Category
Video File Signatures
Container and codec formats for video — MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WebM and more — and the magic bytes that distinguish them.
35 formats in this category
.3g2
3G2
Primary Hex
66 74 79 70 33 67 32 61
.3gp
3GP
Primary Hex
66 74 79 70 33 67 65 36
.asf
Microsoft Windows Media Audio/Video File
Primary Hex
30 26 B2 75
.avi
Resource Interchange File Format --Windows Audio VideoInterleave file
Primary Hex
41 56 49 20
.drc
DRC
Primary Hex
4F 67 67 53 00 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 42 42 43 44
.fli
FLIC Animation file
Primary Hex
00 11 AF
.flv
Flash video file
Primary Hex
46 4C 56
.jng
JNG
Primary Hex
8B 4A 4E 47
.m1v
M1V
Primary Hex
00 00 01 B3
.m2p
M2P
Primary Hex
00 00 01 BA
.m2v
M2V
Primary Hex
00 00 01 B3
.m4v
MPEG-4 video|QuickTime file
Primary Hex
66 74 79 70 4D 34 56 20
.mj2
MJ2
Primary Hex
00 00 00 0C 6A 50 20 20 0D 0A 87 0A
.mjp2
MJP2
Primary Hex
00 00 00 0C 6A 50 20 20 0D 0A 87 0A
.mk3d
MK3D
Primary Hex
1A 45 DF A3
.mka
MKA
Primary Hex
1A 45 DF A3
.mks
MKS
Primary Hex
1A 45 DF A3
.mkv
Matroska stream file
Primary Hex
1A 45 DF A3
.mov
QuickTime movie file
Primary Hex
6D 6F 6F 76 00
.movie
MOVIE
Primary Hex
4D 4F 56 49 00
.mp4
ISO Base Media file
Primary Hex
66 74 79 70 69 73 6F 6D
.mp4v
MP4V
Primary Hex
66 74 79 70 6D 70 34 31
.mpe
MPE
Primary Hex
00 00 01 B3
.mpeg
MPEG video file
Primary Hex
00 00 01 B3
.mpg
DVD Video Movie File
Primary Hex
00 00 01 BA
.mpg4
MPG4
Primary Hex
66 74 79 70 6D 70 34 31
.mxf
Material Exchange Formatfile
Primary Hex
06 0E 2B 34 02 05 01 01 0D 01 02 01 01 02
.ogm
OGM
Primary Hex
4F 67 67 53 00 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 76 69 64 65 6F
.ogv
Ogg Vorbis Codec compressed Multimedia file
Primary Hex
4F 67 67 53
.qt
QT
Primary Hex
6D 6F 6F 76 00
.rm
RealMedia streaming media file
Primary Hex
2E 52 4D 46
.rmvb
RealMedia streaming media file
Primary Hex
2E 52 4D 46
.vob
DVD Video Movie File
Primary Hex
00 00 01 BA
.webm
WebM video file
Primary Hex
1A 45 DF A3
.wmv
Microsoft Windows Media Audio/Video File
Primary Hex
30 26 B2 75 8E 66 CF 11 A6 D9 00 AA 00 62 CE 6C