| Descrition | Graphic | File Extension | Mime Type | Linux Application | Test Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Images | |||||
| TIFF image | tiff,tif | image/tiff image/x-tiff |
kfax xloadimage display eog xv ee |
Test | |
| SUN raster image | rs,im1 | image/sun-raster image/x-sun-raster |
eog xv kfax xloadimage |
Test | |
| GIF Image | gif | image/gif | Firefox/Mozilla eog xv |
Test | |
| JPEG Image | jpeg, jpg, jpe | image/jpeg | Firefox/Mozilla eog xv ee |
Test | |
| PNG Image | png | image/png | Firefox/Mozilla eog xv ee |
Test | |
| SGI RGB Image | rgb | image/x-rgb | Firefox/Mozilla xv |
Test | |
| X-Window Image | xwd | image/x-xwindowdump | xwud -in | Test | |
| XPM Image | xpm | image/x-xpixmap |
eog xv |
Test | |
| PPM/PBM Image (PNM) (Color) Portable BitMap Portable Pixmap |
 |
ppm,pbm | image/x-portable-pixmap image/x-portable-bitmap |
Firefox/Mozilla xv eog (bizarre color mistakes) |
Test raw PPM Test ASCII PPM |
| PGM Image (PNM) (Gray/Black/White) Portable Graymap |
pgm | image/x-portable-graymap | Firefox/Mozilla eog xv ee |
Test raw PGM Test ASCII PGM |
|
| PCX Image | pcx | application/pcx | xv | Test | |
| Microsoft BMP |  |
bmp | image/x-MS-bmp image/x-bmp |
Firefox/Mozilla eog xv |
Test |
| Microsoft ICO | ico | image/x-ico | Mozilla eog |
Test | |
| SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) | svg,svgz | image/svg+xml image/svg-xml |
Native support in Firefox 1.5+ Adobe SVG plug-in Application "Eye of Gnome" /usr/bin/eog |
Test | |
| Audio | |||||
| MIDI audio file | midi,mid | audio/midi audio/x-midi |
timidity (best) playmidi |
Test | |
| Soundracker audio | mod | audio/mod audio/x-mod |
xmp -l --nocmd mikmod -i -r |
Test | |
| MPEG audio |  |
mp3 | audio/mpeg3 audio/x-mpeg3 audio/mpeg-url audio/x-mpeg-url |
mpg123 -q -b 128 xmms freeamp |
Test |
| MPEG audio | mp2 | audio/mpeg2 audio/x-mpeg2 |
mpg123 -q -b 128 | Test | |
| MPEG audio | mpa,abs,mpega | audio/mpeg audio/x-mpeg |
mpg123 -q -b 128 | Test | |
| Basic audio file: Sun | au, snd | audio/basic audio/x-basic |
play | Test | |
| Microsoft wave file |  |
wav | audio/wav audio/x-wav |
mplayer and mplayerplug-in VLC play |
Test |
| AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) Apple audio file |  |
aiff,aif | audio/aiff audio/x-aiff |
play | Test |
| SID Music file | sid | audio/prs.sid | sid plug-in | Test | |
| AAC | aac | audio/aac | VLC | Test | |
| AC3: Dolby Digital stram | ac3 | audio/ac3 | VLC | Test | |
| Flac lossless audio | flac | audio/flac | VLC | Test | |
| Ogg Vorbis audio | ogg | audio/x-ogg: | xmms | Test | |
| AMR: Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec (GSM telephony) | amr | audio/amr | VLC | Test | |
| MKA: Matroska | mka | audio/mka | VLC | Test | |
| M4A: Apple | m4a | audio/m4a | VLC | Test | |
| RA: RealMedia | ra | audio/ra | VLC | Test | |
| VOC: Creative Labs voice | voc | audio/voc | VLC | Test | |
| WMA: Microsoft | wma | audio/wma | VLC | Test | |
| Video | |||||
| MPEG video |  |
mpeg, mpg, mpe | video/mpeg video/x-mpeg |
mplayer and mplayerplug-in VLC xanim -Zr +q +f plaympeg |
Test |
| MPEG-4 video | mp4 | video/mp4 | VLC | Test | |
| DL animation | dl | video/dl video/x-dl |
xanim -Zr +q +f | Test | |
| SGI Movie | movie,movi,mv | video/sgi-movie video/x-sgi-movie |
xanim -Zr +q +f | Test | |
| IFF animation | iff,anim5,anim3,anim7 | video/anim video/x-anim |
xanim -Zr +q +f | Test | |
| AVI animation |  |
avi,vfw,avx | video/msvideo video/x-msvideo |
mplayer and mplayerplug-in VLC xanim -Zr +q +f |
Test (4Mb) |
| FLI animation | fli, flc | video/fli | xanim -Zr +q +f | Test | |
| FLV: Macromedia Flash Video | flv | video/flv video/x-flv |
VLC | Test | |
| MOV: Apple Quicktime video |  |
mov, qt | video/quicktime video/x-quicktime |
mplayer and mplayerplug-in VLC Codeweavers CrossOver Quicktime Plug-in |
