File Extension AU

File type: uLaw/AU Audio File

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Notes about the AU file extension:

Errors in your registry are one of the common causes for incorrect file associations on your windows system. It is highly recommended that you check your registry for file association errors (will also check for any other registry errors).

The AU file type is primarily associated with 'uLaw/AU Audio File'. Usually on Sun or UNIX machines. The Macintosh type is: AUFF

Cannot access AU files on windows?

When windows gives you an error message saying that it
"Cannot open AU files", this means either:

A. You need to identify a program that can open the file
B. Or your registry may be damaged

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In both cases it is strongly recommended that you
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File extension: .AU

Detailed information for file extension AU:

Primary association: uLaw/AU Audio File

File classification: Audio

Mime type: audio/basic, audio/x-basic, audio/au, audio/x-au, audio/x-pn-au, audio/rmf, audio/x-rmf, audio/x-ulaw, audio/vnd.qcelp, audio/x-gsm, audio/snd

Identifying characters Hex: 2E 73 6E 64 00 00 00 , ASCII: .snd

Related links: IrfanView, AudioPlayer, FILExt CODEC and Video Player FAQ

Other applications associated with file type AU:

Audacity (Audio Block)Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. This association is classified as Audio. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 64 6E 73 2E , ASCII: dns

'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database

Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .AU

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: AUFile, FileType: AU Format Sound, AppName: Microsoft(R) Windows Media Player

ProgramID: AUFile, FileType: AU Format Sound, AppName: Windows Media Player
EXEFile: mplayer2.exe

ProgramID: AUFile, FileType: AU Format Sound, AppName: Windows Media Player
EXEFile: wmplayer.exe

ProgramID: AUFile, FileType: Sound Clip, AppName: Windows Media Player

ProgramID: EFXFileType, FileType: eFax Document, AppName: eFax Messenger Plus
EXEFile: Hotpls32.exe

ProgramID: EFXFileType, FileType: eFax Document, AppName: eFax.com Microviewer
EXEFile: eFaxView.exe

ProgramID: EFXFileType, FileType: eFax.com Document, AppName: eFax.com Microviewer

ProgramID: QuickTime.au, FileType: AU Audio, AppName: QuickTime Player
EXEFile: QuickTimePlayer.exe

ProgramID: QuickTime.au, FileType: AU Audio, AppName: QuickTime Player Application
EXEFile: QuickTimePlayer.exe

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6, FileType: AU Audio, AppName: RealOne Enterprise Desktop

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6, FileType: AU Audio, AppName: RealOne Player
EXEFile: RealPlay.exe

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6, FileType: AU Audio, AppName: RealPlayer
EXEFile: RealPlay.exe

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6, FileType: AU Clip, AppName: RealPlayer

ProgramID: SlowView WAV, AppName: SlowView
EXEFile: SlowView.exe

ProgramID: Winamp.File, FileType: Winamp media file, AppName: BSPlayer
EXEFile: bsplay.exe

ProgramID: Winamp.File, FileType: Winamp media file, AppName: Winamp
EXEFile: Winamp.exe

ProgramID: Winamp3.File, FileType: Winamp media file, AppName: Winamp3
EXEFile: studio.exe

ProgramID: Winamp3.File, FileType: Winamp media file, AppName: Winamp3
EXEFile: winamp3.exe

ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp5\Winamp.exe %1

ProgramID: ACEMegaCoDecSPack.AUAudioFileS
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACE Mega CoDecS Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe %1 /open

ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp5.08\Winamp.exe %1

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WINDOW~1\wmplayer.exe /Open %L

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Audition 1.5\Audition.exe %1

ProgramID: stormplayer.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\StormII\Storm.exe /play

ProgramID: Winamp3.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp3\winamp3.exe %1

ProgramID: Winamp3.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp3\Studio.exe %1

ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp\Winamp.exe %1

ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe %1

ProgramID: ResearchAssistantFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Britannica\britannica.exe -r %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\RealPlay.exe %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe /m audio/basic %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealOne Player\RealPlay.exe %1

ProgramID: QuickTime.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QUICKT~1\QuickTimePlayer.exe %1

