MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II or MPEG-2 Audio Layer II (MP2, sometimes incorrectly called Musicam or MUSICAM) 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.
| Filename extension |
.mp2 |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
audio/mpeg, audio/MPA |
| Initial release | 6 December 1991 |
| Latest release | ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998 April 1998 |
| Type of format | Lossy audio |
| Contained by | MPEG-ES |
| Standard | ISO/IEC 11172-3, ISO/IEC 13818-3 |
| Open format? | Yes |
| Free format? | Yes |
| Website | http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/audio |
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