# Button File audio formats

**URL:** <https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/button-file-audio-formats/3021>\
**Category:** Cabbage Stew\
**Created:** [12 January 2022 13:28 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/button-file-audio-formats/3021 "2022-01-12T13:28:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2022 13:28 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/button-file-audio-formats/3021/1 "2022-01-12T13:28:50Z")

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Is there any way to select different audio file extensions in populate(“filetype”)?  
I need to be able to select audio files with WAV, FLAC, MP3, OGG extentions.  
With no file mask in populate I get all files in the current directory and that’s a lot of files I don’t need.

By the way, loading an MP3 in soundfiler "shows the waveform but gives a “Format not recognised” error when trying to play it.

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2022 13:39 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/button-file-audio-formats/3021/2 "2022-01-12T13:39:24Z")

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Can you try the latest beta version. you should be able to pass multiple file extensions now. I added support for this a few months ago.

> [@PatrickB](#):
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> By the way, loading an MP3 in soundfiler "shows the waveform but gives a “Format not recognised” error when trying to play it.

The `soundfiler` doesn’t play anything, it merely displays the contents of a waveform. What do you mean you get format not recognised when you try to play it?

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**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2022 16:16 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/button-file-audio-formats/3021/3 "2022-01-12T16:16:17Z")

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Hi Rory,

I am using the latest version but the file button doc does not mention this. Anyway using several file masks works indeed. 👍

And of course you are right not a soundfiler problem but rather diskin2:  
Test.mp3: failed to open file (Format not recognised.)  
Not sure what i’m doing wrong here since all other formats work. I used several mp3, same problem.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2022 16:37 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/button-file-audio-formats/3021/4 "2022-01-12T16:37:20Z")

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diskin doesn’t support mo3 files. Just use .ogg instead.