Network Working Group M. Nilsson Request for Comments: 3003 November 2000 Category: Standards Track Network Working Group M. Nilsson Request for Comments: 3003 November 2000 Category: Standards Track This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. The audio compression defined as layer I, layer II and layer III in the MPEG-1 [MPEG-1] and MPEG-2 [MPEG-2] standards is a popular method of compressing audio with a low quality loss. The compressed audio is split into several small data frames, each containing a frame header and compressed audio data. NOTE: MPEG audio was not designed as a file format but as a format for transmitting audio streams. As such, it does not have any well defined way of including meta data along with audio information. Some products embed meta data using zero amplitude frames or disguised as transmission errors. Others embed the MPEG data in WAV format. Magic number(s): none File extension(s): .mp1, .mp2, .mp3 Macintosh File Type Code(s): MPEG Object Identifier(s) or OID(s): none Magic number(s): none File extension(s): .mp1, .mp2, .mp3 Macintosh File Type Code(s): MPEG Object Identifier(s) or OID(s): none [MPEG-1] ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993. Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s, Part 3: Audio. Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 29 [MPEG-1] ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993. Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s, Part 3: Audio. Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 29 This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than English. This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.