<s>
MPEG-1	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Layer	I-Application
III	I-Application
HD	O
more	O
commonly	O
known	O
and	O
advertised	O
by	O
its	O
abbreviation	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
audio	O
compression	O
codec	B-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Technicolor	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Thomson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
achieves	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
data	I-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
is	O
backwards	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
by	O
storing	O
two	O
data	O
streams	O
in	O
one	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
MP3HD	B-Algorithm
website	O
,	O
specification	O
and	O
encoder	O
software	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
promotion	O
of	O
the	O
format	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
as	O
a	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
competitor	O
to	O
the	O
already	O
popular	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Algorithm
Lossless	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
WavPack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
theory	O
,	O
the	O
format	O
provides	O
a	O
convenient	O
container	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
standard	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
stream	O
playable	O
on	O
any	O
mp3-capable	O
device	O
and	O
the	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
data	O
which	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
ID3v2	O
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
play	O
the	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
data	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
needs	O
a	O
compatible	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
player	O
with	O
decoder	O
-	O
otherwise	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
data	O
will	O
be	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
being	O
a	O
compression	O
method	O
,	O
files	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
algorithm	O
are	O
substantially	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
uncompressed	O
source	O
files	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
are	O
roughly	O
comparable	O
to	O
other	O
similar	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
formats	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sites	O
are	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
the	O
one	O
that	O
achieves	O
mainstream	O
adoption	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
advantage	O
that	O
the	O
mp3	B-Application
brand	O
is	O
well	O
known	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
Technicolor	O
has	O
updated	O
the	O
format	O
and	O
encoding	O
tools	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
efficient	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
adding	O
a	O
plugin	O
for	O
Winamp	B-Application
(	O
Windows	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
DirectShow	B-Library
filter	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
converter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Topspin	O
,	O
a	O
music	O
distributor	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
retailer	O
to	O
start	O
offering	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
files	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
now	O
their	O
customers	O
can	O
have	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
audio	O
without	O
leaving	O
the	O
mp3	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
June	O
19	O
,	O
2011	O
Technicolor	O
and	O
10	O
ambassadors	O
and	O
Sound	O
Souvenirs	O
are	O
doing	O
a	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
where	O
they	O
will	O
transform	O
10	O
songs	O
into	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
get	O
to	O
vote	O
for	O
100	O
songs	O
from	O
their	O
top	O
charts	O
which	O
ends	O
July	O
21	O
and	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
get	O
to	O
be	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
far	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
available	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
encoder	O
is	O
the	O
Technicolor	O
toolkit	O
which	O
contains	O
a	O
command-line	O
encoder	O
and	O
decoder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Exact	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Copy	I-Application
to	O
rip	O
CDs	O
into	O
WAVE	O
files	O
and	O
then	O
automatically	O
convert	O
them	O
to	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
method	O
,	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
is	O
the	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
Converter	O
,	O
which	O
converts	O
already	O
uncompressed	O
WAVE	O
files	O
to	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
and	O
can	O
also	O
decompress	O
them	O
back	O
to	O
WAVE	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
supports	O
CD	O
audio	O
(	O
PCM	O
)	O
at	O
44.1	O
and	O
48kHz	O
sampling	O
rates	O
at	O
16	O
bit/sample	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nero	O
Burning	O
Rom	O
also	O
supports	O
converting	O
to	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
with	O
Nero	O
Recode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
stream	O
allows	O
for	O
100%	O
bit-exact	O
replication	O
of	O
CD-quality	O
audio	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Average	O
bitrates	O
vary	O
between	O
to	O
depending	O
on	O
genre	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
codecs	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
stream	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
bit	O
rates	O
as	O
a	O
normal	O
mp3	B-Application
file	I-Application
and	O
the	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
portion	O
can	O
even	O
use	O
VBR	B-General_Concept
or	O
CBR	B-General_Concept
depending	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
preference	O
for	O
compression	O
and	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
part	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
an	O
ID3v2	O
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Size	O
of	O
ID3v2	O
tags	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
by	O
specifications	O
;	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
part	O
of	O
an	O
mp3hd	B-Algorithm
file	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
larger	O
than	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Editing	O
certain	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
ID3v2	O
tag	O
can	O
sometimes	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
the	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
data	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
tag	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
file	O
a	O
standard	O
MP3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	O
IceTouch	O
(	O
YP-H1	O
)	O
,	O
Samsung	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
releasing	O
the	O
first	O
mp3	B-Application
player	O
capable	O
of	O
playing	O
mp3HD	B-Algorithm
lossless	B-Algorithm
part	O
of	O
the	O
format	O
at	O
CES	O
2010	O
.	O
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