Audio Active MP3 decoder Audio Active MP3 decoder| Decoder Source: | Audioactive http://www.audioactive.com/download/index.html |
| Version: | v1.1.2 © 1998 Telos Systems |
| Price: | Free |
| Settings: | none |
| Similar products: | Included in Audioactive Production Studio 2.0.
Audioactive are partnered with FhG. |
| Verdict: | Good |
| VBR: | Some |
| Full file: | Always |
| Major Flaws: | Some VBR files don't decode at all |
| Minor Flaws: | 128kbps files have slight 16kHz+ error on one channel |
| Output level: | correct |
| 1-bit relative accuracy: | Excellent |
| 1-bit absolute accuracy: | Excellent |
Audio Active have worked closely with FhG, the developers of the MPEG-1 layer-3 format, to market a variety of mp3 tools. Their stand-alone mp3 decoder is easy to use: simply browse to the location of the mp3 file, and click decode (see screenshots). Unfortunately, it cannot handle certain VBR files, and has a slight high-frequency error in the output of one channel at 128kbps. Though this error is probably inaudible, one would have expected better from a company so closely involved with the creators of mp3.
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