-
+<p>
+ Ardour supports all common audio file formats,
+ including WAV, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats
+ (8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more).
+</p>
<p>
The list of audio file formats that Ardour can understand is quite long.
- It is based on the functionality offered by <dfn>libsndfile</dfn>, an excellent and
+ Most formats are supported based on the functionality offered by <dfn>libsndfile</dfn>, an excellent and
widely used software library by Australian programmer Erik de Castro Lopo.
- As libsndfile's capabilities expand, so will Ardour's abilities to import
- (and export) new formats. Ardour supports all common audio file formats,
- including WAV, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats
- (8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more).
</p>
<p>
A full list of libsndfile's supported formats is available on the
<a href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#Features">libsndfile website</a>.
- </p>
+</p>
+<p>
+ In addition, Ardour also supports MP3 lossy compression format
+ files. We do not recommend importing these for any serious work, but
+ the option is available if you are forced to use such files.
<p>
For MIDI import, Ardour will read any Standard MIDI Format (SMF) file.
</p>