What is the difference between .mp2 and .mpeg2?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .mpeg2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Description
- Audio format that uses MPEG-1 Layer II compression to reduce the file size; mainly replaced by the ubiquitous .MP3 format, but is still used for digital radio and digital television broadcasts.
- Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- video/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .mpeg2 on Wikipedia