Mime/File Types Test Suite

Linux Applications and Tests

This page contains files representing the major mime types. This will allow you to perform a mime type torture test of your browser to see if it handles the content appropriately. The file type, file extension, mime type, Linux application and test link are provided.

Also see:

Descrition	File Extension	Mime Type	Linux Application	Test Page
MPEG video	mpeg, mpg, mpe	video/mpeg video/x-mpeg	mplayer and mplayerplug-in xanim -Zr +q +f plaympeg	Test
DL animation	dl	video/dl video/x-dl	xanim -Zr +q +f	Test
SGI Movie	movie,movi,mv	video/sgi-movie video/x-sgi-movie	xanim -Zr +q +f	Test
IFF animation	iff,anim5,anim3,anim7	video/anim video/x-anim	xanim -Zr +q +f	Test
AVI animation	avi,vfw,avx	video/msvideo video/x-msvideo	mplayer and mplayerplug-in xanim -Zr +q +f	Test
FLI animation	fli, flc	video/fli video/x-fli	xanim -Zr +q +f	Test
Apple Quicktime video	mov, qt	video/quicktime video/x-quicktime	mplayer and mplayerplug-in Codeweavers CrossOver Quicktime Plug-in	Audio/video clip (1Mb) Apple.com: Movie trailers
Quicktime video	mov, qt	video/quicktime video/x-quicktime	xmovie (Does not play the popular "Sorenson" codec)	Test
MIDI audio file	midi,mid	audio/midi audio/x-midi	timidity (best) playmidi	Test
Soundracker audio	mod	audio/mod audio/x-mod	xmp -l --nocmd mikmod -i -r	Test
MPEG audio	mp3	audio/mpeg3 audio/x-mpeg3 audio/mpeg-url audio/x-mpeg-url	mpg123 -q -b 128 xmms freeamp	Test Test 2
MPEG audio	mp2	audio/mpeg2 audio/x-mpeg2	mpg123 -q -b 128	Test
MPEG audio	mpa,abs,mpega	audio/mpeg audio/x-mpeg	mpg123 -q -b 128	Test
Basic audio file	au, snd	audio/basic audio/x-basic	play	Test Test-2
Microsoft wave file	wav	audio/wav audio/x-wav	mplayer and mplayerplug-in play	Test
AIFF Apple audio file	aiff,aif	audio/aiff audio/x-aiff	play	Test (links)
SID Music file	sid	audio/prs.sid	sid plug-in	Test
Ogg Vorbis audio	ogg	audio/x-ogg:	xmms	Test (links)
TIFF image	tiff,tif	image/tiff image/x-tiff	kfax xloadimage display eog xv ee	Test
SUN raster image	rs,im1	image/sun-raster image/x-sun-raster	eog xv kfax xloadimage	Test
GIF Image	gif	image/gif	Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape eog xv	Test
JPEG Image	jpeg, jpg, jpe	image/jpeg	Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape eog xv ee	Test
PNG Image	png	image/png	Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape eog xv ee	Test
SGI RGB Image	rgb	image/x-rgb	Firefox xv	Test
X-Window Image	xwd	image/x-xwindowdump	xwud -in	Test
XPM Image	xpm	image/x-xpixmap	eog xv	Test
PPM/PBM Image (PNM) (Color) Portable BitMap Portable Pixmap	ppm,pbm	image/x-portable-pixmap image/x-portable-bitmap	Firefox xv eog (bizarre color mistakes)	Test raw PPM Test ASCII PPM
PGM Image (PNM) (Gray/Black/White) Portable Graymap	pgm	image/x-portable-graymap	Firefox eog xv ee	Test raw PGM Test ASCII PGM
PCX Image	pcx	application/pcx	xv	Test
Microsoft BMP	bmp	image/x-MS-bmp image/x-bmp	Firefox eog xv	Test
Microsoft ICO	ico	image/x-ico	Mozilla eog	Test
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)	svg,svgz	image/svg+xml image/svg-xml	Native support in Firefox 1.5+ Adobe SVG plug-in Application "Eye of Gnome" `/usr/bin/eog`	Test
Adobe PDF	pdf	application/pdf	acroread xpdf	Test
Adobe Postscript	ps,eps,ai	application/postscript	gv xv	Test Postscript image Test Postscript document
Microsoft Word Document	doc	application/msword	Open Office/Star Office Applixware (Commercial application) Corel Word Perfect (Commercial application) Abiword	Test
Corel Word Perfect	wp	application/wordperfect	Corel Word Perfect (Commercial application)	Test
RTF Document	rtf	application/rtf	Applixware (Commercial application) Open Office/Star Office Corel Word Perfect (Commercial application) Abiword	Test
Microsoft Excel Worksheet	xls,xlt,xlm,xld,xla,xlc,xlw,xll	application/vnd.ms-excel	gnumeric Applixware (Commercial application) Open Office/Star Office	Test
Powerpoint Document	ppt,pps	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint	Star Office (Application)	Test
HTML Document	html,htm	text/html	Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape lynx	Test
Plain ASCI Text	txt, asc	text/plain	Mozilla/Netscape gnp	Test
Unix NROFF document	t,tr,roff,nroff	application/x-troff	nroff troff	Test
Unix manual page	man	application/x-troff-man	nroff -man troff	Test
LaTex DVI document	dvi	application/x-dvi	nDVI	Test
Mathematica Notebook	nb	application/mathematica	Mathematica	Test
VRML Model	wrl, vrml	model/vrml,application/x-vrml	openvrml	Test Test wrl file
Apple 3DMF Model	3dmf	x-world/x-3dmf	???	Test 3dmf file
HP PCL/HPGL	hpgl	-	SwiftView	Test
Zip compressed file	zip	application/zip	unzip	Test
Composite file	tar	application/x-tar	tar -xf	Test
Compressed file	tar.gz,tgz,gz	application/x-gzip	tar -xzf	Test
FutureSplash Player	spl	application/futuresplash	plugin	Test
Shockwave Flash	swf	application/x-shockwave-flash	plugin	Test
Macromedia Director	dcr,dir,dxr	application/x-director	??	Test
RealPlayer Plugin Metafile	rpm	audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin	plugin	Test
RealPlayer	rm	application/vnd.rn-realmedia	realplay	Test audio file Test video file Test video applet
RealPlayer	smi	application/smi	realplay	Test
RealPlayer	ra,ram	application/vnd.rn-realaudio	realplay	Test
RealPlayer	rv	video/vnd.rn-realvideo	realplay	Test
MS Windows Media Video	wmv	video/x-ms-wmv	mplayer	Test video file Test video applet
MS Windows Media Advanced System Format (ASF) (Legal issues)	asf,asx,wma,wax,wmv,wmx	video/x-ms-asf	mplayer	Test asf audio file Test video file 2.2M 56k Test video file 5.2M 100k
Palm Pilot Database/Resource	prc,pdb	application/x-pilot	/opt/bin/pilot-xfer -i	Test