MP2

mp2 icon

MPEG-1 Layer II audio stream

File type: Audio and sound file

Files with mp2 file extension are related to the MPEG-1 Layer II audio stream format.

What is mp2 file?

File type category:
Audio and sound file

Date updated: July 13, 2025

Older, previous version of well known and newer mp3 audio files format.

MPEG Audio Layer II is an audio-coding standard that was originally developed as a part of the MPEG-1 specification and was later updated for the MPEG-2 specification.

Mime types:
audio/x-mpeg
video/mpeg
video/x-mpeg
video/x-mpeg2a
video/x-mpeq2a

How to open mp2 file?

Use Windows Media Player and other playback tools to play *.mp2 files.

How to convert mp2 file?

Use compatible tools to export *.mp2 files to other formats.

Suggested software to open mp2 file:

VLC media player icon
VLC media player

Associated software actions with the mp2 file

Software applications that can open mp2 files:

Adobe Premiere Pro icon Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)

Software applications that can edit mp2 files:

Adobe Premiere Pro icon Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)

Software capable of saving mp2 files:

Adobe Premiere Pro icon Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)

Apps designed for playing mp2 files:

VLC media player icon VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)

Winamp icon Winamp (Microsoft Windows)

Microsoft Windows Media Player icon Microsoft Windows Media Player (Microsoft Windows)

Cyberlink PowerDVD icon Cyberlink PowerDVD (Microsoft Windows)

KMPlayer icon KMPlayer (Microsoft Windows)

jetAudio icon jetAudio (Microsoft Windows)

Adobe Premiere Pro icon Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)

Adobe Media Encoder icon Adobe Media Encoder (Microsoft Windows)

Apple iTunes for Windows icon Apple iTunes for Windows (Microsoft Windows)

Helium Music Manager icon Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)

Apple iTunes for Mac icon Apple iTunes for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VLC media player for Mac icon VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

VLC media player for Linux icon VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)

VLC media player for Android icon VLC media player for Android (Google Android)

Software apps that convert mp2 files:

no icon available DVD Ripper+Video Converter Ultimate (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available Ultimate Video Converter (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available SUPER (Microsoft Windows)

Helium Music Manager icon Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)

xrecode icon xrecode (Microsoft Windows)

Software apps that import mp2 files:

Nero Recode icon Nero Recode (Microsoft Windows)

Tiny Audio Converter icon Tiny Audio Converter (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Software apps that export mp2 files:

Tiny Audio Converter icon Tiny Audio Converter (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

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Helium Music Manager icon Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)