from Coding Technologies ;-) :

http://www.mp3prozone.com/

This is mp3 PRO not plus. I believe the mp3 plus evolved into MPC musepack later. the mp3 plus was an extension of standard mp3 that solved some mp3 design flaws.

I'm pretty sure MP3+ would be MP3 Pro, since AAC+ is AAC w/ SBR. MPC was once refered to as MP+, but not MP3+. Though I suppose its ambigious.

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