Test (7.4Mb) |
| FutureSplash Player | spl | application/futuresplash | plugin | Test | |
| Shockwave Flash | swf | application/x-shockwave-flash | plugin | Test | |
| Adobe/Macromedia Director | dcr,dir,dxr | application/x-director | Adobe Shockwave player | Test | |
| RealPlayer Plugin Metafile |  |
rpm | audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin | plugin | Test |
| RealPlayer | rm | application/vnd.rn-realmedia | realplay | Test video file Test video applet |
|
| RealPlayer | smi | application/smi | realplay | Test | |
| RealPlayer | |
ra,ram | application/vnd.rn-realaudio | realplay | Test |
| RealPlayer | rv | video/vnd.rn-realvideo | realplay | Test | |
| MKV: Matroska | mkv | video/mkv | VLC | Test | |
| WebM | webm | video/webm | VLC | Test | |
| WMV: MS Windows Media Video | wmv | video/x-ms-wmv | mplayer VLC |
Test video file Test video applet |
|
| MS Windows Media Advanced System Format (ASF) (Legal issues) |
asf,asx,wma,wax,wmv,wmx | video/x-ms-asf | mplayer VLC |
Test | |
| Documents | |||||
| Adobe PDF |  |
application/pdf | acroread evince xpdf |
Test | |
| Adobe Postscript |  |
ps,eps,ai | application/postscript | gv xv |
Test Postscript image Test Postscript document |
| HP PCL/HPGL | hpgl | - | SwiftView | Test | |
| Microsoft Word Document |  |
doc | application/msword | Open Office/Star Office Applixware (Commercial application) Corel Word Perfect (Commercial application) Abiword |
Test |
| Corel Word Perfect | wp | application/wordperfect | Corel Word Perfect (Commercial application) | Test | |
| RTF Document | rtf | application/rtf | Applixware (Commercial application) Open Office/Star Office Corel Word Perfect (Commercial application) Abiword |
Test | |
| Microsoft Excel Worksheet | xls,xlt,xlm,xld,xla,xlc,xlw,xll | application/vnd.ms-excel | gnumeric Applixware (Commercial application) Open Office/Star Office |
Test | |
| Powerpoint Document | ppt,pps | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint | Open Office/Star Office (Application) |
Test | |
| HTML Document | html,htm | text/html | Firefox/Mozilla lynx |
Test | |
| Plain ASCI Text |  |
txt, asc | text/plain | Firefox/Mozilla gnp |
Test |
| Unix NROFF document | t,tr,roff,nroff | application/x-troff | nroff troff |
Test | |
| Unix manual page | man | application/x-troff-man | nroff -man troff |
Test | |
| LaTex DVI document | dvi | application/x-dvi | nDVI | Test | |
| Mathematica Notebook | nb | application/mathematica | Mathematica | Test | |
| Other | |||||
| VRML Model | wrl, vrml | model/vrml,application/x-vrml | openvrml | Test Test wrl file collection |
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| Apple 3DMF Model | 3dmf | x-world/x-3dmf | ??? | Test 3dmf files | |
| Zip compressed file | zip | application/zip | unzip file-roller (GUI) |
Test | |
| Composite tar file | tar | application/x-tar | GNU tar tar -xf file-roller (GUI) |
Test | |
| Compressed tar file | tar.gz,tgz,gz | application/x-gzip | GNU tar GNU gzip tar -xzf file-roller (GUI) |
Test | |
| Palm Pilot Database/Resource | prc,pdb | application/x-pilot | /opt/bin/pilot-xfer -i | Test | |
Note: The "x-" prefix to many of the mime types refers to the current or once current status as an "unofficial" mime type (extended beyond the official list of types) not supported (or once not supported) by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Also see:
- Linux Plugger configuration file /etc/pluggerrc
- IANA document ftp://ftp.iana.org/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/
- Linux configuration file /etc/mime.types and $HOME/.mime.types
- Linux file/application association configuration file /etc/mailcap and $HOME/.mailcap
- File signatures
- RFC 1521 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) (Obsoletes: 1341)
