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<h2 id="mlp-in-packaged-media-formats">MLP in packaged media formats</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Media format</th><th>Status</th><th>Channels</th><th>Max. bit rate</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/HD_DVD/ULvpqYxb">HD DVD</a></th><td>Mandatory</td><td>2 to 8</td><td>18 Mbit/s</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Blu-ray/zyPalhfG">Blu-ray</a></th><td>Optional</td><td>2 to 8</td><td>18 Mbit/s</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/DVD-Audio/X5I65Vxd">DVD-Audio</a></th><td>Mandatory</td><td>1 to 6</td><td>9.6 Mbit/s</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/DVD-Video/V7pyI58m">DVD-Video</a></th><td colspan="3">Not available</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Direct_Stream_Transfer/f4a7Gu0V">Direct Stream Transfer</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Monkey%2527s_Audio/UIJz1IQG">Monkey's Audio</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WavPack/MN8nT9Gj">WavPack</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Master_Quality_Authenticated/alxKG7Se">Master Quality Authenticated</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"It's Official: DVD-Audio Version 1.0 Finally Set". Stereophile. 14 February 1999. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040825103643/https://www.stereophile.com/news/10379/index.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20040825103643/https://www.stereophile.com/news/10379/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"MLP mandatory for DVD-Audio players" (PDF) (Press release). Huntingdon: Meridian Audio. 27 February 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210512105007/https://www.meridian-audio.info/public/mlp_pr_11%5b2522%5d.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20210512105007/https://www.meridian-audio.info/public/mlp_pr_11%5b2522%5d.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby TrueHD (MLP) high-level bitstream description". 2018 p. 6. <a href="https://developer.dolby.com/globalassets/technology/dolby-truehd/dolbytruehdhighlevelbitstreamdescription.pdf" target="_blank">https://developer.dolby.com/globalassets/technology/dolby-truehd/dolbytruehdhighlevelbitstreamdescription.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP) in a Nutshell. <a href="http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_4/dvd-benchmark-part-6-dvd-audio-11-2001.html#Meridian%20Lossless%20Packing%20(MLP)%20in%20a%20Nutshell" target="_blank">http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_4/dvd-benchmark-part-6-dvd-audio-11-2001.html#Meridian%20Lossless%20Packing%20(MLP)%20in%20a%20Nutshell</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"MLP Lossless Compression" by Bob Stuart of Meridian Audio, Ltd. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010810061610/http://www.meridian-audio.com/w_paper/mlp_jap_new.PDF" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20010810061610/http://www.meridian-audio.com/w_paper/mlp_jap_new.PDF</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"A Proposal for the High-Quality Audio Application of High-Density CD Carriers" proposal by Bob Stuart, 1996, Table 3. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000820182419/http://www.meridian-audio.com/ara/ara13.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20000820182419/http://www.meridian-audio.com/ara/ara13.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>MLP on MultimediaWiki <a href="https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Meridian_Lossless_Packing" target="_blank">https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Meridian_Lossless_Packing</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Dolby Laboratories 2018, section 2.4 <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Robert C. Maher. "Lossless Compression of Audio Data". p. 266. <a href="https://www.montana.edu/rmaher/publications/maher_lossless_chapter_2003.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.montana.edu/rmaher/publications/maher_lossless_chapter_2003.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>