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What Was the Very First MP3 You Downloaded?

Posted by Cliff on from the fun-discussion-pieces dept.

Anonymous Coward asks: "I was wondering whether people remember the very first MP3 file they ever downloaded. For me it was Cher's 1998 single 'Believe.' I was at work and, after reading an article about MP3s on CNET, I figured I'd give it a try. I think it's strange that I remember it so clearly. I mean, it's not like it was a first kiss or anything. I started out using WS FTP LE and Winamp. 1000s of MP3s later, WS FTP LE is a distant memory but Winamp is still my player of choice. What about you?"

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  1. Re:mp3? Tsk... tsk... What about mp1 or mp2? by iantri · · Score: 3, Informative
    Well, MP3 is MPEG-1 Layer III audio..

    MPEG (as in the video file standard) and VideoCDs use MPEG-1 Layer I audio, SVCD uses MPEG-1 Layer II Audio, and MPEG-2 files or DVD uses MPEG-1 Layer III Audio.

    So they were in common use.. Just the audio stream was not common though.

  2. Re:Sun .au files! The Letter "U" and the Numeral " by RevAaron · · Score: 2, Informative

    hear it here.

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  3. Re:"Winamp, Winamp..It really kicks the llama's as by Chibi · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's actually "_whips_ the llama's ass," unless they changed it at some point. :)

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