Quick Guide To... MP3 and Digital Music - Softcover

Waugh, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1870775678 ISBN 13: 9781870775670

Publisher: PC Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

MP3 files, the latest digital music format, have taken the music industry by storm. What are they? Where do you get them? How do you use them? Why have they thrown record companies into a panic? Will they make music easier to buy? And cheaper? Is this the future of music?

All these questions and more are answered in this concise and practical book which explains everything you need to know about MP3 in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. It explains:

• How MP3 works
• How to play MP3 on your computer
• How to use MP3 with hand-held MP3 players
• Where to find MP3 on the Web
• How to create your own MP3
• How to tune into Internet radio stations
• How to record your own CDs from MP3 files
• Other digital audio music formats

Whether you want to stay bang up to date with the latest music or create your own MP3 and join the on-line digital music revolution, this book will show you how.

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Review

A valuable resource and a simple introduction. -- Music Publisher Pro

From the Publisher

Table of contents
Introduction 1 MP3 essentials What is MP3? Other MPEGs Why was MP3 developed? Why MP3 is important for musicians Consumer benefits of MP3 2 How MP3 works Digital audio Sample rate Sample resolution MP3 compression Lossy vs lossless MP3 bit rates CBR and VBR MP3 audio quality Other MP3 compression systems Other digital audio compression formats Microsoft WMA AT&T a2b Liquid Audio Yamaha Sound VQ CDs vs MP3s 3 Legal issues Music copyright and wrongs Fair use UK vs USA law Are MP3s illegal? A history of suits Napster and friends and enemies Does piracy affect music sales? DRM and SDMI Is Big Music Brother watching you? The future of MP3 4 MP3s - where to find them, how to get them How to downloading an MP3 file Streaming Quick start - MP3 music sites Internet record labels MP3 search engines HTTP and FTP Ratio sites Interrupted downloads Fixing MP3 files 5 Internet radio and webcasting Internet radio Internet radio quality How to receive Internet radio Finding Internet radio stations Internet radio lists Internet Radio restrictions Webcasting 6 MP3 software Insidious installations The players MP3 utilities Changing your default MP3 player ID3 tags 7 MP3 hardware Looking for a hand-held Specialist players Transferring songs to an MP3 player 8 Creating your own MP3s MP3 encoding Dedicated audio rippers and MP3 encoders Commercial MP3 software MP3 encoding on the Mac Burning an audio CD from MP3 files Track-at-Once vs Disc-at-Once Putting your music on the Web

Appendix MP3 music Web sites MP3 sharers, search engines and site listings MP3 software Web sites MP3 software lists Streaming audio software MP3 hardware Web sites MP3 resources

Edition details

• Publisher: PC Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870775678
• ISBN 13: 9781870775670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64