| Developer(s) | Robert Leslie |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2000 |
| Stable release |
0.15.2b / February 23, 2004
|
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X |
| Type | Media player |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/ |
MPEG Audio Decoder (MAD) is a GPL library for decoding files that have been encoded with an MPEG audio codec. It was written by Robert Leslie and produced by Underbit Technologies. It was developed as a new implementation, on the ISO/IEC standards.
It consists of libmad, a software library, and madplay, a command-line program for MP3 playback. libmad is notable for using only fixed-point arithmetic while madplay is notable for its ReplayGain support.