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My Cloud OS 5 and My Cloud Home Thumbnail Preview Supported File Types


Thumbnails Supported File Type Information

 
  • Audio files are supported if the file contains a supported embedded image.
  • Document files are supported if the file contains a supported embedded image.
  • RAW images that do not have an embedded thumbnail image are skipped by the crawler.
  • RAW images that contain JPEG or TIFF embedded images will have a thumbnail created.
  • Thumbnails for TIFF, PNG, GIF, and Progressive JPG files are not created for images that are:
    • 12.5 megapixel or higher on My Cloud OS 5 with less than or equal to 1 GB RAM.
    • 37.5 megapixel or higher on My Cloud OS 5 with greater than 1 GB RAM.
    • 37.5 megapixel or higher on My Cloud Home and Duo.
  • iOS HEIC/HEIF files will only show a thumbnail when the file comes from a supported iOS phone.
    The file must be uploaded using the iOS mobile app.
  • Android HEIC/HEIF files will only show a thumbnail when the file comes from an Android version 10 or higher phone.

    Need more help?
    Answer ID 15310: Steps to Find EXIF Information About Photo and Media Files
 

Supported Thumbnail Image Files

Type/Name Extension
sdkimage.JpegMimeType jpeg
image/png png
image/gif gif
image/webp webp
 

Supported RAW Image Files

Product Type/Name Extension
Sony image/x-sony-arw ARW
Sony image/x-sony-sr2 SR2
Sony image/x-raw SRF
Canon image/x-canon-crw CRW
Canon image/x-canon-cr2 CR2
Canon image/x-canon-cr3 CR3
Canon image/x-canon-dng DNG
Nikon image/x-nikon-nef NEF
Nikon image/x-nikon-nrw NRW
Kodak image/x-kodak-kdc KDC
Kodak image/x-kodak-dcr DCR
Kodak image/x-kodak-dcr DCR
Olympus image/x-olympus-orf ORF
Pentax image/x-pentax-pef PEF
Pentax image/x-ptx PTX
Pentax image/x-adobe-dng DNG
Fuji image/x-fuji-raf RAF
Panasonic image/x-panasonic-rw2 RW2
Panasonic image/x-panasonic-raw RAW
Leica image/x-adobe-dng DNG
Leica image/x-leica-raw RAW
Sigma image/x-sigma-x3f X3F
Samsung image/x-samsung-srw SRW
Samsung image/x-adobe-dng DNG
Hasselblad image/x-hasselblad-3fr 3FR
Konica/Minolta image/x-minolta-mrw MRW
 

Supported Audio Files

Type/Name Extension
audio/flac flac
audio/m4a m4a
audio/mpeg mpeg
audio/ogg ogg
audio/wav wav
audio/x-ms-wma wma
 

Supported Video Files

Type/Name Extension
video/x-ms-asf asf
video/avi avi
video/dv dv
video/x-flv flv
video/x-matroska mkv
video/quicktime mov
video/mp4 mp4
video/mpeg mpeg
video/mts mts
video/m2ts m2ts
video/mp2t mp2t
video/x-ms-vob vob
video/webcam webcam
video/x-ms-wmv wmv
Details
Answer ID 29970
Published 11/03/2020 07:32 AM
Updated 04/01/2025 07:43 PM

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