MIME Type

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types used in the context of Helmut4 describe the type of a particular asset.

The main categories of MIME types are as follows:

  • VIDEO

  • AUDIO

  • IMAGE

  • BIN

  • SEQUENCE

  • COMP

  • MULTICAM_SEQUENCE

  • MULTITRACK_SESSION

  • CAPTION

  • ADOBE_PREMIERE_TITLE

  • DATA

The following table assigns all supported extensions of an asset to their respective MIME types.

MIME type: VIDEO

Supported extensions:

  • 3gp

  • aegraphic

  • avi

  • braw

  • cin

  • cine

  • crm

  • crw

  • exr

  • f4v

  • flv

  • gves

  • m1v

  • m2a

  • m2p

  • m2t

  • m2ts

  • m2v

  • m4v

  • mjpeg

  • mjpg

  • mogrt

  • mov

  • mp4

  • mpd

  • mpe

  • mpeg

  • mpg

  • mts

  • mv1

  • mxf

  • mxr

  • nef

  • r3d

  • raf

  • sxr

  • ts

  • vob

  • webm

  • wmv

MIME type: AUDIO

Supported extensions:

  • aac

  • aif

  • aiff

  • asnd

  • bwf

  • m4a

  • mp3

  • mpa

  • omf

  • wav

  • wave

MIME type: IMAGE

Supported extensions:

  • 3fr

  • ai

  • ari

  • arw

  • bmp

  • bw

  • cr2

  • dcr

  • dib

  • dng

  • dpx

  • ei

  • el

  • eps

  • erf

  • exr

  • fff

  • gif

  • hdr

  • heic

  • heif

  • icb

  • ico

  • iff

  • img

  • jpeg

  • jpg

  • mos

  • mrw

  • mxr

  • nrw

  • orf

  • pcx

  • pef

  • pic

  • pict

  • png

  • ps

  • psd

  • pxr

  • raf

  • raw

  • rbg

  • rgbe

  • rla

  • rle

  • rpf

  • rw2

  • sgi

  • srf

  • sxr

  • targa

  • tdi

  • tga

  • tif

  • tiff

  • vda

  • vst

  • x3f

  • xyze

MIME type: ADOBE_PREMIERE_TITLE

Supported extensions:

  • ptl

  • prtl

MIME type: CAPTION

Supported extensions:

  • dfxp

  • mcc

  • scc

  • srt

  • stl

MIME type: BIN

  • bin

MIME type: SEQUENCE or COMP

  • seqeunce

  • composition

MIME type: MULTICAM_SEQUENCE

Supported extensions:

  • aepx

  • chproj

  • comp

  • rush

MIME type: MULTITRACK_SESSION

Supported extensions:

  • sesx

MIME type: DATA

Anything else not part of the MIME types above

This table is a listing of all MIME types recognized by Helmut4. The list refers to the most common formats supported by Adobe in After Effects & Premiere Pro.

Source links from Adobe: