Support common audio formats beyond MP3.

Accept WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, and related uploads, and read metadata from non-ID3 tag formats.

app/Http/Requests/StoreRecordingRequest.php

@@ -3,9 +3,32 @@
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\File;
 
 class StoreRecordingRequest extends FormRequest
 {
+    /**
+     * Popular audio extensions Whisper-compatible providers typically accept.
+     *
+     * @var list<string>
+     */
+    public const AUDIO_EXTENSIONS = [
+        'mp3',
+        'mpeg',
+        'mpga',
+        'wav',
+        'ogg',
+        'oga',
+        'flac',
+        'm4a',
+        'mp4',
+        'aac',
+        'webm',
+        'wma',
+        'aiff',
+        'aif',
+    ];
+
     public function authorize(): bool
     {
         return true;
@@ -17,7 +40,10 @@ class StoreRecordingRequest extends FormRequest
     public function rules(): array
     {
         return [
-            'audio' => ['required', 'file', 'mimes:mp3,mpeg', 'max:102400'],
+            'audio' => [
+                'required',
+                File::types(self::AUDIO_EXTENSIONS)->max(102400),
+            ],
             'title' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:255'],
         ];
     }
@@ -28,8 +54,8 @@ class StoreRecordingRequest extends FormRequest
     public function messages(): array
     {
         return [
-            'audio.required' => 'Please choose an MP3 file to upload.',
-            'audio.mimes' => 'Only MP3 files are supported.',
+            'audio.required' => 'Please choose an audio file to upload.',
+            'audio' => 'Unsupported audio type. Use MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, AAC, WebM, WMA, or AIFF.',
             'audio.max' => 'The audio file may not be larger than 100 MB.',
         ];
     }