MPEG Audio Layer 2
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits
MPEG Audio Layer 2
- Overview
- Availability
- Related press releases
Overview
MPEG Layer 2 is used in digital broadcasting systems such as DAB and DVB, and in other professional audio applications.
| Bitrates | MPEG-1: 32...384 kbit/s
MPEG2: 8...160 kbit/s |
| Sampling rates | MPEG-1: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
MPEG-2: 16, 22.05, 24 kHz |
| Channels | Mono, Dual Channel, Stereo, Joint Stereo (intensity stereo) |
| Used in | DAB, DVB, DVD Video, Video CD, Super Video CD |
Availability
Fraunhofer IIS is the leading independent provider of optimized MPEG audio coding implementations. MPEG Audio Layer 2 Encoder and Decoder object and source code are immediately available for:
- PC (Win/MacOS X/Linux)
- Power PC processors
- TI C64, OMAP, DaVinci
- TI C67
- ARM
- MIPS
- Freescale 563xx (Decoder only, through third party)
- ADI Blackfin
- Starcore, TI C55 and Freescale Coldfire (ony source code)
- Apple iPhone® SDK
Availability chart audio and video products Fraunhofer IIS (PDF, 2 pages)


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