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What is a .adts file?

A .adts file is an Audio Data Transport Stream. This is an audio format.

How to open a .adts file

  • VLC plays almost every audio format ever made.
  • Audacity opens it for editing.

The registry records this extension against Audio Data Transport Stream, so software from that family is the most likely match.

How to convert a .adts file

  • Export as .mp3 from Audacity or VLC for maximum compatibility.

MIME type

When a .adts file travels over the web, servers label it with one of these MIME types:

audio/aacaudio/vnd.dlna.adts

What's a MIME type?

The technical record

For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .adts.

Format nameVersionMIME typePUID
Audio Data Transport Streamaudio/aac, audio/vnd.dlna.adtsfmt/1812

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