Supported Audio Formats
Common audio formats
Section titled “Common audio formats”Deepgram can handle nearly all audio formats and encodings available (over 100+). Some of the most common audio formats and encodings we support include:
- MP3
- MP4
- MP2
- AAC
- WAV
- FLAC
- PCM
- M4A
- Ogg
- Opus
- WebM
Using other audio formats
Section titled “Using other audio formats”We recommend testing small sets of audio when first operating with new audio sources to ensure compatibility.
Because audio format is largely unconstrained, we always recommend to ensure compatibility by testing small sets of audio when first operating with new audio sources.
Audio format best practices
Section titled “Audio format best practices”Generally you don't have to specify the audio format in your API request but if you know the format of your audio, providing it in you API request can help reduce unnecessary computation.