MAD is an MPEG audio decoder. It currently only supports the MPEG 1 standard, but fully implements all three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III, the latter often colloquially known as MP3.) . MAD has the following special features: - 100% fixed-point (integer) computation - completely new implementation based on the ISO/IEC 11172-3 standard - distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
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MAD is an MPEG audio decoder. It currently only supports the MPEG 1 standard, but fully implements all three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III, the latter often colloquially known as MP3.) . This is the package you need to develop or compile applications that use MAD.