Music files in InDesign/Acrobat

Hi,
I want to place music files into InDesign that will then end up in a PDF after export. I'm having trouble finding what kind of file InDesign, and Acrobat, like. They seem to differ. What InDesign respects Acrobat doesn't, and, vice versa. This is very frustrating.

I think the poster is referring to audio files. And, yes, this is a confusing area, in large part because until recently Adobe relied on outside support for handling audio and video files.
I would be necessary to know what version(s) of Acrobat/Adobe Reader you're expecting it to play in. In Acrobat 8 and earlier, audio and video files are handled for both InDesign and Acrobat/Reader by QuickTime on the Macintosh, and other methods in Windows (which I'm not very familiar with). AIF and WAV should work, but sometimes there are cross-platform issues.
In Acrobat 9/Reader 9, the preferred method is to convert audio files into Flash or MP3. However, these formats work better cross-platform but wouldn't work in earlier versions of Acrobat/Reader.
Here are a couple links which might help:
http://indesignsecrets.com/importing-movies-into-indesign.php
And the Help files for Acrobat 8 and Acrobat 9 Pro > Multimedia and 3D Files

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