Supported audio formats for Sonos music library

Sonos supports the following audio formats when streaming from your local music library. Sonos systems support mono (1-channel) or stereo (2-channel) audio files with sample rates up to 48kHz.


If you have a Sonos home theater product, see our article on supported home theater audio formats. For information on the bitrate of a specific music service on Sonos, see our music services page for more information.


Lossy compressed audio


Codec

Bitrate

MP3

Up to 320kbps

MP4

Up to 320kbps

M4A

Up to 320kbps

WMA

Up to 320kbps

AAC and HE-AAC

Up to 320kbps

OGG

Up to 320kbps



Lossless and uncompressed audio


Codec

Maximum bit depth

FLAC

24-bit1

ALAC

24-bit1

AIFF

16-bit

WAV

16-bit

1FLAC and ALAC are limited to a maximum bit depth of 16-bit when playing through a Sonos product using the Sonos S1 Controller app.

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