April 21, 2008 Posted by Webmaster

Useful Links

This section of the FAQ provides links that are very useful for folks interested in MP3s on Usenet.

Other helpful FAQs

The FAQ for the alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica newsgroups: http://abmefaq.net - It contains a *wealth* of information about the use of binary newsgroups in general. A MUST READ if you have questions about downloading, anonymity, posting and netiquette.

Other MP3 FAQs: http://www.team-mp3.com/mp3/mp3_links.htm - This is a very good page full of helpful links to other MP3 FAQs and MP3-related information.

Decoding Internet Attachments: http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm - A detailed page covering all types of binary attachments on the internet

Guide for Usenet binary attachments: http://www.geocities.com/tick1845a/bin_help.htm - A good set of basics for those who are new to Usenet binary groups.

The Compact Disc Recordable FAQ: http://www.cdrfaq.org/ - originally developed as a Usenet newsgroup FAQ (new and improved with tons of Google AdSense ads.

How to Work With the Usenet Community: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/primer/part1/ - New user primer

What is Usenet?: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/ - New user primer

Usenet: Reading and Writing the News: http://www.webliminal.com/Lrn-web05.html - good basics

The FAQ for the comp.publish.cdrom newsgroups: http://www.newsville.com/cgi-bin/getfaq?comp.publish.cdrom.software - current CD Recordable Usenet newsgroup FAQ

A Rant About Usenet: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/writing/rant.html - What Usenet is really about to some people who care.

General Info and Software

Daily MP3: http://www.dailymp3.com - Lots of MP3 related software and also news about MP3s

Technical Info

CD-ROM digital audio extraction information: http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq05.html - information, software, and survey

How MP3 Works: Inside the Codec: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mp3/chapter/ch02.html - excellent chapter from a book by Scot Hacker

The Moving Picture Experts Group home page: http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/ - MPEG standards 1 through 7

Mp3 File Structure: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000105.shtml Courtesy of the U.S. government.

Musical Reference

The All Music Guide - Great search tool for songs/albums/artist names and info

http://www.freedb.org/ - A searchable database of album information that can be used by some software to automatically name your files. See also The CD Database (Originally built for free by thousands of contributors, the CDDB was bought by Gracenote and is no longer necessarily free.)

The Ultimate Band List: http://www.ubl.com/ - A searchable database of bands and artists and their Official web sites

Lyrics.com - A database of song lyrics

Lyrics Search Engine: http://lyrics.astraweb.com/ - Excellent lyrics search

The Archive of Misheard Lyrics: http://www.kissthisguy.com/ - Fun stuff :)

Newsreaders

Agent newsreader - Forte, Inc. (Free Agent has been discontinued)

Power-Post 2000* by Chris Morse, a program that has become the de facto standard for Windows. The yEnc version: http://powerpost.cjb.net is even more popular. The best posting utility for Windows. Allows you to repost individual segments: *http://usenethelp.codeccorner.com/files/PowrPost_jw_c_20020716.zip