| Audio formats | Container format | Tagging formats | File extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP3, MP2, MP1 | MPEG-1 | ID3v1, ID3v2, APE, Lyrics3 | mp3, mp2, mp1 |
| AAC, ALAC and others | MP4 | MP4 metadata | mp4, m4a, m4b, m4p, f4a, f4b |
| WMA | ASF | ASF metadata | wma, asf |
| Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, Speex | Ogg | Vorbis Comments | ogg, oga, opus |
| FLAC | none | Vorbis Comments | flac, fla |
| WAV, MIDI | RIFF | RIFF metadata, ID3v2 | wav, wave, rmi |
| PCM | AIFF | AIFF metadata, ID3v2 | aiff, aif, aifc |
| Speex | none | Vorbis Comments | spx |
| Monkey's Audio | none | ID3v1, APE | ape |
| Musepack | none | ID3v1, APE | mpc, mpp, mp+ |
| WavPack | none | ID3v1, APE | wv |
| OptimFROG | none | ID3v1, APE | ofr, ofs |
| Tom's Audio Compressor | none | APE | tak |
| True Audio | none | ID3v1, ID3v2, APE | tta |
| AAC | none | ID3v1, ID3v2 | aac, aacp |