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MP3: The Definitive Guide

Scot Hacker

Publisher: O'Reilly

First Edition March 2000

ISBN: 1-56592-661-7, 400 pages

MP3: The Definitive Guide introduces the power-user to just

about all aspects of MP3 technology. It delves into detail on

obtaining, recording, and optimizing MP3 files using both

commercial and Open Source methods. Coverage is complete

for four platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and BeOS. In-

depth chapters describe all aspects of the MP3 experience from

distributing, streaming, broadcasting, converting, and playing

to archiving your collection. Readers will learn how to test

their equipment, optimize their encoding times, evaluate their

playback options, control and organize a collection, and even

burn their own CD's or distribute their own music to a massive

worldwide audience over the Internet. In addition, the author

fills readers in on the complex legal issues surrounding MP3

files. Everything you need to know to enjoy MP3 today and

tomorrow is contained in this single volume.

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Preface

Conventions in This Book

How to Contact Us

Acknowledgments

1. The Nuts and Bolts of MP3

1.1 MP3 Basics

1.2 Rights, Piracy, and Politics

2. How MP3 Works: Inside the Codec

2.1 A "Perceptual" Codec

2.2 The Anatomy of an MP3 File

3. Getting and Playing MP3 Files

3.1 Choosing and Using an MP3 Player

3.2 Players by Platform

3.3 Obtaining MP3 Files

3.4 Organizing Your Collection

3.5 Equipment Considerations

4. Playlists, Tags, and Skins: MP3 Options

4.1 MP3 Options and Considerations

4.2 Equalization and Sound Quality

4.3 ID3 Tags and Playlists: The Virtual Database

4.4 Skins: Dressing Up MP3 Players

4.5 Plug-ins: Extending Your Reach

4.6 Listening to MP3 Streams

4.7 Performance Considerations

5. Ripping and Encoding: Creating MP3 Files

5.1 General Encoding Principles

5.2 General Ripping Principles

5.3 Ripping and Encoding Tools

5.4 Ripping from Other Sources

5.5 Roll Your Own Compact Discs

6. Hardware, Portables, Home Stereos, and Kits

6.1 Playing MP3 Through Your Home Stereo

6.2 Portable Players

6.3 Hand-Held Computers and Other Devices

6.4 Home Stereo MP3 Players

6.5 Car Players

6.6 Kit Players

7. The Not-So-Fine-Print: Legal Bits and Pieces

7.1 The Rules of Engagement

7.2 The Players

8. Webcasting and Servers: Internet Distribution

8.1 The Fundamentals of Internet Distribution

8.2 Offering Files for Download

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8.3 Webcasting: Real-Time MP3 Broadcasting

8.4 An Interview with MP3.com's "High Geek"

9. Competing Codecs and Other File Formats

9.1 The Architectures

9.2 The Codecs

A. Appendix: ID3v1 Genres

Glossary

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