MP3 is an algorithm for audio compression that is part of the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 specifications. MP3 was originally developed in Germany in 1991 by the Fraunhofer Institute as a technology that uses perceptual audio coding to compress CD-quality sound by a factor up to 12, while providing almost the same fidelity and quality. When you get a recorder with your Kodak camcorder in concert secretly and want to listen to it during the spare time with your favorite MP3 player but only to find it ... read more ->