{
 "id": "dolby-mlp-lossless-audio",
 "name": "Dolby MLP Lossless Audio",
 "category": "audio",
 "identifiers": {
  "mime": [
   "audio/vnd.dolby.mlp"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/972"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q1921702"
  ],
  "extensions": [
   "mlp"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 4,
    "hex": "f8726f",
    "notes": "Dolby MLP"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Dolby MLP",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 4,
      "pattern": "f8726f(ba|bb)"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "MLP \"Meridian Lossless Packing\" is the standard lossless compression format for DVD-Audio content. It was originally developed by Meridian Audio, Ltd.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "VLC media player",
   "url": "https://www.videolan.org/vlc/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later",
   "open_source": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/972",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/972",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q1921702",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1921702",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MLP",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "converters",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-1-2-1",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.flac",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Lossless for decoded audio; a lossy source stays as degraded as it was. WAV may reduce bit depth or drop metadata.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "waveform-audio",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.wav",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Lossless for decoded audio; a lossy source stays as degraded as it was. WAV may reduce bit depth or drop metadata.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-1-2-audio-layer-3",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.mp3",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "ogg",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.ogg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-4-part-14",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.mp4",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "matroska-1-4",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.mkv",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "webm",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mlp out.webm",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  }
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}