Why do MP3 files use Synchsafe Integers?

Question

I started reading mp3-files in c++.

All went well until I read the specs of the ID3-Tag. There is some information in the ID3v2-Header about its size stored in so-ca

Answer 1

In addition to the above answers i would like to add a page from my blog: http://phoxis.org/2010/05/08/synch-safe/