A Audio File and Compression Formats for Use with Oracle Multimedia
Oracle Multimedia supports a range of audio file and compression formats.
Find the audio data format you are interested in, and then determine the supported formats. For example, Supported AIFF Data Formats shows that Oracle Multimedia supports AIFF format for single channel, stereo, 8-bit and 16-bit samples, linear PCM encoding, and uncompressed format.
A.2 Supported AIFF Data Formats
The supported AIFF format ID, file format, file extension, MIME type, audio features, compression format, and encoding/compression type are as follows:
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Format ID: AIFF
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File Format: AIFF
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File extension: .aff
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MIME type: audio/x-aiff
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Audio features:
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Single channel
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Stereo
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8-bit samples
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16-bit samples
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Linear PCM encoding
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Compression format: Standard AIFF Uncompressed
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Encoding/Compression Type: TWOS
A.3 Supported AIFF-C Data Formats
The supported AIFF-C format ID, file format, file extension, MIME type, and audio features are as follows:
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Format ID: AIFC
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File format: AIFC
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File extension: .aft
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MIME type: audio/x-aiff
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Audio features:
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Single channel
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Stereo
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8-bit samples
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16-bit samples
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Table A-1 lists the supported AIFF-C data compression format names and encoding/compression types.
Table A-1 Supported AIFF-C Data Compression Formats and Types
Compression Formats | Encoding/Compression Types |
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Not compressed |
Uncompressed (TWOS) |
ACE 2-to-1 |
ACE2 |
ACE 8-to-3 |
ACE8 |
MACE 3-to-1 |
MAC3 |
MACE 6-to-1 |
MAC6 |
A.4 Supported AU Data Formats
The supported AU format ID, file format, file extension, MIME type, and audio features are as follows:
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Format ID: AUFF
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File format: AUFF
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File extension: .au
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MIME type: audio/basic
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Audio features:
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Single channel
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Stereo
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8-bit samples
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16-bit samples
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mu-law encoding
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Linear PCM encoding
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Table A-2 lists the supported AU data compression format names and encoding/compression types.
Table A-2 AU Data Compression Formats and Types
Compression Format | Encoding/Compression Types |
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Unspecified format |
UNSPECIFIED |
8-bit mu-law samples |
MULAW |
8-bit linear samples |
LINEAR |
16-bit linear samples |
LINEAR |
24-bit linear samples |
LINEAR |
32-bit linear samples |
LINEAR |
Floating-point samples |
FLOAT |
Double-precision float samples |
DOUBLE |
Fragmented sample data |
FRAGMENTED |
Nested format |
NESTED |
DSP program |
DSP_CORE |
8-bit fixed-point samples |
DSP_DATA |
16-bit fixed-point samples |
DSP_DATA |
24-bit fixed-point samples |
DSP_DATA |
32-bit fixed-point samples |
DSP_DATA |
Unknown AU format |
UNKNOWN |
Nonaudio display data |
DISPLAY |
Squelch format |
MULAW_SQUELCH |
16-bit linear with emphasis |
EMPHASIZED |
16-bit linear with compression |
COMPRESSED |
16-bit linear with emphasis and compression |
COMPRESSED_EMPHASIZED |
Music Kit DSP commands |
DSP_COMMANDS |
DSP commands samples |
DSP_COMMANDS_SAMPLES |
ADPCM G721 |
ADPCM_G721 |
ADPCM G722 |
ADPCM_G722 |
ADPCM G723_3 |
ADPCM_G723_3 |
ADPCM G723_5 |
ADPCM_G723_5 |
8-bit a-law samples |
ALAW |
A.5 Supported Audio MPEG Data Formats
A.5.1 Supported MPEG1 and MPEG2 Data Formats
The MPEG1 and MPEG2 format ID, file format, file extension, MIME type, and audio features are as follows:
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Format ID: MPEG
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File format: MPGA
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File extension: .mpg
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MIME type: audio/mpeg
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Audio Features:
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Layer I
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Layer II
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Layer III
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Table A-3 lists the supported audio MPEG1 and MPEG2 data compression format names and encoding/compression types.
Table A-3 Audio MPEG1 and MPEG2 Compression Formats and Types
Compression Formats | Encoding/Compression Types |
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MPEG Audio, Layer I |
LAYER1 |
MPEG Audio, Layer II |
LAYER2 |
MPEG Audio, Layer III |
LAYER3 |
The following subsection provides more detail about MPEG1 and MPEG2 audio formats:
A.5.1.1 Supported ID3 Audio File Data Tagging Format
Within the MPEG1 and MPEG2 audio formats, for Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III, these ID3V1.1 tags are supported:
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Song title
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Artist
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Album
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Year
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Comment
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Genre
The metadata information in these tags is extracted into the comments attribute of the ORDAudio object. See ORDAudio Object Type for more information about ORDAudio object type attributes.
A.7 Supported WAV Data Formats
The supported WAV format ID, file format, file extension, MIME type, and audio features are as follows:
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Format ID: WAVE
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File format: WAVE
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File extension: .wav
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MIME type: audio/x-wav
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Audio features:
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Single channel
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Stereo
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8-bit samples
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16-bit samples
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Linear PCM encoding
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Table A-4 lists the supported WAV data compression format names and encoding/compression types.
Table A-4 WAV Data Compression Formats and Types
Compression Formats | Encoding/Compression Types |
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Unknown Wave Format |
UNKNOWN |
Microsoft PCM Wave Format |
MS_PCM |
Microsoft ADPCM Wave Format |
MS_ADPCM |
IBM CVSD Wave Format |
IBM_CVSD |
Microsoft aLaw Wave Format |
ALAW |
Microsoft mu-Law Wave Format |
MULAW |
OKI ADPCM Wave Format |
OKI_ADPCM |
Intel DVI/IMA ADPCM Wave Format |
DVI_ADPCM |
VideoLogic Media Space ADPCM Wave Format |
MEDIASPACE_ADPCM |
Sierra Semiconductor ADPCM Wave Format |
SIERRA_ADPCM |
Antex Electronics G723 ADPCM Wave Format |
ANTEX_G723_ADPCM |
DSP Solutions DIGISTD Wave Format |
DIGISTD |
DSP Solutions DIGIFIX Wave Format |
DIGIFIX |
Dialogic OKI ADPCM Wave Format |
DIALOGIC_OKI_ADPCM |
Yamaha ADPCM Wave Format |
YAMAHA_ADPCM |
Speech Compression Sonarc Wave Format |
SONARC |
DSP Group TrueSpeech Wave Format |
DSPGROUP_TRUESPEECH |
Echo Speech Wave Format |
ECHOSC1 |
Audiofile AF36 Wave Format |
AUDIOFILE_AF36 |
Audio Processing Technology Wave Format |
APTX |
Audiofile AF10 Wave Format |
AUDIOFILE_AF10 |
Dolby AC-2 Wave Format |
DOLBY_AC2 |
Microsoft GSM 610 Wave Format |
MS_GSM610 |
Antex Electronics ADPCME Wave Format |
ANTEX_ADPCME |
Control Resources VQLPC Wave Format |
CONTROL_RES_VQLPC |
DSP Solutions DIGIREAL Wave Format |
DIGIREAL |
DSP Solutions DIGIADPCM Wave Format |
DIGIADPCM |
Control Resources CR10 Wave Format |
CONTROL_RES_CR10 |
Natural Microsystems NMS VBXADPCM Wave Format |
NMS_VBXADPCM |
Crystal Semiconductor IMA ADPCM Wave Format |
CS_IMAADPCM |
Antex Electronics G721 ADPCM Wave Format |
ANTEX_G721_ADPCM |
MPEG-1 Audio Wave Format |
MPEG |
Creative Labs ADPCM Wave Format |
CREATIVE_ADPCM |
Creative Labs FastSpeech8 Wave Format |
CREATIVE_FASTSPEECH8 |
Creative Labs FastSpeech10 Wave Format |
CREATIVE_FASTSPEECH10 |
Fujitsu FM Towns Wave Format |
FM_TOWNS_SND |
Olivetti GSM Wave Format |
OLIGSM |
Olivetti ADPCM Wave Format |
OLIADPCM |
Olivetti CELP Wave Format |
OLICELP |
Olivetti SBC Wave Format |
OLISBC |
Olivetti OPR Wave Format |
OLIOPR |