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Mp3 Encoder – Why we need to encode an audio file?

Why we need to encode an audio file?

To answer this question, it is necessary to first explain the meaning of the term mp3 encoder.

An audio file of high quality take much space on your hard drive. Certainly, it has very good sound, but it’s too big. These wav files occupy much space on your hard disk, thats why even devices with a large memory can’t contain many audio files without encoding.

Mp3 Encoder, which is the meaning of that term?

According to wikipedia, encoder means:

An encoder is a device, circuit, transducer, software program, algorithm or person that converts information from one format, or code to another, for the purposes of standardization, speed, secrecy, security, or saving space by shrinking size.

Then in the case of music files, mp3 encoder means to convert a wav file into an MP3 file, with the purpose to compress its size.

The question would be: but, when compressing a wav file, you will not lose part of their quality?

To compress a file is necessary to get rid of some of the information. Usually have less information means losing ‘details’, ie, have a lower resolution or quality.

The Mp3 format is able to compress the music files, without losing too much quality. That is why the MP3 format became so popular.

The use in MP3 of a lossy compression algorithm is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners. An MP3 file that is created using the mid-range bit rate setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file that is typically about 1/10th the size of the CD file created from the original audio source.