The mp3 History

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits

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.

Stefan Krägeloh: Printerport Interface
Thomas Sporer: Information Exchange
Prof. Dieter Seitzer: USA Presentation
Ernst Eberlein: Atari
Dr. Jürgen Herre: Babysitter
Thomas Sporer: Measurements
Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg: Computing times
Wolfgang Fiesel: Castanets
Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser: Good Guys
Ernst Eberlein: Made in Japan
Stefan Krägeloh: 3.5" Disc
Thomas Sporer: Drill a Hole
Harald Popp, Dr. Bernhard Grill: Beer Cooling Device
Dr. Jürgen Herre: Suzanne Vega
Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg: Compressing Music
Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser: ICs on the Floor
Petra Wagner: Mpman
Prof. Dieter Seitzer: Enough Cable