The mp3 History

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits

mp3 History: A Look into the Lab

The information given on these pages mostly focus on contributions to mp3 by Fraunhofer IIS. It is acknowledged that research on perceptual audio coding has also been conducted at other locations and that some contributions from persons outside the Fraunhofer team were adopted inside MP3.

KraegelohStefan Krägeloh: Printerport Interface
Thomas SporerThomas Sporer: Information Exchange
Prof. SeitzerProf. Dieter Seitzer: USA Presentation
Ernst EberleinErnst Eberlein: Atari
Dr. Jürgen HerreDr. Jürgen Herre: Babysitter
Harald PoppHarald Popp: Measurements
Prof. Karlheinz BrandenburgProf. Karlheinz Brandenburg: Computing times
fieWolfgang Fiesel: Castanets
Prof. GerhäuserProf. Heinz Gerhäuser: Good Guys
EberleinErnst Eberlein: Made in Japan
KraegelohStefan Krägeloh: 3.5" Disc
SporerThomas Sporer: Drill a Hole
Popp, GrillHarald Popp, Dr. Bernhard Grill: Beer Cooling Device
HerreDr. Jürgen Herre: Suzanne Vega
BrandenburgProf. Karlheinz Brandenburg: Compressing Music
Prof. GerhäuserProf. Heinz Gerhäuser: ICs on the Floor
Petra WagnerPetra Wagner: Mpman
Prof. SeitzerProf. Dieter Seitzer: Voice Coder