Default Multimedia Types
The Content Manager supports a large number of industry-standard multimedia file formats.
The following table lists the Multimedia Types that the Content Manager provides by default, including the MIME type and file extension(s) for each format. An Tridion Sites system administrator can add additional Multimedia Types to the Content Manager.
| Name | MIME type | Possible extensions |
|---|---|---|
| Bitmap image | image/x-bmp | bmp |
| Cascading style sheets | application/css | css |
| Configuration settings | text/plain | ini |
| Executable | application/octet-stream | exe |
| External Content Library | application/externalcontentlibrary | ecl |
| Flash file (Adobe) | application/x-shockwave-flash | swf |
| GIF image | image/gif | gif |
| Javascript | application/x-javascript | js |
| JPEG image | image/jpeg | jpg, jpeg, jpe |
| JSON file | application/json | json |
| Microsoft Access database | application/x-msaccess | mdb |
| Microsoft Excel worksheet | application/ms-excel | xls |
| Microsoft PowerPoint presentation | application/ms-powerpoint | ppt |
| Microsoft Word document | application/msword | doc |
| MP3 music | audio/x-mpeg | mp3 |
| MPEG video | video/mpeg | mpg |
| Office Open XML Document (Word document) | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | docx, docm |
| Office Open XML Presentation (PowerPoint presentation) | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation | xlsx, xlsm |
| Office Open XML Workbook (Excel worksheet) | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet | pptx, pptm |
| PDF document | application/pdf | |
| Plain text file | text/plain | txt |
| PNG image | image/png | png |
| QuickTime movie (Apple) | video/quicktime | mov, qt |
| RealPlayer media file | video/vnd.rn-realmedia | rm, ram, ra, rv |
| Rich text | text/rtf | rtf |
| Scalable Vector Graphics | image/svg+xml | svg |
| Sound file | application/x-wav | wav |