This complicated abbreviation is short for MPEG-l, audio layer 3, with MPEG being an acronym for
Motion Picture Experts Group, the standards body that created this file format.
This complicated abbreviation is short for MPEG-1, audio layer 3, with MPEG being an acronym for
Motion Picture Experts Group, the standards body that created this file format.
Their companies use MP3 (
Motion Picture Experts Group, audio layer three) file-sharing technology, a format used for compressing audio to transmit as files at near-CD quality over the Internet.
The compression schemes that apply to video have been standardized by the
Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG).
This could be done, though, when greater compression technology, such as the MPEG-4 system now being standardized by the
Motion Picture Experts Group, becomes available for video.
The name stems from the
Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG), which is developing new standards for audio and video files.