MPEG-1 Audio Layer II

Summary

MPEG-1 Audio Layer II is a lossy audio coding format^[1]. It draws 152 Wikipedia views per month (lossy_audio_coding_format category, ranking #1 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's instance of is recorded as lossy audio coding format^[3].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's instance of is recorded as audio compression^[4].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's instance of is recorded as audio file format^[5].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's part of is recorded as MPEG-1^[6].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's part of is recorded as MPEG-2 Part 3^[7].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0153qy^[8].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's official website is recorded as https://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/audio.html^[9].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's media type is recorded as audio/mpeg^[10].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's media type is recorded as audio/MPA^[11].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's file extension is recorded as mp2^[12].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/198^[13].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.0.62379.2.2.1.4^[14].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's IPTC NewsCode is recorded as audiocodec/016^[15].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781079715^[16].
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00597^[17].

Why It Matters

MPEG-1 Audio Layer II draws 152 Wikipedia views per month (lossy_audio_coding_format category, ranking #1 of 7).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]