Supported Audio File Formats

Audio files of the following types can be imported into Pro Tools sessions without conversion:

AIFF

WAV or BWF (.WAV) (including support for WAV Extensible and RF64)

Audio files of the following types can be imported into Pro Tools sessions, but will be converted to the current session file format on import:

AAC audio (including audio with AAC, Mp4, and M4a file extensions)

ACID files

MP3

MXF audio

QuickTime (Mac only)

ReCycle (REX 1 and 2) files

SD II

SD I

Sound Resource (AIFL—Mac only)

WMA (Windows Media—Windows only)

Pro Tools cannot import protected AAC or MP4 files with the .M4p file extension. These files are protected under the rules of digital rights management.