Supported File Types for Viewing and Streaming on BigMIND: Photos, Videos, Audio, Documents, and OCR Capabilities

Introduction

BigMIND offers robust backup solutions that accommodate files of any extension, ensuring your data is protected and accessible wherever you are. However, not all files are just stored—they’re made interactive. Through advanced transcoding and indexing technologies, BigMIND enhances your experience by enabling seamless viewing, streaming, and searching capabilities across various file types.

In this article, we explore the file extensions supported by BigMIND for viewing and streaming. From photos and videos to audio files, documents, and even Optical Character Recognition (OCR), discover how BigMIND transforms your data into easily accessible and searchable content. Whether you’re on the web, using Android or iOS apps, BigMIND ensures your files are not only safe but also interactive and readily available on any device.

Supported File Types for Viewing and Streaming

Our transcoding technology enables BigMIND to generate previews for photos in any of the supported extensions listed below, extracting essential metadata such as Name, Size, and Date Modified. This feature allows users to search for photos based on specific properties and easily share them across any computer or smart device.

Photo extentions supported by the BigMIND website and the Android app:

  • .arw
  • .bmp
  • .cr2
  • .crw
  • .dcm
  • .dcr
  • .dng
  • .gif
  • .jpe
  • .jpeg
  • .jpg
  • .k25
  • .kdc
  • .mef
  • .mos
  • .mrw
  • .nef
  • .orf
  • .pef
  • .png
  • .pnx
  • .raf
  • .raw
  • .rw2
  • .sr2
  • .srf
  • .tif
  • .tiff

Photo extensions supported by the BigMIND iOS mobile app:

  • .bmp
  • .gif
  • .jpeg
  • .png
  • .tiff

Utilizing our transcoding technology, videos in the listed extensions are seamlessly viewable, streamable without interruptions, and readily shareable across any computer or smart device. Additionally, rather than downloading full-size video files, BigMIND offers the convenience of previewing videos with a hover-over feature or playing optimized versions for faster loading and simplified sharing.

Video extentions supported by the BigMIND website and the Android app:

  • .3g2
  • .3gp
  • .avi
  • .divx
  • .flv
  • .m2v
  • .m4v
  • .mkv
  • .mov
  • .mp2
  • .mp4
  • .mpe
  • .mpeg
  • .mpg
  • .mpv
  • .ogv
  • .qt
  • .rmvb
  • .vob
  • .webm
  • .wmv

 

Video extensions supported by the BigMIND iOS mobile app:

  • .m4v
  • .mov
  • .mp4

With our transcoding technology, you can listen to any audio file with any of the following extensions without interruptions, and share it to any computer or smart device.

  • .aac
  • .act
  • .aiff
  • .amr
  • .au
  • .dvf
  • .flac
  • .m4a
  • .m4p
  • .mp3
  • .mpc
  • .oga
  • .ogg
  • .opus
  • .ra
  • .rm
  • .tta
  • .wav
  • .wma

With our indexing technology, you can now use BigMIND to search by words and phrases inside any document of the following types (Instead of only searching for filenames). Our technology has been designed to understand sentence structures and language variations. This means that from any computer or mobile device, you can search any word and BigMIND will display the relevant results like a search engine. BigMIND will extract the paragraph where the search phrase is located, so you can verify which file you wish to access. our indexing technology supports 22 languages.

  • .doc
  • .docx
  • .epub
  • .fodp
  • .fods
  • .fodt
  • .key
  • .numbers
  • .odf
  • .odp
  • .ods
  • .odt
  • .pages
  • .pdf
  • .ppt
  • .pptx
  • .txt
  • .xls
  • .xlsx

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) supports the following file extensions:

  • .jpg
  • .pdf
  • .tif

For more information about the OCR in BigMIND, click here.

 

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