what are the formats supported in AVAudioRecorder for recording sound?

Question

I have found a list of the different values (Audio Data Format) at http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/MusicAudio/Reference/CoreAudioDataTypesRef/Reference

Answer 1

List above just

currently defined values for the mFormatID field

not supported for recording.

There are tested with AVAudioRecorder formats (with sample rates):

"MPEG4AAC (8000, 11025, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000)",
"AppleLossless (8000, 11025, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000)",
"MPEG4AAC_HE (32000, 44100, 48000)",
"MPEG4AAC_LD (22050, 32000, 44100, 48000)",
"MPEG4AAC_ELD (22050, 32000, 44100, 48000)",
"MPEG4AAC_ELD_SBR (22050, 32000, 44100, 48000)",
"MPEG4AAC_ELD_V2 (22050, 32000, 44100, 48000)"

Example:

[[AVAudioRecorder alloc] initWithURL:outputFileURL
                            settings:@{
                                       AVFormatIDKey : @(kAudioFormatMPEG4AAC),
                                       AVSampleRateKey : @(44100.0),
                                       AVNumberOfChannelsKey : @(2)
                                       }
                               error:&error];

also Supported Audio file formats