File extension

From AudioLexic

End of a file name starting with a dot "." then 3 or more letters, telling the kind of file it is.

Example: a file "doggie.WAV" is an audio file in WAV format

Contents 1 Audio file extensions 2 Usual file extensions 3 Video file extensions 4 Other file extensions

[edit] Audio file extensions

Extension	Type
.AIF	Apple Standard
.MP3	MP3 compressed
.REX	loop in REX format
.SD2F	SoundDesigner 2, ancien format Digidesign
.WAV	Windows Standard
.OGG	compressed in OGG Vorbis

[edit] Usual file extensions

Extension	Type
.OMF	multiplatform multitrack exchange file format in OMF
.MID	Sequence in Midifile format
.PTS or .PTF	ProTools Session
.LSO	Logic Session

[edit] Video file extensions

Extension	Type
.AVI	Windows Standard
.MPG	MPEG compressed
.MOV	QuickTime Format
.WMP	Window Media Player, Windows standard

[edit] Other file extensions

Extension	Type
.HTML	HTML document file (HyperText Markup Language)
.PDF	Portable Document File
.TXT	Text