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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 extensionObject typeCaSAELCSXPP
adts, aacn/anonoyes(2)n/a
midn/anomaybe (1)non/a
mp3MP3yesmaybe (1)yes (3)n/a
oga, oggn/anonoyes (4)n/a
wavWAVyesmaybe (1)yes (5)n/a
wmvWMVyesmaybe (1)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).