Why did MP3 music format quit the historical stage?

I remember when MP3 music was first released, we fell in love with this format soon, because the file was small and the sound quality was good. Today, with the maturity of memory chip technology, large-capacity flash memory has become a reality, and the leap of network technology makes the downloading of large-capacity files less annoying. People's pursuit of sound quality is also higher, and MP3 can't satisfy picky ears.

MP3 format began to rise in the 1990s, and had a revolutionary impact on the way of music consumption. Now it has finally completed its historical mission. Recently, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, a German research institution that invented this format, announced that it had terminated the license of some MP3-related patents. In other words, they did not want this format to continue to exist because there were other better ways to store music in 20 17.

In addition, the director of the institute also said that the advanced audio coding (AAC) format has become the de facto standard for downloading music and videos on mobile phones. Compared with MP3 format, this format has higher efficiency, better function and lower bit rate. Both fluid TV and radio broadcast use this format to send high-quality audio. This means that AAC will replace MP3 format as the mainstream audio format.

User comments: MP3 format is undoubtedly successful, and now it is about to disappear. It's really a pity. Let's remember it in another form.