Filename extension | .mp1 |
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Internet media type | audio/mpeg,[1] audio/MPA[2] |
Initial release | December 6, 1991[3] |
Latest release | ISO/IEC 13818-3:1998 (April 1998 ) |
Type of format | Lossy audio |
MPEG-1 Audio Layer I (MP1), is a lossy data compression format for audio. It is a deliberately simplified version of the MP2 file, but both formats have been largely made obsolete in favour of the more popular and higher quality MP3.