Supported File Types
Standard File Types:
Also Supported:
For a complete, up-to-date listing of media file types supported by Media Center, see the Input Plug-In website. Additional formats are supported by Media Center via Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player and RealNetworks® RealPlayer®. The following is a list of media file types supported at the moment:
Format |
File Extensions |
Developer/ |
Windows Audio Files
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wav, snd, au, aif, aifc, aiff
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NeXT, Sun, Apple, SGI, Microsoft
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MPEG Audio Files
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mp3, mp2, mpa, Streaming mp3, Icecasst, Shoutcasst
|
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MPEG PLUS
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mp+, mpc
|
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MIDI Files
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mid, rmi, midi, rmid
|
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MPEG Video Files
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mpeg ,mpg, m1v, mpv, mpe
|
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Windows Media™ Playlist Files
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asx, wax, wvx
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Microsoft
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MP3 Playlist Files
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m3u, pls
|
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Media Playlist
|
mpl, rmp
|
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Audio Playlist
|
xpl
|
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Windows Media™ Files
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wm, wma, wmv, asf
|
Microsoft
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QuickTime Video Files
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qt, mov
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Apple
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Windows Video Files
|
avi
|
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MusicEx Files
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jmx
|
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Audible Audio Files
|
aa
|
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Liquid Audio Files
|
lqt
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Liquid Audio
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RealAudio® RealVideo® and RealMedia® Files
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ram, rmm, rv, rp, ra, rm, rmj, rmx
|
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SMIL Document Files
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smi, smil
|
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ShockWave Files
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swf
|
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OggVorbis Files
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ogg
|
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Monkey's Audio Files
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ape, apl
|
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Transform-domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization
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vqf
|
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Audio CDs
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cda
|
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Winamp 3 Playlist files
|
bpl
|
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Hauppauge's Standard WinTV PCI and USB models |
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This list is subject to change.
To make sure your installation of Media Center is capable of playing all the available media formats, periodically select the "Check for Updates..." item on the <Help> menu.