Supported Audio file formats in iPhone

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Biranchi picture Biranchi · Nov 19, 2009 · Viewed 45.9k times · Source

What are the supported audio files formats in iPhone?

If I want to play a 2 hour audio files , what is the best audio file format I should have in my App?

Thanks

Answer

flycomputer picture flycomputer · Nov 19, 2009

mp3 why not. From: The Multimedia Support Section of the Reference Library

Audio Playback and Recording Formats

The audio playback formats supported in iOS are the following:

  • AAC (AAC-LC)
  • HE-AAC (v1 and v2)
  • AC-3 (Dolby Digital) - supported since iOS 9.3
  • E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) - supported since iOS 9.3
  • MP3 (MPEG-1 audio layer 3
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, a format for speech) - not supported since iOS 4.3
  • ALAC (Apple Lossless)
  • iLBC (internet Low Bitrate Codec, another format for speech)
  • IMA4 (IMA/ADPCM)
  • linear PCM (uncompressed)
  • µ-law and a-law

The audio recording formats supported in iOS are the following:

  • AAC (on supported devices only)
  • ALAC (Apple Lossless)
  • iLBC (internet Low Bitrate Codec, for speech)
  • IMA4 (IMA/ADPCM)
  • linear PCM
  • µ-law and a-law

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