MPE is an extension of files that store digital video material. Data in such files is compressed using the MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 standard. In both cases it is a lossy compression. The MPE format has been used frequently for the distribution of video over the Internet. The codecs for the MPEG-1 standard allowed to obtain an image resolution of 352x240 (bandwidth 1.5 Mb / s), and MPEG-2 standard 1920x1152 points (bandwidth 3 - 13 Mb / s).

Files of this type, apart from the MPE extension, more often received the MPEG extension.