{"id":57,"date":"2010-02-12T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easyonhold.com\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2012-06-01T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T19:20:51","slug":"audio-file-formats-for-telephone-system-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easyonhold.com\/blog\/audio-file-formats-for-telephone-system-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio File Formats For Telephone System On Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Better <em>telephone system<\/em> technology allows message on hold audio to be loaded directly into the phone system, rather than played from an outside source, such as a <em>music on hold player.<\/em><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using your <em>phone system&#8217;s internal music on hold<\/em> capabilities, you will need to know the required file format. You message on hold provider should be able to offer the correct format for your <em>phone system<\/em>.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a list of the most commonly used file formats for telephone system music on hold:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PCM (pulse code modulation) refers to an uncompressed .wav file:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PCM .wav\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44.1 kHz, 16 Bit<\/li>\n<li>PCM .wav\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48 kHz, 16 Bit<\/li>\n<li>PCM .wav\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16 kHz, 8 Bit<\/li>\n<li>PCM .wav\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  8 kHz, 8 Bit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>U-Law (also known as mu-law) and A-Law are special compression schemes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CCIT u-Law (.wav) 8 kHz, 8 Bit<\/li>\n<li>CCIT a-Law(.wav)\u00a0 8 kHz, 8 Bit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ADPCM (adaptive pulse code modulation) differs from PCM, in that the PCM .wav files are stored using linear samples, while ADPCM uses deltas between samples.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IMA ADPCM(.wav)\u00a0\u00a0 8 kHz, 4 Bit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dialogic ADPCM files are always 4 Bit files. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dialogic_ADPCM\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DIALOGIC ADPCM (.vox) 6 kHz<\/li>\n<li>DIALOGIC ADPCM (.vox) 8 kHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>G711 is a type of U-Law or A-Law. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/g-711\" target=\"_blank\">More here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>G711 u-Law (.vox) 6 kHz<\/li>\n<li>G711 u-Law (.vox) 8 kHz<\/li>\n<li>G711 a-Law (.vox) 6 kHz<\/li>\n<li>G711 a-Law (.vox) 8 kHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MP3 is extremely common. Excellent results are obtained with a\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monaural\" target=\"_blank\">monaural<\/a> 128 Kbps .mp3 file.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MPEG-3 (.mp3) 128 Kbps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The .au file extension was begun by Sun Microsystems. It is similar to .wav formats, but requires the .aw file extension.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>.au\u00a0\u00a0 u-Law 8 kHz, 8 Bit<\/li>\n<li>.au\u00a0\u00a0 a-Law 8 kHz, 8 Bit<\/li>\n<li>.au\u00a0\u00a0 PCM 8 Bit<\/li>\n<li>.au\u00a0\u00a0 PCM 16 Bit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If converting your own files&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are converting audio from one file format to another, be aware that it is best to begin with the native file format, that is, the highest-quality original format in which the audio was created. Often this is a 16 Bit .wav file. 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