60 MPEG Audio Layer-3 Shareware Information
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This article is from the MPEG FAQ, by Frank Gadegast phade@cs.tu-berlin.de with numerous contributions by others.
60 MPEG Audio Layer-3 Shareware Information
The Layer 3 Shareware is copyright Fraunhofer - IIS 1994,1995.
The shareware packages are available:
- via anonymous ftp from fhginfo.fhg.de (153.96.1.4)
You may download our Layer-3 audio software package from the directory
/pub/layer3. You will find the following files:
For IBM PCs:
l3v150d1.txt a short description of the files found in l3v150.zip
l3v150d1.zip encoder, decoder and documentation
l3v150d2.txt a short description of the files found in l3v150n.zip
l3v150d2.zip sample bitstreams
For SUN workstations:
l3v150.sun.txt short description of the files found in
l3v100.sun.tar.gz
l3v150.sun.tar.gz encoder, decoder and documentation
l3v150bit.sun.txt short description of the files found in
l3v150bit.sun.tar.gz
l3v150bit.sun.tar.gz sample bitstreams
- via direct modem download (up to 14.400 bps)
Modem telephone number : +49 911 9933662 Name: FHG
Packet switching network: (0) 262 45 9110 10290 Name: FHG
(For the telephone number, replace "+" with your appropriate international
dial prefix, e.g. "011" for the USA.)
Follow the menus as desired.
- via shipment of diskettes (only including registration)
You may order a diskette directly from:
Mailbox System Nuernberg (MSN)
Hanft & Hartmann
Innerer Kleinreuther Weg 21
D-90408 Nuernberg, Germany
Please note: MSN will only ship a diskette if they get paid for the
registration fee before. The registration fee is 85 Deutsche Mark (about 50
US$) (plus sales tax, if applicable) for one copy of the package. The
preferred method of payment is via credit card. Currently, MSN accepts
VISA, Master Card / Eurocard / Access credit cards. For details see the file
REGISTER.TXT found in the shareware package.
You may reach MSN also via Internet: msn@iis.fhg.de
or via Fax: +49 911 9933661
or via BBS: +49 911 9933662 Name: FHG
or via X25: 0262 45 9110 10290 Name: FHG
(e.g. in USA, please replace "+" with "011"
- via email
You may get our shareware also by a direct request to msn@iis.fhg.de. In
this case, the shareware is split into about 30 small uuencoded parts...
SOFTWARE: MPEG Audio Layer 3 Shareware Codec and Windows Realtime Player
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MPEG Audio Codec and Windows REALTIME Player from Fraunhofer IIS
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Fraunhofer IIS announces l3enc/l3dec V2.00 and WinPlay3 V1.00.
For high quality audio compression, the shareware l3enc/l3dec V2.00
package is available for Linux, SUN, NeXT and DOS on
<URL:ftp://ftp.fhg.de/pub/layer3>
Versions for SGI and HP will follow soon.
The shareware package for DOS
<URL:ftp://ftp.fhg.de/pub/layer3/l3v200d1.zip>
includes a demo version of WinPlay3, a Windows MPEG Audio Layer 3
realtime-player.
With MPEG Audio Layer 3 you can get a 12:1 compression with a CD like
quality.
Instead of 12 MByte / minute (stereo 44.1 kHz) you only need about
1 Mbyte / minute!
More information can be found on
<URL:ftp://ftp.fhg.de/pub/layer3/MPEG_Audio_L3_FAQ.html>
or contact <URL:mailto:layer3@iis.fhg.de>
- via direct modem download (up to 14.400 bps)
Modem telephone number : +49 911 9933662 Name: FHG
Packet switching network: (0) 262 45 9110 10290 Name: FHG
(For the telephone number, replace "+" with your appropriate international
dial prefix, e.g. "011" for the USA.)
Follow the menus as desired.
- via shipment of diskettes (only including registration)
You may order a diskette directly from:
Mailbox System Nuernberg (MSN)
Hanft & Hartmann
Innerer Kleinreuther Weg 21
D-90408 Nuernberg, Germany
Please note: MSN will only ship a diskette if they get paid for the
registration fee before. The registration fee is 85 Deutsche Mark (about 50
US$) (plus sales tax, if applicable) for one copy of the package. The
preferred method of payment is via credit card. Currently, MSN accepts
VISA, Master Card / Eurocard / Access credit cards. For details see the file
REGISTER.TXT found in the shareware package.
You may reach MSN also via Internet: msn@iis.fhg.de
or via Fax: +49 911 9933661
or via BBS: +49 911 9933662 Name: FHG
or via X25: 0262 45 9110 10290 Name: FHG
(e.g. in USA, please replace "+" with "011"
- via email
You may get our shareware also by a direct request to msn@iis.fhg.de. In
this case, the shareware is split into about 30 small uuencoded parts...
Harald Popp
Audio & Multimedia ("Music is the *BEST*" - F. Zappa)
Fraunhofer-IIS-A, Weichselgarten 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
Phone: +49-9131-776-340
Fax: +49-9131-776-399
email: popp@iis.fhg.de
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