Supported Audio Codecs

This document provides a list of codecs supported by Multimedia audio components. Each codec is listed with its unique four character (FourCC) code identifier and equivalent Hexadecimal ASCII value.

Codec FourCC Code Hexadecimal ASCII Value

8-bit PCM

P8

Note: The first two characters in this FourCC code are spaces.

0x38502020

8-bit unsigned PCM

PU8

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x38555020

16-bit PCM

P16

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x36315020

16-bit unsigned PCM

PU16

0x36315550

Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) or Moving Picture Experts Group 4 (MPEG-4) Audio Layer 3

AAC

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x43414120

Advanced Audio Codec Audio Data Transport Stream (AAC ADTS)

ADTS

0x53544441

A-Law

ALAW

0x57414c41

AMR

AMR

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x524d4120

AMR Wideband

AMRW

0x57524d41

ATRAC3

ATR3

0x33525441

Dolby Digital (DD) or Audio Coding 3 (AC-3)

AC3

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x33434120

Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) or Enhanced Audio Coding 3 (E-AC-3)

EAC3

0x33434145

GSM 6.10

GSM6

0x364d5347

IMA ADPCM

IMAD

0x44414d49

IMA stereo ADPCM

IMAS

0x53414d49

Most-significant byte first (big-endian) 16-bit PCM

P16B

0x42363150

Most-significant byte first (big-endian) 16-bit unsigned PCM

PU6B

0x42365550

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3

MP3

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x33504d20

Mu-law or ยต-law

ULAW

0x57414c75

Null

NULL

Note: Use this FourCC code if the actual FourCC is not known or not applicable.

0x4c4c554e

SBC

SBC

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x43425320

Wideband AMR

AWB

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x42574120

Windows Media Audio (WMA)

WMA

Note: The first character in this FourCC code is a space.

0x414d5720