FAQ: What audio file formats does Roon support?

Built-In Support

Roon supports the following formats at resolutions up to 32bit 768khz:

1. WAV
   
2. WAV64
   
3. AIFF
   
4. FLAC
   
5. ALAC (Apple Lossless)
   
6. OGG
   

Roon also supports uncompressed DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, and DSD512 content in the DSF and DFF file formats.

OS Dependent Support

Roon does not ship codecs for these formats, but can use OS provided codecs where available, such as on Windows 7+ and Mac OS X 10.8+

1. AAC
   
2. MP3

Playlists

Roon supports playlist files for local media only. 

1. M3U

Roon does not support audio content with DRM such as Apple M4P files, these files need to be converted to an above format that Roon supports

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