MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
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MPEG-1 Audio Layer II or MPEG-2 Audio Layer II (MP2, sometimes incorrectly called Musicam or MUSICAM)[7] is a lossy audio compression format defined by ISO/IEC 11172-3 alongside MPEG-1 Audio Layer I and MPEG-1 Audio Layer III (MP3). While MP3 is much more popular for PC and Internet applications, MP2 remains a dominant standard for audio broadcasting.[8]
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Quick Facts Filename extension, Internet media type ...
Filename extension |
.mp2 |
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Internet media type | |
Initial release | 6 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-06)[3] |
Latest release | ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998 April 1998; 26 years ago (1998-04) |
Type of format | Lossy audio |
Contained by | MPEG-ES |
Standard | ISO/IEC 11172-3,[4] ISO/IEC 13818-3[5] |
Open format? | Yes |
Free format? | Yes[6] |
Website | http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/audio |
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