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Lead-out
This is an area at the end of each session which is written at the same time as
the lead-in.
m3u playlist
An m3u file contains a list of MP3 file paths. An m3u file can be created, for
example, by NeroMIX or WinAmp.
Mixed mode CDs
A mixed mode CD has one initial data track followed by audio tracks. This usually
means that audio CD players cannot process the first track. If you are creating
audio CDs to be played on a CD player, it is better to use the CD-Extra format,
because on this type of CD the data follows the audio tracks.
MP3 / mp3PRO
MP3 is an acronym (or file extension) for "MPEG Audio Layer 3". These are
compressed audio files which can be played on a computer using an MP3 player.
(MPEG stands for Motion Pictures Expert Group, which is a US standards
organization responsible for full motion video standards.) MP3 was developed by
the Fraunhofer Institute IIS and is restricted to audio data, in the same way as
mp3PRO, which was developed by Coding Technologies.
The quality of the signal depends on the compression rate. The standard rates
are 64 kbps at 44100 Hz stereo for mp3PRO and 128 kbps at 44100 Hz stereo
for MP3. During the encoding process the original WAV file is generally reduced
to about 5 percent of its original size in mp3PRO format and to about 10 percent
in MP3 format. The encoding process is lossy, but the psychoacoustic models
remove only those parts of the audio file which are considered to be inaudible.
Audible parts of an audio file can only be lost at a high compression rate.
mpg123
Due to some miscommunication between mpg123 and NeroLINUX it is currently
not possible to convert single-channel MP3 files into audio tracks with
NeroLINUX. mpg123 doesn't provide an option to force the creation of a raw
stereo stream and there's no way NeroLINUX can get the information that a
stream is either mono or stereo from mpg123. The file type registry will support
one more field for determining the track format in future versions, though.
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar)
Nero was born in 37 A.D. and died in 68 A.D. He was Roman emperor from 54 to
68 A.D. He was the son of Agrippina, and was adopted by the Emperor Claudius.
Seneca was appointed as Nero's tutor and Nero was brought up by his stepfather
to be his heir. In 53 A.D. he married Octavia, Claudius' daughter. The first years
of his reign were relatively calm, largely due to the influence of Seneca. Nero
respected the Senate and the existing order. Poets hailed him as the initiator of a
new golden age. Later he had his mother Agrippina murdered and banished his
wife who had not provided him with an heir. He became increasingly tyrannical
and rid himself of his more levelheaded advisers. He made eccentric public
appearances as an artist and charioteer, he prosecuted citizens for treason and