Those various mysterious three letters ending mp3 filenames

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some examples of stuff i recently downloaded:

01-alan_braxe_and_fred_falke-rubicon_(radio_edit)-fsp
01-da_brat_-_in_love_wit_chu_(so_so_def_remix)-crn
01-sean_paul-head_fi_toe-gmg
03-joe-more_and_more-rns
07-hilary_duff-the_math-xxl
10-cd1-r._kelly-touched_a_dream-wcr
sugababes-too_lost_in_you_kujay_da_das_bass_shaker_mix-usf

so, what do those end-tags mean? i haven’t got a clue, but i’ve noticed
some patterns – like usf & fsp is for house mp3s, jah & vod for dancehall, rns & wcr for hip hop and R&B… i presume those are references to mp3 providers/dealers? Do they operate on newsgroups, is it an ftp thing, or something else altogether?

― Mind Taker, Sunday, 8 February 2004 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

It's the group or person that's ripped the original. Usually, there'll be an .nfo file with the Mp3s that tells you something - though not much because as if they're going to lead everyone to them.

Not always three letters, either.

― edward o (edwardo), Sunday, 8 February 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

It works as quality control too - the file gets checked by other members of the group first if sound quality is good enough, so if you see a file from a well-known ripping group you can expect a decent rip.

― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 8 February 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

My favourite is VOD!!!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Sunday, 8 February 2004 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

think the original distribution method for these might be IRC?...
never actually done it though

― Shady Nook (shady nook), Sunday, 8 February 2004 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I imagined much of it comes from newsgroups or something.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 9 February 2004 07:29 (twenty-two years ago)

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