Turn MP2 audio files into FLAC. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop MP2 files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop MP2 (MPEG Layer 2, MP1) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab.
Save the FLAC, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The MP2 to FLAC converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your audio files are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
MP2 is less efficient than MP3 and has patchy support on phones. FLAC keeps full quality at about half the size of WAV. An MP2 file usually holds MPEG-1 Layer II. MP2 is at home in broadcast radio and television audio; FLAC is the usual choice for archiving music at full quality. FLAC cannot bring back detail that MP2 compression already removed; it simply stores the result without further loss, in a larger file.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can trim the start and end.
This pair uses the compatibility engine, ffmpeg built for the browser, because MP2 is not handled by the browser's built-in codecs. It is a one-off download of about 10 MB that the browser keeps, it is slower than the built-in codecs, and it takes files up to 1 GB.
MP2 is the older sibling of MP3. It is less efficient but simpler and robust, which is why digital radio, digital television (DVB) and Video CDs adopted it. A .mp1 file is the even simpler Layer I.
Opens in VLC, broadcast software and most desktop players; fewer phone apps
MP2 converterFLAC compresses audio to roughly half the size of WAV without losing anything, like a ZIP for sound. It is the standard for lossless music collections. Apple's Music app is the notable holdout.
Opens in Android, Windows, VLC, most hi-fi players; Apple Music does not import it
FLAC converter| MP2MPEG audio layer II | FLACFLAC audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | MPEG-1 Audio Layer II | Free Lossless Audio Codec |
| Type | Audio | Audio |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossless |
| Introduced | 1993, by the Moving Picture Experts Group | 2001, by Josh Coalson and the Xiph.Org Foundation |
| Opens in | VLC, broadcast software and most desktop players; fewer phone apps | Android, Windows, VLC, most hi-fi players; Apple Music does not import it |
| Best for | Broadcast radio and television audio | Archiving music at full quality |
| File extension | .mp2, .mp1 | .flac |
No. The MP2 to FLAC conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
No further quality is lost: FLAC stores the decoded audio exactly. It cannot restore what MP2 compression already discarded, and the file will be larger.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the MP2 file, press Convert and save the FLAC. There is nothing to install.
Yes. MP2 to FLAC runs on the compatibility engine, which takes files up to 1 GB, and a long clip takes a while because it is slower than the browser's built-in codecs. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.