RIP MP3 FORMAT TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

The time has come to say Goodbye to the most popular digital audio codec “.mp3”.file The developer of the mp3 codec announced this week that it has ended its licensing agreement, ceding to more versatile formats as the new standard for audio files.

MP3 is no more or it will be in 6 months — the last known MP3 patents have simply expired

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, that created the format, announced this week that it had terminated licensing for certain MP3-related patents. In simple words, they didn’t want to keep it on life support, because there are better ways to store music in the year 2017.

The institute said that while the MP3 is still popular with consumers, it has been outpaced by "more efficient audio codecs" with more advanced features.

Why still use MP3 when newer, better formats exist?

MP3 is very old, but it’s the same age as JPEG, which has also long since been surpassed in quality by newer formats. JPEG is still ubiquitous not because Engadget forgot to declare its death, but because it’s good enough and supported everywhere, making it the most pragmatic choice most of the time.

                                             *RIP*

REST IN PEACE