X-Message-Number: 31628 From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Re: Radio 5 live programme Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:11:34 +0200 References: <> On 22 Apr 2009, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote: > Mp3 files are good, but wma files are much smaller, and hence good > for downloading when people are limited in bandwidth (or charged so > much per Mb MP3 has several sizes/sec : Several bit rates are specified in the MPEG-1 Layer 3 standard: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 192, 224, 256 and 320 kbit/s, and the available sampling frequencies are 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 It is the most efficient audio compression scheme (see AAC: http://www.mp3-tech.org/ Thus, it has the advantages of both standardization and efficiency. dss David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31628