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Supported Audio file formats in iPhone

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?

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Solution

  • 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)
    • xHE-AAC - supported since iOS 13.0
    • 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)
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    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
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