DPE Web Applications 2.x
2.17 2.16 2.15
2.17 2.16 2.15

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

check mark

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

.wav

check mark

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

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR > 2 GB

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR > 4 GB (RF64)

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR, 8 Bits, STEREO

.wav

cross mark

WAV, LINEAR(FP)

.wav

cross mark

WAV, MULAW

.wav

cross mark

BWF, LINEAR (same support as WAV, LINEAR)

.wav

check mark

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

.mus

check mark

MUS, MPEG-LAYER2, other bitrate

.mus

cross mark

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

.mp3

check mark

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

.mp3

check mark

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, VBR with XING header

.mp3

check mark

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, VBR without XING header

.mp3

cross mark

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

.mp3

check mark

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

.aac

check mark

VBR

.aac

cross mark

AAC in MP4 container

.mp4

cross mark

FLAC

.flac

cross mark

check mark  = supported AudioFormat for main Media File, when using HiResPreListen=True, see Audio Player and Recorder Components

cross mark  = 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