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Supported file formats, unsupported files, and what to do if your file type isn't supported

Updated over a month ago

We use files as the digital vehicle for presenting information in a specific format to help disseminate it to the workforce in an effective and efficient way. The format of a file or document has a direct impact to how readers engage with it and where/how it may be stored or transmitted. For example, you may create a digital version of a paper document by saving it as a .pdf or a .docx (a Microsoft Word document) so that you can circulate it to your team electronically.

💡 Helpful Hint

This article will not cover how to create files of any type. Its just an indication of the type of files you can upload and use within Blink. If you need assistance creating or changing a specific file-type, we recommend reaching out to your IT team for assistance.

In this article:

What types are supported in Blink?

The available file types for Blink vary from device to device. Although there are some limitations at this time, we hope to expand file availability in the future. Please see below for what file types are supported on each device:

💻 Desktop

  • Word - .doc, .docx

  • Excel - .xls, .xlsx, .csv

  • Images - .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp

  • .pdf

🤖 Android

At this time, Android users may only preview PDFs. Other file types will require third-party applications to be installed prior to previewing: a prompt to the user will appear with a shortcut for an app in the Play Store that can preview the file.

🍎 iOS

  • Images - .png, .jpg, .gif,

  • Documents - .pdf, .xlsx, .docx,

  • PowerPoints - .ppt, .pptx

This is controlled by Apple Inc. New file types can be added or removed at any time.

📽️ Video Files

All of our available instances support the same video file types at this time. Each type of video file (called a "container") supports different video and audio formats (called "codecs"). Some containers have specific rules for which video and audio formats can be used with them.

Container

Supported video codecs

Supported audio codecs

3G2, 3GP

AVC (H.264)

H.263

MPEG-4 Part 2

AAC

AMR-NB

AMR-WB

ASF, WMV (Advanced Systems Format)

VC-1

WMA

WMA2

WMA Pro

AVI (Audio Video Interleave)

Canopus HQ

DivX/Xvid

DV/DVCPRO

MJPEG

Uncompressed

Dolby Digital (AC3)

Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)

Dolby E

MP3

MPEG Audio

PCM

F4V, FLV (MPEG-4 Flash)

AVC (H.264)

H.263

AAC

GIF

GIF

Not applicable

HLS (Apple HTTP Live Streaming)

With MPEG-TS segments

AVC (H.264)

HEVC (H.265)

MPEG-2

AAC

Dolby Digital (AC3)

Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)

IMF (Interoperable Master Format)

Apple ProRes

JPEG 2000 (J2K)

PCM

Matroska

AVC (H.264)

MPEG-2

MPEG-4 Part 2

VC-1

AAC

Dolby Digital (AC3)

Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)

Opus

WMA

WMA2

PCM

FLAC

MOV (Apple QuickTime)

Apple ProRes

AVC (H.264)

AVC-Intra

DivX/Xvid

DV/DVCPRO

H.261

H.262

H.263

HEVC (H.265)

JPEG 2000 (J2K)

MJPEG

MPEG-2

MPEG-4 Part 2

QuickTime Animation (RLE)

Uncompressed

AAC

MP3

PCM

MP4 (MPEG-4)

AV1

AVC (H.264)

AVC-Intra

DivX/Xvid

H.261

H.262

H.263

HEVC (H.265)

JPEG 2000 (J2K)

MPEG-2

MPEG-4 Part 2

VC-1

VP9

Uncompressed

AAC

Dolby Digital (AC3)

Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)

PCM

WMA

WMA2

MPEG-1 (MPEG-1 System Stream)

MPEG-1

MPEG-2

AAC

AIFF

Dolby Digital (AC3)

Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)

MPEG Audio

PCM

MPEG-PS (MPEG Program Stream)

MPEG-2

MPEG Audio

MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream)

AVC (H.264)

HEVC (H.265)

MPEG-2

VC-1

AAC

AIFF

Dolby Digital (AC3)

Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)

Dolby E

MPEG Audio

PCM

WMA

WMA2

MXF (Material Exchange Format)

Apple ProRes

AVC (H.264)

AVC-Intra

DV/DVCPRO

DV25

DV50

DVCPro HD

JPEG 2000 (J2K)

MPEG-2

Panasonic P2

Sony XDCAM

Sony XDCAM MPEG-4 Proxy

VC-3

Uncompressed

AAC

AIFF

Dolby E

MPEG Audio

PCM

WebM

VP8

VP9

Opus

Vorbis

No container

AVC (H.264)

DV/DVCPRO

HEVC (H.265)

MPEG-1

MPEG-2

FLAC

GSM

PCM

Unsupported file types

All of the following are currently unsupported file extension:

.0xe

.73k

.89k

.a6p

.ac

.acc

.acr

.action

.actm

.ahk

.air

.apk

.app

arscript

.as

.asb

.awk

.azw2

.bat

.beam

.bin

.btm

.cel

.celx

.chm

.cmd

.cof

.com

.command

.cpl

.crt

.csh

.dek

.dld

.dmc

.docm

.dotm

.dxl

.ear

.ebm

.ebs

.ebs2

.ecf

.eham

.elf

.es

.ex4

.exe

.exopc

.ezs

.fas

.fky

.fpi

.frs

.fxp

.gadget

.gs

.ham

.hms

.hpf

.hta

.iim

.inf

.ins

.inx

.ipa

.ipf

.isp

.isu

.jar

.job

.js

.jse

.jsx

.kix

.ksh

.lnk

.lo

.ls

.mam

.mcr

.mel

.mpx

.mrc

.ms

.msc

.msi

.msp

.mst

.mxe

.nexe

.obs

.ore

.osx

.otm

.out

.paf

.pex

.pif

.plx

.potm

.ppam

.ppsm

.pptm

.prc

.prg

.ps1

.pvd

.pwc

.pyc

.pyo

.qpx

.rbx

.reg

.rgs

.rox

.rpj

.run

.s2a

.sbs

.sca

.scar

.scb

.scr

.script

.sct

.shb

.shs

.smm

.spr

.tcp

.thm

.tlb

.tms

.u3p

.udf

.upx

.url

.vb

.vbe

.vbs

.vbscript

.vlx

.vpm

.wcm

.widget

.wiz

.workflow

.wpk

.wpm

.ws

.wsf

.wsh

.xap

.xbap

.xlam

.xlm

.xlsm

.xltm

.xqt

.xys

.zl9

What to do if your files are not supported

The best thing to do in this scenario is to convert your file into one of the file types we currently support in Blink. We are constantly working on increasing the number of file types accessible in Blink and any updates will be detailed in new releases.

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