Internet and Music

Internet and Music

Storage of music as computer audio files and downloading of Audio files
is becoming increasingly important.
1. What is audio file compression and why is it important for WWW music?
1. Summarise in your own words the different audio file formats from the list here. Try to make comments about the quality of sound and the file size.
2. MP3 audio is rapidly becoming the standard. How does MP3 manage to fit music into relatively small files?
3. MP3 technology is open standard, this has been one of the reasons for its rapid spread. What does open standard mean? (MP3s)
4. How does the British company EMI intend to allow access to its music catalog. What will customers have to do to acquire music from EMI?

My answers
1. Audio file compression is when you compress the data in an audio file which allows you to fit more music into it.
2. Some of the audio file formats available are :
WAV : Developed by Microsoft and is one of the primary formats of uncompressed ...