MP2

MP2 support in Audacity

MP2 files can be imported into both current and legacy 1.2.6 versions of Audacity. In order to export MP2 files from Audacity you must use current Audacity. Only current Audacity or legacy 1.3.4 or later supports the highest 384 kbps export bit rate. In current Audacity bit rates can be chosen at time of exporting the file. Simply click, choose "MP2 Files" in the "Save as type" dropdown, and click the "Options" button.

If you are still using the legacy 1.2.6 version of Audacity, you can export as WAV or AIFF from Audacity and convert that file to MP2 with one of the following tools:


 * for Windows
 * for OS X
 * for Linux

Note: every time you export from Audacity as an MP2, MP3 or other lossy audio format, the encoding necessarily degrades some of the original audio quality. If you have an MP2 or MP3 file on which you want to perform simple edits (cut, copy, paste, join, fade or normalize), you may prefer an application that can edit MP2 or MP3 directly without having to decompress then re-encode. for Windows and for OS 8, 9 and X are two such applications. For more advanced edits, you must accept any perceptible quality loss from re-encoding your MP2/3 when you export.