FAQ

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits

General questions on mp3 Surround, mp3 SX, and mp3D

What processing power is required for playing mp3 Surround?

The Fraunhofer IIS mp3 Surround Player V3 runs smoothly on CPUs of 600 MHz or more. Decoding the six channels needs around three times the processing power of decoding stereo mp3.