Understanding MP3 [Paperback]

Martin Ruckert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2005

MPEG audio coding became popular under the name MP3. It is now the most important means of delivering high quality audio over the internet and will play the lead role in digital movie sound as well as in digital audio broadcast.The technology is complex and comprises a vast range of topics, from psychoacustics to digital signal processing, and from mathematics to sofware engineering.

This book explains the ideas, the concepts, and the implementation of MP3. Reading it requires no special prerequisites, but still, the book is detailed enough to include a fully executable highly efficient MP3 decoding engine. The book strives to explain the transformation of a bitstream into music in a way that is understandable.

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About the Author

Prof. Dr Martin Ruckert, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, is an Educator and Software Engineer, who makes reasoning about Mathematics and Computer Programs an enjoyable experience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: GWV-Vieweg; 1 edition (September 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3528059052
• ISBN-13: 978-3528059057
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,506,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for all the people who want to understand all the components of this popular format, August 28, 2006

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Francesco Ollosu (Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding MP3 (Paperback)

The first thing that a person who is studing, working or is trying to understand how an mp3 file is composed, can notice is that the informations that one can find in public websites are unuseful to understand how to make a stream decoding in all the particulars.
An mp3 file is composed of several sub-parts that i find explained only in "UNDERSTANDING MP3".
Inside the book you can find not only a complete decoder written in C-like language but also mathematical explanations of audio compression, layer I frequency analysis, encoding and decoding.
I'm developing a mp3 decoder and i find this book really important to understand parts that are not explained in other books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive and complete., December 28, 2008

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Jonah Gregory (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding MP3 (Paperback)

Highly recommended. A definitive and complete guide to the mp3 standard, all three layers AND the theory behind them in detail. Is accompanied by complete code to work with this file format. A fantastic and worthwhile investment for those who work in-depth with mp3.