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Jalexster

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Jun 8, 2004
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Ok, I know what MPEG-1 Layer-3 is (standard, vanilla MP3), but what is MPEG-2 Layer-3? Before you dismiss it, look here:

http://www.ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html
(By the way, this is an ARG, which is now over. It finished up with a 5.4 hour audio drama. It's based in the year 2552, in the Halo universe.)

They are .WAVs, and I thought they were MP3s with a WAV extenstion. But when I checked them in iTunes, I found that they are MPEG-2 Layer-3 files. Also, they are only 56kbps, yet they are quite good quality.

Why is this the only place I have ever seen MPEG-2 Layer 3? I've never seen it used anywhere else. Also, they played on my iPod, but I didn't know that the iPod supported MPEG-2 Layer 3.

Is MPEG-2 Layer-3 the format used on DVDs, or do they use something else for audio?
 
I thought that 'vanilla' mp3 was mpeg2 layer3... i thoguht that mpeg1's layer3 was just refered to as mpeg1 audio. I must be mistaken?

Rob
 
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