8hz-MP3 is more or less a compile of the dist10 reference sources with a focus on speeding up that code and an easy to use interface. It was put together by a duo of Danish programmers working at 8hz Productions, a game and screensaver developer.

They were among the first to feel the wrath of Fraunhofer. They received a cease-and-desist letter claiming patent violation, and immediately afterwards stopped developing and distributing their encoder. This is what remains of 8hz-MP3's official page.


Date: 1998-05-07
Version: 0.1.1b
Interface: Graphical
Platform: Win32
Download: 8hz-mp3_011b.zip - 83kB


Version 0.2b is a further development by Jun Somekawa.

Date: 1999-04-09
Version: 0.2b - 04J
Interface: Command line
Platform: Win32
Download: 8hz-mp3_02b.zip - 100kB