Tech & Tools

Below are tools and information related to mp3 audio formats: code, development kits and technical documentations.

The use of this software is only allowed for personal and non-commercial purposes. For information on other use cases please visit the official mp3 licensing site at www.mp3licensing.com

Title Description Size Download
ACM Encoder Sample Code (mp3 encoding) This is a minimal set of source code needed for encoding mp3 files using the 13codecp.acm ACM filter driver that is installed along with windows media player 10 15KB
ACM Decoder Sample Code (mp3 decoding) Minimal implementation of mp3 decoding to pcm using the already installed windows ACM filter driver 15KB
Source code to add VBRi header to mp3 file For mp3 developers .tgz file 221KB
mp3 Surround Detect Free Utility to Detect if a file with a .mp3 extension is an mp3 Surround file. (Win32 and Linux32) 8KB
mp3PRO Detect Free Utility to Detect if a file with a .mp3 extension is an mp3PRO file. (win32 and Linux32) 117KB
How to Avoid Typical Pitfalls in mp3 Decoder Implementations For mp3 developers - Technical document 119KB
mp3 Surround Technical Information in English mp3 Surround - Multi-channel mp3 audio coding white papers (pdf file) 90KB
mp3 Surround Technical Information in German mp3 Surround - Multi-channel mp3 audio coding white papers (pdf file) 94KB
mp3 VBR Header Software Development Kit For mp3 developers, .zip file 3KB
spdif Sample Code Example source code on how to send AC3, DTS and mp3 files directly out the spdif port 35KB
Test files for the How to Avoid Pitfalls document For mp3 developers - Test files 10.6MB