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Archive file types

Name Analysis 1 Extraction Of Contents 2 Notes
ZIP Yes Yes
Microsoft Cabinet Yes Yes The InstallShield software also has a cabinet file format. However, InstallShield Cabinet files have a different internal structure than Microsoft Cabinet files, and they are not supported by this file type's handler.
7-Zip Yes Yes
Roshal Archive Yes Yes
ISO Image Yes Yes
GNU ZIP Yes Yes A GNU ZIP file can only contain a single file, so the format is often used to compress a Tarball file.
Tarball Yes Yes Tarballs do not support compression, so they are usually contained within a GNU ZIP archive.



Video file types

Name Analysis 1 Text Extraction 3 Video Snippet Creation 4 Thumbnail Creation 6 Notes
Audio Video Interleave Yes No Yes Yes
Advanced Systems Format Yes No Yes Yes These files are often called "Windows Media" files and given a ".WMV" or ".WMA" file extension, but ASF is the official name of the format.
MPEG Program Stream Yes No Yes Yes
MPEG-4 Yes No Yes Yes
OGG Yes Yes Yes Yes If the file has subtitle tracks, they will be extracted as text.
Matroska Yes Yes Yes Yes If the file has subtitle tracks, they will be extracted as text.

Subtitle extraction from Matroska files is very slow because the entire file must be scanned.



Audio file types

Name Analysis 1 Audio Metadata Extraction 7 Audio Snippet Creation 5 Notes
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 Yes Yes Yes
Monkey's Audio Yes Yes Yes
True Audio Yes No Yes
WavPack Yes Yes Yes
Wave Yes No Yes
Free Lossless Audio Codec Yes Yes Yes



Still image file types

Name Analysis 1 Thumbnail Creation 6 Notes
Tagged Image File Format Yes Yes
Windows Bitmap Yes Yes
Joint Photographic Experts Group Yes Yes
Portable Network Graphics Yes Yes
Graphics Interchange Format Yes Yes



Text file types

Name Analysis 1 Text Extraction 3 Notes
Text Yes Yes This is "plain text", either ASCII or Unicode.
Rich Text Format Yes Yes
Portable Document Format Yes Yes



Program file types

Name Analysis 1 Notes
Executable No
Dynamic Link Library No



Miscellaneous file types

Name Analysis 1 Notes
Unknown No This file type is assigned to any file that cannot be identified as one of the other types.
Folder No
Shortcut Yes



1 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can perform detailed analysis on a file of that type. If the column contains "No", it means that Manxam can identify whether or not a file is an instance of that file type, but can only record basic information about the file.

2 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can extract the contents of the archive file. This will allow the archive file's contents to be cataloged.

3 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can extract text from that type of file. This text wiill be used during a full-text search.

4 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can create a video snippet from that type of file.

5 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can create an audio snippet from that type of file.

6 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can create a thumbnail from that type of file.

7 If the column contains "Yes", it means that Manxam can extract audio metadata from that type of file.

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