AMR
AMR audio formatUsed for recorded sound meant for playback over time.
- Family
- Audio
- MIME
- audio/amr
Convert AMR to AAC online. See the real timed-stream transcoding behavior, preservation limits, and a format-specific acceptance test.
The waveform and channel layout inside AMR is decoded first, then re-encoded into AAC's own codec and container profile. Duration typically holds steady even as compression, channel mapping, frame cadence, or auxiliary streams shift underneath it. AMR reading follows narrowband or wideband speech frames and their mode changes, prioritizing correct frame timing over music-oriented metadata. An AAC elementary-stream result carries coded audio frames without the richer tags, chapters, artwork, and track metadata of an M4A container.
Decoded from Adaptive Multi-Rate speech coding designed for mobile telephony at narrowband or wideband voice rates. Encoded to lossy Advanced Audio Coding frames used by many streaming and device workflows.
Used for recorded sound meant for playback over time.
Designed for recorded sound meant for playback over time.
AMR is optimized for speech rather than music, and many general players lack the required decoder.
An AAC elementary stream carries less container metadata than M4A and another lossy encode can soften transients.
The media engine writes an AAC elementary stream, so container-only cover art and chapter data are not expected.
Listen to consonants and background noise, then confirm narrowband or wideband mode, duration, and phone compatibility.
Listen for speech sibilance and music attacks, then confirm duration and channel layout.
Choose AAC only after the player, editor, or publishing service confirms its container and codecs; keep AMR if extra tracks or source encoding must survive.