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Supported file types

This article describes the file types that are supported in Swivle

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Written by Jouke Jongsma
Updated over a week ago

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Any file type can be stored in Swivle. However, for commonly used types Swivle creates thumbnails and previews. Additionally, the system extracts and embeds metadata within the files. The following table shows the common file types that are supported.

Image files

Standard file types

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as various-size jpeg)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata*

ai

x

x

x

x

bmp

x

x

x

eps

x

x

x

x

gif

x

x

x

x

jpeg

x

x

x

x

png

x

x

x

x

psb**

x

x

x

x

psd

x

x

x

x

svg

x

x

x

tiff

x

x

x

x

tga

x

x

x

x

HEIC/HEIF4

x

x

x

x

* Not all file types support embedding of all types of metadata fields, for example PNG files have very limited support for metadata embedding and some older EPS files have no support for metadata embedding because they were saved in a Postscript only structure.

** The preview will be taken from the embedded thumbnail that is stored in the XMP-metadata of the PSB file.

Raw camera files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as various-size jpeg)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

3fr

x

x

x

x

arw

x

x

x

x

crw

x

x

x

x

cr2

x

x

x

x

dcr

x

x

x

x

dng

x

x

x

x

erf

x

x

x

x

iig

x

x

x

x

kdc

x

x

x

x

mrw

x

x

x

x

nef

x

x

x

x

nrw

x

x

x

x

orf

x

x

x

x

pef

x

x

x

x

raf

x

x

x

x

raw

x

x

x

x

rw2

x

x

x

x

sr2

x

x

x

x

srw

x

x

x

x

x3f

x

x

x

x

Video files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as low-res flv or mp4)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

3gp

x

x

x

3g2

x

x

x

asf

x

x

x

avi

x

x

x

dv

x

x

x

f4v

x

x

x

flv

x

x

x

gxf

x

x

x

m2ts

x

x

x

m4v

x

x

x

mj2

x

x

x

mkv

x

x

x

mov

x

x

x

mp4

x

x

x

mpeg

x

x

x

mts

x

x

x

mxf

x

x

x

prores

x

x

x

qt

x

x

x

rm

x

x

x

srt2

x

x

x

vc1

x

x

x

vob

x

x

x

wmv

x

x

x

Audio files

Type

Wave Form

Preview (as low-quality flv)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

aac

x

x

aiff

x

x

amr

x

x

m4a

x

x

mp3

x

x

ogg

x

x

wav

x

x

wma

x

x

3D files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as various-size jpeg)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

blend

x

x

Document files

For common document formats, Swivle extracts text content to make it possible to search for any text contained in the file.

Standard file types

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as low-quality flv)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

PDF

x

As various-size jpeg

x

x

x

ps

x

As various-size jpeg

x

x

x

rtf

x

As HTML

x

x

txt

x

As HTML

x

InDesign / InCopy file types

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as low-quality flv)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

indd

x

x

x

x

icml

x

x

x

x

x

icmt

x

x

x

x

x

incx

x

x

x

x

wcml

x

x

x

x

x

wcmt

x

x

x

x

x

wwcx

x

x

x

x

x

idms

x

x

x

x

x

Tip: InDesign previews can be improved in the InDesign application where the document was created or edited. In the InDesign preferences you can change the file handling to create higher quality previews (up to 1024 pixels) from 1, 2, 5 or all pages (depending on the InDesign version). Swivle will use those previews when available.

Word file types

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (HTML)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

doc

x

x

x

x

docx

x

x

x

x

dot

x

x

x

x

dotx

x

x

x

x

Powerpoint file types

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (HTML)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

ppt

x

x

x

x

pps

x

x

x

x

pptx

x

x

x

x

Excel file types

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (HTML)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

xls

x

x

x

x

x

xlsx

x

x

x

x

x

Web files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as HTML)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

css

html

x

x

x

js

Flash files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

as

fla

x

x

swf

As original swf

x

XML files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as HTML)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

xml

x

x

x

x

Archive files

Type

Thumbnail

Preview (as HTML)

Extract Metadata

Embed Metadata

Extract text content

7z

arj

bz2

cab

gz

gzip

iso

jar

lha

rar

sit

tar

zip

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