Supported file formats

This article goes through the different file formats that CollectionPro supports. We have divided the files into four main categories: Audio, Image, Office and Video:

Audio

Supported audio file formats:

• AAC: Advanced Audio Coding, a commonly used audio compression format.
• AIFF: Audio Interchange File Format, a format developed by the Apple company.
• DTS: Digital Theater Systems, often used in movie theaters.
• FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec, an open-source lossless audio compression format.
• M4A: MPEG-4 Audio, commonly used in iTunes.
• MP2: MPEG Audio Layer II, an older audio compression format.
• MP3: MPEG Audio Layer III, the most common audio compression format.
• OGA: Ogg Vorbis Audio, an open-source format.
• OPUS: Opus Audio Codec, a powerful audio compression format.
• RA: RealAudio, a format developed by RealNetworks.
• WAV: Waveform Audio File Format, a lossless audio compression format.
• WMA: Windows Media Audio, a format developed by Microsoft.

Image

Supported image file formats:

• AI: Adobe Illustrator Artwork, vector graphics format.
• ARW: Sony Raw Image, a raw image file for Sony cameras.
• BMP: Bitmap Image File, an uncompressed image file format.
• CR2: Canon Raw Image, a raw image file for Canon cameras.
• CR3: Canon Raw Image Version 3, a newer raw image file for Canon cameras.
• CRW: Canon Raw Image, a raw image file for Canon cameras.
• DNG: Digital Negative, an open raw image file format.
• EPS: Encapsulated PostScript, vector graphics format.
• GIF: Graphics Interchange Format, a format for animations and images.
• HEIC: High Efficiency Image Format, a format developed by the Apple company.
• ICO: Icon Image, a format for Windows icons.
• JFIF: JPEG File Interchange Format, the most common image file format.
• JP2: JPEG 2000, an improved JPEG format.
• JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group, the most common image file format.
• JPG: Joint Photographic Experts Group, the most common image file format.
• NEF: Nikon Electronic Format, a raw image file for Nikon cameras.
• PNG: Portable Network Graphics, a lossless image file format.
• PPM: Portable Pixmap, an uncompressed image file format.
• PSD: Photoshop Document, Adobe Photoshop’s own format.
• RAF: Fuji Raw Image, a raw image file for Fujifilm cameras.
• RW2: Panasonic Raw Image, a raw image file for Panasonic cameras.
• SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics.
• TIF: Tagged Image File Format, an uncompressed image file format.
• TIFF: Tagged Image File Format, an uncompressed image file format.
• WEBP: WebP Image, a format developed by the Google company.
• WMF: Windows Metafile, a Windows vector graphics format.
• AVIF: AV1 Image File Format, a new image file format.

Office

Supported document file formats:

• PDF: Portable Document Format, a format developed by Adobe.
• TTF: TrueType Font, font format.
• OTF: OpenType Font, font format.
• CSV: Comma-Separated Values, a tabular text file.
• DOC: Microsoft Word Document, an older Word file format.
• DOCX: Microsoft Word Open XML Document, a newer Word file format.
• EPUB: Electronic Publication, e-book format.
• ODP: OpenDocument Presentation, an open presentation file format.
• ODS: OpenDocument Spreadsheet, an open spreadsheet file format.
• ODT: OpenDocument Text, an open text file format.
• PPT: Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation, an older PowerPoint file format.
• PPTX: Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Presentation, a newer PowerPoint file format.
• RTF: Rich Text Format.
• TXT: Plain Text, an uncompressed text file format.
• XLS: Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, an older Excel file format.
• XLSX: Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet, a newer Excel file format.

Video

Supported video file formats:

• 3GP: 3GPP Multimedia File, a format for mobile phone videos.
• ASF: Advanced Systems Format, a format developed by Microsoft.
• AVI: Audio Video Interleave, an older video file format.
• FLV: Flash Video, the video file format of Adobe Flash.
• HEVC: High Efficiency Video Coding, a new video compression format.
• M2V: MPEG-2 Video, a video file format.
• M4V: MPEG-4 Video, a format developed by the Apple company.
• MJPEG: Motion JPEG, a video file format.
• MKV: Matroska Video, an open video file format.
• MOV: QuickTime Movie, a format developed by the Apple company.
• MP4: MPEG-4 Video, the most common video file format.
• MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group, video file format.
• MPG: Moving Picture Experts Group, video file format.
• MTS: AVCHD Video, a video file format.
• MXF: Material Exchange Format, video file format.
• OGV: Ogg Video, an open-source video file format.
• RM: RealMedia, a format developed by RealNetworks.
• SWF: Shockwave Flash, a video file format for Adobe Flash.
• TS: MPEG Transport Stream, video file format.
• VOB: DVD Video Object, DVD video file format.
• WEBM: WebM Video, a format developed by the Google company.
• WMV: Windows Media Video, a format developed by Microsoft.
• WTV: Windows Recorded TV Show, a format developed by Microsoft.