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Supported audio formats for HiRes prelistening in Content Manager

The following is an incomplete list of audio formats supported (or unsupported) when when using HiResPreListen=true (also see Audio Player and Recorder Components )

Audio Format

File Ext

Supported

WAV, LINEAR, 44100 Hz, 16+24 Bits, STEREO+MONO

.wav

(tick)

WAV, LINEAR, 48000 Hz, 16+24 Bits, STEREO+MONO

.wav

(tick)

WAV, LINEAR, 96000 Hz, 16+24 Bits, STEREO+MONO

.wav

(tick)

WAV, LINEAR > 2 GB

.wav

(tick)

WAV, LINEAR > 4 GB (RF64)

.wav

(tick)

WAV, LINEAR, 8 Bits, STEREO

.wav

(error)

WAV, LINEAR(FP)

.wav

(error)

WAV, MULAW

.wav

(error) 

BWF, LINEAR (same support as WAV, LINEAR)

.wav

(tick)

MUS, MPEG-LAYER2, 384 KBits/s, 48000 Hz, STEREO

.mus

(tick)

MUS, MPEG-LAYER2, other bitrate

.mus

(error)

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, 44100 Hz,
64+128+192+256+320 KBits/s, STEREO+MONO+JOINT

.mp3

(tick)

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, 44800 Hz,
64+128+192+256+320 KBits/s, STEREO+MONO+JOINT

.mp3

(tick)

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, VBR with XING header

.mp3

(tick)

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, VBR without XING header

.mp3

(error)

ID3V2, MPEG-LAYER3 (same support as RAW, MPEG-LAYER3)

.mp3

(tick)

AAC, 384 KBits/s, 44100 Hz, STEREO (raw AAC)

.aac

(tick)

VBR

.aac

(error)

AAC in MP4 container

.mp4

(error)

FLAC

.flac

(error)

(tick) = supported AudioFormat for main Media File, when using HiResPreListen=True, see Audio Player and Recorder Components

(error) = not supported AudioFormat, use PreProductionAudio Workflow instead, or rely on on-the-fly Audio Conversion, for creating LoRes file, see Standard Workflow Configurations for CM

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