{
 "id": "musepack",
 "name": "Musepack",
 "category": "audio",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "mp",
   "mp+",
   "mpc",
   "mpp"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "audio/musepack",
   "audio/x-musepack"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q940967"
  ]
 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "lossy audio codec",
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  {
   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "A Better CD Encoder",
   "url": "https://abcde.einval.com/wiki/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "Artistic License 1.0 / GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "AIMP 3.5",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111665632",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Awave Studio",
   "url": "https://www.fmjsoft.com/awavestudio.html#main",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "EasyTAG",
   "url": "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EasyTAG",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Ex Falso",
   "url": "https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "ExifTool",
   "url": "https://exiftool.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "EZ CD Audio Converter",
   "url": "https://www.poikosoft.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "JetAudio",
   "url": "http://www.jetaudio.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Mp3tag",
   "url": "https://www.mp3tag.de/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "free license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Music on Console",
   "url": "http://moc.daper.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "mutagen",
   "url": "https://mutagen.readthedocs.io/en/latest/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Puddletag",
   "url": "http://docs.puddletag.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q117725",
   "url": "https://picard.musicbrainz.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q300915",
   "url": "https://www.foobar2000.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Strawberry",
   "url": "https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "TagScanner",
   "url": "https://www.xdlab.ru/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "thousand tunes player",
   "url": "http://music.taihe.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q940967",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940967",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Musepack_Audio",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "converters",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-1-2-1",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mpc 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.mpc 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.mpc out.mp3",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "ogg",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mpc out.ogg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-4-part-14",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mpc 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.mpc 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.mpc 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": []
}