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Thomson Releases MP3 Surround

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bouncing-around-the-room dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "Thomson has released MP3 Surround, a new MP3 codec. They claim that MP3 Surround supports high-quality multi-channel sound at bit rates comparable to those currently used to encode stereo MP3 material, resulting in files half the size of common compressed surround formats while maintaining backwards compatibility. Wasn't MP3 Pro supposed to be a great new MP3 codec, but never took off? I wonder if this is going to go the same route. Does anyone have a technical view of MP3 Surround? Does it have potential?"

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  1. MP3 is dead, right? by YetAnotherName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure I read that on Slashdot before. AAC and OggVorbis have pummeled it into oblivion. Netcraft must've confirmed it, right?

    Are my Slashdot stories flowing into each other again?

    1. Re:MP3 is dead, right? by moonbender · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's not dead, but at least in Korea, MP3 is only for old people.

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  2. OGG by mmegremis · · Score: 3, Funny

    What ever happend to .ogg? I though that was spose to take over..

  3. Re:The download link by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 2, Funny

    You were a troll. You're still a troll.

    Your attempt at making people feel bad for you failed.

    Kill yourself.

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  4. in canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    mp3's surround you!

  5. Re:No, really, why not OGG? by CharlesF · · Score: 2, Funny

    Phew, finally my 254.1 surround sound speaker system won't go to waste.

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