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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by wbear on Thursday April 07, 2022 @05:47PM (#30950732)
They explain what the padding was used for and why it was initially introduced in the article. This isn't something that needs to be theorized on.
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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by Dylan16807 on Thursday April 07, 2022 @06:09PM (#30950926)
The article is only guessing at what 99% of the padding is there for.
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