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Audio file formats

Contenta products support several audio file formats.

In the following table, read the column headers as follows.
  • Object type refers to the Contenta S1000D Object Type
  • CaS refers to Contenta S1000D 5.11
  • AE refers to Arbortext Editor 8.x
  • OXA refers to Oxygen XML Author 23.x
  • LCS refers to LiveContent S1000D 5.11
  • XPP refers to XML Professional Publisher 9.1 and later
File extensionObject typeCaSAEOXALCSXPP
adts, aacn/anononoyes(2)n/a
midn/anomaybe (1)maybe (6)non/a
mp3MP3yesmaybe (1)maybe (6)yes (3)n/a
oga, oggn/anononoyes (4)n/a
wavWAVyesmaybe (1)maybe (6)yes (5)n/a
wmvWMVyesmaybe (1)maybe (6)yes (5)n/a
  1. Arbortext Editor can be configured if a plug-in (ActiveX viewer) is available.
  2. Supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, and for iPad on iOS.
  3. Supported natively with HTML5 by all major browsers.
  4. Supported without plug-ins by Mozilla Firefox and recent versions of Microsoft Edge.
  5. Requires an external viewer (plug-in).
  6. Requires an Oxygen add-in.