[slinkelist] mpeg2 ????????

[Elron A. Yellin]

It is my impression that the latest revision of mpeg-2 audio (AAC) has
surpassed mpeg audio layer 3 (aka mpeg3) in performance, but in a
non-backward-compatible way.  I could be wrong about this.

Elron
> I'm bit confused, isn't mp3 = mpeg3 - Audio Layer Only
> 
> As in progressive :
> mpeg1 -> mpeg2 -> mpeg3 (the video compression of 3 is (as far as I
> know) not yet developed, so Mpeg3_Audio_only = mp3)
> 
> mpeg3 is improved version of mpeg2, right or wrong?
> Or is it that improved compression of mpeg3 produses poorer audio
> quality than mpeg2.
> 
> -michael (A)