Audio file formats
SDL Contenta products support several audio file formats.
In the following table, read the column headers as follows.
- Object type refers to the SDL Contenta S1000D Object Type
- CaS refers to SDL Contenta S1000D 5.7
- AE refers to Arbortext Editor 7.x
- LCS refers to SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.7
- XPP refers to SDL XML Professional Publisher 9.1 and later
| File extension | Object type | CaS | AE | LCS | XPP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adts, aac | n/a | no | no | yes(2) | n/a |
| mid | n/a | no | maybe (1) | no | n/a |
| mp3 | MP3 | yes | maybe (1) | yes (3) | n/a |
| oga, ogg | n/a | no | no | yes (4) | n/a |
| wav | WAV | yes | maybe (1) | yes (5) | n/a |
| wmv | WMV | yes | maybe (1) | yes (5) | n/a |
- Arbortext Editor can be configured if a plug-in (ActiveX viewer) is available.
- Supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, and for iPad on iOS.
- Supported natively with HTML5 by all major browsers.
- Supported without plug-ins by Mozilla Firefox and recent versions of Microsoft Edge.
- Requires an external viewer (plug-in).