AudioBinary

audio/amr

AMR

Reference for audio/amr, the Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec optimized for speech in mobile telephony.

MIME Type Detector

Drop a file to detect its MIME type — no upload, runs in your browser

📄

Drop any file here or click to choose

Expected extensions: .amr

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header
Content-Type: audio/amr

Associated File Extensions

.amr

Quick Facts

MIME Typeaudio/amr
CategoryAudio
TypeBinary
Extensions.amr

Common Usage

AMR is a speech codec optimized for mobile telephony, offering good quality at very low bitrates (4.75-12.2 kbps). It is the standard codec for GSM and 3G voice calls, voicemail recordings, and MMS audio messages on mobile phones.

Code Examples

HTML
<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.amr" type="audio/amr">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="audio/amr" src="file.amr"></script>
Node.js
// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('audio/amr');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'audio/amr' });
nginx
# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    audio/amr  amr;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type audio/amr;
}

Related MIME Types

More Audio MIME Types

Other audio types in the Audio family

Related Tools

Explore More MIME Types

Browse our complete reference of 185 MIME types with usage examples, HTTP headers, and code snippets.