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 5.12
  • AE refers to Arbortext Editor 8.x
  • OXA refers to Oxygen XML Author 23.x
  • LCC refers to LiveContent Central 6.0
  • LCS refers to LiveContent S1000D 5.12
  • XPP refers to XML Professional Publisher 9.6.3 and later
File extensionObject typeCaSAEOXALCCLCSXPP
aacn/anononoyes(2)yes(2)n/a
midn/anomaybe (1)maybe (5)nonon/a
mp3MP3yesmaybe (1)maybe (5)yes (3)yes (3)n/a
oga, oggn/anononononon/a
wavWAVyesmaybe (1)maybe (5)yes (4)yes (4)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. Requires an external viewer (plug-in).
  5. Requires an Oxygen add-in.