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New Music File Format, the MusicDNA Will Embed More than Audio

Good news, I guess, along with the update of one of the oldest file formats, one of those that we use each and every day, some of us non-stop, namely the MP3. Just recently, there was a new music file format revealed by some of the people that developed the original MP3 file.

This new file format, called MusicDNA, is one that will include additional information like lyrics, videos, artwork and even blog posts, aside from the music itself. This already seems way too exaggerated, if music files are to reach sizes close to or larger than High Definition videos, which is very likely to happen as the file will include the video.

Another development in file format is its updatability, namely with real-time updates to the file itself. There’s only one thing that I can relate here, namely the file permissions, but I will comment no further on that. MusicDNA was designed by Norwegian developer Dagfinn Bach, the same man who worked on the first MP3 player back in 1993.

Among the investors, we can mention German researcher Karlheinz Brandenburg, who is credited with inventing the MP3 file. Also, the British record company Beggars Group, that has the home labels for Vampire Weekend, MIA and The Strokes, has just signed up to use the MusicDNA and so has US label Tommy Boy.

Mr. Brandenburg, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology in Germany, said, “I think it brings together a number of ideas that have been around for a long time. I remember 10 years ago, a lot of people were saying that we need to enrich the user experience, that legal access to music has to give the customers more than just music, and this is certainly one very nice way to do it.”

So far, so good, but it seems that no major labels have signed for the journey of using this new file format. Nevertheless, I can see use of this especially in PMP, supplying comprehensive information in one file, without having to browse around to read conclusive information on a blog or such.