Supported Media File Formats¶
Supported Image Formats¶
| Format | Media processing backend | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| JPEG | GD, ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| GIF | GD, ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| TIFF | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| PNG | GD, ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| TilePic | GD, ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| Camera RAW | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | Supports whatever manufacturer formats your installed version of ImageMagick can handle |
| Photoshop PSD | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | Derivatives for files with layer effects may not be rendered properly |
| JPEG-2000 | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| DICOM | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | |
| DPX | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | Pixel values in non-Tilepic derivatives are adjusted for optimal viewing on computer monitors. |
| OpenEXR | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick | More information on this format can be found here. |
| QTVR (QuickTime VR) | QuicktimeVR | JPEG-format thumbnails are extracted; straight-QTVR is kept as “original” version. The QuicktimeVR plugin requires ffmpeg to be installed. |
| Adobe DNG | ImageMagick, IMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick |
Supported Audio Formats¶
| Format | Media processing backend | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| MP3 | ffmpeg | ffmpeg must be compiled with libLAME |
| AIFF | ffmpeg | |
| WAV | ffmpeg | Including Broadcast-WAVE |
| AAC | ffmpeg | Requires ffmpeg to be compiled with libfaac |
| Ogg Vorbis | ffmpeg |
Supported Video Formats¶
| Format | Media processing backend | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| MPEG-2 | ffmpeg | |
| MPEG-4 | ffmpeg | |
| QuickTime | ffmpeg | |
| WindowsMedia | ffmpeg | |
| FLV | ffmpeg | |
| Ogg Theora | ffmpeg | |
| AVI | ffmpeg | ffmpeg |
| xvid | ffmpeg | Planned |
Supported Document Formats¶
| Format | Media processing backend | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| pdflib (optional); xPDF (optional) | PDFLib-Lite and the PDFLib PECL module will improve processing performance; CA will automatically use PDFLibLite if available. Otherwise the built-in (no installation necessary) Zend_PDF library will be used. CA can only generate thumbnail page images for display if Ghostscript is installed on your system. Can extract text from file for searchability if xPDF is installed. | |
| Microsoft Word | AbiWord (optional); Libre Office (optional) | Both .doc (< 2007 file format) and .docx (XML-based format) are supported. Can extract text from file for searchability if AbiWordis installed. Can generate page previews if LibreOffice is installed. |
| Microsoft Powerpoint | Libre Office (optional) | As of version 1.2 XML-based format is supported. Can generate page previews if LibreOffice is installed. |
| Microsoft Excel | Libre Office (optional) | As of version 1.2 XML-based format is supported. Can generate page previews if LibreOffice is installed. |
Supported Multimedia Formats¶
| Format | Media processing backend | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| STL | mesh | Standard Tesselation Language |
| PLY | mesh | Polygon File Format |