FILE FORMATS PLAYED
Last Updated........ February, 2013

The Start Stop plays all of the Standard .WAV, .MP3 and .WMA formats:

  • The Start Stop plays ALL of the Standard .WAV formats (approximately 20 "flavors")
  • TrueSpeech™ compressed .WAV format
  • GSM .WAV
  • .M4A
  • ADPCM .WAV (popular for Courtroom recording systems)
  • .MP3 audio format (popular for music and speech)
  • .WMA up to 44,100 hz CD Quality Sample Rate

    Plays Music Audio CDs (Compact Audio Discs) .CDA Format

    Plays the Audio Track from these popular Video Formats:

  • WMV (Windows Media Video)
  • RA (Real Audio)*
  • RM (Real Video/Real Media)
  • IVF (Indeo Video Format)
  • MTS (Hi Def Video Format - AVCHD created by Digital Video Cameras)
  • MPEG (Industry-Standard PC Video format)
  • MPG (Industry-Standard PC Video format)
  • VOB (Video Object files that are used on DVD movies and burned movie disks)
  • MP4 (Compressed Video Standard used on PCs and IPODS)
  • F4V (Flash MP4 video format)
  • MOV (Apple Quicktime Movie format)
  • FLV (Flash Video)
  • MTS*
  • AVI (Windows Video Standard format)*
         * New in Version 12

    Cell Phone Formats (with HIPAA compliant encryption/decryption):

  • AMR Blackberry®
  • Start-Stop Yodal for Blackberry®
  • myDictation.net iPhone® MP3

    PLUS, Start Stop plays these non-standard digital dictation formats:

    Digital Dictation Systems and Call-in Systems

  • Speex SPX (an increasingly popular open-standard format)
  • VoiceAge ACELP
  • DIVX audio
  • Digital Voice™ call-in system files (e.g. .VOX and .WAV)
  • Dictaphone™ Digital Express™
  • Dictaphone Boomerang™ and .AUD files
  • "PlayAll" ™ BCB TrueSpeech™ files with non-standard embedded headers
  • DVIPS™ (VOX 6KHz sample rate, 4-bit, ADPCM)
  • Crescendo
  • Dialogic™ based telephony systems
  • BVP Computers
  • Specialty VOX Formats, including separate selections for
  • "Bitescrybe" 8 KHz PCM Mu-Law,
  • DVIPS™ OKI/Dialogic 6/8 KHz VOX 4-bit ADPCM
  • HTH Voice Input Station (all formats)
  • Start-Stop Transport 128-bit HIPAA encrypted files
  • Start-Stop Hands-Free Dictation System II (all formats)
  • VOX A-Law formats
  • DCT (Express Scribe) Format
  • Nice .AUD
  • Speex and Speex (OGG)

    Courtroom Recording Formats

  • ProCat™
  • Most popular courtroom audio formats

    Digital Recorders

  • Sanyo Digital Recorders
  • Sony Digital Recorders (Sony DVF/MSV*)
         *New in Version 12
  • Olympus™ .DSS (Used with DS-7000, DS-3500, DS-5000, DS-4000, DS-3300, DS-2200, DS-330, DM-20, DS-2, DM-10 recorders and more!)
  • Philips Digital Recorders and Speechmikes (All Versions)
  • Philips Speech Mike (CELP)
  • Lanier Cquence™ M³ Mobile Digital Recorders (.DSS format)
  • Voice-It ™ Mobile Digital Recorder's .SRI format
  • Dictaphone™ Walkabout Tour™ Digital Recorder
  • UHER DH-10 Digital Recorder TrueSpeech™

    Plus plays specialty digital audio formats

  • CCITT Stereo A-Law
  • Evercom & T-Netix call monitoring formats
  • Mu-law and A-Law (Sun™ Microsystems) non-standard .WAV files
  • "VAC" Value Added Corporation Inmate Call Monitoring System
  • Creative SoundBlaster™ .VOC (Version 1.2)

    SUPPORTED AUDIO FORMATS (Summarized): All .WAV Audio formats (from internet, network, or local to hard drive) that are playable by your Windows PC. The following list is not exhaustive, but representative of the .WAV file formats supported: -Microsoft .WAV (PCM), WMA, Sun .AU, DSP Group’s TrueSpeech Compressed .WAV, Microsoft ADPCM, GSM 6.1, u-Law, A-Law, at all amplitudes (4-8-16 bit) and sampling frequencies (8 KHz to 44 KHZ) for mono and stereo. Also Plays All Olympus Recorders (DSS/WMA/MP3/WAV) except DS-2400 and DS-2500, All Sony Recorders (MSV, DVF, WAV/MP3/WMA), Philips Digital Recorders (SP mode), Philips Speechmike CELP, ExpressScribe DCT, Nice AUD, Speex, OGG Speex, Sanyo Digital Recorder, ProCat™, BCB Play All™ TrueSpeech™, Lanier Digital Recorders, UHER DH-10 TrueSpeech, Dialogic™ .VOX format (used in many dictation systems and computerized telephony systems), Bitescrybe VOX, Digital Voice ™, Dictaphone ™ (VOX 8KHz sample rate, 4-bit ADPCM, with headers), Crescendo™ and DVIPS™ (VOX 6KHz sample rate, 4-bit, ADPCM). Also plays Mu-law and A-Law (Sun™ Microsystems) .WAV files, as well as Creative Soundblaster™ .VOC format (Version 1.2)., .MP3, and Olympus .DSS format, Evercom and TNetix Inmate Call Monitoring System formats, VAC (Value Added Corporation) Call Inmate Monitoring Format , SPX (Speex.org), BlackBerry® .AMR audio format, iPhone MP3 format, Compact Audio Discs
    SUPPORTED AUDIO TRACKS PLAYED FROM THESE VIDEO FORMATS (Summarized): WMV  (Windows Media Video), RA (Real Audio), RM (Real Video/Real Media), IVF (Indeo Video Format), MTS  (Hi Def Video Format - AVCHD created by Digital Video Cameras), MPEG (Industry-Standard PC Video format), MPG  (Industry-Standard PC Video format),VOB (Video Object files that are used on DVD movies and burned movie disks), MP4 (Compressed Video Standard used on PCs and IPODS), F4V  (Flash MP4 video format), MOV (Apple Quicktime Movie format), FLV (Flash Video), MTS,AVI (Windows Video Standard format)

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