| Name | M4P | MP3 |
| Full name | Apple iTunes Music Store audio | MP3 - MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III |
| File extension | .m4p | .mp3 |
| MIME type | audio/mpeg, audio/MPA, audio/mpa-robust | |
| Developed by | Apple | Fraunhofer Institute |
| Type of format | Digital audio | |
| Description | M4P file is an encrypted music format developed by Apple Inc. However, because of the DRM protection and format incompatibility issue. You can only play M4P music via iTunes or iPhone/iPad/iPod. | MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is an audio coding format for digital audio that uses lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage and a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players. |
| Technical details | Lossy compression is designed to reduce significantly the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio. For example, an MP3 file created using the setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file about 1/11 the size of the CD file created from the original audio source. | |
| File conversion | M4P conversion | MP3 conversion |
| Associated programs | Apple iTunes, Apple QuickTime Player | VLC media player, MPlayer, Winamp, foobar2000. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 |
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