Editing Musepack (section)

{{Short description|Open-source lossy audio codec}}
{{Infobox file format
| name = Musepack (formerly MPEGplus, MPEG+, MP+)
| icon = 
| logo = 
| caption = 
| extension = .mpc, .mp+, .mpp
| mime = audio/x-musepack<br>audio/musepack
| type code = 
| uniform type = 
| magic = MPCK, MP+
| owner = 
| latest release version = r475 (SV8)
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2011|08|10}}
| type = [[Lossy compression|Lossy]] [[Audio file format|audio]]
| container for = 
| contained by = [[Matroska|MKA/MKV]], [[FFmpeg#NUT|NUT]]
| extended from = [[MPEG-1 Audio Layer II|MP2]]
| extended to = 
| standard =
| open = Yes
| free = Yes
| url = {{URL|www.musepack.net}}
}}

'''Musepack''' or '''MPC''' is an [[open source]] [[audio data compression#Lossy|lossy audio codec]], specifically optimized for [[transparency (data compression)|transparent]] compression of stereo audio at bitrates of 160&ndash;180 (manual set allows bitrates up to 320) [[bit rate|kbit/s]]. It was formerly known as '''MPEGplus''', '''MPEG+''' or '''MP+'''.

Development of MPC was initiated in 1997 by Andree Buschmann and later assumed by Frank Klemm, and as of 2004 is maintained by the Musepack Development Team (MDT) with assistance from Buschmann and Klemm. Encoders and decoders are available for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[Mac OS X]], and plugins for several third-party media players available from the Musepack website, licensed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL) or [[BSD licenses]], and an extensive list of programs supporting the format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src |title=Source Code/Libs |publisher=musepack.net |access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref>