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What audio formats will the iPhone play/support?

By Chad Shmukler - Published March 28th 2007 - 22:23 in  •  

The Apple iPhone supports the following audio formats:
AAC (16 to 320 Kbps)
AIFF
AAC Protected (MP4 from iTunes Store)
MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps)
MP3 VBR
Audible (formats 2-4)
Apple Lossless
WAV

Unfortunately, Ogg Vorbis didn't make the list.

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Submitted by Will the iPhone support the Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) audio format? (not verified) on March 28, 2007 - 10:24pm.

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[...] What audio formats
Submitted by iPhone » iPhone March 28, 2007 3:06 pm (not verified) on March 29, 2007 - 1:17am.

[...] What audio formats will the iPhone play/support? The Apple iPhone supports the following audio formats: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps) AIFF AAC Protected (MP4 from iTunes Store) MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps) MP3 VBR Audible (formats 2-4) Apple Lossless WAV. Unfortunately, Ogg Vorbis didn?t make the … [...]

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I cannot get my iPhone to
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 5, 2008 - 1:04am.

I cannot get my iPhone to play wav files that are attached to an email. Our Cisco voicemail system sends voicemail messages as emails with an attached wav file. My iPhone will not play them.

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Take a look at this link. I
Submitted by Dave P (not verified) on February 2, 2008 - 4:35am.

Take a look at this link. I think the new version of software supports downloading WAV files from your Unity/Echange server.
There could also be an issue with the audio format (Codec) that Unity is set up for. If the server is using G.729 instead of G.711 the playback may not be supported.

http://theappleblog.com/2007/10/02/iphone-recognizes-audio-email-attachments/

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