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| Name | 3GP | MP3 |
| Full name | 3GP - Third Generation Partnership Project | MP3 - MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III |
| File extension | .3gp, .3g2 | .mp3 |
| MIME type | Video/3gpp | audio/mpeg, audio/MPA, audio/mpa-robust |
| Developed by | 3GPP | Fraunhofer Institute |
| Type of format | Media container | Digital audio |
| Description | 3GP (3GPP file format) is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for 3G UMTS multimedia services. It is used on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones. 3G2 (3GPP2 file format) is a multimedia container format defined by the 3GPP2 for 3G CDMA2000 multimedia services. It is very similar to the 3GP file format but consumes less space & bandwidth also has some extensions and limitations in comparison to 3GP. | MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is an audio coding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players. |
| Technical details | 3GP and 3G2 are container formats similar to MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4), which is also based on MPEG-4 Part 12. The 3GP and 3G2 file format were designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements to accommodate mobile phones. They are good for lower end smartphones for faster streaming & download. | The use of lossy compression is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio. An MP3 file that is created using the setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file that is about 1/11 the size of the CD file created from the original audio source. |
| Associated programs | Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime, VLC media player, Media Player Classic, K-Multimedia Player, Totem, RealPlayer, MPlayer, and GOM Player | VLC media player, MPlayer, Winamp, foobar2000. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GP_and_3G2 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 |