Audio Encoding Quality MPG-2 versus MPG-3

[W_Eagle]

Hello pals,

My standalone DVD player plays SVCD with audio encoded to both MPG 1 Layer II and Layer III - which is actually MPG-3. At a determined bit rate, the file size in both cases is exactly the same. Is there any difference in quality, for the same bit rate, between the two?

Thank you all.

[energy80s]

For a given bitrate MP3 will give better sound quality as it compresses better. However MP2 has better error checking capabilities so is used for transmission. A 224k MP2 is roughly equivilant to a 192k MP3.

[W_Eagle]

Thank you very much.