MPC is a lossy audio compression format, similar in function to MPEG-1 Layer II Audio, also known as Musicam.
Unlike MPEG Layer II it uses:
- subband-wise selectable M/S encoding (like MPEG-AAC)
- Huffman coding (like MPEG Layer III, MPEG AAC, ...)
- noise substitution techniques as used in ATSC A-52 and MPEG-4 AAC V2
- pure variable bitrate between 3 and 1300 kbit/s (when needed)
Development of MPC was initiated in 1997 by Andree Buschmann.
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