MPEG Audio Decoder
MAD is an MPEG audio decoder of Underbit Technologies. Housed in a program library, his task is the conversion of MPEG- compressed audio data in a binary-coded analog signal ( PCM), then the use of programs that MAD, continue to be used (for example, playing) can be.
Supported Formats
MAD can decode the following formats:
Special
No floating-point calculations
MAD waived at all necessary for the decoding process calculations on floating point numbers. This behavior MAD predestined for use in so-called embedded systems and other computers that have to do without floating-point units.
Open source license
MAD is distributed under the terms of the Open Source License GPL version 2, which programmers use the MAD or MAD want to learn from, a lot of freedom offers. Also, allows this type of licensing other programmers to expand MAD. This guarantees that the project will be maintained and kept up to date.
Programs that use MAD
This is a selection of popular applications that use MAD or where it is based:
A more complete listing can be found on the manufacturer's website.