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Open %L

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Open

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe /Play %L

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\coolpro2\coolpro2.exe %1

ProgramID: Access.Shortcut.Function.1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MICROS~2\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE /SHELLSYSTEM [OpenFunction %1]

ProgramID: Access.Shortcut.Function.1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MI1933~1\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE /SHELLSYSTEM [OpenFunction %1]

ProgramID: ACEMegaCoDecSPack.AUAudioFileS
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACE Mega CoDecS Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe %1

ProgramID: QuickTime.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe %1

ProgramID: ACEMegaCoDecSPack.AUAudioFileS
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACE Mega CoDecS Pack\BSPlayer\bsplayer.exe /open

ProgramID: YMP.Media
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Yahoo!\Yahoo! Music Engine\YahooMusicEngine.exe -play %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealJukebox\realjbox.exe /m audio/basic %1

ProgramID: totalplayer.file
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Total Video Converter\tvp.exe

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JetAudio\JetAudio.exe %1

ProgramID: WaveLab.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WaveLab\WaveLab.exe %1

ProgramID: QuickTime.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\NCH Swift Sound\WavePad\wavepad.exe %L

ProgramID: AUD20.AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Audition 2.0\Audition.exe

ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe

ProgramID: AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\NCH Swift Sound\WavePad\wavepad.exe

ProgramID: BearShare.file
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\BearShare Applications\BearShare\BearShare.exe

ProgramID: iMesh.file
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\iMesh Applications\iMesh\iMesh.exe

ProgramID: WMP11.AssocFile.AU
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Open

ProgramID: QMP.audio
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Quintessential Media Player\QMPlayer.exe /open

ProgramID: ACDSee 9.0.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\9.0\ACDSeeQV.exe

ProgramID: ACDSee Pro.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\8.0.Pro\ACDSee8Pro.exe

ProgramID: IrfanView.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\IrfanView\i_view32.exe

ProgramID: qvodplayer.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QvodPlayer\QvodPlayer.exe -localfile

ProgramID: AUD30.AUFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Audition 3.0\Audition.exe

ProgramID: ACDSee.au
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\5.0\ACDSee5.exe

ProgramID: foobar2000.AU
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe

ProgramID: RealPlayer.AU.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Dhamu\Download\RealPlay.exe

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .AU

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of this data has already been included into the main FILExt database. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are displayed below.

Program Name Mime Type Beatnik Player v2.2.0.112application/x-beatnikBasic audio fileaudio/basicBasic audio fileaudio/x-basicA sound file format used on Sun Microsystems or other UNIX computers AIFF audio file (*.aiff,*.aif,*.aifc)audio/basicAU Audio (*.au,*.snd,*.ulw)audio/basicAU Audioaudio/basicAudio U-law (pronounced mu-law) file format Basic Fileaudio/basicBasic Fileaudio/x-pn-auBeatnik sound fileapplication/beatnikBeatnik sound fileapplication/x-beatnikClose Fileaudio/x-pn-auFound in Multiple GNU/Linux Packages Found in Some FreeBSD/NetBSD Packages MPLAYER2 Fileaudio/basicMPLAYER2 Fileaudio/x-pn-auNaplayer Fileaudio/basicNaplayer Fileaudio/x-pn-auNetscape Packetized Audio(*.LA,*.LMA)audio/basicOS/2 MM Audio PlugInaudio/basicPlay Fileaudio/x-pn-auQuickTime Movie (*.mov,*.qt)audio/basicBeatnik Player RMF (*.rmf,*.aif,*.aiff,*.au,*.wav)application/beatnikRealPlay Fileaudio/x-pn-auRundll32 amovie Fileaudio/x-pn-auSDP stream descriptor file (*.sdp)audio/basicSymphonie Acousting Intensity Calibration File THEOS Audio Basic ULAW Audioaudio/basicVideo For Windows (AVI) file (*.avi,*.vfw)audio/basicWMPLAYER Fileaudio/basicWMPLAYER Fileaudio/x-pn-auWmplayer Fileaudio/basicBeatnik Playerapplication/beatnikBeatnik Playeraudio/rmf

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