Supported music formats

This is a list of supported music formats.

Name	Format	Type	Description	First Supported	Internals	Consistent
OGG	Ogg Vorbis	Digital Recording	Patent-free alternative to MP3 format. Allows high quality or small(er) filesize depending on the compression level you choose	ubersetzung	Played directly	YES
MP3	MPEG Layer 3	Digital Recording	The most popular and ubiquitous digital music format	ubersetzung	Converted to OGG on import (some older versions imported MP3's directly, and those are still played directly)	YES
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface	Sequence of Musical Notes	An old fashioned but popular format. Unlike digital formats, MIDI is not a recording, it is a sequence of notes to be played back with pre-defined instruments. The General MIDI instruments vary depending on your sound card and operating system, so MIDI should be expected to sound slightly different on each different computer you play it on.	serendipity	Played directly	NO
BAM	Bob's Adlib Music	Sequence of Musical Notes	Old format originally designed for extremely small filesize. Most old OHRRPGCE games use this exclusively. Like MIDI, sound quality varies depending on the computer. However, it will nearly always sound worse than the corresponding MIDI.	all versions	Converted to MIDI when played	NO
MOD	Amiga Tracker Module	Sequence of Musical Notes	Formats in the MOD family are sequences of notes, like MIDI, but they include digital samples of recorded instruments, so they are not limited to the pre-defined instruments available to midi. Also, they will always sound the same on any computer.	ubersetzung	Played Directly	YES?
XM	Fast Tracker 2 Extended Module					YES
IT	Impulse Tracker Music Module					YES
S3M	ScreamTracker v3 Sound File					YES

OGG is recommended for best quality and consistency

MIDI is recommended for keeping filesize very small

See Also

• Free Music
• How do I import music?
• Music Utilities