Supported Media and Sidecar File Formats¶
| Format | Description | Type | Extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIP | ZIP Archive File | Archive | .zip |
| Portable Document Format (PDF) | Document | ||
| AVIF | AV1 Image File Format | Image | .avif |
| AVIFS | AV1 Image Sequence | Image | .avifs, .avis |
| BMP | Bitmap | Image | .bmp |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | Image | .gif |
| HEIC | High Efficiency Image Container | Image | .avci, .avcs, .heic, .heif, .hif |
| HEICS | HEIC Image Sequence | Image | .heics, .heifs |
| JPG | Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) | Image | .jfi, .jfif, .jif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg |
| JXL | JPEG XL | Image | .jxl |
| MPO | Stereoscopic JPEG (3D) | Image | .mpo |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | Image | .apng, .pn, .png, .pnga |
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop | Image | .psd |
| THM | Thumbnail Image | Image | .thm |
| TIFF | Tag Image File Format | Image | .tif, .tiff |
| WEBP | Google WebP | Image | .webp |
| DNG | Adobe Digital Negative | Raw | .dng |
| RAW | Unprocessed Sensor Data | Raw | .3fr, .ari, .arw, .bay, .cap, .cr2, .cr3, .crw, .data, .dcr, .dcs, .drf, .eip, .erf, .fff, .gpr, .iiq, .k25, .kdc, .mdc, .mef, .mos, .mrw, .nef, .nrw, .obm, .orf, .pef, .ptx, .pxn, .r3d, .raf, .raw, .rw2, .rwl, .rwz, .sr2, .srf, .srw, .x3f |
| AAE | Apple Image Edits XML | Sidecar | .aae |
| JSON | Serialized JSON Data (Exiftool, Google Photos) | Sidecar | .json |
| MD | Markdown Formatted Text | Sidecar | .markdown, .md |
| NFO | Info Text | Sidecar | .nfo |
| TXT | Plain Text | Sidecar | .txt |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language | Sidecar | .xml |
| XMP | Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform | Sidecar | .xmp |
| YML | Serialized YAML Data (Config, Metadata) | Sidecar | .yaml, .yml |
| AI | Adobe Illustrator | Vector | .ai |
| EPS | Encapsulated PostScript | Vector | .epi, .eps, .eps2, .eps3, .epsf, .epsi, .ept |
| PS | Adobe PostScript | Vector | .ps, .ps2, .ps3 |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics | Vector | .svg |
| 3G2 | Mobile Multimedia Container (CDMA2000) | Video | .3g2 |
| 3GP | Mobile Multimedia Container (3G) | Video | .3gp |
| ASF | Advanced Systems Format | Video | .asf |
| AV1 | AOMedia Video 1 | Video | .av01, .av1 |
| AVC | Advanced Video Coding (H.264, MPEG-4 Part 10) | Video | .avc, .avc1, .avc10, .avc2, .avc3, .dva, .dva1, .dvav, .h264 |
| AVI | Microsoft Audio Video Interleave | Video | .avi |
| DV | DV Video | Video | .dv |
| EVC | Essential Video Coding (MPEG-5 Part 1) | Video | .evc, .evc1 |
| FLV | Adobe Flash | Video | .f4v, .flv |
| HEV | High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Bitstream | Video | .dvhe, .hev, .hev1, .hev10, .hev2, .hev3 |
| HVC | High Efficiency Video Coding (H.265) | Video | .dvh, .dvh1, .h265, .hevc, .hevc10, .hvc, .hvc1, .hvc10, .hvc2, .hvc3 |
| M2TS | Blu-ray MPEG-2 Transport Stream | Video | .m2ts |
| M4V | Apple iTunes Multimedia Container | Video | .m4v |
| MJPG | Motion JPEG | Video | .mjpeg, .mjpg |
| MKV | Matroska Multimedia Container | Video | .mkv |
| MOV | Apple QuickTime | Video | .mov, .qt |
| MP2 | MPEG 2 (H.262) | Video | .mp2, .mpv |
| MP4 | Multimedia Container (MPEG-4 Part 14) | Video | .mp, .mp4 |
| MPG | Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) | Video | .mpeg, .mpg |
| MTS | Advanced Video Coding High Definition (AVCHD) | Video | .mts |
| MXF | Material Exchange Format | Video | .mxf |
| OGV | Ogg Media (OGG) | Video | .ogg, .ogv, .ogx |
| VP8 | Google VP8 Video | Video | .vp8 |
| VP9 | Google VP9 Video | Video | .vp9 |
| VVC | Versatile Video Coding (H.266) | Video | .h266, .vvc, .vvc1 |
| WEBM | Google WebM | Video | .webm |
| WMV | Windows Media | Video | .wmv |
CLI Command¶
Run photoprism show file-formats in a terminal to list supported media and sidecar file formats.
Command Flags:
--md,-mformat as machine-readable Markdown--csv,-cexport as semicolon separated values--tsv,-texport as tab separated values--short,-shide format descriptions